The LiRo Group Australia

Ranked among the nation’s top 12 construction management firms by Engineering News-Record (2019), we offer comprehensive services that enable us to effectively control project scopes, schedules, and budgets for our clients.

Our reputation has been built on understanding the needs of our clients and developing open communications among the design and construction team as well as all project stakeholders. We continuously train our staff not only in the fundamentals of project management but particularly in coordinating and completing construction projects in challenging operational environments.

LiRo’s staff of experienced construction professionals is known for its responsiveness to the needs of our clients and their projects. With the support of the latest technology and project controls available, we use a proactive approach to identify and resolve key schedule and cost impacts.

To ensure that safe and uninterrupted construction operations are maintained on the construction site, we develop and implement specific quality assurance/quality control plans and safety plans. Independent audits of our project teams are conducted to ensure compliance with established protocols.

LiRo’s REI Division serves a diverse client base of public authorities and transportation agencies responsible for our municipal infrastructure. Our portfolio includes services for a wide range of construction projects, such as: highways, roadways, bridges, parks, railroads/ subways, tunnels, underground utilities, and support structures.

With one of the largest pools of registered professional engineers and certified inspectors in the industry, LiRo is able to precisely match the right people with the right skill sets to each project requirement. Our employees receive training in multiple disciplines, providing LiRo with a talented and versatile team, fully equipped to meet client needs.

Our staff is extremely flexible, providing a quick response to project issues. Meeting the particular and unique requirements of on-call contracts is a specialty of our REI practice, as we are able to quickly assemble teams to meet our clients’ goals throughout each project.

Clients turn to LiRo as a single source for guidance in meeting challenging planning, permitting, design, and construction management needs. Our diverse staff of planners, engineers, and scientists provide timely and cost-effective services in air quality, natural resources, hazardous material, water and wastewater, solid waste, and environmental documentation.

Whether new construction or a renovation project, we are well equipped to provide a safe, regulatory-compliant assessment, handling, removal, and disposal of materials containing asbestos, lead, mold, petroleum products, and other hazards. We have extensive experience working at brownfields, as well as industrial, petroleum, chemical, and hazardous waste sites.

LiRo’s highly trained and industry-certified environmental professionals help bring clients into compliance, remain in compliance, and help clients understand how changing regulations may affect them down the road. Our team is proficient in the investigation and design of asbestos, lead, and mold remediation, bulk storage tank management, environmental site assessments and investigations, and indoor air quality management. Maintaining public safety within occupied facilities is always a top priority.

LiRo’s civil and structural engineers prepare quality designs that are economical and sustainable. We consider the entire lifespan of the improvements and how they fit into the surrounding environment.

Our highly skilled staff combines technical expertise with real-world understanding of scheduling, construction challenges, and operations. In conjunction with our in-house construction management, environmental, and architectural experts, we have the ability to serve a broad range of market sectors.

With a strong background in construction management, we factor constructability into all of our engineering designs and apply a practical, hands-on approach to effectively resolve design challenges. From state-of-the-art traffic modeling programs that allow live graphic simulations of future traffic patterns to the latest in 3D simulation software, LiRo engineers apply the right tools to meet our clients’ needs.

By working with LiRo, your return on infrastructure investment – whether it’s a building, bridge, roads, or recreational facilities – is long-lasting.

From emergency services to pharmaceutical and manufacturing to schools and municipalities, our depth of talent can meet your challenge. LiRo’s Mechanical, Electrical, & Telecom Group has a reputation for providing reliable, safe, and sustainable solutions to clients.

We collaborate with clients throughout the entire project life cycle – through design, construction, and operations. LiRo’s creative yet practical approach produces outstanding results for our clients and our communities.

Our highly professional staff provides technical expertise coupled with real-world understanding of scheduling, construction challenges, and other practical project-specific issues. Using cutting-edge modeling and analytical software, LiRo produces precise, complete construction documents that save our clients time and money.

Clients trust LiRo to design places and spaces that transform communities and cities. Our architecture and design teams have expertise in planning facilities that provide a high-quality environment for people, conserve energy and water, and complement their contexts.

As a full-service architectural design studio, we collaborate with our planners, consultants, and engineers to deliver a distinct, value-oriented focus on aesthetics for each individual client we serve. Our diverse portfolio includes work for public and private sector clients. Many state and local government agency organizations rely on LiRo as specialists in resiliency design. We have particular expertise in education and government projects such as municipal buildings, courthouses, police precincts, and detention facilities.

The common thread uniting all of our work is a commitment to designing for healthy living and a deep understanding of the science and technology of buildings. We thrive on creating spaces that promote well-being while delivering innovative, functional solutions.

LiRo provides programming, planning interior, and architectural design services to address a full range of facility needs. Whether creating conceptual plans, developing contract documents, or performing construction administration, LiRo clients benefit from our decades of practice and our dynamic and innovative approach to problem-solving for the built environment.

