Jensen Hughes

CTBUH Silver Member

About

Member Since: 2007

Member Offices: Chicago

Founded in 1980, JENSEN HUGHES, Inc. is a global company headquartered in Baltimore, MD. As one of the largest fire protection and life safety engineering and consulting firms with offices worldwide, JENSEN HUGHES is able to provide the support and responsiveness that their clients need. Their technical experts stay on the cutting edge of evolving fire and life safety codes and regulations and are able to provide timely and accurate consulting and design services. They remain committed to providing their clients with cost-effective, high quality services that are crucial to the protection of life, property, and the environment.

Fields of Expertise

Fire Engineering

Membership details

Membership Level

Silver

Member Since

2007

Member Offices

Chicago

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Burj Khalifa	828 m / 2,717 ft
3	Shanghai Tower	632 m / 2,073 ft
4	Lotte World Tower	554.5 m / 1,819 ft
5	Shanghai World Financial Center	492 m / 1,614 ft
6	Wuhan Greenland Center	475.6 m / 1,560 ft
7	Chengdu Greenland Tower	468 m / 1,535 ft
8	Petronas Twin Tower 1	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
9	Petronas Twin Tower 2	451.9 m / 1,483 ft
10	Zifeng Tower	450 m / 1,476 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: U.S. Embassy, London

Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Zhong Liu

CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present

Beijing

Jeffrey Harper

CTBUH Awards Fire & Risk Engineering Jury, 2021

Chicago

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

16 September 2014

The Evolution of Building Evacuation Design in China

As a result of the events of September 11th and other natural and man-made disasters, building owners, designers and fire officials have become increasingly aware...

Research

17 October 2016

Why Our Façades Are Contributing to Noteworthy Fires

Several recent noteworthy fires in high-rise buildings have drawn international media attention and highlighted a perceived weakness in tall building design. These fires appear to...

Global News

03 February 2021

Airline Reduces Chicago Tower Footprint After Sweeping COVID-19-Related Cuts

United Airlines is shrinking its Willis Tower headquarters, where it has about 30 percent fewer workers than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline today confirmed...

Associated companies

Aon Fire Protection Engineering

Rolf Jensen & Associates

Jeremy Gardner Associates Ltd.

RBA Engineering

Sereca Consulting, Inc. (2015)

Sato & Associates, Inc.

Schirmer Engineering Corporation

Sereca Fire Consulting

Acquired companies

Aon Fire Protection Engineering

Rolf Jensen & Associates

Subsidiary companies

Jeremy Gardner Associates Ltd.

RBA Engineering

Sereca Consulting, Inc. (2015)

Sato & Associates, Inc.

