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• San Francisco’s tallest building is sinking fast and Joe Montana’s apartment could be in trouble.
• Work is being done to fix the problem, but history shows that may not work out well.
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San Francisco’s Millennium Tower, one of the most-expensive, most luxurious residential buildings in the city, is titling more than two feet north and west. Among the well-to-do residents in the building are Joe Montana and Hunter Pence.

Located on the corner of Fremont and Mission Streets in the Golden City’s financial district, the Millennium Tower stands 645 feet tall. It has 58 stories and is the tallest residential building in San Francisco.

However, it is sinking. Nearly.

According to Architectural Digest, the building continues to title at a rate of three inches a year because it is literally sinking into the ground. It has already sunk between 17 and 18 inches.

In San Francisco, on the corner of Fremont and Mission stands the now famous Millennium Tower. Sources say that this building has tilted more than 22 inches. Therefore, this work is being done here to correct it. pic.twitter.com/jfkC8LK5e1

— Bigg Bidnezz (@Bidnezz) January 10, 2022

Should the problem go unfixed, it could eventually reach a tilt of 40 inches. At that point, the elevators and plumbing would cease to work.

And according to both Architectural Digest and an investigative report from NBC Bay Area, part of the problem is actually work that was done to try and fix the problem last year:

“In a contradiction that defies improbability, data shows that around 10 inches of the overall 26-inch tilt happened last year following work to stop the sinking. NBC Bay Area revealed that drilling logs show a gap of one to four days between drilling and grout installation. In the article, the NBC Bay Area stated, ‘While Millennium fix officials discounted the issue to authorities, some outside experts say such delays in grouting could very well explain the comparatively rapid settlement and tilting that occurred during pile installation in August.’”

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To try and re-fix the sinking and tilting, work is currently being done. 10 steel pipes are being installed to bedrock some 250 feet underneath the tower.

If it is done correctly this time, it would halt and potentially reverse some of the tilting. As of right now, it remains safe.

But if the problem is not fixed quickly and properly, it could be a different story.

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What’s to impress the 14th-century Leaning Tower of Pisa with its leaning when there is a modern building that leans even more? San Francisco’s Millennium Tower, one of the city’s most dazzling residential buildings, now leans more than two feet north and west and continues to lean at a rate of three inches per year as it sinks into the ground. In fact, it’s already dropped between 17 and 18 inches. If the problem is not addressed, the building could eventually tilt 40 inches, the maximum it takes to function and most likely for the elevators and plumbing to work.

The Millennium Tower is located in San Francisco’s Financial District at Fremont Street and Mission Street and adjacent to the Salesforce Transit Center and a bus terminal. It is a 58-story, 645-foot tower and the tallest residential building in the city. It debuted to fanfare in 2009 and has its fair share of illustrious residents, including sports figure Joe Montana and Giants outfielder Hunter Pence.

In a contradiction that defies all odds, data shows about 10 inches of the entire 26-inch dip happened last year after work to stop the sinking. In an investigative report, NBC Bay Area revealed that drill logs show a one to four day gap between drilling and grout installation. In the article, the NC Bay Area stated, “While Millennium Fix officials did not address the issue to the authorities, some outside experts say such delays in grouting may well explain the comparatively rapid settlement and inclination experienced during the August piling installation.” performed.”

Construction crews gather for a meeting while working on the Millennium Tower to stabilize the foundation of the 645-foot tower.

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Repair engineer Ron Hamburger has admitted his team didn’t instruct contractors they hired, Shimmick Construction, on how to keep the tower from sinking and tipping while they drilled and dug into the ground. He told city regulators, “The procedures for installing piles were basically the prerogative of the contractor.”

“We didn’t tell them how to install piles,” Hamburger continued. “We specified that we needed piles of a certain diameter and strength. And he basically made these as a design build to install the stakes where he laid out the methods he would use to install them.

At this point, Hamburger says installing 18 steel tubes on bedrock 250 feet below the tower is the best way to stop — and maybe even reverse — some of the tilt. “The building continues to settle at a rate of about half an inch per year and tilt at a rate of about three inches per year,” Hamburger said in a public statement. “This happens regardless of whether we work on site or not,” he continued. “While the building remains secure, we believe the project needs to resume construction and complete this construction quickly.”

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection has approved Hamburger’s proposal to install the 18 pipes and plans to inspect them after the project is complete.

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