CTBUH Silver Member

Laing O'Rourke

About

Member Since: 2012

Member Offices: London

Website: http://www.laingorourke.com

Laing O’Rourke is a privately owned, internationally focused engineering enterprise with world-class capabilities spanning the entire client value chain.

They invest heavily in research and development both academically with their university partnerships and at the operational level within their manufacturing and engineering facilities where they put the academic theory into practice.

Working collaboratively with their clients, they develop teams and solutions from concept through every stage of the project to completion, ensuring the best expertise and resources are deployed to achieve the required time, cost, quality, safety and sustainability outcomes.

Fields of Expertise

Construction / Contractor; Engineering, Other; Financial Industry

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

The Leadenhall Building

224 m / 735 ft

2

Newfoundland Place

219.7 m / 721 ft

3

100 Mount Street

151.8 m / 498 ft

4

Imperial West Tower

138.5 m / 454 ft

5

St. Michael's Tower

136.5 m / 448 ft

6

123 Albert Street

127 m / 417 ft

7

Two Fifty One

125.2 m / 411 ft

8

CHUM

112.1 m / 368 ft

9

HQ

110.1 m / 361 ft

10

Oxygen

109.5 m / 359 ft

Awards

Newfoundland

Award of Excellence: Newfoundland

Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Angus McFarlane

Angus McFarlane

CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present

David Scott

David Scott

CTBUH Working Group: Fire Performance of Façades, 2018 – Present

London

Associated companies

Expanded Ltd

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
City
Height

1

The Leadenhall Building

London

224 m

735 ft

2

Newfoundland Place

London

220 m

721 ft

3

100 Mount Street

Sydney

152 m

498 ft

4

Imperial West Tower

London

139 m

454 ft

5

St. Michael's Tower

Manchester

137 m

448 ft

6

123 Albert Street

Brisbane

127 m

417 ft

7

Two Fifty One

London

125 m

411 ft

8

CHUM

Montreal

112 m

368 ft

9

HQ

Abu Dhabi

110 m

361 ft

10

Oxygen

Manchester

110 m

359 ft

11

Ultra Broadbeach

Gold Coast

100 m

328 ft

12

Atlantis, The Palm East Tower

Dubai

88 m

289 ft

12

Atlantis, The Palm West Tower

Dubai

88 m

289 ft

14

Unity

Liverpool

86 m

282 ft

15

Paddington Square

London

74 m

243 ft

16

Kings Health Cancer Centre at Guys

London

73 m

240 ft

17

Brunel Building

London

71 m

233 ft

18

The Mill and Jerwood Dance House

Ipswich

71 m

233 ft

19

One Park West Tower 1

Liverpool

56 m

184 ft

20

One Park West Tower 2

Liverpool

50 m

165 ft

21

Timber Square West Building

London

- m

- ft

22

Timber Square East Building

London

- m

- ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Laing O'Rourke

CTBUH Board of Trustees Travels to Hawaii

22–24 March 2018

The CTBUH Trustees from Chicago, New York, London, Mumbai, and Hong Kong gathered to attend the main annual Trustees meeting.

CTBUH Leaders Connect at 2017 Conference

29 October 2017

The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.

50 Delegates Attend Modular High-Rise Construction Workshop

29 October 2017

The Modular High-Rise Construction workshop comprised five prominent speakers and covered the challenges, developments, and future trends of modular construction.

The Leadenhall Building Technical Tour Report

13 June 2013

Developed by British Land and Oxford Properties, The Leadenhall Building is an exceptionally complex, 52-story engineering project undergoing construction in the heart of the City of London.

CTBUH Publishes Case Study on The Leadenhall Building in London

12 June 2013

The Leadenhall Building leans back to make way for views to St. Paul’s Cathedral and other historic sites in a crowded section of the City of London, but it also springs forward with an innovative structure and a dynamic street presence.

Activity at the CTBUH London Conference: Day Two

12 June 2013

See the highlights from the second day of the CTBUH 2013 London Conference including The Shard Networking Reception.