The $100M project to fix SF's leaning
Millennium Tower stopped as high-rise
keeps tilting and sinking
Posted By: NorthernDog, 9/3/2021 10:19:56 PM
The $100 million construction project to halt the sinking and tilting of a downtown San Francisco luxury skyscraper has been suspended as the high-rise continues to sink and tilt. Work had begun in May to drill down hundreds of feet to stabilize the 58-story Millennium Tower. But engineers suspended the operation last week to assess why the building had sunk another inch during construction, NBC Bay Area News reported. The tower, which opened in 2009, had been tilting slightly more than 17 inches at the top at the time work began and sinking had slowed. But by mid-August, the building's
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What's going to happen during an earthquake? The whole thing could come tumbling down.