Built on Structure. Proven by Time.
Established in the 1960s, LLCE has delivered some of Mauritius’ most significant civil and structural projects. From national institutions to complex commercial developments, we engineer with clarity, technical rigour, and accountability.
Principles That Have Endured Since 1960
Engineering is not only about calculations — it is about character.
Our values shape the way we think, collaborate, and deliver, ensuring every project is executed with precision, accountability, and respect.
What people say
I worked for the world-renowned structural engineering firm Arup in the 1980s. They had created the first-ever worldwide multidisciplinary practice, led by architects rather than just structural engineers. It was called Arup Associates. I worked in their South African subsidiary from 1981 to 1985 and was then chosen to be transferred to the parent practice in London. I worked there until 1987 before returning to my home country, Mauritius, to start my practice.
Whilst there, I worked with and met some of the world’s greatest structural engineers, including Sir Ove Arup himself and Peter Rice, the engineers behind the iconic Sydney Opera House and the Pompidou Centre in Paris, among others. It is with this background of having worked with some of the very best that I linked up with ‘Lim’ in Mauritius.
When it came to choosing the structural engineer for my own house, I chose ‘Lim’. I found him to be a listener, able to understand what I was trying to do and what I was designing, and he was able to translate my drawings into a workable structure without modifying anything. For instance, in my house, I had drawn 3-meter cantilever beams that would take the weight of the roof, which itself cantilevered another 2 meters beyond the beams. I tapered the roof slab cantilever to end very thinly. In all, from the column supports, the cantilever measured 5 meters. All this, ‘Lim’ did without hesitation. He knew it would work, and he made it work.
My first meeting with ‘Lim’ was at ZAC Associates. I spent one year there in 1980 as a young architect fresh from university in London. He was fine with Zulfi and Abbas’s decision to hand me the responsibility of designing his own house in Rue Lees, Curepipe. My proposal was, to say the least, unconventional. The project never went ahead, but I will never forget ‘Lim’s’ reaction to the design when everyone else was hesitant. He turned around to me and said, “Keep that design.”
‘Lim’ had a natural feel for good design and good structure. To be a brilliant structural engineer, one has to have a sense of beauty — a sense of the elegance of a structure. ‘Lim’ certainly had that. I rate him among the best I have worked with. He could have worked anywhere.
