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Name: Millennium Tower
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Address:  301 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States
Architect: Handel Architects
Developer:  Millenium Partners
Structural engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Geotechnical Engineering: Langan Treadwell Rollo
General Contractor:  Webcor Builders
Façade Consultant: Enclos Corp, Vidaris Inc.
Cost Consultant: AECOM
Completion: 2009

AE Interests: height: 645 ft, 58 stories + 5 underground parking levels, 419 condominium units, floor area: 14000 sq ft, US$350 million project, glass façade and reinforced concrete structure, building has settled 16 inches and tilted 2 inches since completion (though not in danger), SGH retained to fix settlement and tilt issues

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Name: Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT)
Location: Hong Kong, China
Address: 11 Yuk Choi Road, Block V, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Developer: Hong Kong Polytechnic university
Structural, Civil, MEP, Geotechnical, & Façade Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
Executive Architect: AD+RG Architecture Design and Research Group; AGC Design
General Contractor: Shui On Construction Company Ltd
Façade Contractor: YKK AP Facade Hong Kong LTD / Beijing Jangho Curtain Wall Co., Ltd.
Landscape design: Team 73 Hong Kong Ltd
Acoustical Engineer: Westwood Hong & Associates Ltd.
Quantity Surveyor: Rider Levett Bucknall Ltd.
Completion: 2013

AE Interests: height: 78 meters, 15 floors + 1 basement level, construction floor area: 28,000 m2, net operable floor area: 15,000 m2, construction timeline: 966 days, louvres cover most areas of the curtain wall windows to assist with shading of the building, different materials make up the façade of different floors (eg. aluminum cladding and glass panels make up floors 2-5, while a curtain wall runs from floor 3-13)

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