Curtain Wall Design and Consulting, Inc.

CTBUH Silver Member

CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc.

About

Member Since: 2009

Member Offices: Dallas

CDC is a world leader in design and consulting services for state-of-the-art building envelope systems. Founded in 1973, CDC operates as a 100% Employee-owned and operated organization.

As a professional services firm, they provide design and engineering for some of the most well-known façade cladding manufacturers in the world, providing design support for established and tested systems, creating new systems, and assisting in development of innovative new approaches to cladding execution.

The quality distinction that CDC provides to clients is a product of their experienced staff and their dedication to excellence in their respective specialty.

Fields of Expertise

Cost Consulting; Engineering, Other; Façade Design / Engineering; Legal; Structural Engineering; Wind Engineering

Membership details

Membership Level

Silver

Member Since

2009

Member Offices

Dallas

Buildings

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Makkah Royal Clock Tower	Mecca	2012	601 m / 1,972 ft
2	St. Regis Chicago	Chicago	2020	362.9 m / 1,191 ft
3	311 South Wacker Drive	Chicago	1990	292.9 m / 961 ft
4	NEMA Chicago	Chicago	2019	273.1 m / 896 ft
5	181 Fremont	San Francisco	2018	246.9 m / 810 ft
6	Chapultepec Uno R-509	Mexico City	2019	240.5 m / 789 ft
7	609 Main at Texas	Houston	2017	230.1 m / 755 ft
8	River Point	Chicago	2017	223 m / 732 ft
9	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	222.5 m / 730 ft
10	1144 Fifteenth	Denver	2018	183.6 m / 602 ft

Building Completions Timeline

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Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Makkah Royal Clock Tower	Mecca	2012	601 m / 1,972 ft
2	St. Regis Chicago	Chicago	2020	363 m / 1,191 ft
3	311 South Wacker Drive	Chicago	1990	293 m / 961 ft
4	NEMA Chicago	Chicago	2019	273 m / 896 ft
5	181 Fremont	San Francisco	2018	247 m / 810 ft
6	Chapultepec Uno R-509	Mexico City	2019	241 m / 789 ft
7	609 Main at Texas	Houston	2017	230 m / 755 ft
8	River Point	Chicago	2017	223 m / 732 ft
9	FMC Tower at Cira Centre South	Philadelphia	2017	223 m / 730 ft
10	1144 Fifteenth	Denver	2018	184 m / 602 ft
11	Torre Sofia	San Pedro Garza García	2014	158 m / 518 ft
12	Pacific Gate by Bosa	San Diego	2017	140 m / 458 ft
13	Three Nationwide Plaza	Columbus	1988	124 m / 408 ft
14	United States Federal Courthouse	Seattle	2004	119 m / 390 ft
15	Fubon Fuzhou Financial Center	Fuzhou	2018	118 m / 387 ft
16	Wynn Palace	Macau	2016	115 m / 377 ft
17	Equus 333 Torre 1	San Pedro Garza García	2016	112 m / 368 ft
17	Equus 333 Torre 2	San Pedro Garza García	2016	112 m / 368 ft
19	Equus 333 Torre 3	San Pedro Garza García	2016	96 m / 316 ft
20	22 West Washington	Chicago	2008	84 m / 276 ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

11 Completed

300 m+ Buildings

2 Completed

Average Building Age*

8 Years

Most Common Function*

Office, 9 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete, 10 Buildings

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

Function
Material

*Based on 20 Completed & Under Construction Buildings

Building Completions Timeline

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.

Gross-to-Net Height

NOTE: Gross-to-Net Height is defined as architectural height minus height of highest occupied floor. Therefore, the Gross-to-Net Height is only calculated for buildings that have both the architectural height and the highest occupied floor height recorded.

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