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SF Millennium Tower Tilts Quarter Inch in Four Days
NBC Bay Area ^ | 7 Dec 2021 | Jaxon Van Derbeken

Posted on 12/08/2021 7:10:59 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

Newly released monitoring data shows that San Francisco’s Millennium Tower tilted a quarter inch during the four days it took to install the first test pile to bedrock last month.

Veteran geotechnical engineer Bob Pyke said the sudden fluctuation is a telltale sign.

Other experts say the water pressure drop is evidence that the method designed to limit settlement may not be working as well as hoped.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...


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To: carriage_hill

It’s all about the money... I read the part about ‘friction’ bedding and I just laughed.....


41 posted on 12/08/2021 8:22:13 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Just waiting for someone to find the section of the Build Back Better legislation that has the US taxpayer covering all the costs of this “crisis”.
Sounds like a joke, but I don’t hear anyone laughing.


42 posted on 12/08/2021 8:29:43 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: bgill

“They still use toilets in SF?”

No, the street.

wy69


43 posted on 12/08/2021 8:35:42 AM PST by whitney69
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To: Gaffer

Me too.


44 posted on 12/08/2021 8:37:18 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Wilhelm Tell

“The Democrats will blame it on capitalism, climate change, or systemic racism.”

You forgot Trump. And it will happen at a good movement of the tectonic plate in the area. They didn’t learn anything in 1906. They were liberal then also.

wy69


45 posted on 12/08/2021 8:38:45 AM PST by whitney69
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To: ctdonath2

Gravity, thou art a heartless b*tch.


46 posted on 12/08/2021 8:44:12 AM PST by Overtaxed (Stiff the Fed)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Renowned geotechnical engineer Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert had this to say:

I say, a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop, a drop on you
I say, a pressure drop, oh pressure
Oh yeah, pressure drop, a drop on you
I say, and when it drops, oh, you gonna feel it
Know what you were doing’s wrong
I say, when it drop, oh, you gonna feel it
Know what you were doing’s wrong


47 posted on 12/08/2021 8:44:34 AM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: John S Mosby

Wow. Fascinating link! Thanks for posting it!

Can’t believe nobody considered the retrofit might accelerate settling...


48 posted on 12/08/2021 9:02:46 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: mewzilla

Delay Delay Delay, move and protect financial assets prior to court judgments.


49 posted on 12/08/2021 9:04:07 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.tand http://www.house.gov)
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To: mewzilla

There must be a political back-story here as well.

SF politicians/inspectors have probably been paid off to keep this farce going—the building should have been condemned and ordered demolished by now.


50 posted on 12/08/2021 9:06:16 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The law of gravity shall not be broken.

5.56mm


51 posted on 12/08/2021 9:12:47 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: NWFree

“Crooked towers for crooked libtards 🤪

Seems fitting”

My Nephews in-laws live in that building. Probably the last Conservative couple left in San Francisco. They bought a fixer upper in Sonoma years ago and finally completed the fixer part. I think they are staying there as much as possible in light of the Apt. Building issue.


52 posted on 12/08/2021 9:16:11 AM PST by DAC21
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To: Dr. Sivana

—” I think the diminishing returns on the value of tall buildings kicks in earlier than city planners are willing to admit.”

A function of height.
As they grow taller the required spaces, mechanical, electrical, elevators, stairs...consume a larger percentage of the total floor area and less income is generated.

That said many will kill for the prestige/ego of the tallest building.


53 posted on 12/08/2021 9:26:40 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Honest Nigerian

—” waiting for someone to find the section of the Build Back Better legislation that has the US taxpayer covering all the costs of this “crisis”.”

It was a bit of fun and humorous comments...

Now that you mention it, a sour taste in my mouth.


54 posted on 12/08/2021 9:29:40 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

55 posted on 12/08/2021 9:36:20 AM PST by blam
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Hi.

They did not listen or understand.

They built their house on sand, not rock.

And the winds came and the water buffeted the house.

And it collapsed.

Heard that somewhere...

5.56mm


56 posted on 12/08/2021 10:22:27 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I hope there isn’t another earthquake in San Francisco.

5.56mm


57 posted on 12/08/2021 10:39:52 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: Wilhelm Tell

Yep.

5.56mm


58 posted on 12/08/2021 10:44:32 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Cue the “Jeopardy” theme song and pop the corn.


59 posted on 12/08/2021 11:03:59 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist; Colt1851Navy; Gaffer

Shouldn’t there have been something in the contract like, “We promise no Jihadists will slam their planes into this building. We also promise this building will not tip over...”


60 posted on 12/08/2021 3:32:20 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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