CTBUH Silver Member

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

554.5 m

1,819 ft
5 One World Trade Center

541.3 m

1,776 ft
6 TAIPEI 101

508 m

1,667 ft
7 International Commerce Centre

484 m

1,588 ft
8 Wuhan Greenland Center

475.6 m

1,560 ft
10 Lakhta Center

462 m

1,516 ft
11 FORZA Tower

460 m

1,509 ft
12 Suzhou IFS

450 m

1,476 ft
14 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m

1,404 ft

Associated companies

Pie Consulting & Engineering (2022)

MovvéO Ltd. (2019)

Lerch Bates Europe (2014)

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

554.5 m

1,819 ft
5 One World Trade Center

541.3 m

1,776 ft
6 TAIPEI 101

508 m

1,667 ft
7 International Commerce Centre

484 m

1,588 ft
8 Wuhan Greenland Center

475.6 m

1,560 ft
9 Chengdu Greenland Tower

468 m

1,535 ft
10 Lakhta Center

462 m

1,516 ft
11 FORZA Tower

460 m

1,509 ft
12 Suzhou IFS

450 m

1,476 ft
13 World One

442 m

1,450 ft
14 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m

1,404 ft
15 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423.2 m

1,389 ft
16 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft
17 Guiyang International Financial Center T1

401 m

1,316 ft
18 Okhta Centre

396 m

1,299 ft
19 China Resources Tower

392.5 m

1,288 ft
20 PIF Tower

385 m

1,263 ft
21 Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid

381.2 m

1,251 ft
22 The Address Boulevard

370 m

1,214 ft
23 Qingdao Hai Tian Center

368.9 m

1,210 ft
24 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m

1,175 ft
25 OKO - Residential Tower

354.2 m

1,162 ft
26 Spring City 66

349 m

1,145 ft
27 85 Sky Tower

347.5 m

1,140 ft
28 Comcast Technology Center

339.1 m

1,112 ft
29 Wilshire Grand Center

335.3 m

1,100 ft
30 Empire 88 Tower

333 m

1,093 ft
31 Guangzhou International Cultural Center

320 m

1,050 ft
32 MahaNakhon

314 m

1,030 ft
33 Poly Pazhou C2

311 m

1,020 ft
34 Cayan Tower

306.4 m

1,005 ft
35 The Shard

306 m

1,004 ft
36 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m

994 ft
36 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m

994 ft
38 Greenland Center North Tower

301 m

988 ft
39 Lokhandwala Minerva

300.6 m

986 ft
40 Tour Phare

296 m

971 ft
41 Dayabumi

290.5 m

953 ft
42 Prestige Liberty North Tower

290 m

951 ft
43 World One

280.2 m

919 ft
44 Guiyang International Financial Center T2

275 m

902 ft
45 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m

879 ft
46 Al Faisaliah Center

266.9 m

876 ft
47 Tour Generali

265 m

869 ft
48 Samsung China Headquarters

260 m

853 ft
49 Beijing Greenland Center

260 m

853 ft
50 Commerzbank Tower

259 m

850 ft
51 Central Market Hotel Tower

255 m

837 ft
52 Permata Sapura Tower

252.5 m

828 ft
53 Bagualing Industrial Park Urban Renewal Design

250 m

820 ft
54 Torre Cepsa

248.3 m

815 ft
55 FKI Tower

245.5 m

805 ft
56 Haitian Center Tower 3

245 m

804 ft
57 CCTV Headquarters

234 m

768 ft
58 Salesforce Tower

230 m

755 ft
59 Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, One Dalton Street