In the aftermath of any disaster, the most pressing issue is the return to normal operations. We stand ready to mobilize our staff to establish and manage emergency operations centers in response to any emergency or unforeseen condition. Our team of inspectors, environmental specialists, engineers, and planners perform immediate risk assessment and asset inventory, and use that information to develop facility restoration programs and community reconstruction zone plans. We have the expertise to guide clients through FEMA and other government reimbursement processes.

LiRo offers comprehensive knowledge and experience in disaster recovery and resiliency planning services. In just New York and New Jersey, LiRo has been part of significant transformational projects that includes 9/11 World Trade Center cleanup and subsequent recovery efforts and Hurricane Sandy-related work to revitalize more than 6,000 upstate and downstate locations. Our team has worked on infrastructure, redevelopment, and adaptive reuse programs and complex programs requiring extensive public outreach, planning, environmental, and economic impact studies.

This experience brings added value to our clients in their efforts to rebuild more resilient structures with FEMA and Community Development Block Grants-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to be better protected against future threats while introducing economic development opportunities to the impacted communities. Our team is knowledgeable in maximizing federal funding opportunities as well as providing assistance with program reporting and compliance.

Our scope and expertise includes the fullest range of disaster recovery services: planning, project worksheets, policies, strategic guidance, information management systems, estimating, program management, design, and construction management.

LiRo is second to none when it comes to providing professional land survey services. Our land surveyors have experience with federal, state, municipal, commercial, and residential clients. We have the technical expertise, field equipment, and capabilities required to deliver cost-effective, timely, and precise land surveying services.

We use the most advanced surveying tools to ensure the highest accuracy in the marketplace. In particular, our New York State licensed staff are skilled in both traditional and geodetic survey techniques, and utilize state-of-the-art equipment – including GPS-RTK and robotic data collectors – for plane, geodetic, and construction surveying.

Our staff also provides infrastructure and building construction stakeout and as-built mapping for municipal clients and private contractors. Project control is established to set baselines and benchmarks for the layout of structures including stormwater, sanitary sewers, curbs, sidewalks, and pavement. Our staff also examine proposed construction plans for accuracy and provide quality control to ensure construction compliance with approved plans.

LiRo is revolutionizing how facilities are realized and managed. We offer enhanced visualization and analysis of facilities by integrating virtual design, construction and operations solutions with cutting-edge tools and processes. Our strategic alliances with Autodesk and Esri – global leaders in 3D design and mapping and spatial analytics – combined with our specialized skillsets in geospatial data and Building Information Modeling (BIM) enable us to solve problems at facilities of varying scales and functions. Our services result in improved operational and business decisions, reduced costs, and time savings.

We help clients plan, build, and use the right combination of solutions and technologies, such as:
•Applied Virtual Reality
•BIM and 3D Visualization
•Digital Tax Mapping
•Drone Data Collection (FAA Certified)
•Geographic Information System (GIS) Application Development and Integration
•GIS Data Development
•Integrated Land Surveying/ GIS
•Mobile LiDAR Scanning

Government agencies can work hand-in-hand with LiRo, a trusted government advisor and a top AEC contractor with experience serving the State and Federal Contracts, New York State Office of General Services (NYSOGS), and Massachusetts Statewide Contracts.

LiRo’s Applied Technologies Division – our people, ideas, technology, and outcomes – are all designed for impact. We bring a fresh perspective – from inside and outside government – to help solve challenges. From GIS and IT modernization to operations optimization, we bring insights from our client experience to drive bold and lasting results.

General Services Administration (GSA)
As a federal agency or a cooperating state and local government agency, you can access LiRo’s services and leverage the full strength of our capabilities through a wide range of easy-to-use government contract vehicles. LiRo has been awarded a Federal General Services Administration (GSA) IT 70 Schedule. The GSA IT Schedule 70 enables LiRo to offer general purpose commercial Information Technology software and services directly to our customers.

LiRo Contract Information: General Services Administration Federal Supply Service Contract Number 47QTCA19D00K7. Contract valid 8/29/19 to 8/28/24. Specialty Item Number (SIN) 132-51 Information Technology Professional Services (SIN subject to cooperative purchasing).

New York State Office of General Services (NYSOGS)
LiRo has been awarded numerous contracts with the New York State Office of General Services. The Project Based Information Technology Services (PBITS) contract allows NYS Agencies as well as NYS local governments to procure IT and GIS services using an expedited mini-bid process.

LiRo Contract Information: NYS OGS Project Based Information Technology Services Contract Number PB177AA. Contract valid until September 2024.

Massachusetts
LiRo has been awarded numerous contracts with the Massachusetts Statewide Contracts. Any political subdivision of the Commonwealth can obtain GIS and IT services under ITS74 without doing a request for responses (RFR) or request for proposals (RFP) process.

LiRo Contract Information: LiRo has been awarded a five year State of Massachusetts ITS 74 contract. LiRo was selected competitively based on evaluating our project experience, capacity, and references. LiRo can provide an array of GIS services including GIS implementation planning; GIS data development and maintenance; geospatial software development (including technical support); and web map application hosting.

For more information, please contact LiRo’s Applied Technologies Division at appliedtechnologies@liro.com.