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?
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.
Typically: Span/600 deflection can be allowed.
Also my guess is,the building would remain intact.
The underground services would be a problem.
We had ground sinkage in a row of very ordinary suburban townhouses and one house had their gas line rupture. Could have blown up the whole unit block if he had been away on business and hadn't smelled it.