Transbay Transit Center - San Francisco

[+ azdr0710]

being an architecture nerd, I was browsing a skyscraper forum...that led to a thread on the very tall "Salesforce" building now going up in SF...and that led me to the webpage for the colossal new Transbay transportation center....I haven't been to SF in a few years and don't know the current construction status of all this, but I did just watch the inspirational ten-minute promo video on the project.....sounds great!....nice history discussion and, gee, so much hugging going on among the various animated characters throughout!...click on the video here and go to full screen:

 

http://www.transbaycenter.org/project/program-overview

 

and look at the general page here:

 

http://www.transbaycenter.org/

 

http://www.transbaycenter.org/uploads/gallery/transit-center-architecture/aerial-with-parcel-f.jpg

[BigK]

I read that the pumping out of sub foundation water to compensate for the weight of the foundation is causing a nearby Skyscraper to lean.

[bigvalboy]

I read that the pumping out of sub foundation water to compensate for the weight of the foundation is causing a nearby Skyscraper to lean.

 

 

 

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-landmark-tower-for-rich-and-famous-is-8920197.php

[BigK]

That's the article. I remembered it backwards. The water was pumped in to support the foundation.

[+ azdr0710]

I should've added the story of the Millennium building's woes to my original post....I also read about that building's problems just a couple days ago, but hadn't yet found much on the Transbay project....thanks for the link @bigvalboy ...good article and interesting to note where the original shoreline was

[Rudynate]

That's the article. I remembered it backwards. The water was pumped in to support the foundation.

 

 

That's what the Millenium Developers say. The inter-government agency developing the Transbay project says that the piers for the Millenium Tower, instead of being only 80 feet deep, should have gone all the way to bedrock. Also, the Millenium Tower was not framed with steel, as a building its size should have been. In order to keep cost down, the frame is concrete - much heavier than a steel frame would have been. The impending litigation is reputed to be the biggest ever real estate litigation in San Francisco history.

[marylander1940]

being an architecture nerd, I was browsing a skyscraper forum...that led to a thread on the very tall "Salesforce" building now going up in SF...and that led me to the webpage for the colossal new Transbay transportation center....I haven't been to SF in a few years and don't know the current construction status of all this, but I did just watch the inspirational ten-minute promo video on the project.....sounds great!....nice history discussion and, gee, so much hugging going on among the various animated characters throughout!...click on the video here and go to full screen:

 

http://www.transbaycenter.org/project/program-overview

 

and look at the general page here:

 

http://www.transbaycenter.org/

 

http://www.transbaycenter.org/uploads/gallery/transit-center-architecture/aerial-with-parcel-f.jpg

 

Beautiful, thank you for sharing this!

[Whitman]

... Also, the Millenium Tower was not framed with steel, as a building its size should have been. In order to keep cost down, the frame is concrete - much heavier than a steel frame would have been.

With apologies for a brief political aside: I wonder if, before they opted for cost-cutting with concrete, they considered cheap Chinese steel à la Trump?

(http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Six-Facts-on-Donald-Trump-s-Use-of-Chinese-Steel)

[+ azdr0710]

thanks for that important note, @Whitman , but I'd hate to see this thread relegated to the Politics forum.....I didn't know that about Trump's steel