Millennium Tower, San Francisco
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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There are probably 1,613,912 voters (all democrats) living in that building. I wonder ifg that has anything to do with it?
No doubt leaning further to the left.
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The building is in a state of slow-motion collapse. Evaluate the structure to determine if the above ground part will topple over or pancake when the final failure occurs, and evacuate accordingly.
Alternative to outright demo: Remove floors from the top until the foundation can actually support the load. Low-rise beats a pile of rubble. Experience has shown that this site was not viable for the high-rise load on it now; it never will be.
Dang it. COVID strikes again.
If the tower had been fully vaccinated, this wouldn’t have happened.
You win the internet for today.
Well played.
There have been quite a few leaning wind mills that have been straightened. Here is a piece about one that was leaning. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/a-115-metre-high-wind-turbine-on-the-bruce-peninsula-begins-listing-facility-owners-tether-it
Not sure how it was righted but they initially tethered it to stop it from leaning further. Beyond that, there are stories that they used the same method as what they’ve been doing at the Leaning Tower of Pisa which is injecting concrete at very high pressure under the one side.
Perhaps that technique is being tried on the Millennium Tower?
This will NOT be "fixed" and they will never admit defeat.
Will it be triggered by a quake?
A 5.0 within 10 miles should do.
At what point do they have to bring it down? Laws of physics will come into play in the future when glass starts falling out of their frames due to stress.
—” Hey, it could be a good thing!...”
Perhaps, but no one lives in your example and has to deal with prime directive #27; shite runs downhill.
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—”The bank put a lean on my house years ago “
Perfect!
If a 645 foot tower falls in San Fransicko, it won’t feel a thing. All the sheit all over the streets will cushion it’s impact perfectly
—” are there any squeals?”
Only if it impinges on you or yours.
Too complex, too expensive, and nobody willing to approve the process, approve the funding, or make the decision.
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