CTBUH Silver Member

Lerch Bates, Inc.

About

Member Since: 1993

Member Offices: Littleton

Website: http://www.lerchbates.com/

Lerch Bates is an international consulting services firm with 29 offices throughout North 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

Façade Design / Engineering; Materials / Products / Systems Supplier; Vertical Transportation Consultant

Buildings

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
9 Chengdu Greenland Tower

468 m

1,535 ft
10 FORZA Tower

460 m

1,509 ft
11 Suzhou IFS

450 m

1,476 ft
13 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423.2 m

1,389 ft
14 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft
15 China Resources Tower

392.5 m

1,288 ft
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

480 m

1,575 ft
8 Wuhan Greenland Center

475.6 m

1,560 ft
9 Chengdu Greenland Tower

468 m

1,535 ft
10 FORZA Tower

460 m

1,509 ft
11 Suzhou IFS

450 m

1,476 ft
12 World One

442 m

1,450 ft
13 Trump International Hotel & Tower

423.2 m

1,389 ft
14 Two International Finance Centre

412 m

1,352 ft
15 China Resources Tower

392.5 m

1,288 ft
16 PIF Tower

385 m

1,263 ft
17 The Address Boulevard

370 m

1,214 ft
18 Haitian Center Tower 2

369 m

1,211 ft
19 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m

1,175 ft
20 OKO - Residential Tower

354.2 m

1,162 ft
21 Spring City 66

349 m

1,145 ft
22 85 Sky Tower

347.5 m

1,140 ft
23 Comcast Technology Center

339.1 m

1,112 ft
24 Wilshire Grand Center

335.3 m

1,100 ft
25 Guangzhou International Cultural Center

320 m

1,050 ft
26 Poly Pazhou C2

311 m

1,020 ft
27 Cayan Tower

306.4 m

1,005 ft
28 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m

994 ft
28 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m

994 ft
30 Greenland Center North Tower

301 m

988 ft
31 Dayabumi

290.5 m

953 ft
32 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m

879 ft
33 Samsung China Headquarters

260 m

853 ft
34 Beijing Greenland Center

260 m

853 ft
35 KLCC Lot 91

252.5 m

828 ft
36 FKI Tower

245.5 m

805 ft
37 Haitian Center Tower 3

245 m

804 ft
38 OKO - Office Tower

224.5 m

736 ft
39 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South

222.5 m

730 ft
40 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters

217.3 m

713 ft
41 One Thousand Museum

213.1 m

699 ft
42 The Independent

211.5 m

694 ft
43 China Merchants Tower

211 m

692 ft
44 Haitian Center Tower 1

210 m

689 ft
45 Oceanwide Plaza Tower I

206.4 m

677 ft
46 Golden Tower

205 m

673 ft
47 Sichuan Airlines Center

204 m

669 ft
48 Kohinoor Square Tower A

201.9 m

662 ft
49 Tadawul Tower

200 m

656 ft
50 Poly Pazhou C1

197.5 m

648 ft
51 OneEleven

186.8 m

613 ft
52 Baccarat Hotel & Residences

185.9 m

610 ft
53 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

173 m

568 ft
54 Cirrus

171.4 m

562 ft
55 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m

545 ft
56 Oceanwide Plaza Tower II

161.5 m

530 ft
56 Oceanwide Plaza Tower III

161.5 m

530 ft
58 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156.1 m

512 ft
59 MILA

135.5 m

444 ft
60 B32

125.6 m

412 ft
61 Kohinoor Square Tower B

123.9 m

406 ft
62 Cascade

122.9 m

403 ft
63 Omni Louisville Hotel

112.8 m

370 ft
64 Equus 333 Torre 1

112.1 m

368 ft
64 Equus 333 Torre 2

112.1 m

368 ft
66 3025 John F Kennedy Boulevard

110 m

361 ft
67 Equus 333 Torre 3

96.3 m

316 ft
68 Grove at Grand Bay North Tower

93.8 m

308 ft
68 Grove at Grand Bay South Tower

93.8 m

308 ft
70 lilli Midtown

90.5 m

297 ft
71 Obama Presidential Center

71.6 m

235 ft
72 Fargo Block 9

71.3 m

234 ft
73 Le Meridian Hotel Denver Downtown

70.4 m

231 ft
74 Solar Carve Tower

60.7 m

199 ft
75 GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School

47.4 m

156 ft
76 10 BKC

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77 Raleigh City Hall

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77 Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 2

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77 Raleigh Civic Campus Phase 3

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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.