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Nov 16, 2021 · The proposed fix to the Millenium Tower is to install piles along two sides of the building’s perimeter. That may seem kind of simple, but there is a lot of clever engineering involved to make it work. Fifty-two piles will be drilled along the north and west sides of the tower all the way down to bedrock.
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Feb 21, 2024 · Jaxon Van Derbeken reports. The engineer of the so-called fix of the troubled Millennium Tower in San Francisco recently acknowledged there’s been less than expected tilt improvement over the...
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Jun 21, 2023 · A $100 million construction effort to address the sinking and tilting issues at the Millennium Tower, an infamous leaning luxury condo building in San Francisco’s SoMa District, has been substantially completed, according to the building’s homeowners association.
Feb 22, 2024 · San Francisco’s ill-fated Millennium Tower is making headlines once again for problems taking place beneath its turbulent foundation. This time, the 58-story skyscraper is sinking even further on its vertical axis as it settles to the north and west, alarming some building scientists who...
May 17, 2022 · An underground shoring wall buried deep in the SoMa soil is threatening to hinder the $100 million dollar effort to right the sinking property, marking the latest problem in the beleaguered fix on...
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Jun 9, 2023 · While the tower appears stable on the Mission side, new rooftop-based monitoring data shows the tower is now tilting a half inch more to the west than before being supported on the north side.
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Jun 21, 2023 · The $100 million fix to the notoriously sinking and tilting Millennium Tower is completed, and early results show the encouraging development that it’s already reversed its tilt by, well, an...