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Del Hombre Apartments - The Conco Companies

The Conco Companies is providing concrete services to the Del Hombre Apartment Project, located in Walnut Creek, California. These services include concrete pumping, reinforcement, formwork, finishing, shotcrete, and Confoam.

This privately funded five-story building will be constructed at 3050 Del Hombre Lane in Walnut Creek. This 425,000 square foot mixed-use building will include 284 residential units in addition to 383 parking spaces in a below-ground parking garage. The building’s strategic location near the Pleasant Hill/Walnut Creek Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station and Interstate 680 make it a centralized urban center.

Throughout the five-level build process, Conco forecasts placing 12,000 cubic yards of concrete, as well as shotcrete and Confoam. Conco will also provide approximately 1,500,000 pounds of rebar and post tension reinforcement for the project.

Conco is one of the Bay Area’s foremost commercial concrete contractors. We got our start in 1959 in the Bay Area by offering clients the best value on a broad range of concrete services and products. Since that time, we have taken a leading role as top concrete contractors in the region. We have regional offices serving California, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado and Washington.

Adobe North Tower Project The Conco Companies

The Conco Companies recently began concrete services for the Adobe North Tower Project in San Jose, CA. Conco’s services included concrete pumping, concrete finishing, formwork, shotcrete, and Confoam.

The Adobe North Tower marks an important milestone for Adobe, Inc. The new tower is being built at their world headquarters in San Jose. The North Tower will provide new office space to approximately 4,000 employees; as well as, include ground level retail space.

The mostly glass tower will be the first all-electric building in Silicon Valley. According to Adobe’s blog, the tower will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and is expected to operate on 100 percent renewable energy by 2035.

The building will include two floors of below grade parking, six floors of above grade parking and 690,328 square feet of office space. A pedestrian bridge will connect the Tower to the main Adobe campus.

Throughout the duration of the 18 level build process, Conco expects to place 81,000 cubic yards of concrete, as well as Shotcrete and Confoam. The Tower will require approximately 22,000,000 pounds of rebar and post tension reinforcement.

Conco is one of the foremost suppliers of concrete services for the Western U.S. We got our start in 1959 in the Bay Area by offering clients the best value on a broad range of concrete services and products. Since that time, we have taken a leading role as top concrete contractors in the region. We have regional offices serving California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington.

The Conco Companies is providing concrete pumping services for a new eight level building located at One Santana Row West in San Jose, California. Services provided include concrete pumping, reinforcement, formwork, finishing, shotcrete, and Confoam services.

The project originally broke ground in 2019 and is expected to be available to new commercial tenants as early as July 2021. The commercial office space will also be used for industrial research and development. The project also includes 376,250 square feet of retail space with 2 levels of below grade parking for 350 stalls.

The new eight level building will be located along Winchester Avenue between Olsen Drive and Olin Avenue. It is located on the Santana West Development. The new project is part of a thirteen acre campus slated for mixed-use development. The tall buildings will feature multiple roof-top terraces providing access to the San Jose skyline views.

Throughout the duration of the eight level build process, Conco expects to place 37,150 cubic yards of concrete as well as shotcrete and Confoam. An estimated 9M pounds of rebar and post tension cable reinforcement will also be placed.

Conco is one of the foremost suppliers of concrete services for the Western U.S. We got our start in 1959 in the Bay Area by offering clients the best value on a broad range of concrete services and products. Since that time, we have taken a leading role as top concrete contractors in the region. We have regional offices serving California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington.

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The Conco Companies’ proprietary foam concrete Confoam^TM is a lightweight and versatile fill material that can be used in a multitude of applications. Confoam^TM is a cement-based slurry with a high percentage of foam entrained in plastic mortar which can be customized to meet the needs of each application. This low-density, highly flowable material can be used for swimming pool and trench backfill, as a substitute for permeable or mud under slab, and as a substitute for some EPS foam applications. Additionally, Confoam^TM can be engineered for use as fill against existing structures or behind shotcrete walls. The ease of pumpability and flexible customization of Confoam^TM make it a cost-effective and time-saving concrete solution for a variety of projects.

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When Graniterock was doing foundation work at the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, it encountered an existing 12” storm drain that would need to be addressed. The culvert ran through the proposed site of the next phase of terminal development, and initial thoughts were to use traditional methods of excavation and demolition.

After further analysis, the Graniterock team decided to leave in place and instead fill the storm drain with Conco’s ConFoam™ product. The reason for the change was:

Close proximity to an active runway. Excavation and demolition would have been disruptive to airport operations. ConFoam™ allowed for the work to be performed without the need to bring out equipment that might impact airport activity.
Ease of removal of material if needed. The area of the storm drain is marked for future development and would most likely need to be dug up at a later date. ConFoam™ is easily excavatable.
100% compaction. ConFoam™ can be pumped long distances (over 2000 feet) and achieve 100% compaction, filling all voids and eliminating the potential for subgrade failure in the future.
Time to complete the task. The process to complete the task took less than 4 hours from the time the equipment arrived on site until the time the clean-up was completed, which reduced any disruption and saved time on an already tight schedule.
Cost to complete the task. Very little equipment or labor was required using ConFoam™, saving Graniterock money on the project.

“ConFoam™ was the perfect solution for this job. It performed as advertised and allowed us to save both time and money on our work. I would definitely use it again on future projects”; stated Jim Mitchell, Project Manager for Graniterock.

ConFoam™ has been used to fill a wide variety of abandoned pipelines including drainage pipes, sewer lines and old fuel lines. Should you have a project where filling a pipe is in the scope of work, call Wiatt Chase at (925) 348-4369 for information on using ConFoam™.