A fix appears to be in the works for San Francisco’s sinking and tilting Millennium Tower — just as a new report estimates the 58-story luxury high-rise has sunk yet another inch in the past seven months. [...]
That lean is now up to nearly 14 inches at the building’s roof — an additional 2-plus inches more than the tilt measured in January.
— San Francisco Chronicle
A pair of engineering firms hired by developer Millennium Partners think there's still hope to save the troubled structure and straighten it up again: "The LERA firm and DeSimone Consulting Engineers say the problem can be remedied by drilling 50 to 100 new piles down to bedrock from the building’s basement," the Chronicle reports. "The engineering firms estimate the fix will cost $100 million to $150 million — more than your average home foundation repair, but a lot less than the billion-dollar-plus price tag that some experts have feared."
Urgency is increasing though as a new engineering report by Arup Group presents evidence that the rate of sinking remains steady and cracking in the basement continues.
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When can you start? Jack that baby up straight like it outta be.
I predict that the proposed fix will not only fail to solve the problem but that the disturbance it causes will accelerate it.
There's an Earthquake reboot in this story.
The Rock can reprise his role(s) as the resourceful security agent/bumbling adventurer/helicopter pilot- coming to the rescue by plugging the crack in the fault with the entire building.
Close with comments about how thats what should have happened in the 1st place, and questions about who the architect was- and maybe they can design a park there instead...
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