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[plutonicpanda]

Please forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I heard the Transbay Terminal is causing the surrounding buildings to sink, any truth to that?

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by plutonicpanda

Please forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I heard the Transbay Terminal is causing the surrounding buildings to sink, any truth to that?

Look toward the top of the previous page and back from there. It's only the Millennium Tower that is having an issue and no one is certain if the Transbay Terminal has anything to do with it. The 58-floor, 645' tower's foundations were not drilled into bedrock, even though it's our highest all concrete structure and it was built on bay fill.

[tech12]

The building had already sunk by an unexpectedly large amount before they started digging the hole for the transbay terminal. And since work began on transbay, I'd bet 10 bucks that it's had no effect on the sinking. I'd blame the developers for not anchoring the building to the bedrock, which is what most people seem to be doing (aside from the developers themselves, of course lol). But that makes me wonder...why weren't they required by the city to do so? Maybe I have the wrong impression, but it isn't it pretty much required if you want a skyscraper on landfill to live through a large earthquake?

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by tech12

The building had already sunk by an unexpectedly large amount before they started digging the hole for the transbay terminal. And since work began on transbay, I'd bet 10 bucks that it's had no effect on the sinking. I'd blame the developers for not anchoring the building to the bedrock, which is what most people seem to be doing (aside from the developers themselves, of course lol). But that makes me wonder...why weren't they required by the city to do so? Maybe I have the wrong impression, but it isn't it pretty much required if you want a skyscraper on landfill to live through a large earthquake?

I'm no expert, but all the structural engineers quoted in the articles I've seen say the building would do fine in an earthquake. All the taller buildings that existed in 1906 (a few were 15-20 stories I believe) survived that big quake, and some are still around. The '89 quake did no damage to high rises either. The Chronicle did a good job with their story on the weekend. They had a map showing the old shoreline, and the foundation types of some of the buildings. Anyone--has the city scheduled another round of hearings yet? Maybe in the next hearing they can call in a panel structural engineers to get their opinions? Can someone provide a link to the Chronicle articles of the last few days, especially the one on Sept. 25 with the map? Thanks!

[botoxic]

This shot is already slightly dated, taken on September 20. The towers under construction have each gained a few floors since.

San Francisco Skyline by Sharon & Rick, on Flickr

[Justbuildit]

Salesforce already putting SF on a whole new level, and it's not even topped out yet! I haven't seen it in person yet, but my God! that photo really gives me an idea of what a beast this tower really is.

[fimiak]

Hot off the press, these are from lunch time.

Mexican Museum


Transbay Center






Salesforce Tower


Park Tower


181 Fremont

[botoxic]

The cranes from Nob Hill: 350 Bush, Salesforce, 181 Fremont

[timbad]

crane has gone up at the office building project on Townsend at Sixth:



there is low-level activity at the 100 Hooper site. this was Friday morning...



... and a closer look today shows they've begun scraping up the surface along the southern edge. looking east



angling a bit more toward north



1 Henry Adams



looking north up Eighth at 855 Brannan



the Brannan side



Indiana St in Dogpatch, where the southern of the two projects, in the distance, is becoming more visible



skyline from freeway approach between Dogpatch and Potrero Hill

[botoxic]

Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, October 1, 2016

[edwards]

Anyone know why E.C. is purple tonight?

[SFView]

^^^I needed to make a detour around the Castro and Market area today due to a Castro Street Fair. Perhaps there is a connection.

[timbad]

CPMC, the 'back' side on Franklin:



and the south side:



the medical office building hole across Van Ness. hard to get a good shot of how deep this thing is



Market and Sanchez



the step-down portion along Sanchez







this is from somewhere near Diamond Heights, but I'm not exactly sure where I was:

[botoxic]

Some of the usual skyline viewing spots uploaded to Flickr this weekend

West Oakland:

Iconic skyline by G MacFly, on Flickr

Treasure Island:

SURROUNDED by Umberto Federico, on Flickr

[pseudolus]

Originally Posted by edwards

Anyone know why E.C. is purple tonight?

My guess is Breast Cancer Month.

[emanon]

Originally Posted by wakamesalad

The Sacramento Bee is a good paper. They were the first to uncover the CalTrans New Bay Bridge design & construction flaws.

Not to discount the staff of the Bee, but the article is from the New York Times. Check out the byline.

[brantw]

10/3/16

[viewguysf]

Mini drilling equipment on Mission Street beside the Millennium Tower

From the beginning of the north sidewalk by the tower all the way around to the end of the west driveway, the settling is quite pronounced.

[IMG]Investigating the Leaning Tower by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Jerry of San Fran]

Originally Posted by pseudolus

My guess is Breast Cancer Month.

Last night I saw another high rise with red lights on the edge of the roof. Maybe a nod to the upcoming elections.

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

Last night I saw another high rise with red lights on the edge of the roof. Maybe a nod to the upcoming elections.

It's orange for the Giants, just like City Hall. Go Giants!!