LRI is a consulting engineering firm that specializes in the provision of fire protection engineering services.

LRI (Leber | Rubes Inc.) was established in 1986 by Jonathan Rubes and Fred Leber. Offices are located in Toronto and Ottawa.

Services, provided on over 9000 projects to date, include Building and Fire Code application, Code interpretation and equivalency determination, forensic expert witness in litigation, as well as fire protection system design, physical system testing/commissioning, fire safety plans and emergency planning. For further details on the services provided, please visit the Code Consulting, Fire Protection Systems Design and Life Safety Services pages.

LRI has provided services across Canada and in the United States, USSR, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Venezuela, Mauritius, Trinidad, Grenada, Egypt, UAE, Austria, Hungary, China and Thailand.

LRI Team member backgrounds include fire protection and building code consulting, standards development, municipal plans examination and inspection, fire protection equipment audit and design, construction management, commissioning, research and development and manufacturing. LRI supports continuing education for all team members, and encourages continued growth through association participation.

LRI employees have extensive dealings with regulatory authorities and are active on many Codes and Standards committees such as NFPA and ULC as well as industry associations including SFPE and ASHRAE. This involvement keeps the firm up to date on future changes in codes and standards and new technologies. The provision of fire protection engineering services is based on achieving the level of life safety mandated by the Building and Fire Codes without sacrificing the design goals and budget of the client.