"See You in Court!": 9 of Architecture's Nastiest Lawsuits The plan is estimated to cost between $100 million and $150 million, though who will ultimately foot the bill remains unclear, as a lawsuit between Millennium Partners, the homeowners assocation and the nearby Transbay Transit Center remains unresolved. Existing piles embedded into the landfill carrying the structure's mass reach just 60-91 feet down. The engineers’ solution would involve drilling 50-100 new foundation piles from the basement level into the bedrock 200 feet below – a strategy considered during the original construction process but ultimately deemed unnecessary. Triggered to action, developer Millennium Partners brought in LERA and DeSimone to devise a solution that would return the building to its original siting and secure it against sinking, all while allowing the building to continue operating through the repair process. And according to a new report from Arup Ground, the issue doesn’t appear to be resolving itself anytime soon: in the past 7 months alone, the building has sunk an additional inch and tilted a further two inches, causing cracking in the building to worsen. Since construction began in 2005, the 58-story luxury condominium tower has sank approximately 17 inches downward and while leaning 14 inches to the North.
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