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Lerch Bates, Inc.

About

Member Since: 1993

Member Offices: New York City

Website: http://www.lerchbates.com/

Lerch Bates is an international consulting services firm with 37 offices throughout North America, South 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

Vertical Transportation Consultant

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 Burj Khalifa

828 m / 2,717 ft

4 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft

5 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft

6 TAIPEI 101

508 m / 1,667 ft

7 International Commerce Centre

484 m / 1,588 ft

8 175 Park Avenue

482 m / 1,580 ft

9 Wuhan Greenland Center

476 m / 1,560 ft

11 Lakhta Center

462 m / 1,516 ft

12 FORZA Tower

460 m / 1,509 ft

13 Suzhou IFS

450 m / 1,476 ft

Associated companies

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 Burj Khalifa

828 m / 2,717 ft

2 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

729 m / 2,392 ft

3 Wuhan Greenland Center

636 m / 2,087 ft

4 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft

5 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft

6 TAIPEI 101

508 m / 1,667 ft

7 International Commerce Centre

484 m / 1,588 ft

8 175 Park Avenue

482 m / 1,580 ft

9 Wuhan Greenland Center

476 m / 1,560 ft

10 Chengdu Greenland Tower

468 m / 1,535 ft

11 Lakhta Center

462 m / 1,516 ft

12 FORZA Tower

460 m / 1,509 ft

13 Suzhou IFS

450 m / 1,476 ft

14 World One

442 m / 1,450 ft

15 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m / 1,404 ft

16 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423 m / 1,389 ft

17 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft

18 Guiyang International Financial Center T1

401 m / 1,316 ft

19 Okhta Centre

396 m / 1,299 ft

20 China Resources Tower

393 m / 1,288 ft

21 PIF Tower

385 m / 1,263 ft

22 Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid

381 m / 1,251 ft

23 The Address Boulevard

370 m / 1,214 ft

24 Qingdao Hai Tian Center

369 m / 1,210 ft

25 Taipei Twins D1

360 m / 1,181 ft

26 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m / 1,175 ft

27 OKO - Residential Tower

354 m / 1,162 ft

28 Spring City 66

349 m / 1,145 ft

29 85 Sky Tower

348 m / 1,140 ft

30 Comcast Technology Center

339 m / 1,112 ft

31 Wilshire Grand Center

335 m / 1,100 ft

32 Empire 88 Tower

333 m / 1,093 ft

33 Guangzhou International Cultural Center

320 m / 1,050 ft

34 MahaNakhon

314 m / 1,030 ft

35 Poly Pazhou C2

311 m / 1,020 ft

36 Cayan Tower

306 m / 1,005 ft

37 The Shard

306 m / 1,004 ft

38 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m / 994 ft

38 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m / 994 ft

40 Greenland Center North Tower

301 m / 988 ft

41 Lokhandwala Minerva

301 m / 986 ft

42 Tour Phare

296 m / 971 ft

43 Dayabumi

290 m / 953 ft

44 Prestige Liberty North Tower

290 m / 951 ft

45 World One

280 m / 919 ft

46 Taipei Twins C1

280 m / 919 ft

47 World View

278 m / 911 ft

48 Guiyang International Financial Center T2

275 m / 902 ft

49 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m / 879 ft

50 Al Faisaliah Center

267 m / 876 ft

51 Tour Generali

265 m / 869 ft

52 Samsung China Headquarters

260 m / 853 ft

53 Beijing Greenland Center

260 m / 853 ft

54 Commerzbank Tower

259 m / 850 ft

55 Central Market Hotel Tower

255 m / 837 ft

56 Permata Sapura Tower

253 m / 828 ft

57 Bagualing Industrial Park Urban Renewal Design

250 m / 820 ft

58 Torre Cepsa

248 m / 815 ft

59 FKI Tower

245 m / 805 ft

60 Haitian Center Tower 3

245 m / 804 ft

61 CCTV Headquarters

234 m / 768 ft

62 Salesforce Tower

230 m / 755 ft

63 Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, One Dalton Street

228 m / 748 ft

64 World Crest

225 m / 737 ft

65 OKO - Office Tower

224 m / 736 ft

66 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

223 m / 730 ft

67 Istanbul Tower 205

220 m / 722 ft

68 The Edge

220 m / 722 ft

69 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters

217 m / 713 ft

70 AFD Tower 1

216 m / 709 ft

70 AFD Tower 2

216 m / 709 ft

72 One Thousand Museum

213 m / 699 ft

73 The Independent

211 m / 694 ft

74 Winthrop Center

211 m / 693 ft

75 China Merchants Tower

211 m / 692 ft

76 Haitian Center Tower 1

210 m / 689 ft

77 Hudson's Tower

207 m / 680 ft

