![]() The practice is not uncommon in the Bay Area, and the design team contends that the present structural issues stem from the construction of the adjacent Salesforce Tower, which is the tallest building in San Francisco. The 58-story tower’s foundation currently consists of 10-foot-thick concrete and nearly 1,000 reinforced concrete piles reaching down close to 90 feet into a layer of soft clay. (Courtesy Millennium Towers Homeowners Association) The Perimeter Pile Upgrade includes the drilling of 52 new steel-and-concrete piles along two elevations. However, the proclamation has done little to calm nerves just months after the tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in the Miami–Dade County community of Surfside. Work began on structural remediation in May, and, it turns out, the building has rapidly dropped an inch since then, leading to a halt in construction.Īs reported by NBC Bay Area, the Millennium Tower Association informed residents of the issue on Monday, August 23, but stressed that no material harm had come to the building and that it remains fully safe for occupancy. ![]() ![]() The problem was first identified in 2016, and a $100 million solution developed by engineers Simpson Gumpertz & Heger promised to stabilize the foundation of the tower, which is the tallest residential building in San Francisco at 645 feet. ![]()
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