228 m

748 ft
60 OKO - Office Tower

224.5 m

736 ft
61 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

222.5 m

730 ft
62 Istanbul Tower 205

220 m

722 ft
63 The Edge

220 m

722 ft
64 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters

217.3 m

713 ft
65 AFD Tower 1

216 m

709 ft
65 AFD Tower 2

216 m

709 ft
67 One Thousand Museum

213.1 m

699 ft
68 The Independent

211.4 m

694 ft
69 China Merchants Tower

211 m

692 ft
70 Haitian Center Tower 1

210 m

689 ft
71 Hudsons Tower

207.3 m

680 ft
72 Oceanwide Plaza Tower I

206.4 m

677 ft
73 Golden Tower

205 m

673 ft
74 Sichuan Airlines Center

204 m

669 ft
75 Kohinoor Square Tower A

201.9 m

662 ft
76 25 Canada Square

201 m

659 ft
77 Prestige Liberty South Tower

200 m

656 ft
77 Tadawul Tower

200 m

656 ft
79 8 Canada Square

199.5 m

655 ft
80 Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center

197.5 m

648 ft
81 Warsaw Trade Tower

187.2 m

614 ft
82 OneEleven

186.8 m

613 ft
83 Baccarat Hotel & Residences

185.9 m

610 ft
84 Tour T1

185 m

607 ft
85 Tours DUO 1

180 m

591 ft
86 Tour Saint-Gobain

180 m

590 ft
87 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

173 m

568 ft
88 Cirrus

171.4 m

562 ft
89 Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo

166.3 m

545 ft
90 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m

545 ft
91 Oceanwide Plaza Tower II

161.5 m

530 ft
91 Oceanwide Plaza Tower III

161.5 m

530 ft
93 The Broadgate Tower

161.3 m

529 ft
94 Tribunal de Paris

159.7 m

524 ft
95 Rondo 1

159.2 m

522 ft
96 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156.1 m

512 ft
97 The Reed

136.2 m

447 ft
98 Providence Tower

136 m

446 ft
99 MILA

135.5 m

444 ft
100 The Willis Building

124.8 m

409 ft
101 Kohinoor Square Tower B

123.9 m

406 ft
102 Faria Lima B32 Office Tower

123 m

404 ft
103 Cascade

122.9 m

403 ft
104 Tours DUO 2

122 m

400 ft
105 Port Baku Business Center

120 m

394 ft
106 One Crown Place

114.3 m

375 ft
107 Omni Louisville Hotel

112.8 m

370 ft
108 Equus 333 Torre 1

112.1 m

368 ft
108 Equus 333 Torre 2

112.1 m

368 ft
110 The Heron

112 m

367 ft
111 3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard

110 m

361 ft
112 Ontario Tower

105.5 m

346 ft
113 Skylight

105 m

344 ft
114 CHOP Schuylkill Avenue Research Building (SARB)

97.5 m

320 ft
115 Equus 333 Torre 3

96.3 m

316 ft
116 Grove at Grand Bay North Tower

93.8 m

308 ft
116 Grove at Grand Bay South Tower

93.8 m

308 ft
118 20 Gracechurch

91.7 m

301 ft
119 John A. Paulson Center

91.1 m

299 ft
120 lilli Midtown

90.5 m

297 ft
121 Heron East Tower

88.7 m

291 ft
122 The Tree House Residence Hall at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

85.3 m

280 ft
123 Four Winds Casino and Hotel Phase 2

84.7 m

278 ft
124 St Georges Central

82 m

269 ft
125 Frontier

81.8 m

268 ft
126 Moor House

81.7 m

268 ft
127 One Steuart Lane

73.2 m

240 ft
128 Obama Presidential Center

71.6 m

235 ft
129 Fargo Block 9

71.3 m

234 ft
130 Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown

70.4 m

231 ft
131 44 Hopton Street

63 m

207 ft
132 40 Tenth Ave

60.7 m

199 ft
133 Lumen

60.1 m

197 ft
134 Zeitz MOCAA

58 m

190 ft
135 Minneapolis Public Service Building

52.7 m

173 ft
136 Populus

48.5 m

159 ft
137 THREE FOUR FIVE

48.3 m

158 ft
138 GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School

47.4 m

156 ft
139 Apex Plaza

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 8 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,913 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.
140 Medina Towers

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141 10 BKC

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142 Unite Hale Village Tower

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143 Raleigh City Hall

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143 Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 2

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143 Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 3

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146 88 Seaport

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147 Paddington Development

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148 Empire City Tower 2

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148 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.