Michael Kao

Lerch Bates Inc.

Lerch Bates is the global multidisciplinary technical consultancy saving time and money for those designing, modernizing, investigating, or managing buildings. From risk to ROI, schedule to sustainability, Lerch Bates' suite of services helps you plan the future of your building at every phase of the building lifecycle. As your partner in finding the best technical outcomes for your project, we ensure functionality, safety and value work together. We simplify the path to the best technical expertise for the built environment anywhere in the world. Lerch Bates offers integrated specialties that include vertical transportation, logistics, enclosures & structures, forensics and facade access services; and multidisciplinary building lifecycle services that optimize performance from design, construction and management to forensic investigation, repair and modernization. As an ESOP, Lerch Bates employee-owners bring a distinct "we own what we do" brand of technical consulting to every project and partnership. When you work with us, you gain a team member with an ownership mindset. Expect responsibility, service and performance in everything we do. CORE Values: Ownership . Community . Integrity . Respect . Optimism History: Lerch Bates was founded in 1947 as the first elevator consultancy in the nation. From there, we continued our innovative and entrepreneurial growth by establishing the first logistics consultancy in 1984 and the first façade access consultancy in 1985. In 1986, we cemented the entrepreneurial spirit of our founders into every employee, current and future, by becoming an ESOP. Fast forward to today, 75 years into the Lerch Bates legacy, which can be summarized simply. Every acquisition, expansion and addition to the Lerch Bates team is driven by one key element: meet the needs of our clients with projects and partnerships formed on trust, expertise, reliability and relationships.