The stupid taxpayers of San Fransucko!
Posted on 02/01/2017 7:37:40 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Bloomberg link only.
Almost all counties south of I-80 in Illinois voted Republican and I can vouch they are “on the level.”
Exactly. Why would they care? It is opm.
It appears that the someone chose friction piling over end bearing.
To cut costs?
Near by building use both?
Who and why, made this decision??
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Wonder which lenders are financing this property?
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Has anyone made a table showing the loans outstanding by individual condo owners?
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Does the HOA have a loan?
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Has the County Assessor reduced the tax assessments on the property?
The legend is that south of I80 is hillbilly country.
I have kin from down there, and will tell you, if I could swap out locations, I would!
Sadly Du Page has gone south, and not in a good way.
And aint nothing wrong with no hillbilly’s, noway!
“Is that from Idiocracy?”
That was my thought.
750 million? Sure, CA...secede. LOLOLOL!
Any time there more than a few zeroes are on the numbers; the taxpayers are tossed in!! ALWAYS!!
Honey, Really I was aiming. The tilt of the building made me miss the toilet!
Trump’s people could fix this, but considering it’s in a sanctuary city, “tough tittle.”
ROTFL
“One good earthquake”
Now that there is FUNNY!
That might work?
But you still left the seat down!!!
You are in a heap of trouble!!!
Like the Dim politicians’ cronies when building the levies in New Orleans.
Uhm... I'm not an engineer, but at what point does this tilt make rigid pipes uncouple and/or electrical wiring stretch beyond its length and separate from outlets, etc.?
Anybody know?
The stupid taxpayers of San Fransucko!
I’d be interested to know if the city engineers okayed this project. I live in Marin County (just north of San Francisco). There’s a ritzy development that was built on fill in the bay. Houses experienced a lot of cracking. I knew a landscaper who wouldn’t take jobs there because any tree/plant with deep roots would die because they’d be sucking up saltwater. In the ‘80s, the developer wanted to expand it. A friend of mine was dating one of the county engineers and the didn’t recommend the project because he said underneath was essentially a bed of jello. Barbara Boxer was my county supervisor at the time. I figured she was in the developer’s pocket because this project got approved despite the developer not having followed through with what was supposed to have happened in the first phase of building. Anyway, my guess is that somewhere in the SF fiasco, someone got paid off along the way.
Yes, my first thought when reading this article, too. :)
“The stupid taxpayers of San Fransucko!”
LOL, has Michael Savage talked about this yet?
Look for a repeat of 9-11-01 with the owners of the Tower coincidentally carrying triple the coverage necessary...tongue slightly in my cheek....
I had an argument about a bridge with another engineer once. His design had pilings down to within 10-20 feet of bedrock (90 to 100 feet below the surface). For the additional cost, I thought that it would make sense to take them down to bedrock. He said that drag from the surrounding ground on the short piles was strong enough without doing that. I lost the argument.
One of the piers sunk and tilted before the deck beams were placed. It was an expensive fix. Much more expensive than extending the piles another 10-20 feet.
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