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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

554.5 m

1,819 ft
5 One World Trade Center

541.3 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

475.6 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

Pie Consulting & Engineering (2022)

MovvéO Ltd. (2019)

Lerch Bates Europe (2014)

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

554.5 m

1,819 ft
5 One World Trade Center

541.3 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

475.6 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

423.2 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

392.5 m

1,288 ft
20 PIF Tower

385 m

1,263 ft
21 Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid

381.2 m

1,251 ft
22 The Address Boulevard

370 m

1,214 ft
23 Qingdao Hai Tian Center

368.9 m

1,210 ft
24 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m

1,175 ft
25 OKO - Residential Tower

354.2 m

1,162 ft
26 Spring City 66

349 m

1,145 ft
27 85 Sky Tower

347.5 m

1,140 ft
28 Comcast Technology Center

339.1 m

1,112 ft
29 Wilshire Grand Center

335.3 m

1,100 ft
30 Guangzhou International Cultural Center

320 m

1,050 ft
31 MahaNakhon

314 m

1,030 ft
32 Poly Pazhou C2

311 m

1,020 ft
33 Cayan Tower

306.4 m

1,005 ft
34 The Shard

306 m

1,004 ft
35 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m

994 ft
35 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m

994 ft
37 Greenland Center North Tower

301 m

988 ft
38 Lokhandwala Minerva

299.9 m

984 ft
39 Tour Phare

296 m

971 ft
40 Dayabumi

290.5 m

953 ft
41 Prestige Liberty North Tower

290 m

951 ft
42 World One

280.2 m

919 ft
43 Guiyang International Financial Center T2

275 m

902 ft
44 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m

879 ft
45 Al Faisaliah Center

266.9 m

876 ft
46 Tour Generali

265 m

869 ft
47 Samsung China Headquarters

260 m

853 ft
48 Beijing Greenland Center

260 m

853 ft
49 Commerzbank Tower

259 m

850 ft
50 Central Market Hotel Tower

255 m

837 ft
51 Permata Sapura Tower

252.5 m

828 ft
52 Torre Cepsa

248.3 m

815 ft
53 FKI Tower

245.5 m

805 ft
54 Haitian Center Tower 3

245 m

804 ft
55 CCTV Headquarters

234 m

768 ft
56 Salesforce Tower

230 m

755 ft
57 Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, One Dalton Street

228 m

748 ft
58 OKO - Office Tower

224.5 m

736 ft
59 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

222.5 m

730 ft
60 Istanbul Tower 205

220 m

722 ft
61 The Edge

220 m

722 ft
62 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters

217.3 m

713 ft
63 AFD Tower 1

216 m

709 ft
63 AFD Tower 2

216 m

709 ft
65 One Thousand Museum

213.1 m

699 ft
66 The Independent

211.4 m

694 ft
67 China Merchants Tower

211 m

692 ft
68 Haitian Center Tower 1

210 m

689 ft
69 Hudsons Tower

207.3 m

680 ft
70 Oceanwide Plaza Tower I

206.4 m

677 ft
71 Golden Tower

205 m

673 ft
72 Sichuan Airlines Center

204 m

669 ft
73 Kohinoor Square Tower A

201.9 m

662 ft
74 25 Canada Square

201 m

659 ft
75 Prestige Liberty South Tower

200 m

656 ft
75 Tadawul Tower

200 m

656 ft
77 8 Canada Square

199.5 m

655 ft
78 Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center

197.5 m

648 ft
79 Warsaw Trade Tower

187.2 m

614 ft
80 OneEleven

186.8 m

613 ft
81 Baccarat Hotel & Residences

185.9 m

610 ft
82 Tour T1

185 m

607 ft
83 Tours DUO 1

180 m

591 ft
84 Tour Saint-Gobain

180 m

590 ft
85 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

173 m

568 ft
86 Cirrus

171.4 m

562 ft
87 Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo

166.3 m

545 ft
88 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m

545 ft
89 Oceanwide Plaza Tower II

161.5 m

530 ft
89 Oceanwide Plaza Tower III

161.5 m

530 ft
91 The Broadgate Tower

161.3 m

529 ft
92 Tribunal de Paris

159.7 m

524 ft
93 Rondo 1

159.2 m

522 ft
94 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156.1 m

512 ft
95 The Reed

136.2 m

447 ft
96 Providence Tower

136 m

446 ft
97 MILA

135.5 m

444 ft
98 The Willis Building

124.8 m

409 ft
99 Kohinoor Square Tower B

123.9 m

406 ft
100 Faria Lima B32 Office Tower

123 m

404 ft
101 Cascade

122.9 m

403 ft
102 Tours DUO 2

122 m

400 ft
103 Port Baku Business Center

120 m

394 ft
104 One Crown Place

114.3 m

375 ft
105 Omni Louisville Hotel

112.8 m

370 ft
106 Equus 333 Torre 1

112.1 m

368 ft
106 Equus 333 Torre 2

112.1 m

368 ft
108 The Heron

112 m

367 ft
109 3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard

110 m

361 ft
110 Ontario Tower

105.5 m

346 ft
111 Skylight

105 m

344 ft
112 CHOP Schuylkill Avenue Research Building (SARB)

97.5 m

320 ft
113 Equus 333 Torre 3

96.3 m

316 ft
114 Grove at Grand Bay North Tower

93.8 m

308 ft
114 Grove at Grand Bay South Tower

93.8 m

308 ft
116 20 Gracechurch

91.7 m

301 ft
117 John A. Paulson Center

91.1 m

299 ft
118 lilli Midtown

90.5 m

297 ft
119 Heron East Tower

88.7 m

291 ft
120 The Tree House Residence Hall at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

85.3 m

280 ft
121 Four Winds Casino and Hotel Phase 2

84.7 m

278 ft
122 St Georges Central

82 m

269 ft
123 Frontier

81.8 m

268 ft
124 Moor House

81.7 m

268 ft
125 One Steuart Lane

73.2 m

240 ft
126 Obama Presidential Center

71.6 m

235 ft
127 Fargo Block 9

71.3 m

234 ft
128 Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown

70.4 m

231 ft
129 44 Hopton Street

63 m

207 ft
130 40 Tenth Ave

60.7 m

199 ft
131 Lumen

60.1 m

197 ft
132 Zeitz MOCAA

58 m

190 ft
133 Minneapolis Public Service Building

52.7 m

173 ft
134 Populus

48.5 m

159 ft
135 THREE FOUR FIVE

48.3 m

158 ft
136 GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School

47.4 m

156 ft
137 Apex Plaza

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ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 8 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,792 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.
138 Medina Towers

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139 10 BKC

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140 Unite Hale Village Tower

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141 Raleigh City Hall

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141 Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 2

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141 Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 3

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144 88 Seaport

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145 Paddington Development

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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.