CVU 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

Structural Engineering

Buildings

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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

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Height
1 Merdeka 118
678.9 m / 2,227  ft
2 Tradewinds Square Tower A
608 m / 1,995  ft
3 Lotte World Tower
554.5 m / 1,819  ft
4 One World Trade Center
541.3 m / 1,776  ft
5 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
6 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
7 Shanghai World Financial Center
492 m / 1,614  ft
8 International Commerce Centre
484 m / 1,588  ft
9 Wuhan CTF Finance Center
475 m / 1,558  ft
10 Two International Finance Centre
412 m / 1,352  ft

Awards

Merdeka 118

Winner: Merdeka 118

Best Tall Building, by Height, 300 meters and above 2025

CVU Leaders

Michael Hopper

Michael Hopper

CVU Steel-Timber Research Project Steering Committee, 2022 – Present

New York City

Winnie Kwan

Winnie Kwan

CVU Hong Kong Chapter, 2023 – Present

Hong Kong

Associated companies

Leslie E. Robertson Associates

Robertson, Fowler & Associates P.C. (1986)

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 Merdeka 118

679 m / 2,227 ft
5 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

648 m / 2,126 ft
6 Tradewinds Square Tower A

608 m / 1,995 ft
7 Lotte World Tower

555 m / 1,819 ft
8 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft
9 Grant USA Tower

533 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 m / 1,674 ft
13 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m / 1,614 ft
14 International Commerce Centre

484 m / 1,588 ft
15 Wuhan CTF Finance Center

475 m / 1,558 ft
16 Crystal Top Tower

448 m / 1,470 ft
17 World One

442 m / 1,450 ft
18 International Finance Center

428 m / 1,404 ft
19 Two International Finance Centre

412 m / 1,352 ft
20 Parkhaventoren

392 m / 1,286 ft
21 Dynamic Tower

388 m / 1,273 ft
22 Shun Hing Square

384 m / 1,260 ft
23 Fairmont Kuala Lumpur Tower 1

370 m / 1,214 ft
24 Bank of China Tower

367 m / 1,205 ft
25 Emirates Tower One

355 m / 1,163 ft
26 Hermitage Plaza South Tower

320 m / 1,050 ft
27 Hermitage Plaza East Tower

320 m / 1,050 ft
28 Hong Plaza Main Tower

317 m / 1,040 ft
28 Sentra BDNI Tower A

317 m / 1,040 ft
30 The Spiral

314 m / 1,030 ft
31 Emirates Tower Two

309 m / 1,014 ft
32 Lokhandwala Minerva

307 m / 1,007 ft
33 Lusail Plaza Tower 3

301 m / 986 ft
33 Lusail Plaza Tower 4

301 m / 986 ft
35 Lokhandwala Minerva

301 m / 986 ft
36 OCT Tower

300 m / 984 ft
37 4 World Trade Center

298 m / 977 ft
38 World One

280 m / 919 ft
39 World View

278 m / 911 ft
40 Shimao Riverfront Wisdom Tower A

272 m / 893 ft
40 Shimao Riverfront Wisdom Tower B

272 m / 893 ft
42 Harbourfront High-rise South China

268 m / 879 ft
43 Bitexco Financial Tower

263 m / 861 ft
44 Three Sixty West Tower B

260 m / 853 ft
45 U.S. Steel Tower

256 m / 841 ft
46 Three Sixty West Tower A

256 m / 839 ft
47 Permata Sapura Tower

253 m / 828 ft
48 Ritz-Carlton Hotel Astana

242 m / 794 ft
49 Sentra BDNI Tower B

240 m / 788 ft
50 Crescent Bay Tower 6

239 m / 784 ft
51 Oberoi Skyz Tower I

230 m / 755 ft
51 Oberoi Skyz Tower II

230 m / 755 ft
53 World Crest

225 m / 737 ft
54 Crescent Bay Tower 5

223 m / 730 ft
55 Lusail Plaza Tower 1

216 m / 708 ft
55 Lusail Plaza Tower 2

216 m / 708 ft
57 Shangri-La Hotel

213 m / 699 ft
58 One International Finance Centre

210 m / 689 ft
59 Crescent Bay Tower 4

207 m / 677 ft
60 Four Seasons Place

205 m / 673 ft
61 Bilbao Emblematic Tower 1

204 m / 669 ft
61 Bilbao Emblematic Tower II

204 m / 669 ft
63 Project Genesis Vertical Continuous Vulcanizer Tower

201 m / 660 ft
64 Crescent Bay Tower 3

200 m / 656 ft
65 Conrad Hong Kong

199 m / 653 ft
66 550 Madison Avenue

197 m / 647 ft
67 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Residential Tower 1

196 m / 644 ft
67 Wuhan CTF Finance Center Residential Tower 2

196 m / 644 ft
69 One PPG Place

194 m / 635 ft
70 Crescent Bay Tower 2

187 m / 615 ft
71 AIA Central

185 m / 607 ft
72 One Lodha Place

183 m / 600 ft
73 The Henderson

183 m / 599 ft
74 Three Pacific Place

182 m / 597 ft
75 Crescent Bay Tower 1

181 m / 594 ft
76 The Ruby

174 m / 569 ft
77 One Central Residences 1-3

171 m / 562 ft
78 Esentai Tower

168 m / 551 ft
79 One Central Residences 4-6

167 m / 548 ft
80 United Nations Consolidation Building

166 m / 546 ft
81 Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong

165 m / 541 ft
82 J.W. Marriott and The Upper House

165 m / 540 ft
83 One Pacific Place

162 m / 531 ft
84 Torre Repsol YPF

160 m / 525 ft
85 Torre Picasso

156 m / 513 ft
86 3001 John F Kennedy Boulevard

156 m / 512 ft
87 Espirito Santo Plaza

148 m / 487 ft
88 One Central Residences 7

148 m / 487 ft
89 Minmetals Financial Center

145 m / 477 ft
90 Icon Hotel

143 m / 469 ft
91 Guangzhou One Pengrui Tower 2

131 m / 431 ft
91 Guangzhou One Pengrui Tower 3

131 m / 431 ft
93 Columbia University Site O

130 m / 427 ft
94 Two Tequesta Point

125 m / 410 ft
95 Puerta de Europa Torre I

114 m / 373 ft
95 Puerta de Europa Torre II

114 m / 373 ft
97 3025 JFK

113 m / 371 ft
98 New York University Langone Medical Center - Kimmel Pavilion

109 m / 359 ft
99 The Floridian

103 m / 337 ft
100 Shimao Riverfront Wisdom Tower C

92 m / 303 ft
101 NASCAR Plaza

89 m / 293 ft
102 EDGE

79 m / 259 ft
103 Marriott World Trade Center

74 m / 242 ft
104 Cooper Square Hotel

73 m / 239 ft
105 John Jay College of Criminal Justice Expansion

73 m / 239 ft
106 Naman Habitat

70 m / 230 ft
107 Vagelos Education Center

68 m / 223 ft
108 Guangzhou One Pengrui Tower 1

60 m / 196 ft
109 The David Rubenstein Forum

52 m / 171 ft
110 2050 M Street

46 m / 151 ft
111 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center

44 m / 145 ft
112 Dwight School Hanoi

30 m / 98 ft
113 Guangzhou One Pengrui Cultural Building

30 m / 98 ft

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