![]() ![]() ![]() “Mitsubishi Elevators has remedied this gap by extending the thresholds to ensure code compliance,” said building manager James Zaratin, in a statement. NBC Bay Area's Raj Mathai spoke to Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken, who has been in the forefront of the story from the beginning, about the latest Millennium Tower discovery. This month, Millennium officials submitted a compliance form to state elevator officials, indicating the problem had been “repaired.” Documents suggest the gap may have been as much as 2 inches. In September 2019, elevator officials issued an order prohibiting use of that elevator. An inspection of one of the two parking garage elevators found the elevator sill gap exceeded the 1.25-inch threshold specified by code. That would be good news for the problematic elevator system that links the garage to the tower, where the widening gap had prompted state elevator inspectors to issue a preliminary compliance order in May 2019. Once the work is completed, he said settlement will stop at the northeast corner and the fix should offset some of the tilt. Hamburger says he doesn’t think the gap will get worse during the ongoing work to stop the building from sinking. Millennium Tower Now Tilting 3 Inches Per Year, According to Fix EngineerĮngineers “fully considered” the safety implications and “determined that the building is not at risk due to this movement, or any movement likely to occur before construction completion,” he said. ![]()
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