78 Oceanwide Plaza Tower I

206 m / 677 ft

79 Golden Tower

205 m / 673 ft

80 Sichuan Airlines Center

204 m / 669 ft

81 Kohinoor Square Tower A

202 m / 662 ft

82 25 Canada Square

201 m / 659 ft

83 Prestige Liberty South Tower

200 m / 656 ft

83 Tadawul Tower

200 m / 656 ft

85 8 Canada Square

200 m / 655 ft

86 Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center

198 m / 648 ft

87 Warsaw Trade Tower

187 m / 614 ft

88 OneEleven

187 m / 613 ft

89 Baccarat Hotel & Residences

186 m / 610 ft

90 Tour T1

185 m / 607 ft

91 Tours DUO 1

180 m / 591 ft

92 Tour Saint-Gobain

180 m / 590 ft

93 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

173 m / 568 ft

94 Cirrus

171 m / 562 ft

95 Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo

166 m / 545 ft

96 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m / 545 ft

97 Oceanwide Plaza Tower II

162 m / 530 ft

97 Oceanwide Plaza Tower III

162 m / 530 ft

99 The Broadgate Tower

161 m / 529 ft

100 Arthaus

160 m / 525 ft

101 Tribunal de Paris

160 m / 524 ft

102 Rondo 1

159 m / 522 ft

103 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156 m / 512 ft

104 The Grand by Gehry

156 m / 511 ft

105 The Reed

137 m / 451 ft

106 Providence Tower

136 m / 446 ft

107 MILA

135 m / 444 ft

108 The Willis Building

125 m / 409 ft

109 Kohinoor Square Tower B

124 m / 406 ft

110 Faria Lima B32 Office Tower

123 m / 404 ft

111 Cascade

123 m / 403 ft

112 Tours DUO 2

122 m / 400 ft

113 Port Baku Business Center

120 m / 394 ft

114 One Crown Place

114 m / 375 ft

115 3025 JFK

113 m / 371 ft

116 Omni Louisville Hotel

113 m / 370 ft

117 Equus 333 Torre 1

112 m / 368 ft

117 Equus 333 Torre 2

112 m / 368 ft

119 The Heron

112 m / 367 ft

120 Ontario Tower

106 m / 346 ft

121 Skylight

105 m / 344 ft

122 Conrad Los Angeles

99 m / 326 ft

123 CHOP Schuylkill Avenue Research Building (SARB)

98 m / 320 ft

124 Equus 333 Torre 3

96 m / 316 ft

125 Grove at Grand Bay North Tower

94 m / 308 ft

125 Grove at Grand Bay South Tower

94 m / 308 ft

127 20 Gracechurch

92 m / 301 ft

128 John A. Paulson Center Faculty Tower

91 m / 299 ft

129 lilli Midtown

91 m / 297 ft

130 Heron East Tower

89 m / 291 ft

131 The Tree House Residence Hall at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

85 m / 280 ft

132 Four Winds Casino and Hotel Phase 2

85 m / 278 ft

133 St Georges Central

82 m / 269 ft

134 Frontier

82 m / 268 ft

135 Moor House

82 m / 268 ft

136 One Steuart Lane

73 m / 240 ft

137 Obama Presidential Center

72 m / 235 ft

138 Fargo Block 9

71 m / 234 ft

139 Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown

70 m / 231 ft

140 John A. Paulson Center Student Tower

69 m / 225 ft

141 44 Hopton Street

63 m / 207 ft

142 Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse

63 m / 207 ft

143 40 Tenth Ave

61 m / 199 ft

144 Lumen

60 m / 197 ft

145 Zeitz MOCAA

58 m / 190 ft

146 Minneapolis Public Service Building

53 m / 173 ft

147 Populus

49 m / 159 ft

148 THREE FOUR FIVE

48 m / 158 ft

149 GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School

47 m / 156 ft

150 Apex Plaza

35 m

115 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 8 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,061 other buildings of the same Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
151 Medina Towers

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152 10 BKC

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153 Unite Hale Village Tower

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154 Raleigh City Hall

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154 Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 2

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154 Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 3

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157 Las Vegas Live

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158 88 Seaport

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159 Paddington Development

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160 Hudson's North Tower

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161 Empire City Tower 2

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161 Empire City Tower 3

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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.