CTBUH Silver Member

LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

About

Member Since: 1981

Member Offices: New York City

Website: http://www.lera.com/

LERA is a MBE/WBE consulting engineering firm providing structural engineering design services for architects, developers, contractors and owners.

As structural engineers, they focus on providing their clients with imaginative and responsible solutions to engineering challenges. Their staff of experts is known for its innovative use of materials and for the development of new structural systems and concepts.

Their design philosophy recognizes that their work does not exist in a vacuum...that responsiveness to the architectural systems and needs of the owner/developer, combined with an understanding of fabrication and construction, is essential to the development of constructible and economical designs.

Fields of Expertise

Structural Engineering

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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Height
1 Merdeka 118
678.9 m / 2,227  ft
2 Tradewinds Square Tower A
608 m / 1,995  ft
3 Lotte World Tower
554.5 m / 1,819  ft
4 One World Trade Center
541.3 m / 1,776  ft
5 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
6 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
7 Shanghai World Financial Center
492 m / 1,614  ft
8 International Commerce Centre
484 m / 1,588  ft
9 Wuhan CTF Finance Center
475 m / 1,558  ft
10 Two International Finance Centre
412 m / 1,352  ft

Awards

The David Rubenstein Forum

Winner: The David Rubenstein Forum

Best Tall Building Worldwide 2022

Ctbuh Leaders

Michael Hopper

Michael Hopper

CTBUH Steel-Timber Research Project Steering Committee, 2022 – Present

New York City

Associated companies

Leslie E. Robertson Associates

Robertson, Fowler & Associates P.C. (1986)

RANK
Name
Height
1 Sky Mile Tower

1,700 m

5,577 ft
2 Al Burj

1,000 m

3,281 ft
2 Nakheel Tower

1,000 m

3,281 ft
4 Merdeka 118

678.9 m

2,227 ft
5 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

648 m

2,126 ft
6 Tradewinds Square Tower A

608 m

1,995 ft
7 Lotte World Tower

554.5 m

1,819 ft
8 One World Trade Center

541.3 m

1,776 ft
9 Grant USA Tower

533.4 m

1,750 ft
10 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
11 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
12 Busan Lotte Town Tower

510.1 m

1,674 ft
13 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m

1,614 ft
14 International Commerce Centre

484 m

1,588 ft
15 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

475 m

1,558 ft
16 World One

442 m

1,450 ft
17 International Finance Center

428 m

1,404 ft
18 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft
19 Parkhaventoren

