CTBUH Gold Member

Nucor Corporation

About

Member Since: 2021

Member Offices: Charlotte

Website: https://www.nucor.com

With more than 300 facilities, Nucor is North America’s largest steel producer and recycler. They have been pioneering sustainable steelmaking with electric arc furnace (EAF) technology for over 50 years offering a wide breadth of steel products and capabilities.

Nucor's team of specialists are ready to assist the design, fabrication, construction and owner communities from building project conception to completion. From preliminary design assistance to Life Cycle Assessment or Global Warming Potential models and everything in between, they are here to drive your project forward with innovative construction solutions.

Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; overhead and high-performance doors; steel grating; wire and wire mesh; and utility structures. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron / direct reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap.

Fields of Expertise

Materials / Products / Systems Supplier

Buildings

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

Height
1 One Vanderbilt Avenue
427 m / 1,401  ft
2 The Spiral
313.9 m / 1,030  ft
3 Salesforce Tower
254.6 m / 835  ft
4 110 North Wacker
249 m / 817  ft
5 Bellevue 600
182.9 m / 600  ft

Awards

Salesforce Tower

Award of Excellence: Salesforce Tower

Best Tall Building, by Height, 200-299 meters 2024

Ctbuh Leaders

Laura Micheli

Laura Micheli

CTBUH Steel-Timber Research Project Steering Committee, 2022 – Present

Tabitha Stine

Tabitha Stine

CTBUH Steel-Timber Research Project Steering Committee, 2022 – Present

Charlotte

Kim Olson

Kim Olson

CTBUH Materials Assembly, 2024 – Present

Charlotte

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

23 May 2022

Bringing Sustainable Steel To Your Next Hybrid Structure

This presentation provides guidance on selecting production techniques, recycled content levels, strengths and framing types, and describes a modular steel form system that works well...

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Research

05 July 2023

We All Love to Get High: Optimizing Observation Deck Design

Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...

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Global News

01 April 2022

Chicago Investor in Megadeal for Wacker Drive Tower

Chicago real estate investor Tim Callahan has returned to the downtown office market, partnering with a New York firm to buy the 55-story tower at...

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RANK
Name
Height
1 One Vanderbilt Avenue

427 m / 1,401 ft

2 The Spiral

314 m / 1,030 ft

3 Salesforce Tower

255 m / 835 ft

4 110 North Wacker

249 m / 817 ft

5 Bellevue 600

183 m / 600 ft

Statistics

Average Building Age*

3 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (100%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (80%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 5 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 5 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

Designated Experts

Tabitha Stine

General Manager Energy Solutions Services, Nucor Corporation

Kim Olson

Director of Construction Solutions, Nucor Corporation

Dennis Pilarczyk

Department Manager, Construction Solutions, Nucor Corporation, Nucor Corporation

Steve Rys

Structural Engineer | Nucor Steel, Nucor Corporation

Buddy Burks

Construction Enterprise Accounts, Nucor Corporation, Nucor Corporation

Ctbuh Leaders At Nucor Corporation

CTBUH Steel-Timber Research Project Steering Committee, 2022 – Present

Laura Micheli

Research Engineer, ISG, Nucor Corporation

CTBUH Steel-Timber Research Project Steering Committee, 2022 – Present

Tabitha Stine

General Manager Energy Solutions Services, Nucor Corporation

CTBUH Materials Assembly, 2024 – Present

Kim Olson

Director of Construction Solutions, Nucor Corporation

23 May 2022

Bringing Sustainable Steel To Your Next Hybrid Structure

This presentation provides guidance on selecting production techniques, recycled content levels, strengths and framing types, and describes a modular steel form system that works well...

17 October 2016

CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Session 3a: Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Q&A

Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Richard Witt, Quadrangle Architects; James von Klamperer Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Keith Griffiths, Aedas; Peter Brannan, Arquitectonica answer questions...

17 October 2016

X Information Modeling: Data-Driven Decision Making in the Design of Tall Buildings

This presentation outlined X-Information Modeling or XIM, a method of data-driven decision-making for the design of tall buildings. Developed over its application on more than...

26 October 2015

Interview: James von Klemperer

James von Klemperer of KPF is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. James discusses...

26 October 2015

One Vanderbilt: Approving Midtown’s Tallest Office Building

This presentation traces the development of One Vanderbilt from early design through the complex city approvals process that is ultimately allowing for its realization. From...

18 September 2014

Urban Density and the Porous High Rise: The Integration of the Tall Building in the City

September 18, 2014. Shanghai, China. James von Klemperer from Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC presents at the 2014 Shanghai Conference closing plenary on "Urban Density...

05 July 2023

We All Love to Get High: Optimizing Observation Deck Design

Terri Meyer Boake

Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...

22 August 2022

Livable Density: The Hybrid Office Building

James von Klemperer & Andrew Cleary, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

The recently completed One Vanderbilt Avenue tower has become the standard bearer for one of New York City’s most ambitious zoning initiatives of the past...

12 January 2021

Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in 2020: COVID-19 Contributes To Dip in Year-On-Year Completions

CTBUH Research

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2020, part of the Tall...

30 January 2020

Tall Building Predictions for 2020

CTBUH Research

The combined brains of the CTBUH editorial and database staff boldly predict what might happen across the global skyscraper industry in 2020. Check out our...

11 October 2019

CTBUH 2019 Congress Special

On the 50th anniversary of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s founding, the CTBUH 10th World Congress returns to the Council’s home: Chicago....

01 April 2022

Chicago Investor in Megadeal for Wacker Drive Tower

Chicago real estate investor Tim Callahan has returned to the downtown office market, partnering with a New York firm to buy the 55-story tower at...

13 May 2021

New York City Observatory Set to Open Fall 2021

Summit One Vanderbilt, a four-level 6,039 square meter (65,000 square foot) observatory including an outdoor summit terrace, will be located in the crown of One...

29 January 2021

Supertall Office Tower Tops Out in New York City

The rapid pace of construction at 66 Hudson Boulevard, aka The Spiral, finally reached the 65-story, 1,041-foot-tall (317-meter) pinnacle over Hudson Yards on Tuesday, 26...

15 September 2020

Ribbon-Cutting Opens Skyscraper in New York City

Yesterday, 14 September 2020, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and developers SL Green and Hines celebrated the opening of One Vanderbilt with a ribbon cutting...

23 April 2020

Foundation Preparations Begin at 60-Story Office Tower Along Chicago River

Development of the 60-story Salesforce Tower has kicked off along the Chicago River after the project secured a US$500 million-plus construction loan that is one of the...

26 March 2020

Under-Construction Chicago Skyscrapers Acquire New Tenants

Real estate investment firm Heitman has inked a lease for 60,000 square feet (5,600 square meters) at Riverside Investment & Development and Howard Hughes’ under-construction...

18 September 2019

Two Supertalls Top Out in New York City

The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...

08 April 2019

Renderings Revealed for 99 Hudson Boulevard, New York City

Developer Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 99 Hudson Boulevard, a 44-story office building at Hudson Yards. The site sits along 11th Avenue between West...

05 February 2019

One Vanderbilt Reaches Supertall Territory Above Midtown East, New York City

One Vanderbilt is officially the latest skyscraper in New York City to achieve a height equivalent to “supertall” (300 meters and higher) status. Located at...

30 November 2018

Salesforce to add 1,000 jobs in new Chicago riverfront skyscraper

Salesforce on Friday, November 30, 2018 will announce plans to anchor a new riverfront skyscraper and add at least 1,000 jobs to its Chicago workforce...