CTBUH Silver Member

LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

About

Member Since: 1981

Member Offices: New York City

Website: http://www.lera.com/

LERA is a MBE/WBE consulting engineering firm providing structural engineering design services for architects, developers, contractors and owners.

As structural engineers, they focus on providing their clients with imaginative and responsible solutions to engineering challenges. Their staff of experts is known for its innovative use of materials and for the development of new structural systems and concepts.

Their design philosophy recognizes that their work does not exist in a vacuum...that responsiveness to the architectural systems and needs of the owner/developer, combined with an understanding of fabrication and construction, is essential to the development of constructible and economical designs.

Fields of Expertise

Seismic Design; Structural Engineering; Wind Engineering

Buildings

RANK
Name
Height
5 Merdeka PNB118

644 m

2,113 ft
6 Tradewinds Square Tower A

608 m

1,995 ft
7 Lotte World Tower

554.5 m

1,819 ft
8 One World Trade Center

541.3 m

1,776 ft
10 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
11 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
13 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m

1,614 ft
20 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft
23 Shun Hing Square

384 m

1,260 ft
24 Bank of China Tower

367.4 m

1,205 ft

Associated companies

Leslie E. Robertson Associates

RANK
Name
Height
1 Sky Mile Tower

1,700 m

5,577 ft
2 Al Burj

1,000 m

3,281 ft
2 Nakheel Tower

1,000 m

3,281 ft
4 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

648 m

2,126 ft
5 Merdeka PNB118

644 m

2,113 ft
6 Tradewinds Square Tower A

608 m

1,995 ft
7 Lotte World Tower

554.5 m

1,819 ft
8 One World Trade Center

541.3 m

1,776 ft
9 Grant USA Tower

533.4 m

1,750 ft
10 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
11 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
12 Busan Lotte Town Tower

510.1 m

1,674 ft
13 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m

1,614 ft
14 International Commerce Centre

480 m

1,575 ft
15 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

475 m

1,558 ft
16 World One

442 m

1,450 ft
17 International Finance Center

428 m

1,404 ft
18 One World Trade Center

417 m

1,368 ft
19 Two World Trade Center

415.1 m

1,362 ft
20 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft
21 Parkhaventoren

392 m

1,286 ft
22 Dynamic Tower

388 m

1,273 ft
23 Shun Hing Square

384 m

1,260 ft
24 Bank of China Tower

367.4 m

1,205 ft
25 Three Sixty West Tower B

361.2 m

1,185 ft
26 Emirates Tower One

354.6 m

1,163 ft
27 Hermitage Plaza South Tower

320 m

1,050 ft
28 Hermitage Plaza East Tower

320 m

1,050 ft
29 Hong Plaza Main Tower

317 m

1,040 ft
29 Sentra BDNI Tower A

317 m

1,040 ft
31 Emirates Tower Two

309 m

1,014 ft
32 Lokhandwala Minerva

307 m

1,007 ft
33 OCT Tower

300 m

984 ft
34 4 World Trade Center

297.7 m

977 ft
35 Lokhandwala Minerva

296.2 m

972 ft
36 Shimao Hangzhou Twin Tower A

279.2 m

916 ft
36 Shimao Hangzhou Twin Tower B

279.2 m

916 ft
38 Bitexco Financial Tower

262.5 m

861 ft
39 U.S. Steel Tower

256.3 m

841 ft
40 Three Sixty West Tower A

255.6 m

839 ft
41 KLCC Lot 91

252.5 m

828 ft
42 Ritz-Carlton Hotel Astana

242 m

794 ft
43 Sentra BDNI Tower B

240.2 m

788 ft
44 Crescent Bay Tower 6

239.7 m

786 ft
45 Oberoi Skyz Tower I

230 m

755 ft
45 Oberoi Skyz Tower II

230 m

755 ft
47 Crescent Bay Tower 5

222.5 m

730 ft
48 World Crest

222.5 m

730 ft
49 Shangri-La Hotel

213.1 m

699 ft
50 One International Finance Centre

210 m

689 ft
51 Crescent Bay Tower 4

206.5 m

677 ft
52 Four Seasons Place

205 m

673 ft
53 Bilbao Emblematic Tower 1

204 m

669 ft
53 Bilbao Emblematic Tower II

204 m

669 ft
55 Crescent Bay Tower 3

200.1 m

656 ft
56 Conrad Hong Kong

198.9 m

653 ft
57 550 Madison Avenue

197.3 m

647 ft
58 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Residential Tower 1

196.2 m

644 ft
58 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Residential Tower 2

196.2 m

644 ft
60 One PPG Place

193.6 m

635 ft
61 Safeco Plaza

192 m

630 ft
62 Ruby Mills Tower

191 m

627 ft
63 Crescent Bay Tower 2

187.3 m

615 ft
64 AIA Central

185 m

607 ft
65 Three Pacific Place

182 m

597 ft
66 Crescent Bay Tower 1

180.9 m

594 ft
67 One Central Residences 1-3

171.3 m

562 ft
68 Esentai Tower

168 m

551 ft
69 One Central Residences 4-6

167 m

548 ft
70 United Nations Consolidation Building

166.4 m

546 ft
71 Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong

165 m

541 ft
72 J.W. Marriott and The Upper House

164.5 m

540 ft
73 One Pacific Place

161.8 m

531 ft
74 Torre Repsol YPF

160 m

525 ft
75 Torre Picasso

156.4 m

513 ft
76 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156.1 m

512 ft
77 Espirito Santo Plaza

148.4 m

487 ft
78 One Central Residences 7

148.3 m

487 ft
79 Minmetals Financial Center

145 m

476 ft
80 Icon Hotel

143 m

469 ft
81 Columbia University Site O

130.3 m

427 ft
82 Two Tequesta Point

125 m

410 ft
83 Puerta de Europa Torre I

113.8 m

373 ft
83 Puerta de Europa Torre II

113.8 m

373 ft
85 3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard

110 m

361 ft
86 The Floridian

102.7 m

337 ft
87 NASCAR Plaza

89.3 m

293 ft
88 Shimao Hangzhou Tower C

89 m

292 ft
89 Marriott World Trade Center

73.8 m

242 ft
90 Cooper Square Hotel

72.8 m

239 ft
91 Naman Habitat

70 m

230 ft
92 Marquette Plaza

64.6 m

212 ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

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.

NYC YPC Continues Future of Construction Series

19 January 2017

CTBUH New York Chapter, with the YPC and Akdo, hosted the second part in the Future of Construction lecture series, titled “Moving Parts: Modular Architecture in a Flat World.”

CTBUH 2016 Conference Silver Sponsor

16–21 October 2016

Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

Aspect: Ratios

03 May 2016

The CTBUH NYC Young Professionals Committee welcomed over 150 design professionals for ASPECT:RATIOS, a seminar focusing on female perspectives in architecture.

CTBUH 2015 New York Conference Silver Sponsor

26–30 October 2015

After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.