Our Story
5 Decades of Caribbean Engineering Excellence
The firm today is led by the second generation of the professionals who built it. The methods have advanced but the standards and commitment to the region have never wavered.
A Timeline of Practice
Engineer Lauriston “Laurie” Lewis establishes LLAL in Port of Spain, Trinidad with a clear conviction the Caribbean deserved engineering held to the highest international standards. The practice builds quickly across building types and client sectors, from healthcare and government buildings to banking facilities and residential structures, taking on the range of structural and civil commissions that will define it for decades to come.
Notable projects: BNS Water Tower, Chaguanas · Caribbean Court of Justice · Scarborough Police Station, Tobago · Mount Hope Maternity Hospital, Trinidad · Nurses Hostels, Arima and San Fernando · Barclays Bank branches, Trinidad and Tobago
LLAL extends beyond Trinidad and Tobago into Guyana, Antigua, and Barbados, with the firm's first World Bank-funded engagement signalling the technical and governance standards that will attract international development finance. Banking and institutional commissions deepen across Trinidad and Tobago alongside early regional footholds in the Eastern Caribbean.
Notable projects: Grandstand, Guyana · Antigua Barbuda Social Security Board, Saint John’s · Princess Elizabeth Centre for Handicapped Children, Port of Spain
LLAL establishes itself as a trusted partner for governments and institutions across the Eastern Caribbean, entering Grenada, Dominica, and Saint Lucia through World Bank and IDB-supported education and health sector programmes. In Guyana, Georgetown Hospital is delivered; in Trinidad and Tobago, a national secondary school modernisation programme confirms the firm's capacity for large-scale public sector delivery.
Notable projects: New Ambulatory Care Centre, Georgetown Hospital, Guyana · National Commercial Bank, Saint George’s, Grenada · Basic Education Reform Projects, Dominica and Saint Lucia · The UWI Engineering Buildings, St. Augustine.
LLAL delivers a 106,000-square-foot government headquarters in Tobago, among the first buildings in Trinidad and Tobago targeting LEED certification. The firm leads restoration of a century-old legislative building, renovates the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre, and preserves structures on Nelson Island dating to 1802. The decade marks a generational milestone as the second generation assumes formal leadership across the firm.
Notable projects: Tobago Financial Complex, Scarborough · Tobago House of Assembly restoration · Nelson Island restoration, structures dating to 1802 · Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre renovation · Unit Trust Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguanas Office.
LLAL earns the ABS Caribbean Construction Award 2011 for a structurally demanding coastal facility in Buccoo Tobago, and leads restoration work on the 161-year-old Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain. Following the 2018 earthquake, the firm assesses and repairs sixteen schools across Trinidad and Tobago under a national recovery programme.
Notable projects: Buccoo Goat Racing and Beach Facility, Tobago, ABS Caribbean Construction Award 2011 · Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception restoration, Port of Spain · University of the Southern Caribbean Residence Halls
LLAL carries five decades of accumulated expertise into a new chapter, combining the depth of sustained regional practice and contemporary engineering methods. Commissions continue across Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean. The firm’s contribution to the profession extends beyond individual projects, advancing how the region thinks about engineering standards, built environment regulation, and construction delivery.
Notable projects: Structural and civil engineering commissions across Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean · Thought leadership and technical contributions to Caribbean engineering practice and policy.