CTBUH Silver Member

Jensen Hughes

About

Member Since: 2007

Member Offices: Chicago

Website: http://www.jensenhughes.com/

Founded in 1980, JENSEN HUGHES, Inc. is a global company headquartered in Baltimore, MD. As one of the largest fire protection and life safety engineering and consulting firms with offices worldwide, JENSEN HUGHES is able to provide the support and responsiveness that their clients need. Their technical experts stay on the cutting edge of evolving fire and life safety codes and regulations and are able to provide timely and accurate consulting and design services. They remain committed to providing their clients with cost-effective, high quality services that are crucial to the protection of life, property, and the environment.

Fields of Expertise

Fire 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
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

See all status definitions
Height
1 Jeddah Tower
1,000 m / 3,281  ft
2 Burj Khalifa
828 m / 2,717  ft
3 Shanghai Tower
632 m / 2,073  ft
4 Lotte World Tower
554.5 m / 1,819  ft
5 Shanghai World Financial Center
492 m / 1,614  ft
6 Wuhan Greenland Center
475.6 m / 1,560  ft
7 Chengdu Greenland Tower
468 m / 1,535  ft
8 Petronas Twin Tower 1
451.9 m / 1,483  ft
9 Petronas Twin Tower 2
451.9 m / 1,483  ft
10 Zifeng Tower
450 m / 1,476  ft

Awards

Shanghai Tower

Award of Excellence: Shanghai Tower

10 Year Award 2025

Ctbuh Leaders

Zhong Liu

Zhong Liu

CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present

Beijing

Jeffrey Harper

Jeffrey Harper

CTBUH Fire & Life Safety Committee, 2017 – Present

Chicago

Associated companies

Aon Fire Protection Engineering

CFT Engineering Inc. (2020)

Rolf Jensen & Associates

Jeremy Gardner Associates Ltd.

RBA Engineering

RJA Fire Protection Technology Consulting Co., Ltd.

Sereca Consulting, Inc. (2015)

Sato & Associates, Inc.

Schirmer Engineering Corporation

Sereca Fire Consulting

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 Jeddah Tower

1,000 m / 3,281 ft
2 Burj Khalifa

828 m / 2,717 ft
3 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

729 m / 2,392 ft
4 Wuhan Greenland Center

636 m / 2,087 ft
5 Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft
6 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft
7 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m / 1,614 ft
8 Wuhan Greenland Center

476 m / 1,560 ft
9 Chengdu Greenland Tower

468 m / 1,535 ft
10 R&F Guangdong Building

468 m / 1,535 ft
11 Petronas Twin Tower 1

452 m / 1,483 ft
11 Petronas Twin Tower 2

452 m / 1,483 ft
13 Zifeng Tower

450 m / 1,476 ft
14 The Exchange 106

445 m / 1,462 ft
15 Willis Tower

442 m / 1,451 ft
16 Greenland Shandong International Financial Center

428 m / 1,404 ft
17 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423 m / 1,389 ft
18 Jin Mao Tower

421 m / 1,380 ft
19 Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower

420 m / 1,377 ft
20 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft
21 PIF Tower

385 m / 1,263 ft
22 Qingdao Hai Tian Center

369 m / 1,210 ft
23 Bank of China Tower

367 m / 1,205 ft
24 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m / 1,175 ft
25 OKO - Residential Tower

354 m / 1,162 ft
26 Empire 88 Tower

333 m / 1,093 ft
27 Pearl River Tower

310 m / 1,016 ft
28 Cayan Tower

306 m / 1,005 ft
29 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m / 994 ft
29 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m / 994 ft
31 Axiom One

285 m / 935 ft
32 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m / 879 ft
33 Samsung China Headquarters

260 m / 853 ft
34 One Bloor Street East

257 m / 844 ft
35 Axiom Two

250 m / 820 ft
36 FKI Tower

245 m / 805 ft
37 Haitian Center Tower 3

245 m / 804 ft
38 Global Harbor North Tower

245 m / 804 ft
38 Global Harbor South Tower

245 m / 804 ft
40 Vida Residence Downtown Dubai

238 m / 782 ft
41 Forbes International Tower

230 m / 755 ft
42 OKO - Office Tower

224 m / 736 ft
43 River Point

223 m / 732 ft
44 Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza Tower 1

215 m / 705 ft
45 Haitian Center Tower 1

210 m / 689 ft
46 1322 Golden Empire Tower

203 m / 666 ft
47 Oriental Financial Center

199 m / 653 ft
48 SOCAR Tower

196 m / 643 ft
49 Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza Tower 2

195 m / 640 ft
50 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

173 m / 568 ft
51 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m / 545 ft
52 The Tower at PNC Plaza

166 m / 544 ft
53 Theatre Park

165 m / 541 ft
54 One Lansdowne Road Tower A

159 m / 522 ft
55 Aspect

157 m / 516 ft
56 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156 m / 512 ft
57 United Nations Secretariat Building

154 m / 506 ft
58 Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza Tower 3

