Liam Prendiville, MD at JB Barry & Partners

Engineers Journal AMPLIFIED

With his long and varied history at JB Barry, Liam Prendiville has tremendous perspective to offer.

Liam shares thoughts on some of his most captivating projects – ranging from decade-long roadway efforts to public transit extensions and cutting-edge wastewater treatment facilities. He also looks at the growing demand for environmental sustainability, a trend Liam believes will profoundly impact every sector and offer a wealth of opportunities for engineers to chase creative, innovative solutions!

Looking back on his years with JB Barry elicits understandable pride and Liam is equally excited for the horizon ahead, which includes all manner of civil, environmental, structural and transportation challenges.

We wrap up with a wish list for Dublin infrastructure and a shout-out to Engineers Ireland for sponsoring a paper Liam co-authored about the exciting possibilities open to engineers interested in pursuing the international market, as he did in the 1990s with tremendous results.

TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE

• Experiences navigating projects in Bosnia, Latvia, the Gaza Strip and elsewhere.
• The Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project.
• How the M8 Cashel to Mitchelstown roadway project offered new ways of managing the project process, engaging in the pre-planning stage with contractors, maximising contract negotiation and optimising communications in a way that has since been replicated.
• Why centralised, Dublin-centric transportation planning has to be expanded to include more byways that support regional travel and economies.
• The current and primary focus of JB Barry's design and project management
• The journey from a senior engineer into the executive ranks
• Opportunities for engineers to provide solutions to a number of large political, economic, environmental and social impacts.
• Why Liam believes Ireland’s fortunes are very bright, with a strong economy at the tip of the spear and exciting new ways of conceiving things like housing.

GUEST DETAILS

Liam is a Chartered Engineer with over 35 years of experience. He specialises in Transportation and Traffic Engineering. For almost two decades, he has been at the helm of JB Barry and Partners, one of Ireland’s leading Consulting Engineers. They offer a wide variety of services in the Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Safety & Health sectors and have completed numerous successful projects in each area.

QUOTES

“The construction of motorways is a very small element of the carbon impact. The real impact is on yourself and myself driving around in diesel or petrol cars. You can see that the move towards electric cars has taken hold. It's certainly there.”

“Using the same footprint and the same size of site, we can treat a 60% or 70% greater volume of wastewater. Now that's using innovation to drive great results!”

“The environmental issues and climate action demand is really going to create a very exciting opportunity for engineers. It's all going to have to be engineered!”

CONTACT DETAILS

https://www.jbbarry.ie/wp/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-prendiville-073b3a37/

MORE INFORMATION

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