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The Conco Companies are providing concrete services for a new 20-story high-rise office building in downtown San Francisco. The 469,000 square foot project includes 18 floors of office space, one lobby level, and a roof terrace along with a two-level subgrade parking structure. Additionally, as the office tower will incorporate the San Francisco Mining Exchange, a historic landmark, as its primary entrance, the project also includes the “Historic Renovation of San Francisco Mining Exchange Building.”

The client on the project is the Lincoln Property Company and Hathaway Dinwiddie is serving as the general contractor. The project was designed by the architectural firm of Heller Manus Architects and integrates the terra cotta façade and the columns of the landmark building with the office tower. The building is seeking LEED Platinum certification and will feature a number of environmentally advanced technologies.

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Location: San Francisco, CA
Development Company: Boston Properties and Hines
Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
General Contractor: A Joint Venture from Clark Construction and Hathaway Dinwiddie
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates

The VA Mental Health and Research building currently under construction in Seattle is a prime example of the benefits The Conco Companies bring to a project with our ability to provide a full range of concrete services. Conco is providing all of the concrete pumping, formwork, place and finish and shotcrete services for the 203,000 square foot project as well as supplying the reinforcement. Our unique ability to supply both the rebar and formwork eliminates the need for coordination between different suppliers to better meet the extremely tight timeline required of the project.

The 6-story building will be comprised of a steel frame with concrete fill on metal decks at all elevated levels, buckling restrained braced frames grounded on shallow spread footings, concrete cast-in-place walls, and green roofs. Since the entire façade is made up of a customized wall system, the project presents a distinct challenge with its need for high cast in place and architectural walls.

Highlights of the building include energy-efficient systems, two landscaped indoor courtyards, a rainwater-harvesting system for irrigation, and a grass covered rooftop. The project is expected to be completed in late 2017 and achieve LEED Silver certification.

For more information on this project see our blog post: The Veterans Affairs MH&R Project