San Francisco’s Transbay Terminal evacuated after fissure found in beam

San Francisco’s Transbay Terminal evacuated after fissure found in beam

Just weeks after it opened, the $2.2 billion San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center was abruptly closed on Tuesday.

A fissure was discovered in one of the building’s steel beams.

According to a statement from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, the beam was located in the ceiling of the third-level Bus Deck the closure is “out of an abundance of caution” as officials investigate.

Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-transbay-terminal-evacuated-fissure-found-in-support-beam-2018-9?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral

San Francisco’s New $2 Billion Transit Center Is Shut Down Over Cracked Beam : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651749245/san-franciscos-new-2-billion-transit-center-is-shut-down-over-cracked-beam