Following a successful UK career spanning nearly 20 years as Quantity Surveyor, Chief Quantity Surveyor and Commercial Manager, he moved overseas. After a decade of working in Africa and the Middle East for leading International Civil Engineering contractors, he was brought back to the UK by Land & Marine to control Commercial Operations in their newly formed Horizontal Directional Drilling Division in 1989.

Land & Marine, one of the world’s foremost marine contractors, had recently introduced Horizontal Directional Drilling into Europe, the Far East and Australia from the USA, where it had been invented, as an important addition to their pipeline capabilities.

In 1999 Barry was approached by the owners of LMR Drilling (a joint venture between Land & Marine and German contractor Ludwig Freytag),to expand their operations worldwide and he established LMR Drilling UK. As Managing Director for over 10 years, and a board member of the Parent company, LMR became accepted as a leader in of Horizontal Direction Drilling worldwide.

The list of prestigious contracts completed by LMR and awards won is considerable, but the UKSTT No Dig Awards in 2002 and 2005 for a 1200mm rock crossing for Entrepose, and the Holyhead Outfall for GallifordTry were well stand outs. However, in 2005 and 2006, the Pipeline Industry Guild consecutively awarded - for the first time ever - LMR the award for advancement in pipeline technology for the Holyhead Outfall and the then world’s longest crossing of the River Elbe.