please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message lerch bates type employee owned industry engineering and service founded 1947 headquarters denver usa services design and management of building systems including elevators and lifts horizontal transportation systems facade access systems and materials management materials handling . number of employees 200 slogan building insight website http www.lerchbates.com lerch bates is an international consulting services company 1 specializing in the design and management of building systems with 36 offices in north america europe the middle east and india . founded in 1947 focused on elevator consulting they work with architects developers building investors owners and managers on the design sustainability and continuous use of building systems . specific services offered include planning and design including cad survey and evaluation of existing systems and equipment contracting management development of specifications bidding assistance and negotiation project management and administration testing and training . contents 1 projects 2 company history 3 references 4 external links projects edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message some of the buildings and projects that lerch bates has contributed to burj khalifa dubai 2 freedom tower new york city 3 4 201 bishopsgate london petronas towers kuala lumpur 5 taipei 101 taipei 6 russia tower moscow 7 bank of china tower hong kong trump international hotel and tower dubai signature tower nashville moscow city tower moscow marina 101 dubai indira gandhi international airport new delhi google headquarters 8 mountain view company history edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message in 1947 charles w. lerch started a company performing maintenance and repairs c. w. lerch co widely accepted as the first independent elevator consulting company in chicago . 9 he later added elevator consulting as a side business . in 1964 charles w. lerch was joined by vane q. bates and both men working full time on elevator consulting . the firm moved to its present headquarters in denver colorado that same year . in 1974 the company was incorporated as lerch bates & associates and by the 1980s building boom lerch bates had 15 offices in north america . in 1985 lerch bates limited in london was formed and in 1990 it created the first performance related maintenance contact which related equipment downtime and traffic performance to maintenance premiums . in 1994 lerch bates became an employee owned company . in 1998 lerch bates designed the world s fastest elevators for the then world s tallest building the taipei financial centre taipei 101 . references edit about lerch bates . www.lerchbates.com . retrieved 2016 01 30 . the skyscraper museum http www.scientificamerican.com article fastest elevators in the west climb tallest skyscraper in the west http skyscrapercenter.com building one world trade center 98 http www.akdn.org akaa award9 awards detail7.asp http www.popularmechanics.com science a4414 1280851 http www.fosterandpartners.com projects russia tower google hq ingenhoven architects . redchalksketch . retrieved 2016 03 04 . lerch bates history . www.lerchbates.com . retrieved 2016 01 30 . external links edit lerch bates corporate website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lerch bates & oldid 738978965 categories companies established in 1947engineering consulting firms1947 establishments in illinoishidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2014all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking reliable references from september 2014all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what 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