San Francisco luxury tower still sinking even as engineers work on $100m fix

The Guardian ^ | 26 Aug 2021 | Dani Anguiano

[DUMBGRUNT]

A project to reinforce the Millennium tower foundation came to a halt after it was found the building had sunk an inch

San Francisco’s notorious sinking luxury high-rise is still sinking, even amid a $100m project designed to fix the issue.

...by 2014, it had sunk 18in and was leaning 14in to the west. The high-rise had initially opened to fanfare, with all 419 units quickly selling out and had high-profile residents such as the former San Francisco 49ers player Joe Montana, and the Giants outfielder Hunter Pence.

Shortly after work began, however, the sinking and tilting accelerated; the building now has a tilt of 22 inches,

[DUMBGRUNT]

Such a deal! Save a million or two!

Just put a couple of bricks under one end of the table and it will be nice and level!

You will get used to the toilet in no time! And if it feels like you are sliding off, slip a chunk of 2x4 under the front of the seat.

Creaking noise? Just turn the stereo up a bit. Oh, nice tuner amp! Hey, they're playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee".

[Gene Eric]

Just run lotsa water on the opposite of the foundation.

[dynachrome]

You mean landfill isn’t a stable building ground? Who knew.

[Gene Eric]

* opposite side

[algore]

Who knows, Someday it might be a status symbol to live in the Leaning Tower of Millennium Tears

[ClearCase_guy]

They just need a good earthquake to shake it a bit and settle the ground. It’ll be fine.

[minnesota_bound]

Get giant people to hold it up like the Tower of Pisa.
Attach cables on one side like was done with the Tower of Pisa.

[plain talk]

LOL. That was pretty good my FRiend!

[blackdog]

Left lean I suppose?

[hinckley buzzard]

Well i suppose it’s leaning to the left.

[blackdog]

The problem is that there are so many boxes of mail in ballots being stored in one side that the footings can’t support the weight. Gotta even them out.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Match books work on pool tables.

[Huskrrrr]

Building your house on shifting sand.

[Mr. Jeeves]

For the price, there are ten thousand places in the Bay Area better to live than this particular site.

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”You mean landfill isn’t a stable building ground? Who knew.”

Barbie says “Math is hard” and you just know there is lots of ciphering with friction piles.

So they had Barbie search the internet for a friction pile load chart.

And it made the budget numbers!!!!

[Chgogal]

They must be using CRT New Math where 2 + 2 = 3.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Thanks!

Mostly I get notes from the grammar patrol.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Also, during the 1989 Loma Prieta, California earthquake, liquefaction of the soils and debris used to fill in a lagoon caused major subsidence, fracturing, and horizontal sliding of the ground surface in the Marina district in San Francisco." — USGS

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”They must be using CRT New Math where 2 + 2 = 3.”

IIRC this building predates CRT?
See#15 above.

[DUMBGRUNT]

—” liquefaction of the soils “

Oh man!
Thixotropic fluids are very complex to model!

See#15 above.