—”I don’t see any engineering solutions being implemented in time either.”
More than likely the new piles going all the way to bedrock will do the job, unlike the original friction piles.
Plus they have a fair chance to collect from a nearby construction project for dewatering?
And It is the Salesforce Transit Center??? Owned by the taxpayers???
If needed there will be a bazillion attorneys holding the building up for some of that lawsuit.
Sinking pilings down to bedrock would solve (prevented in this case) the problem but the issue for the developers since the beginning is the cost.
If the developers have no option other than to sink pilings to the bedrock, they'll instead declare bankruptcy and walk away because they'll never recoup those costs. The city of San Francisco would become the owner which means taxpayers would be forced to bail them out.