San Francisco’s Leaning Tower: An Engineering Disaster

The Millennium Tower was supposed to be the jewel of San Francisco luxury. Instead, it became a $750 million disaster. Since opening in 2009, the building has sunk over 18 inches and tilted nearly 29 inches to the side. But the story gets worse. In this video, we uncover the controversial $100 million "perimeter pile" fix that was supposed to save the building but may have caused a new problem: "dishing," where the center of the building sinks faster than the edges. We break down the engineering fatal flaw (friction piles vs. bedrock), the lawsuit wars between the developers and the Transbay Transit Center, and the shocking reality for residents who are seeing their property values crash by 50%. #MillenniumTower #EngineeringFail #SanFrancisco #RealEstate #Construction #Skyscraper #UrbanPlanning