CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days

Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by aranchelk on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:59PM (#34598877)

> None of the other big buildings in SF are connected to the bedrock

Absolutely not true.

Salesforce Tower, Park Tower and 181 Fremont all being examples of tall buildings in the immediate vicinity that do go to bedrock.

Whether or not friction piles are a good idea is another matter.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by mullingitover on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:29PM (#34599461)

I stand corrected! I got my information from a soil scientist who was explaining that the bedrock wasn't anywhere close to the surface in SF and LA and misunderstood that to mean that none of the towers went all the way down. I stand by my claim that the Burj Khalifa isn't on bedrock, however.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by jjtheblunt on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:26PM (#34599410)

friction piles? (trying to look that up)

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by CydeWeys on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:55PM (#34599926)

The top page of Google search results for "friction pile" are all bang on.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by jjtheblunt on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:28PM (#34601455)

thank you

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