I can’t believe a building inspector allowed this, especially in earthquake country.
Not sure how they got away with not anchoring such a large building to bedrock. They must have bribed some city officials.
allowed what?
“I can’t believe a building inspector allowed this, especially in earthquake country.”
I’m $ure the $an Franci$co building in$pector$ were very thorough in their $ei$mic in$pection$ and that they dotted every “I” and cro$$ed every “T”.
Well, the building inspector would have only been able to inspect it during construction, and while the foudation was exposed - both could only be looked at BEFORE it began to lean.
The subsidence dropping down) of 16 inches is nasty: and means the foundation is terrible.
2 inch “lean” is not too much, but it will never get better, particularly since the 16 inch drop means the foundation itself is still moving and twisting under simple static loads. If an earthquake happens, that 2 inch may become dozens of inches, or complete collapse.