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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 Wuhan Greenland Center

476 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

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 Wuhan Greenland Center

476 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 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

393 m / 1,288 ft

20 PIF Tower

385 m / 1,263 ft

21 Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid

381 m / 1,251 ft

22 The Address Boulevard

370 m / 1,214 ft

23 Qingdao Hai Tian Center

369 m / 1,210 ft

24 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m / 1,175 ft

25 OKO - Residential Tower

354 m / 1,162 ft

26 Spring City 66

349 m / 1,145 ft

27 85 Sky Tower

348 m / 1,140 ft

28 Comcast Technology Center

339 m / 1,112 ft

29 Wilshire Grand Center

335 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 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

301 m / 986 ft

40 Tour Phare

296 m / 971 ft

41 Dayabumi

290 m / 953 ft

42 Prestige Liberty North Tower

290 m / 951 ft

43 World One

280 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

267 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

253 m / 828 ft

53 Bagualing Industrial Park Urban Renewal Design

250 m / 820 ft

54 Torre Cepsa

248 m / 815 ft

55 FKI Tower

245 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 m / 736 ft

61 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

223 m / 730 ft

62 Istanbul Tower 205

220 m / 722 ft

63 The Edge

220 m / 722 ft

64 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters

217 m / 713 ft

65 AFD Tower 1

216 m / 709 ft

65 AFD Tower 2

216 m / 709 ft

67 One Thousand Museum

213 m / 699 ft

68 The Independent

211 m / 694 ft

69 China Merchants Tower

211 m / 692 ft

70 Haitian Center Tower 1

210 m / 689 ft

71 Hudsons Tower

207 m / 680 ft

72 Oceanwide Plaza Tower I

206 m / 677 ft

73 Golden Tower

205 m / 673 ft

74 Sichuan Airlines Center

204 m / 669 ft

75 Kohinoor Square Tower A

202 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

200 m / 655 ft

80 Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center

198 m / 648 ft

81 Warsaw Trade Tower

187 m / 614 ft

82 OneEleven

187 m / 613 ft

83 Baccarat Hotel & Residences

186 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 m / 562 ft

89 Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo

166 m / 545 ft

90 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m / 545 ft

91 Oceanwide Plaza Tower II

162 m / 530 ft

91 Oceanwide Plaza Tower III

162 m / 530 ft

93 The Broadgate Tower

161 m / 529 ft

94 Tribunal de Paris

160 m / 524 ft

95 Rondo 1

159 m / 522 ft

96 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156 m / 512 ft

97 The Reed

136 m / 447 ft

98 Providence Tower

136 m / 446 ft

99 MILA

135 m / 444 ft

100 The Willis Building

125 m / 409 ft

101 Kohinoor Square Tower B

124 m / 406 ft

102 Faria Lima B32 Office Tower

123 m / 404 ft

103 Cascade

123 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 m / 375 ft

107 3025 JFK

113 m / 371 ft

108 Omni Louisville Hotel

113 m / 370 ft

109 Equus 333 Torre 1

112 m / 368 ft

109 Equus 333 Torre 2

112 m / 368 ft

111 The Heron

112 m / 367 ft

112 Ontario Tower

106 m / 346 ft

113 Skylight

105 m / 344 ft

114 CHOP Schuylkill Avenue Research Building (SARB)

98 m / 320 ft

115 Equus 333 Torre 3

96 m / 316 ft

116 Grove at Grand Bay North Tower

94 m / 308 ft

116 Grove at Grand Bay South Tower

94 m / 308 ft

118 20 Gracechurch

92 m / 301 ft

119 John A. Paulson Center

91 m / 299 ft

120 lilli Midtown

91 m / 297 ft

121 Heron East Tower

89 m / 291 ft

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

85 m / 280 ft

123 Four Winds Casino and Hotel Phase 2

85 m / 278 ft

124 St Georges Central

82 m / 269 ft

125 Frontier

82 m / 268 ft

126 Moor House

82 m / 268 ft

127 One Steuart Lane

73 m / 240 ft

128 Obama Presidential Center

72 m / 235 ft

129 Fargo Block 9

71 m / 234 ft

130 Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown

70 m / 231 ft

131 44 Hopton Street

63 m / 207 ft

132 40 Tenth Ave

61 m / 199 ft

133 Lumen

60 m / 197 ft

134 Zeitz MOCAA

58 m / 190 ft

135 Minneapolis Public Service Building

53 m / 173 ft

136 Populus

49 m / 159 ft

137 THREE FOUR FIVE

48 m / 158 ft

138 GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School

47 m / 156 ft

139 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 6,879 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 Las Vegas Live

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147 88 Seaport

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148 Paddington Development

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149 Empire City Tower 2

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149 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.