Lerch Bates - The Skyscraper Center

CTBUH Silver Member

Lerch Bates, Inc.

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 1993

Member Offices: Littleton

Lerch Bates is an international consulting services firm with 29 offices throughout North America, the Middle East, Asia and India. Since their founding in 1947 as the first independent elevator consulting firm in the US, they have added offices and capabilities around the world, bringing industry leading expertise and technology to their work with clients on diverse and challenging projects.

Their influence as innovators of design concepts is seen, as many of their “firsts” have become industry standards that can be recognized in many of the world’s tallest buildings.

In 1986 Lerch Bates became an employee owned consulting firm. Much like the early days, each employee/owner takes an entrepreneur's interest in providing the service, quality and ingenuity that clients expect and deserve.

Fields of Expertise

Façade Design / Engineering; Materials / Products / Systems Supplier; Vertical Transportation Consultant

Membership details

Membership Level

Silver

Member Since

1993

Member Offices

Littleton

Buildings

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2022	828 m / 2,717 ft
2	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	2017	554.5 m / 1,819 ft
3	One World Trade Center	New York City	2014	541.3 m / 1,776 ft
4	TAIPEI 101	Taipei	2004	508 m / 1,667 ft
5	Chengdu Greenland Tower	Chengdu	2022	468 m / 1,535 ft
6	FORZA Tower	Bogota	-	460 m / 1,509 ft
7	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	2019	450 m / 1,476 ft
8	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago	2009	423.2 m / 1,389 ft
9	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
10	China Resources Tower	Shenzhen	2018	392.5 m / 1,288 ft

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2022	828 m / 2,717 ft
2	Suzhou Zhongnan Center	Suzhou	-	729 m / 2,392 ft
3	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	-	636 m / 2,087 ft
4	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	2017	555 m / 1,819 ft
5	One World Trade Center	New York City	2014	541 m / 1,776 ft
6	TAIPEI 101	Taipei	2004	508 m / 1,667 ft
7	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	2010	480 m / 1,575 ft
8	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	-	476 m / 1,560 ft
9	Chengdu Greenland Tower	Chengdu	2022	468 m / 1,535 ft
10	FORZA Tower	Bogota	-	460 m / 1,509 ft
11	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	2019	450 m / 1,476 ft
12	World One	Mumbai	-	442 m / 1,450 ft
13	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago	2009	423 m / 1,389 ft
14	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
15	China Resources Tower	Shenzhen	2018	393 m / 1,288 ft
16	PIF Tower	Riyadh	2020	385 m / 1,263 ft
17	The Address Boulevard	Dubai	2017	370 m / 1,214 ft
18	Haitian Center Tower 2	Qingdao	2020	369 m / 1,211 ft
19	Greenland Group Suzhou Center	Suzhou	2021	358 m / 1,175 ft
20	OKO - Residential Tower	Moscow	2015	354 m / 1,162 ft
21	Spring City 66	Kunming	2019	349 m / 1,145 ft
22	85 Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	1997	348 m / 1,140 ft
23	Comcast Technology Center	Philadelphia	2018	339 m / 1,112 ft
24	Wilshire Grand Center	Los Angeles	2017	335 m / 1,100 ft
25	Guangzhou International Cultural Center	Guangzhou	2023	320 m / 1,050 ft
26	Poly Pazhou C2	Guangzhou	2017	311 m / 1,020 ft
27	Cayan Tower	Dubai	2013	306 m / 1,005 ft
28	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
28	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
30	Greenland Center North Tower	Yinchuan	2021	301 m / 988 ft
31	Dayabumi	Kuala Lumpur	-	291 m / 953 ft
32	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower	Nanchang	2015	268 m / 879 ft
33	Samsung China Headquarters	Beijing	2018	260 m / 853 ft
34	Beijing Greenland Center	Beijing	2016	260 m / 853 ft
35	KLCC Lot 91	Kuala Lumpur	2021	253 m / 828 ft
36	FKI Tower	Seoul	2013	246 m / 805 ft
37	Haitian Center Tower 3	Qingdao	2020	245 m / 804 ft
38	OKO - Office Tower	Moscow	2015	225 m / 736 ft
39	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	223 m / 730 ft
40	Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters	Xi’an	2018	217 m / 713 ft
41	One Thousand Museum	Miami	2019	213 m / 699 ft
42	The Independent	Austin	2019	212 m / 694 ft
43	China Merchants Tower	Shenzhen	2013	211 m / 692 ft
44	Haitian Center Tower 1	Qingdao	2020	210 m / 689 ft
45	Oceanwide Plaza Tower I	Los Angeles	2020	206 m / 677 ft
46	Golden Tower	Jeddah	2018	205 m / 673 ft
47	Sichuan Airlines Center	Chengdu	2016	204 m / 669 ft
48	Kohinoor Square Tower A	Mumbai	2019	202 m / 662 ft
49	Tadawul Tower	Riyadh	2020	200 m / 656 ft
50	Poly Pazhou C1	Guangzhou	2017	198 m / 648 ft
51	OneEleven	Chicago	2014	187 m / 613 ft
52	Baccarat Hotel & Residences	New York City	2015	186 m / 610 ft
53	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2	Chengdu	2020	173 m / 568 ft
54	Cirrus	Chicago	2021	171 m / 562 ft
55	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3	Chengdu	2020	166 m / 545 ft
56	Oceanwide Plaza Tower II	Los Angeles	2020	162 m / 530 ft
56	Oceanwide Plaza Tower III	Los Angeles	2020	162 m / 530 ft
58	3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard	Philadelphia	-	156 m / 512 ft
59	MILA	Chicago	2016	136 m / 444 ft
60	B32	São Paulo	2020	126 m / 412 ft
61	Kohinoor Square Tower B	Mumbai	2020	124 m / 406 ft
62	Cascade	Chicago	2021	123 m / 403 ft
63	Omni Louisville Hotel	Louisville	2018	113 m / 370 ft
64	Equus 333 Torre 1	San Pedro Garza García	2016	112 m / 368 ft
64	Equus 333 Torre 2	San Pedro Garza García	2016	112 m / 368 ft
66	3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard	Philadelphia	-	110 m / 361 ft
67	Equus 333 Torre 3	San Pedro Garza García	2016	96 m / 316 ft
68	Grove at Grand Bay North Tower	Miami	2016	94 m / 308 ft
68	Grove at Grand Bay South Tower	Miami	2016	94 m / 308 ft
70	lilli Midtown	Atlanta	2018	91 m / 297 ft
71	Obama Presidential Center	Chicago	2021	72 m / 235 ft
72	Fargo Block 9	Fargo	2020	71 m / 234 ft
73	Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown	Denver	2017	70 m / 231 ft
74	Solar Carve Tower	New York City	2019	61 m / 199 ft
75	GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School	Chicago	2014	47 m / 156 ft
76	10 BKC	Mumbai	-	- m / - ft
77	Raleigh City Hall	Raleigh	-	- m / - ft
77	Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 2	Raleigh	-	- m / - ft
77	Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 3	Raleigh	-	- m / - ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Lerch Bates

CTBUH Certifies Lotte Tower as Fifth Tallest Building Worldwide

04 April 2017

CTBUH has recognized the completion of Lotte World Tower, now the fifth tallest building worldwide at 555 meters.

Façade Access Technical Guide Advances

12 February 2013

The Façade Access Working Group met to continue work on the upcoming Technical Guide, Façade Access and Maintenance in High-Rise Buildings.

Façade Access Technical Guide Kick Off

25 April 2012

At the end of April, the co-chairs of the Façade Access Working Group met to officially kick off work for the Façade Access and Maintenance Technical Guide.