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Supervisors and expert probe peer-review gaps after Millennium Tower settlement concerns
Summary
A February 2, 2017 Government Audit & Oversight Committee hearing examined peer-review practices around 301 Mission Street (Millennium Tower). Professor Jack Maley testified he was retained by the developer to review seismic design and that his scope did not include geotechnical verification; supervisors and residents urged independent geotechnical review and accountability.
Chair Jane Kim and Vice Chair Supervisor Aaron Peskin convened a Feb. 2, 2017 hearing of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Government Audit and Oversight Committee to review building standards and seismic safety for tall buildings, focusing on 301 Mission Street, commonly known as the Millennium Tower.
Professor Jack Maley, a UC Berkeley structural engineering professor who served as a peer reviewer on multiple high-rise projects, testified that Millennium Partners retained him to conduct an "internal peer review" focused on the concrete tower's seismic design. Maley said his contract (marked in materials as JPM 1) limited his scope to structural-seismic matters and did not include a geotechnical peer review. He told the committee that foundation-only permit letters are often requested late in the process and that his letter expressed…
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