The settlements of the Tower are no condolidation setlements this is a slow plastic flow do to over stressing the san francisco old clay layer beyond its yield shear strength.This situation is difficult to stop because the saturated clay soils behaves like a plastic solid, they have ayield shear strength value and once this strength is overload the soil begins to deform under constant load.
Isn't this a liquefaction nightmare when a big Quake like 89 or bigger?
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