392 m

1,286 ft
20 Dynamic Tower

388 m

1,273 ft
21 Shun Hing Square

384 m

1,260 ft
22 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1

370 m

1,214 ft
23 Bank of China Tower

367.4 m

1,205 ft
24 Emirates Tower One

354.6 m

1,163 ft
25 Hermitage Plaza South Tower

320 m

1,050 ft
26 Hermitage Plaza East Tower

320 m

1,050 ft
27 Hong Plaza Main Tower

317 m

1,040 ft
27 Sentra BDNI Tower A

317 m

1,040 ft
29 Emirates Tower Two

309 m

1,014 ft
30 Lokhandwala Minerva

307 m

1,007 ft
31 Lusail Plaza Tower 3

300.7 m

986 ft
31 Lusail Plaza Tower 4

300.7 m

986 ft
33 OCT Tower

300 m

984 ft
34 Lokhandwala Minerva

299.9 m

984 ft
35 4 World Trade Center

297.7 m

977 ft
36 World One

280.2 m

919 ft
37 Shimao Hangzhou Twin Tower A

279.2 m

916 ft
37 Shimao Hangzhou Twin Tower B

279.2 m

916 ft
39 World View

277.6 m

911 ft
40 Harbourfront High-rise South China

268 m

879 ft
41 Bitexco Financial Tower

262.5 m

861 ft
42 Three Sixty West Tower B

260 m

853 ft
43 U.S. Steel Tower

256.3 m

841 ft
44 Three Sixty West Tower A

255.6 m

839 ft
45 Permata Sapura Tower

252.5 m

828 ft
46 Ritz-Carlton Hotel Astana

242 m

794 ft
47 Sentra BDNI Tower B

240.2 m

788 ft
48 Crescent Bay Tower 6

239.7 m

786 ft
49 Oberoi Skyz Tower I

230 m

755 ft
49 Oberoi Skyz Tower II

230 m

755 ft
51 Crescent Bay Tower 5

222.5 m

730 ft
52 World Crest

222.5 m

730 ft
53 Lusail Plaza Tower 1

215.7 m

708 ft
53 Lusail Plaza Tower 2

215.7 m

708 ft
55 Shangri-La Hotel

213.1 m

699 ft
56 One International Finance Centre

210 m

689 ft
57 Crescent Bay Tower 4

206.5 m

677 ft
58 Four Seasons Place

205 m

673 ft
59 Bilbao Emblematic Tower 1

204 m

669 ft
59 Bilbao Emblematic Tower II

204 m

669 ft
61 Crescent Bay Tower 3

200.1 m

656 ft
62 Conrad Hong Kong

198.9 m

653 ft
63 550 Madison Avenue

197.3 m

647 ft
64 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Residential Tower 1

196.2 m

644 ft
64 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Residential Tower 2

196.2 m

644 ft
66 One PPG Place

193.6 m

635 ft
67 The Henderson

190 m

623 ft
68 Crescent Bay Tower 2

187.3 m

615 ft
69 AIA Central

185 m

607 ft
70 Three Pacific Place

182 m

597 ft
71 Crescent Bay Tower 1

180.9 m

594 ft
72 The Ruby

173.6 m

569 ft
73 One Central Residences 1-3

171.3 m

562 ft
74 Esentai Tower

168 m

551 ft
75 One Central Residences 4-6

167 m

548 ft
76 United Nations Consolidation Building

166.4 m

546 ft
77 Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong

165 m

541 ft
78 J.W. Marriott and The Upper House

164.5 m

540 ft
79 One Pacific Place

161.8 m

531 ft
80 Torre Repsol YPF

160 m

525 ft
81 Torre Picasso

156.4 m

513 ft
82 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156.1 m

512 ft
83 Espirito Santo Plaza

148.4 m

487 ft
84 One Central Residences 7

148.3 m

487 ft
85 Minmetals Financial Center

145.3 m

477 ft
86 Icon Hotel

143 m

469 ft
87 Columbia University Site O

130.3 m

427 ft
88 Two Tequesta Point

125 m

410 ft
89 Puerta de Europa Torre I

113.8 m

373 ft
89 Puerta de Europa Torre II

113.8 m

373 ft
91 3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard

110 m

361 ft
92 The Floridian

102.7 m

337 ft
93 NASCAR Plaza

89.3 m

293 ft
94 Shimao Hangzhou Tower C

89 m

292 ft
95 EDGE

79 m

259 ft
96 Marriott World Trade Center

73.8 m

242 ft
97 Cooper Square Hotel

72.8 m

239 ft
98 Naman Habitat

70 m

230 ft
99 The David Rubenstein Forum

52.1 m

171 ft
100 2050 M Street

46.1 m

151 ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

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.

NYC YPC Continues Future of Construction Series

19 January 2017

CTBUH New York Chapter, with the YPC and Akdo, hosted the second part in the Future of Construction lecture series, titled “Moving Parts: Modular Architecture in a Flat World.”

CTBUH 2016 Conference Silver Sponsor

16–21 October 2016

Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

Aspect: Ratios

03 May 2016

The CTBUH NYC Young Professionals Committee welcomed over 150 design professionals for ASPECT:RATIOS, a seminar focusing on female perspectives in architecture.

CTBUH 2015 New York Conference Silver Sponsor

26–30 October 2015

After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.