DeSimone Consulting Engineers

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Member Since: 2015

Member Offices: New York City

Founded in New York City in 1969, DeSimone Consulting Engineers provides high-quality structural engineering, facade consulting, and forensic services, in addition to risk management and construction claims consulting for all types of buildings. With offices in the United States, South America, and the Middle East, DeSimone is known for providing each client with personal, dedicated, and inspiring engineering solutions. To date, DeSimone has designed over 10,000 projects in 44 states and 55 countries.

Fields of Expertise

Engineering, Other; Structural Engineering

Membership details

Membership Level

Platinum

Member Since

2015

Member Offices

New York City

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Al Wasl Tower	300.6 m / 986 ft
2	220 Central Park South	289.6 m / 950 ft
3	99 Hudson Street	271 m / 889 ft
4	Regent Emirates Pearl	255 m / 837 ft
5	Panorama Tower	251.9 m / 827 ft
6	Four Seasons Hotel & Tower	240.4 m / 789 ft
7	111 Murray Street	240.2 m / 788 ft
8	50 West	237.3 m / 779 ft
9	Madison Square Park Tower	237 m / 778 ft
10	Skyline Tower	232.4 m / 762 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: ARO

Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Danilo Nanni

CTBUH Regional Committee, 2018 – Present

Miami

Hari Chandana Gangavarapu

CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Florida, 2020 – Present

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

17 October 2016

Structural & Geotechnic Engineering Q&A

Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. William O'Donnell, DeSimone Consulting Engineers; Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti; SawTeen Seen, Leslie E. Robertson Associates, answer questions at the...

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Research

26 October 2015

Modern Tower, Ancient City: Ronesans Tower

In this era of globalization, societies and cities struggle with the need to modernize and remain competitive against the desire to show deference to historical...

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Global News

26 March 2021

Miami Office Tower Approaches Halfway Mark

As financial firms, technology companies and high-net worth individuals migrate to Miami en masse, construction is progressing at a Class A office tower underway in...

