What Really Happened at the Millennium Tower?

The Millennium Tower at 301 Mission Street in San Francisco is famously tilting and sinking into the ground. How does geology affect the design of skyscraper foundations, and what is being done to fix this structure? Practical Engineering is a YouTube channel about infrastructure and the human-made...

14 min - Engineering & Megastructures - Practical Engineering

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