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Pretty sure they need to safely dismantle this building and try again. In non-earthquake prone areas, it might make sense to jack it up and what not, but not i

Pretty sure they need to safely dismantle this building and try again. In non-earthquake prone areas, it might make sense to jack it up and what not, but not in SF.

dpark 10y ago
There is no scenario in which a 350 million dollar skyscraper deemed "not a safety issue for residents" will be torn down so they can "try again". They'll find a way to stabilize it and that will be that. No one is going to tear down nearly half a billion dollars worth of skyscraper if there's any chance of salvaging it.
- nostromo 10y ago
  It's not without precedent. In Seattle a cost-cutting method was used to build a 25-story downtown apartment building in 2001. In 2010 it was found to be flawed and unfixable, and so it was dismantled. And now there's a new building being built on the site. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/9-year-old-belltown-high-rise-too-flawed-to-fix/ http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/9-year-old-belltown...
  - dpark 10y ago
    Key there is it was deemed unfixable. $350 MM can do a lot of fixing. Edit: To be clear, I'm not denying the entire possibility. It's just extremely unlikely, especially given that the tower is currently deemed safe.
    - spikels 10y ago
      Plus if it turns out to have been caused by the Trans Bay Terminal, they have very deep pockets (they supposedly spent $58 million on a buttress to protect the Millineum Tower). As does the developer, Millennium Partners and the engineering from firm's insurance companies. This will get fixed. There will just have to be a big fight to see who has to pay.