About

Member Since: 1980

Member Offices: London (ON)

Website: https://www.uwo.ca/projects/heritage/heritage4/

As a leader in wind engineering, Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory has worked with engineers, architects and developers from all over the globe. Since its inception in 1965, the Laboratory has worked on over one thousand projects.

Their mission is to develop innovative solutions to complex wind engineering problems while maintaining the highest standards in research, education, and engineering applications.

They have developed many of wind engineering's standard methods, such as the force balance measurement of loads on tall buildings. They have assisted in the design of some of the world's tallest buildings and structures, the world's longest bridges, and roofs of unusual construction and form.

Fields of Expertise

Wind Engineering

Buildings

RANK
Name
Height
1 Burj Khalifa

828 m

2,717 ft

2 Shanghai Tower

632 m

2,073 ft

3 Makkah Royal Clock Tower

601 m

1,972 ft

4 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m

1,614 ft

5 Willis Tower

442.1 m

1,451 ft

6 Jin Mao Tower

420.5 m

1,380 ft

7 Shun Hing Square

384 m

1,260 ft

8 Central Plaza

373.9 m

1,227 ft

9 Bank of China Tower

367.4 m

1,205 ft

10 Bank of America Tower

365.8 m

1,200 ft

Associated companies

RANK
Name
Height
1 Burj Khalifa

828 m

2,717 ft

2 Shanghai Tower

632 m

2,073 ft

3 Makkah Royal Clock Tower

601 m

1,972 ft

4 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m

1,614 ft

5 Willis Tower

442.1 m

1,451 ft

6 Jin Mao Tower

420.5 m

1,380 ft

7 Shun Hing Square

384 m

1,260 ft

8 Central Plaza

373.9 m

1,227 ft

9 Bank of China Tower

367.4 m

1,205 ft

10 Bank of America Tower

365.8 m

1,200 ft

11 Emirates Tower One

354.6 m

1,163 ft

12 The Center

346 m

1,135 ft

13 875 North Michigan Avenue

343.7 m

1,128 ft

14 The Index

326 m

1,070 ft

15 The Landmark

324 m

1,063 ft

16 Blue Tower

317.6 m

1,042 ft

17 U.S. Bank Tower

310.3 m

1,018 ft

18 Emirates Tower Two

309 m

1,014 ft

19 The Franklin - North Tower

306.9 m

1,007 ft

20 Cayan Tower

306.4 m

1,005 ft

21 JPMorgan Chase Tower

305.4 m

1,002 ft

22 Etihad Towers T2

305.3 m

1,002 ft

23 Two Prudential Plaza

303.3 m

995 ft

24 Kingdom Centre

302.3 m

992 ft

25 First Canadian Place

298.1 m

978 ft

26 4 World Trade Center

297.7 m

977 ft

27 Comcast Center

296.7 m

974 ft

28 Etihad Towers T1

277.6 m

911 ft

29 Aqua at Lakeshore East

261.8 m

859 ft

30 Brookfield Place

260.9 m

856 ft

31 Etihad Towers T3

260.3 m

854 ft

32 Torre Reforma

246 m

807 ft

33 Etihad Towers T4

234 m

768 ft

34 Harbour Plaza Residences East

233 m

764 ft

35 Courtyard & Residence Inn Manhattan/Central Park

229.6 m

753 ft

36 Harbour Plaza Residences West

224 m

735 ft

37 Etihad Towers T5

217.5 m

714 ft

38 Philamlife Tower

200 m

656 ft

39 One Wall Street

199.3 m

654 ft

40 Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters

178.8 m

587 ft

41 60 Absolute World

175.6 m

576 ft

42 The Tower at PNC Plaza

166 m

544 ft

43 The Franklin - South Tower

163.9 m

538 ft

44 Palazzo Lombardia

161.3 m

529 ft

45 50 Absolute World

157.9 m

518 ft

46 BurJuman Centre

148 m

486 ft

47 Broad Financial Center

130.2 m

427 ft

48 185 King Street East

123.9 m

406 ft

49 Seattle Central Library

59.7 m

196 ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory

Member Focus: Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory

10 April 2023

As part of the CTBUH "Member Appreciation Month," this week we're showcasing one of our longest-standing members: the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory (BLWTL) at Western University, in London, Ontario.

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.

CTBUH 2008 Dubai Conference Silver Sponsor

03–05 March 2008

The Congress hosted presentations, seminars and workshops covering virtually every aspect of tall building development, with a particular emphasis on sustainability.