Posted on 09/14/2018 6:47:41 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A window on the 36th floor of the tilting high-rise cracked last week and engineers have yet to determine a cause
Millennium Tower must inspect all units and install a canopy around the perimeter of the 58-story building by Friday afternoon.
The downtown tower has settled about 18 inches (45 centimeters) since it opened over a former landfill in 2009. Homeowners have filed multiple lawsuits against the developer and the city.
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Obviously, it was struck by a wet bird flying at night.
A slo-mo disaster, until the tipping point. Please stay tuned...
It’s going to take one hell of a canopy to hold the building up.
We’re gonna need a MUCH bigger canopy.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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...
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?
A sky scraper on a landfill. Who would be this stupid?
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.
Appropriately named. LOL!
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.
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Could be. I read that putting in new piers to bedrock would cost up to twice as much as the original building cost.
One engineering firm claim that the cracked window indicated the facade is separating from the interior structure.
It’s Millenial Tower. Stop being so judgemental!
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.
I’d move out and fast!
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