sot mark zabaneh/transbay joint powers authority// "and we can start taking the physical test of the beams take them to a lab so were able to determine from the lab what is the cause."fremont street between howard and mission has been shut down as crews work to shore up the structure by installing four steel columns.the closure has added traffic in the area during rush hour...and now drivers will now also have to reroute around the new first street closure. no cracks have been found there but the design is pretty similar to the one at fremont...so six jacks will be used to hold it up just in case...sot mark zabaneh/transbay joint powers authority// "out of prudence we've decided to also shore up first street. once these jacks are available so that we can introduce some redundancy in the first street connection." first street will be closed overnight until at least next thursday. tag good news is first street will only be closed between 9 at night and 5 in the morning. while the goal to reopen fremont street remains october 12th.the enitre transit center is also closed.live in san fra

directors, executive director zabaneh. this morning are focused in the following areas: to address the staff report. we are pleased to hear the c.t.a. approved the residence dugs to adopt the pennsylvania alignment extension as the optimal alignment recommended by the san francisco planning department. we look forward to understanding the next steps leading to final approval by the city. we were also pleased to hear the project team received the additional feedback from the f.t.a., and although there are a few finishing touches needed, it's anticipated as executive director zabaneh just mentioned, that it could come to the board in november for aful pro. we look forward to an update and potential presentation at our next c.a.c. meeting. regarding the transit center update, the main topic of our c.a.c. meeting last tuesday was update on the closure of the center. as you would expect, the c.a.c. shares the same disappointment the project team, the board, agency, and city stakeholders, transit riders, and community feel. with

sot mark zabaneh/transbay joint powers authority 29-39at that point in time we will have unloaded the load on the cracked beams and we can test the beams, take them to the lab and determine what is the cause and determine how to fix fremont street.but before that's done transit center officials have now decided to shore up the portion of the transit center which runs above first street even though no cracks have been found there sotthey're the same similar design and its prudent for us to streghtnen it and provide redundancy to it. to do that, transit center officials will shutdown first street between mission and howard from 9pm to 5 am, every night through much of next weeksotwe can move these jacks onto first street and once test results come in on fremont street we can fix fremont street and reinforce first street.standup dan kerman/sf 133-143against that first street closure begins immediately running from 9pm to 5am thorugh much of next week.. they'll begin by removing ceiling tiles so they can get the jacks in place . in sf , dan kerman kron 4 news. 148/std= = = first street cl

cracks found in two steel beams on the third level bus deck at fremont street are examined.sot mark zabaneh/transbay joint powers authority// "we;re not going to take the beams down once the shoring system is in place and the (girders?) are loaded we'll be taking pieces of the beams the cracked section we will cut that out and take it to a lab to test it."fremont street between howard and mission has been shut down as crews work to shore up the structure by installing four steel columns.the closure has added traffic in the area during rush hour...and now drivers will now also have to reroute around the new first street closure. no cracks have been found there but the design is pretty similar to the one at fremont...so six jacks will be used to hold it up just in case...sot mark zabaneh/transbay joint powers authority// "out of prudence we've decided to also shore up first street. once these jacks are available so that we can introduce some redundancy in the first street connection." first street will be closed overnight until at least next thursday. (pam) coming up: chilling new details...

sot mark zabaneh/transbay joint powers authority 29-39at that point in time we will have unloaded the load on the cracked beams and we can test the beams, take them to the lab and determine what is the cause and determine how to fix fremont street.but before that's done transit center officials have now decided to shore up the portion of the transit center which runs above first street even though no cracks have been found there sotthey're the same similar design and its prudent for us to streghtnen it and provide redundancy to it. to do that, transit center officials will shutdown first street between mission and howard from 9pm to 5 am, every night through much of next weeksotwe can move these jacks onto first street and once test results come in on fremont street we can fix fremont street and reinforce first street.standup dan kerman/sf 133-143against that first street closure begins immediately running from 9pm to 5am thorugh much of next week.. they'll begin by removing ceiling tiles so they can get the jacks in place . in sf , dan kerman kron 4 news. 148/std= = = first street cl

i will be asking some millennium questions later, and mark zabaneh, who has some buildings that are cracking, could not be here because he has some buildings that are cracking. so he will join us at a later date, and with that, miss kelley, turn it over to present your project. >> good afternoon, supervisors. naomi kelley, city today. the tall building safety strategy is a pioneering effort by the city. it is the first of its kind in the nation, and represents 14 months of citywide collaboration in closing the data good-bye of san francisco's tall building stock. i want to thank the applied technology council project team, professor deerline, david bonowicz and many more who were part of this. i want to thank brian strong and danielle miller from the office of resilience and capital planning. i want to thank tom hui from the department of building inspection, and kathy howe from the san francisco public utilities commission for their over sight and contributions in working on this study. the information we've collected are a huge step forward in our ability to think collectively, proactively

. >> director zabaneh, did you want to make a comment? >> yeah. director, we have five concepts open for lease. our discussions with them is that hurry up so we can start the tenant improvements right now so the transit center is closed so they have maximum access. especially for the areas above the muni bus plaza, we have our offices and we have offices for lincoln, property asset manager. we want to take the opportunity while the muni bus center is closed to do as much as we can. also, sf fitness is doing their design right now. we're having discussions right now if they want to hurry up, we can give them more access. we're taking the opportunity right now to let them know that they have more access to the building than when the building is operational, and if they hurry up, we can expedite tenant improvements. we don't intend to amend the leases. i think everybody realizes it's a matter of time before we open the transit center and gain the interest that we had before. >> representative harper: so if i could just clarify, the current situation

i will be asking some millennium questions later, and mark zabaneh, who has some buildings that are cracking, could not be here because he has some buildings that are cracking. so he will join us at a later date, and with that, miss kelley, turn it over to present your project. >> good afternoon, supervisors. naomi kelley, city today. the tall building safety strategy is a pioneering effort by the city. it is the first of its kind in the nation, and represents 14 months ofyw

sot mark zabaneh/transbay joint powers authority 29-39at that point in time we will have unloaded the load on the cracked beams and we can test the beams, take them to the lab and determine what is the cause and determine how to fix fremont street.but before that's done transit center officials have now decided to shore up the portion of the transit center which runs above first street even though no cracks have been found there sotthey're the same similar design and its prudent for us to strengthen it and provide redundancy to it. to do that, transit center officials will shutdown first street between mission and howard from 9pm to 5 am, every night through much of next weeksotwe can move these jacks onto first street and once test results come in on fremont street we can fix fremont street and reinforce first street.133/first street (vicki)(vicki) street133/first street. 133/first street (vicki)(vicki) judge brett kavanaugh cleared a major hurdle today... with the senate voting to move to a finalvote on his supreme court nomination as early as tomorrow.. kavanaugh now appears destin