Office building evacuated after vibrations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – About 500 people have been evacuated from a state office building in downtown Nashville where vibrations were reported.
Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Jeremy Heidt said the employees left the James K. Polk building on Wednesday as a precautionary measure.
Tennessee Department of General Services spokeswoman Kelly Smith told The Associated Press in an email that professional engineers were examining the area of concern.
She didn’t provide further details or say whether workers will return on Thursday.
The building houses the bulk of the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s headquarters, as well as other state institutions, such as the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and Tennessee State Museum.
It’s uniquely built in that the floors and glass walls of the tower are suspended from a central concrete core.
