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San Francisco Issues Rules for High-Rise Foundations

Projects sited in areas with the worst soil—in high-risk seismic zones and subject to liquefaction—would require more than one geotechnical engineer on the peer-review team.
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Nadine M. Post
December 11, 2017
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The city and county Dept. of Building Inspection issued interim guidelines and procedures for structural, geotechnical and seismic-hazard engineering design review for new buildings 240 ft or taller.
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Sinking San Francisco Skyscraper Riles Residents

Millenium Tower is the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western U.S.
JT Long
August 10, 2016
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The 645-ft Millennium Tower—the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western United States—is sinking and tilting, and the building owner places the blame squarely on the adjacent Transbay Transit Center project.


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