Luke is a highly experienced fire safety professional, with a robust background in both practical engineering and academic research. He has successfully executed fire safety designs for a wide variety of structures, including mixed-use facilities, civic buildings, residential complexes, heritage structures, healthcare establishments, offices, and warehouses. His expertise spans several key areas, such as fire dynamics, human behaviour in fire, egress modelling, fire and smoke modelling, and passive fire design and assessment.

Beyond his practical experience, Luke has honed his skills in supervisory and lecturing roles during his PhD studies at the University of Canterbury. He has been actively involved in ISO standards development and serves as a member of New Zealand's representation on Technical Committee 92 (TC 92 – Fire Safety), Sub-committee 4 (SC4 – Fire Safety Engineering), Working Group 11 (WG 11 – Behaviour and Movement of People).