Formerly Named

Schirmer Engineering Corporation

Sereca Fire Consulting

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Jeddah Tower	Jeddah	-	1000 m / 3,281 ft
2	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2010	828 m / 2,717 ft
3	Suzhou Zhongnan Center	Suzhou	-	729 m / 2,392 ft
4	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	-	636 m / 2,087 ft
5	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	2015	632 m / 2,073 ft
6	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	2017	555 m / 1,819 ft
7	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	2008	492 m / 1,614 ft
8	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	2022	476 m / 1,560 ft
9	Chengdu Greenland Tower	Chengdu	2022	468 m / 1,535 ft
10	R&F Guangdong Building	Tianjin	-	468 m / 1,535 ft
11	Petronas Twin Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur	1998	452 m / 1,483 ft
11	Petronas Twin Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur	1998	452 m / 1,483 ft
13	Zifeng Tower	Nanjing	2010	450 m / 1,476 ft
14	The Exchange 106	Kuala Lumpur	2019	446 m / 1,462 ft
15	Willis Tower	Chicago	1974	442 m / 1,451 ft
16	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago	2009	423 m / 1,389 ft
17	Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai	1999	421 m / 1,380 ft
18	Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower	Nanjing	-	420 m / 1,377 ft
19	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
20	PIF Tower	Riyadh	2021	385 m / 1,263 ft
21	Haitian Center Tower 2	Qingdao	2021	369 m / 1,211 ft
22	Bank of China Tower	Hong Kong	1990	367 m / 1,205 ft
23	Greenland Group Suzhou Center	Suzhou	2021	358 m / 1,175 ft
24	OKO - Residential Tower	Moscow	2015	354 m / 1,162 ft
25	Pearl River Tower	Guangzhou	2013	309 m / 1,015 ft
26	Cayan Tower	Dubai	2013	306 m / 1,005 ft
27	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
27	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
29	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower	Nanchang	2015	268 m / 879 ft
30	Samsung China Headquarters	Beijing	2018	260 m / 853 ft
31	One Bloor Street East	Toronto	2017	257 m / 844 ft
32	FKI Tower	Seoul	2013	246 m / 805 ft
33	Haitian Center Tower 3	Qingdao	2021	245 m / 804 ft
34	Global Harbor North Tower	Shanghai	2014	245 m / 804 ft
34	Global Harbor South Tower	Shanghai	2014	245 m / 804 ft
36	Vida Residence Downtown Dubai	Dubai	2019	238 m / 782 ft
37	OKO - Office Tower	Moscow	2015	225 m / 736 ft
38	River Point	Chicago	2017	223 m / 732 ft
39	Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	215 m / 705 ft
40	Haitian Center Tower 1	Qingdao	2021	210 m / 689 ft
41	1322 Golden Empire Tower	Manila	2002	203 m / 666 ft
42	Oriental Financial Center	Shanghai	2014	199 m / 653 ft
43	SOCAR Tower	Baku	2015	196 m / 643 ft
44	China Financial Futures Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	195 m / 640 ft
45	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2	Chengdu	2021	173 m / 568 ft
46	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3	Chengdu	2021	166 m / 545 ft
47	The Tower at PNC Plaza	Pittsburgh	2015	166 m / 544 ft
48	Theatre Park	Toronto	2015	165 m / 541 ft
49	3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard	Philadelphia	-	156 m / 512 ft
50	United Nations Secretariat Building	New York City	1953	154 m / 506 ft
51	China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	152 m / 499 ft
52	Residences at RCMI	Toronto	2014	145 m / 477 ft
53	H Hotel W39	New York City	2021	133 m / 435 ft
54	Shirley Ryan AbilityLab	Chicago	2016	132 m / 431 ft
55	The Collection	Honolulu	2016	129 m / 422 ft
56	Waihonua at Kewalo	Honolulu	2015	127 m / 418 ft
57	Three Nationwide Plaza	Columbus	1988	124 m / 408 ft
58	Eastern Yards-Building SH-5	London	-	120 m / 392 ft
59	111 Main	Salt Lake City	2016	118 m / 387 ft
60	Northwestern Medicine 259 East Erie	Chicago	2014	118 m / 385 ft
61	3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard	Philadelphia	-	110 m / 361 ft
62	LINEA	Chicago	2017	106 m / 348 ft
63	Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex	Toronto	2019	105 m / 345 ft
64	Eastern Yards-Building SH-7	London	-	104 m / 340 ft
65	W Atlanta-Midtown	Atlanta	1974	95 m / 310 ft
66	Center for Computing & Data Sciences	Boston	2022	93 m / 305 ft
67	Akamai Technologies Global Headquarters	Cambridge	2019	91 m / 297 ft
68	Eastern Yards-Building SH-4	London	-	75 m / 246 ft
69	InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel	Shanghai	2018	75 m / 245 ft
70	Obama Presidential Center	Chicago	2021	72 m / 235 ft
71	The John and Frances Angelos Law Center	Baltimore	2013	71 m / 231 ft
72	U.S. Embassy, London	London	2018	65 m / 214 ft
73	Park Hyatt Hotel & Residences	Toronto	2020	63 m / 205 ft
74	BRIC Phase 1	San Diego	2016	53 m / 173 ft
75	The University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons	Chicago	2016	50 m / 164 ft
76	Edition Hotel & Residences	West Hollywood	2019	48 m / 158 ft
77	GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School	Chicago	2014	47 m / 156 ft
78	Canada Court E03 Block G	London	2020	- m / - ft
79	Alto Apartments	London	2017	- m / - ft
80	Canada Court E03 Block A	London	2020	- m / - ft
80	Canada Court E03 Block B	London	2020	- m / - ft
80	Canada Court E03 Block C	London	2020	- m / - ft
83	Canada Court E03 Block D-E-F	London	2020	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

300 m+ Buildings

Average Building Age*

11 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (34%), 25 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (44%), 31 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 73 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 70 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 73 Completed & Under Construction Buildings