Lerch Bates

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Lerch Bates

Type	Employee Owned
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Denver, USA
Industry	Engineering and service
Services	Design and management of building systems.
Employees	200+
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 throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and India. Founded in 1947, with elevator consulting as the cornerstone, they work with architects, developers, building investors, owners and managers on the design, sustainability and continuous use of building systems for any size or type of building.^[2]

Specific services^[3] 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.

Some of the buildings and projects that Lerch Bates has contributed to:^[4]

[edit] Company History

In 1947, Charles W. Lerch started a company performing maintenance and repairs, C. W. Lerch Co, (widely accepted as the world's first independent elevator consulting company) in Chicago. He later added elevator consulting as a side business in response to client requests. In 1964 Charles W. Lerch was joined by Vane Q. Bates and both men committed to full time 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 1980’s building boom, Lerch Bates had 15 offices throughout North America. In 1985 Lerch Bates Limited in London was formed and in 1990 it created the world's 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.