Sample Reports
An engineering report should tell you three things in plain language: what is happening, why, and exactly what to do about it. Here is what ours look like — real example documents, plus case-study reports on famous buildings written the way we write for clients.
Case Studies: Famous Buildings, an Engineer’s Eye
Five widely reported building problems, each written up in our standard report format — reported conditions, probable cause, recommended repair scope. Technical, sourced, and free to read.
Millennium Tower, San Francisco: Differential Settlement of a Friction-Pile Foundation
LE-CS-2026-01 · Millennium Tower, 301 Mission Street, San Francisco, CAEngineering case-study report on the Millennium Tower settlement: friction piles over Old Bay Clay, 26+ inches of tilt, and the perimeter pile upgrade that arrested it.
Read the report → Soil Mechanics & StabilizationLeaning Tower of Pisa: Controlled Under-Excavation of a Foundation on Soft Clay
LE-CS-2026-02 · Campanile of Pisa Cathedral, Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, ItalyEngineering case-study report on the Pisa stabilization: soft estuarine clay, 5.5 degrees of tilt, and the soil-extraction program that pulled the tower back half a degree.
Read the report → Structural Steel & FractureSalesforce Transit Center, San Francisco: Brittle Fracture of Built-Up Steel Girders
LE-CS-2026-03 · Salesforce Transit Center, 425 Mission Street, San Francisco, CAEngineering case-study report on the 2018 Salesforce Transit Center girder fractures: weld access holes, thick-plate brittle fracture, and the bolted cover-plate repair.
Read the report → Facade & Serviceability432 Park Avenue, New York: Facade Cracking and Serviceability in a Slender Supertall
LE-CS-2026-04 · 432 Park Avenue, New York, NYEngineering case-study report on 432 Park Avenue: reported facade cracks, water intrusion, and sway-related serviceability issues in a 1:15 slenderness residential tower.
Read the report → Construction Defects & Phase InspectionHarmon Hotel, Las Vegas: Reinforcing Steel Defects That Ended a Tower at Half Height
LE-CS-2026-05 · Harmon Hotel, CityCenter, Las Vegas, NVEngineering case-study report on the Harmon Hotel: misplaced link-beam reinforcement found mid-construction, the seismic capacity question, and why the tower was dismantled.
Read the report →Download Example Reports (PDF)
Anonymized examples of the actual documents clients receive after an inspection — including one where we recommended against spending money on repairs.