"To have the space agency looking at it debunks what have put out there. San Francisco’s troubled Millennium Tower high-rise is now supported partially on one side to piles sunk to bedrock bolstering that should assure the 100 million project will be completed. One of the building's tenants, lawyer Jerry Dodson, said developers have given tenants the impression that the sinking was slowing and stopping. The tower is supported by piles driven 18 to 27 metres into landfill.Įngineers hired by the building and its developers have drilled deep holes around the building to test soil samples to determine if the building has stopped sinking, and if there is a way to fix it. The city agency, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, blames the building's "inadequate foundation" which is not anchored to bedrock. He reiterated the developers' blame for the tower's problems on the city's construction of an adjacent railway station, which they say removed ground water from beneath the Millennium Tower that caused it to sink and tilt. The developer's spokesman PJ Johnston said he had no direct comment on the satellite data but issued a statement saying the Millennium Tower is a "state-of-the-art building" that was "designed and constructed to the extraordinarily high standards" mandated by San Francisco. The building's developer, Millennium Partners, insists the building is safe for occupancy and could withstand an earthquake. Data from the satellite, which is orbiting about 700 kilometres from the Earth's surface, was recorded every 24 days.
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