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Conco’s participation in a $72 million project, The Riverfront, in downtown Napa, CA. is another prime example of our vast portfolio and range of concrete services. The Venetian-style building is a mixed-use development of 50 residential condos, 30,000 sq. ft. of office space, and 40,000 sq. ft. of retail.

The 1.3 acre-property with Napa River frontage was completed in 2009 and includes a 2-levels subterranean parking structure capable of accommodating 229 vehicles. Channel Properties is the owner of the project, architect was Johnson Lyman Architects and the general contractor was Ledcor Builders, Inc.

Napa resident and president of Channel Properties, Mike DeSimoni, Sr., was raised in Europe and wanted the property to “reflect not only the look but the land-use philosophy, now known in the U.S. as new urbanism.” The desire was to create an area where people could live, work, and shop in the downtown area.

One of the biggest challenges to the project was to address the underground parking structure, which would be situated below the water table. Structural engineering firms lead by Peoples Associates designed a solution to construct “a pumping station to reduce the hydrostatic pressure and not require a foundation that resists uplift forces due to buoyancy.” The creative solution saved the project a considerable amount of money.

The Riverfront retail area has become a mecca for foodies and high-end restaurants. Morimoto Napa Restaurant and Lounge is a 7,500 sq. ft. sushi bar owned by celebrity chef, Masaharu Morimoto of Iron Chef America fame. The Fish Story, a Lark Creek Restaurant Group, is a sustainable seafood restaurant. Another well-known Food Network star, Tyler Florence, operates a 2,500 sq. ft. rotisserie style eatery. Also Napa’s visitor information center is now located in the complex.

Conco is one of the leading commercial concrete contractors in Sacramento and has been delivering first-rate services in the area since 1959. We are experts at creating cost-effective solutions that take advantage of the most up-to-date techniques. Our concrete services include commercial, educational, parking and other construction development as well as public works projects and highways.

During the last several decades, California has been making efforts to replace or retrofit aging and seismically unsafe structures to meet higher standards. At Conco our concrete services have been used to help out in these efforts. A project we had worked on several years ago was the new state-of-the-art University of California, Berkeley – Davis Hall that houses science and research facilities.

The project’s contractor was Hathaway-Dinwiddie, the architect was the Smith Group, Inc., and engineered by Forell/Elsesser Engineers. The cost of the new building was $18 million and is approximately 185,000 sq. ft. The expanded building now includes the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department as well as the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).

According to the University’s website, CITRIS “was established to sponsor collaborative information technology education and research that will ultimately provide solutions to grand-challenge social and commercial problems affecting the quality of life of all Californians and others around the world.” The building includes nanofabrication facilities, labs, and classrooms. Some of the types of projects they are working on are technologically advanced medical alert sensors and information systems that will be used to respond to emergencies and disasters such as earthquakes.

California’s UC system has spent more than $1 billion since 1979 and the CSU system has spent more than $480 million on retrofitting buildings. The intent is to make buildings safer and reduce the risk of damage and injury in an earthquake. While it has been a huge undertaking, it is believed that the majority of buildings on California’s campuses pose only a minor risk of injuries or death in a major seismic event.

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