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Swinerton to pay $2.3M fine over alleged Clean Water Act violations

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The San Francisco builder’s penalties stemmed from allegedly failing to use proper stormwater controls and conduct regular inspections across four solar farm sites in three states.

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San Francisco Advises Continued Pause of Fix for Settling Millennium Tower

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San Francisco Dept. of Building Inspection advises the Millennium Tower homeowners association to “refrain from resuming” the pile foundation retrofit for the settling 645-ft-tall condominium until a new approach to the fix is reviewed by the city.

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Reviewers OK Fix for San Francisco's Leaning Millennium Tower

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An independent engineering review team has given its nod to the San Francisco Dept. of Building Inspection regarding permitting of the proposed $100-million structural shoring scheme for the 645-ft-tall Millennium Tower—which has settled 17.3 and tilted 4 in. over more than a decade.

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San Francisco Issues Rules for High-Rise Foundations

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of Building Inspection issued interim guidelines and procedures for structural, geotechnical and seismic-hazard engineering design review for new buildings, 240 ft or taller. The city and county Dept.

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Cracked steel beam forces Salesforce Transit Center to close

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A fissure in a load-bearing steel beam at the newly debuted, $2B San Francisco transit hub forced the Transbay Joint Powers Authority to close the facility on Tuesday until it can repair the support system and inspect all others.

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SFO Crane Incident Served Violation Notice

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The property owner and contractor at Wednesday's crane accident atop the 22 Tehama Street building in San Francisco have been cited by the city's building department.

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Drone Technology Improves Infrastructure Inspections

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W hat began as a school project has turned into an exciting career for the founders of SkySpecs , an Ann Arbor-based startup that provides drone technology for the inspection of infrastructure projects, such as wind turbines, cell towers, power transmission towers, and eventually bridges. “It DannyEllisSkySpecs.