152 m / 499 ft
59 Residences at RCMI

145 m / 477 ft
60 Lawrence East TOC North Tower

136 m / 445 ft
61 Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

131 m / 431 ft
62 The Mercian

130 m / 427 ft
63 38-44 Broadway Avenue - St. Monica's Church

129 m / 425 ft
64 The Collection

129 m / 422 ft
65 The Clair

128 m / 421 ft
66 Waihonua at Kewalo

127 m / 418 ft
67 Three Nationwide Plaza

124 m / 408 ft
68 Mandarin Oriental Bankside Yards

120 m / 392 ft
69 One Lansdowne Road Tower B

118 m / 388 ft
70 111 Main

118 m / 387 ft
71 Northwestern Medicine 259 East Erie

117 m / 385 ft
72 3025 JFK

113 m / 371 ft
73 Enclave: Acton

108 m / 354 ft
74 LINEA

106 m / 348 ft
75 Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex

105 m / 345 ft
76 Cielo Condos

104 m / 341 ft
77 Eastern Yards-Building SH-7

104 m / 340 ft
78 Lisbon Street Building 1 Tower II

103 m / 337 ft
79 Graduate Tower at Site 4

102 m / 335 ft
80 CHOP Schuylkill Avenue Research Building (SARB)

98 m / 320 ft
81 Parkland Memorial Hospital

97 m / 318 ft
82 Thomson, Canada Gardens

96 m

315 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 28 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,585 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
83 Anthem Technology Center

95 m / 313 ft
84 W Atlanta-Midtown

95 m / 310 ft
85 AURA by Aqualand

94 m / 310 ft
86 Lawrence East TOC Middle Tower

94 m / 307 ft
86 Lawrence East TOC South Tower

94 m / 307 ft
88 Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences

93 m / 305 ft
89 MIRO East Tower

91 m / 298 ft
89 MIRO West Tower

91 m / 298 ft
91 Akamai Technologies Global Headquarters

91 m / 297 ft
92 Bellamy Close and Byng Street Regeneration-Block C

82 m / 269 ft
93 Frontier

82 m / 268 ft
94 Eastern Yards-Building SH-4

75 m / 246 ft
95 Lisbon Street Building 2

75 m / 246 ft
96 InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel

75 m / 245 ft
97 One Steuart Lane

73 m / 240 ft
98 Lisbon Street Building 1 Tower I

72 m / 237 ft
99 MIT Kendall Square SoMa Site 3 Building

72 m / 235 ft
100 Obama Presidential Center

72 m / 235 ft
101 The John and Frances Angelos Law Center

71 m / 231 ft
102 Al Wasl Plaza Dome

67 m / 221 ft
103 U.S. Embassy, London

65 m / 214 ft
104 Alto Apartments

65 m

213 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 19 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,585 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
105 Park Hyatt Hotel & Residences

62 m / 205 ft
106 Lisbon Street Building 3

57 m / 186 ft
107 Rove Expo City North Tower

55 m / 180 ft
107 Rove Expo City South Tower

55 m / 180 ft
109 Minneapolis Public Service Building

53 m / 173 ft
110 BRIC Phase 1

53 m / 173 ft
111 Brook House

51 m / 168 ft
112 The Sign Building B

51 m / 167 ft
113 The University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons

50 m / 164 ft
114 Al Wasl Plaza Building 1

50 m / 163 ft
114 Al Wasl Plaza Building 3/10

50 m / 163 ft
114 Al Wasl Plaza Building 5

50 m / 163 ft
117 Lisbon Street Building 4

49 m / 159 ft
118 Edition Hotel & Residences

48 m / 158 ft
119 Collyer, Canada Gardens

48 m

157 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 14 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,585 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
119 Harris, Canada Gardens

48 m

157 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 14 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,585 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
119 Lismer, Canada Gardens

48 m

157 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 14 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,585 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
122 GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School

47 m / 156 ft
123 The Sign Building A

43 m / 141 ft
124 402 Dunsmuir Street

43 m / 139 ft
125 61-65 Holborn Viaduct

42 m / 139 ft
126 Varley/Jackson/Seath, Canada Gardens

41 m

135 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 12 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,585 other buildings of the same Residential 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.
127 Parkway Tower 2

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128 Parkway Tower 4

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129 Parkway Tower 1

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130 H Hotel W39

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131 88 Seaport

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132 Empire City Tower 2

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132 Empire City Tower 3

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Jensen Hughes

CTBUH Façade Fire Performance Workshop at University of Sydney

29 October 2017

One day before the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, delegates convened at the University of Sydney facilities in Darlington for the Fire Performance of Façades workshop.

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.

CTBUH 2016 Conference Silver+ Sponsor

16–21 October 2016

Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.

Intelligent Egress Workshop Tackles Tough Fire-Safety Issues

21 September 2016

Co-organized by CTBUH, UTRC (China), and Institute of Public Safety of Tsinghua University, this day-long workshop examined the issues and challenges accompanying ever-taller buildings.

CTBUH 14th Annual Awards Executive Table Sponsor

12 November 2015

The CTBUH 14th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the daytime Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.

CTBUH 2015 New York Conference Silver+ Sponsor

26–30 October 2015

After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.