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architecture2 years ago

Millennium Tower's Lean Improved by $100 Million Retrofit

The $100 million fix to stabilize San Francisco's Millennium Tower, which had sunk 18 inches and was leaning 14 inches to the west, has been completed with all 18 concrete piles driven into bedrock. The new perimeter pile system has shifted a total of 18 million pounds off of the tower's original foundation, relieving stress on soils that have compressed beneath the building. The tower's HOA has contracted with a surveyor to monitor the building's performance over the next decade.

via San Francisco Chronicle|
#architecture#construction#engineering
real-estate2 years ago

San Francisco's Millennium Tower continues to sink and tilt despite repair efforts.

San Francisco's Millennium Tower, a $350 million luxury building, continues to sink and tilt despite efforts to stabilize it. The tower has sunk 16 inches since its opening in 2009 and is currently leaning more than 29 inches at the northwest corner. The building's sinking has caused leaking and crumbling walls in the facility's below-ground parking garage. Engineers are now planning to secure the foundation of the building to 12 pilings sunk along Fremont Street that will bear the partial weight of the building load.

via Daily Mail|
#luxury-building#millennium-tower#real-estate
architecture2 years ago

San Francisco's Millennium Tower leans further west despite engineering efforts.

San Francisco's Millennium Tower has continued to tilt and sink deeper into the ground, with monitoring data revealing a half-inch deeper tilt than previously thought. Engineers have been working to stabilize the building, but the data shows progress on the north side may have come at a cost to the west side. The tower was built on a former landfill, and engineers plan to secure the foundation to a dozen piles sunk along Fremont Street to bear the partial weight of the building load. The goal is to reverse the tilt by the end of the month.

via New York Post |
#architecture#engineering#foundation
architecture2 years ago

Millennium Tower in SF tilts further west despite recovery efforts.

San Francisco's Millennium Tower is tilting more to the west than ever, according to monitoring data. The tower is currently leaning more than 29 inches at the northwest corner of Fremont and Mission streets, much of the added tilt occurring during the digging needed to prepare to support the tower along two sides. Despite initial progress in the first phase of the fix earlier this year, the 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.

via NBC Bay Area|
#architecture#engineering#millennium-tower
local2 years ago

High Winds Cause Chaos in San Francisco's Financial District

High winds in San Francisco are suspected of causing window failures at the Salesforce Tower and Millennium Tower, prompting the closure of a stretch of Mission Street as a precaution. Inspectors are examining multiple cracked or failed windows between the 11th and 30th floors of the Salesforce building and one window on the 49th floor of the Millennium Tower. The incidents have led to calls for new hearings on high-rise window safety. The Millennium Tower has had a history of problems with windows and was cited by building inspectors in 2020.

via NBC Bay Area|
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