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re: San Francisco's Millennium Tower is leaning, sinking and now cracking
Posted on 9/6/18 at 1:57 pm to MrLarson
Posted on 9/6/18 at 1:57 pm to MrLarson
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I'd think you would have more than 1 window cracked if it was from pressure because of the building leaning.
Well some window has to be the first window to break
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:12 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:18 pm to CarRamrod
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we we talking gen Z here?
Yes but most of the dipshits on this site dont realize they are actually millennials which in a weird way proves them correct when they say millennials suck.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:45 pm to boxcarbarney
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Assuming the bedrock is just as deep at this site, they built a very heavy building on top of piles that were not driven to refusal at bedrock depth. They're relying on sand. I'm no structural engineer, but with the weight of the tower bearing down on the soil like that, you have to wonder what the thought process was here.
I'm not a geotechnical engineer (stormwater-civil), but it seems like they were penny wise and pound foolish. This is also an earthquake zone... liquefaction can occur with earthquakes where the bearing capacity of most soils goes to pot. It could easily cause a building like this to collapse. Somebody is about to get a lawsuit if they haven't already.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 4:15 pm to TH03
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Reading be hard.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 7:12 pm to CivilTiger83
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This is also an earthquake zone... liquefaction can occur with earthquakes where the bearing capacity of most soils goes to pot
That's what I was thinking. Unless this sand holds some special property we're not aware of.
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 9:43 am
Posted on 9/6/18 at 7:16 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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No way it's a slab-on-grade. Very deep piles, I would assume.
The piles did not go to bedrock. This is a main reason it is leaning.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 7:19 pm to Martini
Yep, good piece on 60 min about it..plus the neighboring construction doesn’t help
Posted on 9/6/18 at 7:43 pm to shamrock
California. High tech software companies everywhere.
Department of Building Inspection still handwriting inspection forms.
Department of Building Inspection still handwriting inspection forms.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 8:01 pm to Dire Wolf
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Probably need to add another thousand building code regulations to the San Francisco code
I probably wouldn't blame them if they required going all the way down to bedrock for buildings over a certain size, from here out.
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