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Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Al Wasl Tower	Dubai	2022	301 m / 986 ft
2	220 Central Park South	New York City	2019	290 m / 950 ft
3	125 Greenwich Street	New York City	2021	278 m / 912 ft
4	99 Hudson Street	Jersey City	2020	271 m / 889 ft
5	Regent Emirates Pearl	Abu Dhabi	2016	255 m / 837 ft
6	Panorama Tower	Miami	2018	252 m / 827 ft
7	Four Seasons Hotel & Tower	Miami	2003	240 m / 789 ft
8	111 Murray Street	New York City	2018	240 m / 788 ft
9	50 West	New York City	2018	237 m / 779 ft
10	Madison Square Park Tower	New York City	2017	237 m / 778 ft
11	Skyline Tower	New York City	2021	232 m / 762 ft
12	Shangri-La at the Fort	Taguig City	2016	229 m / 752 ft
13	ARO	New York City	2018	225 m / 738 ft
14	830 Brickell	Miami	2022	223 m / 732 ft
15	100 East 53rd Street	New York City	2018	217 m / 711 ft
16	Marquis	Miami	2009	214 m / 702 ft
17	Jersey City Urby	Jersey City	2016	214 m / 700 ft
18	One Thousand Museum	Miami	2019	213 m / 699 ft
19	Brickell Flatiron	Miami	2019	213 m / 698 ft
20	Millennium Tower	Boston	2016	208 m / 681 ft
21	Resorts World Las Vegas Tower I	Las Vegas	2021	205 m / 674 ft
22	900 Biscayne Bay	Miami	2008	198 m / 650 ft
23	Turnberry Ocean Club	Sunny Isles Beach	2020	198 m / 649 ft
24	Millennium Tower	San Francisco	2009	197 m / 645 ft
25	Tower 28	New York City	2017	194 m / 637 ft
26	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1	Shanghai	2017	194 m / 635 ft
27	Langham Place	New York City	2010	193 m / 632 ft
28	The Edge on Brickell	Miami	-	192 m / 631 ft
29	Avalon Willoughby Square	New York City	2015	190 m / 624 ft
30	425 5th Avenue	New York City	2003	188 m / 618 ft
31	Allianz Tower	Istanbul	2015	186 m / 609 ft
32	Cosmopolitan Casino Beach Club Tower	Las Vegas	2010	184 m / 604 ft
33	The Hub	New York City	2016	184 m / 602 ft
34	Epic Residences & Hotel	Miami	2009	183 m / 601 ft
35	W Times Square	New York City	2002	178 m / 583 ft
36	1185 Broadway	New York City	2021	177 m / 580 ft
37	VDARA	Las Vegas	2009	170 m / 556 ft
38	Equitable Building	New York City	1915	169 m / 555 ft
39	Tower 111	New York City	2011	169 m / 554 ft
40	One Willoughby Square	New York City	2021	168 m / 552 ft
41	17 State Street	New York City	1988	165 m / 542 ft
42	70 Columbus	Jersey City	2015	161 m / 529 ft
43	The Metropolis	New York City	2001	161 m / 528 ft
44	William Beaver House	New York City	2010	161 m / 527 ft
45	77 Greenwich	New York City	2020	159 m / 523 ft
46	Tower 46	New York City	2013	153 m / 501 ft
47	1450 BRICKELL	Miami	2010	153 m / 500 ft
48	Mohegan Sun Sky Tower	Montville	2002	148 m / 487 ft
49	Three Tequesta Point	Miami	2001	146 m / 480 ft
50	CassaNY	New York City	2010	146 m / 478 ft
51	Prism Tower	New York City	2015	145 m / 476 ft
52	Millennium Place Tower 1	Boston	2001	145 m / 475 ft
53	Park Avenue Place	New York City	2004	144 m / 472 ft
54	Times Square Doubletree Hotel	New York City	1990	143 m / 470 ft
55	Aire	New York City	2010	143 m / 470 ft
56	Neptune/Sixth	New York City	-	143 m / 470 ft
57	801 Church	Nashville	2023	139 m / 456 ft
58	Greenpoint Landing Block D1	New York City	2022	137 m / 450 ft
59	Tower 31	New York City	2006	137 m / 450 ft
60	Millennium Point	New York City	2001	137 m / 449 ft
61	Millennium Place Tower 2	Boston	2001	136 m / 445 ft
62	The Westin Diplomat Resort	Hollywood	2002	135 m / 444 ft
63	The Olivia	New York City	2001	134 m / 440 ft
64	Moxy Chelsea	New York City	2018	128 m / 420 ft
65	2 Columbus	New York City	1998	128 m / 420 ft
66	Humana Building	Louisville	1985	127 m / 417 ft
67	Alcove	Nashville	2023	127 m / 416 ft
68	Hunter's Point South Commons	New York City	2015	123 m / 404 ft
69	Four Seasons Hotel & Residences	San Francisco	2001	121 m / 398 ft
70	Millennium Tower Residences	New York City	2007	120 m / 394 ft
71	Al Maryah Tower	Abu Dhabi	2015	120 m / 394 ft
72	The Aurora	New York City	2003	118 m / 387 ft
73	The Centria	New York City	2006	118 m / 386 ft
74	Avalon Riverview North	New York City	2007	117 m / 385 ft
75	The Milan Condominium	New York City	2005	116 m / 381 ft
76	Element	New York City	2008	116 m / 380 ft
77	The Central at 5th by Hilton Club	New York City	2021	115 m / 378 ft
78	Chelsea Landmark	New York City	2007	112 m / 368 ft
79	The Riverhouse	New York City	2008	110 m / 362 ft
80	The Visionaire	New York City	2008	110 m / 360 ft
81	ParkShore Plaza	St. Petersburg (FL)	2006	108 m / 355 ft
82	The Metropolitan	New York City	2004	107 m / 350 ft
83	29 Park Madison	New York City	2008	105 m / 345 ft
84	Hunter's Point South Crossing	New York City	2015	104 m / 342 ft
85	Greenpoint Landing Block D2	New York City	2022	104 m / 341 ft
86	1841 Broadway	New York City	-	103 m / 339 ft
87	The Empire	New York City	2001	103 m / 337 ft
88	The Impala	New York City	2001	102 m / 334 ft
89	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 2	Shanghai	2017	100 m / 328 ft
89	Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 3	Shanghai	2017	100 m / 328 ft
91	The Seville	New York City	2002	99 m / 326 ft
92	215 Chrystie Street	New York City	2017	96 m / 314 ft
93	455 Central Park West	New York City	2004	95 m / 312 ft
94	5th On The Park	New York City	2009	95 m / 310 ft
95	Grove at Grand Bay North Tower	Miami	2016	94 m / 308 ft
95	Grove at Grand Bay South Tower	Miami	2016	94 m / 308 ft
97	Atlantis Royal Tower East	Paradise Island	1998	93 m / 305 ft
98	360 State Street	New Haven	2010	91 m / 300 ft
99	Hotel Riu Plaza New York Times Square	New York City	2016	90 m / 294 ft
100	Park Grove Tower A	Miami	2018	90 m / 294 ft
101	Park Grove Tower B	Miami	2020	88 m / 287 ft
102	220 Central Park South Villa	New York City	2018	84 m / 274 ft
103	100 11th Avenue	New York City	2010	81 m / 265 ft
104	The Standard	New York City	2009	80 m / 261 ft
105	Park Grove Tower C	Miami	2018	78 m / 256 ft
106	The James New York	New York City	2010	78 m / 255 ft
107	citizenM Hotel	New York City	2019	75 m / 246 ft
108	Pudong Financial Plaza L+Mall	Shanghai	2017	74 m / 243 ft
109	Gramercy Green	New York City	2007	73 m / 240 ft
110	The Exhibit	New York City	2018	72 m / 236 ft
111	Portland Building	Portland	1982	70 m / 231 ft
112	170 Amsterdam Avenue	New York City	2014	66 m / 217 ft
113	Faena House	Miami Beach	2016	66 m / 215 ft
114	HL23	New York City	2011	54 m / 176 ft
115	The Surf Club Four Seasons North Tower	Surfside	2017	52 m / 171 ft
115	The Surf Club Four Seasons South Tower	Surfside	2017	52 m / 171 ft
117	The Surf Club Four Seasons Hotel Tower	Surfside	2017	50 m / 165 ft
118	Resorts World Las Vegas Tower II	Las Vegas	-	- m / - ft
119	Resorts World Las Vegas Tower III	Las Vegas	-	- m / - ft
120	Atlantis Royal Tower West	Paradise Island	1998	- m / - ft
121	Hartford Marriott Downtown	Hartford	2005	- m / - ft
121	The Cove Atlantis	Paradise Island	2007	- m / - ft
121	The Reef Atlantis	Paradise Island	2007	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

