Millennium Tower Fix to Reverse About Half the Tilting Triggered During Project, Model Predicts

As work advances on the final phase of the so-called fix of the tilting Millennium Tower, a recent computer model predicts that when complete, the $100 million project will offset about half of the additional tilt the high-rise has experienced since the effort to secure it began in 2021.

Crews are now excavating around the Fremont Street side of the building as they prepare to shore up the high-rise to bedrock on the two sides where it’s leaning the most – tying it to six steel piles along Mission Street and 12 along Fremont.

“No building should really have that sort of tilt, not a modern building of this

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