Millennium Tower

What Really Happened at the Millennium Tower?

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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 world … Read more

Why SpaceX Cares About Dirt

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Why SpaceX Cares About Dirt Why do structures big and small sink into the ground, and what can we do to stop it? ☕ Sign up to Morning Brew for free today: https://bit.ly/mbpracticalengineering Before the so-called Starbase supported crazy test launches of the Starship spaceflight program, it was just a pile of dirt. After nearly … Read more