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Auditorium - Art Complex Cathedral High School - The Conco Companies

The Conco Companies is finishing its work on a new 350 seat theater in Los Angeles. The Arts Complex at Cathedral High School will include an exposed concrete thrust stage and seating area. The thrust stage will extend into the seating area with the audience surrounding three sides of the stage. Conco leveraged its experience to successfully plan and execute the concrete strategy for these fundamental pieces of the auditorium.

Cathedral High School was founded in 1925 by Archbishop John J. Cantwell as the first Los Angeles Archdiocesan high school. The school now enrolls over 700 students, 70% of which use financial aid or academic scholarships to meet the cost of tuition and fees. The school has had tremendous success, with up to 80% of graduates admitted to four-year colleges and universities as well as alumni throughout the community in government, business and education roles. The school launched its Arts’ Matter Campaign to help expand its facilities to include a new Arts Complex at the high school, providing students greater opportunities to develop their interest and skills in the arts as young people.

Conco began working on the project in September 2017 and responsibilities include providing concrete formwork, concrete pumping, concrete finishing and shotcrete services for the project. Conco was selected for this project among a select groups of contractors due to our vast array of concrete services, particularly formwork, pumping, shotcrete, and cast in place concrete, which included both vertical and horizontal construction. Difficult project constraints such as a compact construction site next to the school’s playing fields, making planning and on-time execution essential. Conco’s vast experience made us the leading candidate for the project. Conco’s work on the project is expected to be completed in April 2018.

The Conco Companies is one of the leading concrete contractors in the Western U.S. and offer a wide range of quality services and products. Our experience includes providing services for commercial, educational, parking and other construction development as well as public works projects. We serve California, Washington State, Oregon, Colorado and Nevada.

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The Conco Companies is providing a full range of concrete services for the Hanover Waverly Project in Oakland, CA. The mixed-use project is being developed by the Houston-based owner, the Hanover R.S. Limited Partnership and designed by TCA Architects. The general contractor on the project is Hanover and the structural engineer is SCA Consulting Engineers.

The 7-story Hanover Waverly will offer 224 apartments as well as 22,000 sq. ft. of ground floor retail. TCA’s contemporary style building follows the curved lot line and highlights the building’s important location at the corner of Valdez Street and 27th Street. The project also has a below grade parking structure with 226 parking stalls. The building’s exterior is comprised of high quality materials including stone, brick, glass, metal wall panels and cement plaster. In addition the numerous changes of plane, balconies and other projections add visual interest throughout the faces of the building.

For the project, Conco’s responsibilities included providing concrete pumping, reinforcement, shotcrete, formwork, and finishing services. We placed around 17,600 cubic yards of concrete and shotcrete as well as provided 4,000,000 pounds of rebar and post tension reinforcement. Conco’s crews began working on the project in April of 2017 and the job was completed in January of 2018. We also worked on the Hanover Uptown, which is just down the street.

According to TCA, the building follows the Broadway-Valdez Design Guidelines. The Waverly’s design breaks the building up mid-block and the variations in color, material and line help to highlight the break between the north and south halves of the building. Residents of the building will have many amenities such as a fitness room, bike parking, dog grooming and clubhouse. There will also be three courtyards at the second level of the building.

Conco’s mission is to be the best supplier of concrete services in the Western United States and to bring expertise, experience and quality to each project. We continue to upgrade and expand facilities to better serve the growing market for public works projects, commercial, parking structures, educational, and other construction development.

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Another challenging project for The Conco Companies is the Century Center Towers, a 376-unit apartment building in North San Jose, CA. Once complete, it will be the tallest residential project in the area, with two 12-story towers, coming off of one giant floor plan. The project broke ground in late August 2014 and is scheduled to be finished in early 2017.

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The approximately 574,000 square feet steel-and-glass high-rise sits on a 2.37 acre site. The Barry Swenson Builder is partnering with the Essex Property Trust on the project, and will be the general contractor, and Essex, the operating partner once the building is complete. The total cost of the project is $170 million including the cost of the land.

Conco will provide the concrete services on the building as well as for the construction of a 494-car parking structure. Our time-lapsed YouTube video demonstrates the 6,650 yard mat foundation pour that we did for the property in January 2015. The pour got under way at 1:00 A.M. and was completed later that same day at 5:00 P.M. The ready-mix was supplied by Central Concrete and was placed by our expert crews.

The Class-A building will feature a sleek, modern glass design with lots of windows to allow for natural light and to take advantage of 360-degree views of the city. Amenities include an extensive 12th-floor recreation deck with swimming pool, workout room, bocce, and plenty of space for outdoor cooking and eating. There will also be a dog run area.

The Century Center Towers are going to offer studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Another benefit to the location is a close proximity to the San Jose airport. There are also many existing office buildings nearby as well as several new projects that are in the planning stages for the near future such as a large medical office campus from Kaiser Permanente and a new casino/entertainment complex from Bay 101.

When your project demands exceptional services and the best value, Conco can deliver. We have been offering premium concrete services throughout the Western U.S. since 1959, and have four region offices serving California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Colorado. With state-of-the-art equipment and modern facilities, we work diligently to meet goals and stay within budget.

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