Safety Measures Ordered At Sinking San Francisco Tower

Associated Press ^ | 14 sept 2018 | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ

[DUMBGRUNT]

A broken window,36th floor.

Obviously, it was struck by a wet bird flying at night.

A slo-mo disaster, until the tipping point. Please stay tuned...

[TheZMan]

It’s going to take one hell of a canopy to hold the building up.

[DUMBGRUNT]

We’re gonna need a MUCH bigger canopy.

[treetopsandroofs]

[eyeamok]

since it opened over a former landfill in 2009

When did they change the Law or Code?? I know for a fact that previously you could Never Build on a landfill, most old landfills are Golf Courses with luxury homes around it.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

First temblor and this b*tch is going down!
 

[SoCal Pubbie]

Wouldn’t there be a huge problem if the ground floor is 18 inches below street level? Or does the settling include the surrounding area, including the paved streets? Perhaps the settling includes movement before the building was finalized too. Otherwise it would seem to me this would be like an elevator cab that got stuck 18 inches below the floor, with the doors open.

[DUMBGRUNT]

“It’s going to take one hell of a canopy to hold the building up.”

Yes, everybody knows that.
But that is all the insurance will pay for.

They failed to purchase the leaning tower rider.

[Mozzafiato]

This building is going to have to come down, there is no way to save it. It would cost more to do what needs doing than to re-build from scratch.

[Magnum44]

A window on the 36th floor of the tilting high-rise cracked last week and engineers have yet to determine a cause...

Its called overstress. They are going to have to implode the whole structure. From what I understand its not on a good foundation. Not sure if they have the tech to jack it up from underneath, but the settling is going to continue. Sooner or later...

[G Larry]

This is NOT about 'broken windows'!!

Are all aspects of the STRUCTURE plumb and square?

Is the building truly "sinking"?.....unevenly?

Somebody wanna explain how you jack it back to level?

Perhaps its time to develop a SAFE demolition plan?

[ThunderSleeps]

This settling has been going on for year - since it was first built. If it is the building I'm thinking of, I read an article or two about it a couple of years ago. The problem isn't so much that it is settling into the ground, it is with the rate and projected total amount. They knew it would settle, they just blew the calculations estimates of how much and how fast. Also, as long as the settling is relatively even it will just be an inconvenience. If it starts to become uneven it could tilt the building, put uneven, perhaps dangerous stresses on some structural members. That's why an unexplained crack in a window gets everyone's attention - it could be an indication of internal stresses and uneven strains within the structure - not a good sign at all. If windows start popping out, or breaking in place but losing chunks... A hand-sized shard of glass fluttering down from 30+ floors up can travel a long ways - no-one is safe within a block or two of this monster.

[txrefugee]

A sky scraper on a landfill. Who would be this stupid?

[MTsumi]

That’s not the problem. They didn’t reach bedrock with the pylons. Building over a landfill wouldn’t be an issue if they did that.

[Spok]

Appropriately named. LOL!

[Moonman62]

This building is going to have to come down, there is no way to save it. It would cost more to do what needs doing than to re-build from scratch.

...

Could be. I read that putting in new piers to bedrock would cost up to twice as much as the original building cost.

[Liz]

One engineering firm claim that the cracked window indicated the facade is separating from the interior structure.

[gr8eman]

It’s Millenial Tower. Stop being so judgemental!

[Liz]

The initial clue that something was wrong was when a resident was practicing putting golf balls......but no matter where she placed the ball, or how she hit it, the ball always rolled down to the same corner.

PROBLEM ONE-—At that point....they knew the building was tilting.

PROBLEM TWO-—the broken window indicated to one engineering firm that the facade was separating from the interior structure.

[Halls]

I’d move out and fast!