40 Completed

5 Under Constr.

300 m+ Buildings

1 Under Constr.

Average Building Age*

12 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (57%), 65 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (84%), 89 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 115 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 106 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 115 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

Building Completions Timeline

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17 October 2016 | Shenzhen

Structural & Geotechnic Engineering Q&A

Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. William O'Donnell, DeSimone Consulting Engineers; Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti; SawTeen Seen, Leslie E. Robertson Associates, answer questions at the...

26 October 2015 | New York City

2015 New York Conference - Session 3e - Q&A

Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum; Silvian Marcus, WSP Group; and Stephen DeSimone, DeSimone Consulting Engineers, PLLC, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York...

03 March 2008 | Dubai

Building Tall: A renewed Urban Imperative

Stephen DeSimone, of DeSimone Engineers, talked about the new tactics and solutions being implemented to overcome urban development obstacles at the CTBUH 8th World Congress...

Research

26 October 2015

Modern Tower, Ancient City: Ronesans Tower

Dan Kaplan & Fatin Anlar, FXFOWLE; Stephen DeSimone, DeSimone Consulting Engineers

In this era of globalization, societies and cities struggle with the need to modernize and remain competitive against the desire to show deference to historical...

26 October 2015

Structural Challenges of Twisting Towers

Vincent DeSimone, Luis Ramirez & Abdul Mohammad, DeSimone Consulting Engineers, PLLC

This paper investigates challenges of designing buildings to accommodate challenging twisting architecture. The foremost challenge is to resist the torsion generated due to twisting geometry...

16 January 2010

Case Study: The Standard Hotel, New York

Todd Schliemann, Tara Leibenhaut-Tyre & Megan Miller, Polshek Partnership; et al.

The building is a destination, both visually and experientially, realizing the client’s conceptual goal to create a "living room for the neighborhood," a public place...

Global News

26 March 2021

Miami Office Tower Approaches Halfway Mark

As financial firms, technology companies and high-net worth individuals migrate to Miami en masse, construction is progressing at a Class A office tower underway in...

16 April 2020

New Renderings Revealed of Nashville Residential Tower

Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) has designed Alcove, a new residential tower in Nashville, Tennessee, developed by Giarratana LLC. Located at 900 Church Street, adjacent to the...

24 March 2020

Resort in Las Vegas On Hold, Other Construction Continues Amid Spread of COVID-19

With COVID-19 upending daily life in Las Vegas, at least one major real estate project has shelved construction work over the outbreak, and at least...

01 November 2019

Miami’s Brickell Flatiron Receives Key Occupancy Certificate

Brickell Flatiron, the new 64-story luxury condominium tower in Downtown Miami’s Brickell Financial District, has received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) from the City...

04 September 2019

Residents of San Francisco’s Millennium Tower Tentatively Reach Lawsuit Settlement

A settlement has been tentatively reached in a lawsuit involving tenants of the sinking Millennium Tower in downtown San Francisco, an attorney representing the luxury...

31 July 2019

New York City Building That Spurred Modern Zoning Gets Makeover

When completed in 1915, New York’s Equitable Building was the largest building in the world. Located at 120 Broadway in Manhattan’s financial district, it stands...

05 July 2019

One Thousand Museum in Downtown Miami Has Officially Opened for Business

One Thousand Museum, the late Zaha Hadid’s final residential tower in the United States, is the newest high-end condominium to grace Biscayne Boulevard in the...

12 March 2019

Drones Used to Inspect Salesforce Tower in San Francisco Indicative of Larger Trend

Months before two cracks were discovered on interior windows of Salesforce Tower – San Francisco’s tallest building, owner Boston Properties enlisted a drone to inspect...

04 December 2018

There’s a new plan to stop Millennium Tower sinking

All sides in the Millennium Tower debacle appear to be nearing an agreement on a $100 million-plus fix to stop the 58-story high-rise from sinking...

02 January 2018

Architecture Firm Signs Lease in Upcoming Downtown Brooklyn Tower

JEMB Realty Corporation (JEMB), a real estate development, investment, and management organization headquartered in New York City, has announced that world renowned architecture firm, FXFOWLE,...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving DeSimone Consulting Engineers

CTBUH Chicago Presents: A Panel Discussion on Chicago Building Code Modernization

18 February 2020

The CTBUH Chicago Chapter held for a panel discussion focused on the latest Chicago Building Code Modernization as it relates to high-rise building design.