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Originally Posted by srvy
They all move and crack to some degree in a sandy loamy soil. That they are monitoring it means it's being investigated by a structural engineer who should be able to advise if it's dangerous. We do these monitors on condo towers and highrise hotels on the plaza. Run in baselines to make a measurement to structural columns to check plumb in the basement levels also check walls for plumb. Grid out basement floors every 5 feet and get elevations. Its routine maintenance for towers. There are also settlement plates in lock boxes around the properties with a stainless steel rod driven to the bedrock elevations are routinely monitored. This is not out of the ordinary the news see's something in the maintenance inspections and reports not knowing anything about what they are seeing.
This building has been settling 2 mm a year for quite some time according to news reports. I'm not a structural engineer I don't think its abnormal as it passed inspection from a structural engineer.
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Good info from someone who clearly knows a thing or two about it