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Millennium Tower Tilts ¼ Inch in Week of Key Test
NBC ^
| 21 Oct 2021
| Jaxon Van Derbeken
Posted on 10/22/2021 6:29:06 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
New data shows San Francisco’s Millennium Tower tilted an additional quarter of an inch during the week of the first test of the troubled fix -- the maximum level predicted by the designer of the $100 million project.
Since work began on the plan to shore up the tower on two sides in May, the building has sunk more than an inch at the northwest corner, which translates to another 5¾ inches of lean to the west toward Fremont Street. The sudden accelerated settlement led to a work stoppage in August and a test program for new construction strategies designed to stop more sinking and tilting during construction.
Last week, soon after crews installed the 100 foot long, three foot wide steel casing in the first test phase, Hamburger declared the test was “successful,” stressing that building movement over two days was approximately one hundredth of an inch.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor
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Mr Hamburger spends his free time studying the fine print of his E&O policy.
NB: Fix is for election day and horse races. Slowly collapsing buildings, not so much.
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:29:06 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
They’re about to find out what tolerance reply means.
To: DUMBGRUNT
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..... Hey, it could be a good thing!.................
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:31:45 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:31:47 AM PDT
by
wny
( )
To: DUMBGRUNT
As long as the building is not in an earthquake zone, they should be fine ...
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:33:10 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
To: wny
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:33:36 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: DUMBGRUNT
Naturally it leans Left.
DNC needs to buy it and use it as their HQ.
To: DUMBGRUNT
One should build his house on rock…..not bum crap. (Semi biblical reference)
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:34:51 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: EEGator
Bidens “Build Back Better “ program in action, no doubt.
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:35:53 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I will be gone soon to go fight in the Kumite for honor. I may not return.)
To: Col Frank Slade
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:37:13 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: DUMBGRUNT
why do I just know that sooner or later that taxpayers are going to be on the hook for this....
To: DUMBGRUNT
The bank put a lean on my house years ago — Oh, wait...
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:43:46 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: DUMBGRUNT
If a 645 foot sky scraper in San Francisco falls in the middle of the night, are there any squeals?
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:43:50 AM PDT
by
Lockbox
(politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
To: Lockbox
If they are biting the pillow hard enough, you can’t hear the squeals.
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:46:30 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:48:47 AM PDT
by
moovova
(I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
To: ClearCase_guy
It’s right in San Francisco.
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:49:46 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
There are probably 1,613,912 voters (all democrats) living in that building. I wonder ifg that has anything to do with it?
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:50:12 AM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
San Fransicko? The tower is obviously leaning to the left.
To: qwerty1234
Absolutely correct - everyone goes bankrupt trying to fix the unfixable, and the taxpayer will have to pay the multi-millions needed to demolish it when it’s condemned.
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posted on
10/22/2021 6:50:15 AM PDT
by
larrytown
(A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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