San Francisco's Millennium Tower is leaning, sinking and now cracking

ABC 7 ^ | September 5, 2018

[SMGFan]

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco's leaning, sinking Millennium Tower has a new problem after a window cracked on the 36th floor.

"This is a window system that's designed to sustain hurricane force winds so this is obviously of serious concern," said San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin.

The city's Department of Building Inspection shared photos of the crack with ABC7 News.

[SMGFan]

But , otherwise it is perfectly safe and expected lean and sink and crack for many, many years...

[miss marmelstein]

How symbolic.

[LukeL]

Build on landfill and on the ring of fire

[circlecity]

Apartments in this building run into the 10s of millions. If they developer goes bankrupt a lot of owners are going to lose their rear ends.

[alstewartfan]

Metaphor for the entire city.

[2banana]

No bailouts

[BookmanTheJanitor]

In accordance with the SF motto - $hit happens

[Sooth2222]

Developed by Mission Street Development LLC, an affiliate of Millennium Partners,[15] the US$350 million project was designed by Handel Architects, engineered by DeSimone Consulting Engineers and constructed by Webcor Builders.

Why is this news? I don't see how to blame Trump here.

[Dilbert San Diego]

How will it withstand the next major earthquake?

[gaijin]

Hurried, wealthy but unsafe and sinking into the mud, a perfect metaphor for everything wrong with SF.

[DoughtyOne]

It has settle 16 inches. Ouch.

No way would I remain in that building.

[dfwgator]

[Leaning Right]

I’m not a civil engineer. And I do not play one on TV. But I think the building’s problems can be solved by putting a high speed rail terminal next to the building.

[gaijin]

a big, stiff long thing sinking into MUD:

Somehow more quintessentially San Franciscan than Rice-a-Roni.

[rktman]

Lucky there may be enough crap surrounding it to cushion the fall.

[Noumenon]

And a safe drug injection station in the lobby.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Friction piles not a great choice there - need to go down the 200’ to bedrock. Costly, but not a place for tall buildings otherwise.

[GOPJ]

It’s not safe. But on the lighter brighter side it’s probably filled with delusional liberals who trust ‘words’ more than “competence and results”. So they’ll believe the pretty words and when it crashes they’ll be amazed.

[Drew68]

Dig a hole on the opposite side of the tilt and fill it with feces. Problem solved.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Sinking isn’t a problem - tilting is. 2” of tilt in a structure that tall is something to be worried about. The differential settlement is probably due to nearby construction/excavation. The settlement is just friction piling in lousy soil.