Lerch Bates - The Skyscraper Center

CTBUH Silver Member

Lerch Bates, Inc.

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 1993

Member Offices: New York City

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

Façade Design / Engineering

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	City	Completion	Height
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2010	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	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	2010	484 m / 1,588 ft
6	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	2023	475.6 m / 1,560 ft
7	Lakhta Center	St. Petersburg	2019	462 m / 1,516 ft
8	FORZA Tower	Bogota	-	460 m / 1,509 ft
9	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	2019	450 m / 1,476 ft
10	Greenland Shandong International Financial Center	Jinan	2023	428 m / 1,404 ft

Pie Consulting & Engineering (2022)

MovvéO Ltd. (2019)

Lerch Bates Europe (2014)

Acquired companies

Pie Consulting & Engineering (2022)

Formerly Named

MovvéO Ltd. (2019)

Lerch Bates Europe (2014)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	2010	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	484 m / 1,588 ft
8	Wuhan Greenland Center	Wuhan	2023	476 m / 1,560 ft
9	Chengdu Greenland Tower	Chengdu	-	468 m / 1,535 ft
10	Lakhta Center	St. Petersburg	2019	462 m / 1,516 ft
11	FORZA Tower	Bogota	-	460 m / 1,509 ft
12	Suzhou IFS	Suzhou	2019	450 m / 1,476 ft
13	World One	Mumbai	-	442 m / 1,450 ft
14	Greenland Shandong International Financial Center	Jinan	2023	428 m / 1,404 ft
15	Trump International Hotel & Tower	Chicago	2009	423 m / 1,389 ft
16	Two International Finance Centre	Hong Kong	2003	412 m / 1,352 ft
17	Guiyang International Financial Center T1	Guiyang	2020	401 m / 1,316 ft
18	Okhta Centre	St. Petersburg	-	396 m / 1,299 ft
19	China Resources Tower	Shenzhen	2018	393 m / 1,288 ft
20	PIF Tower	Riyadh	2021	385 m / 1,263 ft
21	Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid	Abu Dhabi	2014	381 m / 1,251 ft
22	The Address Boulevard	Dubai	2017	370 m / 1,214 ft
23	Qingdao Hai Tian Center	Qingdao	2021	369 m / 1,210 ft
24	Greenland Group Suzhou Center	Suzhou	2023	358 m / 1,175 ft
25	OKO - Residential Tower	Moscow	2015	354 m / 1,162 ft
26	Spring City 66	Kunming	2019	349 m / 1,145 ft
27	85 Sky Tower	Kaohsiung	1997	348 m / 1,140 ft
28	Comcast Technology Center	Philadelphia	2018	339 m / 1,112 ft
29	Wilshire Grand Center	Los Angeles	2017	335 m / 1,100 ft
30	Guangzhou International Cultural Center	Guangzhou	2023	320 m / 1,050 ft
31	MahaNakhon	Bangkok	2016	314 m / 1,030 ft
32	Poly Pazhou C2	Guangzhou	2017	311 m / 1,020 ft
33	Cayan Tower	Dubai	2013	306 m / 1,005 ft
34	The Shard	London	2013	306 m / 1,004 ft
35	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
35	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B	Nanchang	2015	303 m / 994 ft
37	Greenland Center North Tower	Yinchuan	-	301 m / 988 ft
38	Lokhandwala Minerva	Mumbai	2023	300 m / 984 ft
39	Tour Phare	Puteaux	-	296 m / 971 ft
40	Dayabumi	Kuala Lumpur	-	291 m / 953 ft
41	Prestige Liberty North Tower	Mumbai	2025	290 m / 951 ft
42	World One	Mumbai	2020	280 m / 919 ft
43	Guiyang International Financial Center T2	Guiyang	2020	275 m / 902 ft
44	Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower	Nanchang	2015	268 m / 879 ft
45	Al Faisaliah Center	Riyadh	2000	267 m / 876 ft
46	Tour Generali	Courbevoie	-	265 m / 869 ft
47	Samsung China Headquarters	Beijing	2018	260 m / 853 ft
48	Beijing Greenland Center	Beijing	2016	260 m / 853 ft
49	Commerzbank Tower	Frankfurt am Main	1997	259 m / 850 ft
50	Central Market Hotel Tower	Abu Dhabi	-	255 m / 837 ft
51	Permata Sapura Tower	Kuala Lumpur	2020	253 m / 828 ft
52	Torre Cepsa	Madrid	2008	248 m / 815 ft
53	FKI Tower	Seoul	2013	246 m / 805 ft
54	Haitian Center Tower 3	Qingdao	2021	245 m / 804 ft
55	CCTV Headquarters	Beijing	2012	234 m / 768 ft
56	Salesforce Tower	London	2011	230 m / 755 ft
57	Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, One Dalton Street	Boston	2020	228 m / 748 ft
58	OKO - Office Tower	Moscow	2015	225 m / 736 ft
59	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	223 m / 730 ft
60	Istanbul Tower 205	Istanbul	2019	220 m / 722 ft
61	The Edge	Beirut	-	220 m / 722 ft
62	Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters	Xi’an	2018	217 m / 713 ft
63	AFD Tower 1	Almaty	-	216 m / 709 ft
