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Transbay terminal officials said Thursday that the weld access holes suspected of triggering cracks in giant steel beams on the $2.2 billion project had passed muster during what they called “extraordinary” and elaborate inspections covering every aspect of the design and execution.

California became the first state in the nation to require homes built in 2020 and later be solar powered, following a vote by the Building Standards Commission.

A consultant working for the Millennium Tower developer on Tuesday formally submitted his proposed $100 million fix for the tilting and sinking Millennium Tower, a solution that involves floating one corner of the building off a new foundation that will be supported to bedrock.

Back in 2015, contractors and engineers disagreed about the need for the weld access holes now suspected of causing giant cracks in critical support beams, Transbay documents reviewed by NBC Bay Area show.

A new fix for the tilting and sinking Millennium Tower is on the table at closed door talks this week, NBC Bay Area has learned. The goal is to find a solution that will settle the massive legal fight, and stabilize the troubled building.

Approximately 50 people are out of their homes after the floor of a Denton apartment building collapsed early Sunday morning.

A Stanford structural engineering professor told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday that while the sinking and tilting Millennium Tower is currently seismically safe, he would not go so far as to say it will be going forward.

NBC Bay Area has learned earthquake safety assurances at the Millennium Tower did not account for a seismic vulnerability hidden inside the walls of the already sinking and tilting 58-story structure.

Millennium Tower officials have until Friday to disclose whether they actually have a plan to deal with the high-rise’s sinking and tilting problem as well as justify their engineering conclusion that the high rise is safe.

Experts charged with evaluating the Millennium Tower’s now sinking foundation were never directed to assess the impact of the massive Transbay transit terminal being built next door, according to a document uncovered by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.

A consultant hired by the developer of the sinking Millennium Tower issued a new report Tuesday that presents a much more optimistic picture of the sinking building than his draft analysis just two years ago.

A review of more than five decades of seismic damage inside schools finds a dangerous pattern of safety failures.