Millennium Tower window crack could signal bigger problem, report says

[TexasTowelie]

A window on the 36th floor of the sinking Millennium Tower may have cracked due to the tilting of the building and could be an isolated break — or a sign of a widespread problem, an architectural engineering firm told the city in a report Friday.

The report, filed late Friday with the city’s Department of Building Inspection, says someone will rappel down the building early next week to photograph the crack from the outside and to tape up the glass as a safety precaution.

The engineering firm, Allana Buick & Bers, contracted by the building’s residents, has so far been able to evaluate the window only from inside the tower and said it needs to assess the exterior of the window and building to determine what caused the crack.

On Saturday, inspectors will use drone photography and high-powered telephoto lens photos from adjacent buildings to examine the exterior.

Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Millennium-Tower-s-managers-say-cracked-window-13213528.php?t=3ed01f73e2

[Sedona]

1. That link isn't working for me

This one does

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Millennium-Tower-s-managers-say-cracked-window-13213528.php

[TexasTowelie]

2. I've corrected it to the following:

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Millennium-Tower-s-managers-say-cracked-window-13213528.php?t=3ed01f73e2

Thanks for letting me know.

[TwistOneUp]

3. It's so sad

It's a disaster. How the foundation plan got approved, no one knows. Well, except Chicagoans - we think of *how much the bribe was* first, not whether there was or was not any bribery. However much they thought they saved by chintzing on the foundation, it's gonna cost a bundle now.

There's always someone who wants to save a buck by cutting a corner. That doesn't always work.

The good thing is that there is a labor shortage and now buildings cost way more, some to the point of not being financially viable. Which is fine with many SFers, as the density here is incredibly high.

[CountAllVotes]

4. Too bad they cannot see what lies beneath it

Years of landfill and history.

Dead bodies.

Landfill.

Earthquake goes

Farewell Millennium Tower!