63	AFD Tower 2	Almaty	-	216 m / 709 ft
65	One Thousand Museum	Miami	2019	213 m / 699 ft
66	The Independent	Austin	2019	211 m / 694 ft
67	China Merchants Tower	Shenzhen	2013	211 m / 692 ft
68	Haitian Center Tower 1	Qingdao	2021	210 m / 689 ft
69	Hudsons Tower	Detroit	2024	207 m / 680 ft
70	Oceanwide Plaza Tower I	Los Angeles	2023	206 m / 677 ft
71	Golden Tower	Jeddah	2018	205 m / 673 ft
72	Sichuan Airlines Center	Chengdu	2016	204 m / 669 ft
73	Kohinoor Square Tower A	Mumbai	2019	202 m / 662 ft
74	25 Canada Square	London	2002	201 m / 659 ft
75	Prestige Liberty South Tower	Mumbai	2025	200 m / 656 ft
75	Tadawul Tower	Riyadh	2022	200 m / 656 ft
77	8 Canada Square	London	2002	200 m / 655 ft
78	Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center	Guangzhou	2017	198 m / 648 ft
79	Warsaw Trade Tower	Warsaw	1999	187 m / 614 ft
80	OneEleven	Chicago	2014	187 m / 613 ft
81	Baccarat Hotel & Residences	New York City	2015	186 m / 610 ft
82	Tour T1	Courbevoie	2008	185 m / 607 ft
83	Tours DUO 1	Paris	2021	180 m / 591 ft
84	Tour Saint-Gobain	Courbevoie	2019	180 m / 590 ft
85	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2	Chengdu	-	173 m / 568 ft
86	Cirrus	Chicago	2021	171 m / 562 ft
87	Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo	Turin	2015	166 m / 545 ft
88	Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3	Chengdu	-	166 m / 545 ft
89	Oceanwide Plaza Tower II	Los Angeles	2023	162 m / 530 ft
89	Oceanwide Plaza Tower III	Los Angeles	2023	162 m / 530 ft
91	The Broadgate Tower	London	2008	161 m / 529 ft
92	Tribunal de Paris	Paris	2017	160 m / 524 ft
93	Rondo 1	Warsaw	2006	159 m / 522 ft
94	3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard	Philadelphia	-	156 m / 512 ft
95	The Reed	Chicago	2023	136 m / 447 ft
96	Providence Tower	London	2016	136 m / 446 ft
97	MILA	Chicago	2016	136 m / 444 ft
98	The Willis Building	London	2007	125 m / 409 ft
99	Kohinoor Square Tower B	Mumbai	2020	124 m / 406 ft
100	Faria Lima B32 Office Tower	São Paulo	2020	123 m / 404 ft
101	Cascade	Chicago	2021	123 m / 403 ft
102	Tours DUO 2	Paris	2021	122 m / 400 ft
103	Port Baku Business Center	Baku	2011	120 m / 394 ft
104	One Crown Place	London	-	114 m / 375 ft
105	Omni Louisville Hotel	Louisville	2018	113 m / 370 ft
106	Equus 333 Torre 1	San Pedro Garza García	2016	112 m / 368 ft
106	Equus 333 Torre 2	San Pedro Garza García	2016	112 m / 368 ft
108	The Heron	London	2013	112 m / 367 ft
109	3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard	Philadelphia	-	110 m / 361 ft
110	Ontario Tower	London	2007	106 m / 346 ft
111	Skylight	Warsaw	2007	105 m / 344 ft
112	Equus 333 Torre 3	San Pedro Garza García	2016	96 m / 316 ft
113	Grove at Grand Bay North Tower	Miami	2016	94 m / 308 ft
113	Grove at Grand Bay South Tower	Miami	2016	94 m / 308 ft
115	20 Gracechurch	London	1994	92 m / 301 ft
116	John A. Paulson Center	New York City	2022	91 m / 299 ft
117	lilli Midtown	Atlanta	2018	91 m / 297 ft
118	Heron East Tower	Tampa	2021	89 m / 291 ft
119	The Tree House Residence Hall at Massachusetts College of Art and Design	Boston	2012	85 m / 280 ft
120	Four Winds Casino and Hotel Phase 2	South Bend	2023	85 m / 278 ft
121	St Georges Central	Leicester	-	82 m / 269 ft
122	Moor House	London	2005	82 m / 268 ft
123	Obama Presidential Center	Chicago	2025	72 m / 235 ft
124	Fargo Block 9	Fargo	2021	71 m / 234 ft
125	Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown	Denver	2017	70 m / 231 ft
126	44 Hopton Street	London	-	63 m / 207 ft
127	40 Tenth Ave	New York City	2019	61 m / 199 ft
128	Lumen	Warsaw	2007	60 m / 197 ft
129	Zeitz MOCAA	Cape Town	2017	58 m / 190 ft
130	Minneapolis Public Service Building	Minneapolis	2021	53 m / 173 ft
131	Populus	Denver	2023	49 m / 159 ft
132	THREE FOUR FIVE	Chicago	2022	48 m / 158 ft
133	GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School	Chicago	2014	47 m / 156 ft
134	Apex Plaza	Charlottesville	-	35 m / 115 ft
135	Medina Towers	Tripoli	-	- m / - ft
136	10 BKC	Mumbai	-	- m / - ft
137	Unite Hale Village Tower	London	-	- m / - ft
138	Raleigh City Hall	Raleigh	-	- m / - ft
138	Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 2	Raleigh	-	- m / - ft
138	Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 3	Raleigh	-	- m / - ft
141	88 Seaport	Boston	-	- m / - ft
142	Paddington Development	London	-	- 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.