Concrete Work for the New
San Francisco 49ers Stadium
One of Conco’s latest
projects is concrete services for the new San Francisco 49ers, Levi Stadium in
Santa Clara, CA. The project began in
April 2012 and has a completion date of August 2014, which is ambitious given
the size and complexity of the project. In
addition, the 49ers were recently awarded the Super Bowl game of 2016. According to NFL rules, a stadium must be
completed and operational for at least two years before the game.
The
Levi is being built differently to accommodate the aggressive schedule. Generally a stadium has one tier layered on
top of the next one, around the whole arena.
In order to maximize both time and cost efficiencies, the stadium was
separated into four individual projects consisting of both end zones and the
two midfield sections.
Conco’s
role in the project is equally ambitious.
Project manager, Dave Fink, explains, “We had to excavate 60,000 yards
of dirt, reinforce and pump 18,000 cubic yards of concrete, backfill and build
a half-mile of perimeter wall in 40 calendar days.” To get an idea of just how large the project
is, twenty-three semi truckloads of anchor bolts were used on the
foundations. The concrete pumping was constant and
skillfully accomplished with Conco’s newly acquired, state-of-the-art Schwing S
58 SX boom trucks with their 188-foot reach and easy set-up. The Schwing KVM 52 and S 47 SX were also
utilized.
The Levi Stadium is being
billed as one of the most advanced sustainable designs, and
is one of the largest buildings to be registered with the US Green Building
Council. It will have a green roof as
well as solar panels, water-conserving plumbing, and state-of-the-art building
controls to name just a few of the features.
The stadium should be an extremely interesting building to visit once it
is completed.
Conco is one of the
leading concrete contractors in San Francisco offering a range of innovative,
quality services. We have been honored to work on many
high-profile projects and were recently awarded the concrete package for the
San Francisco 49ers Stadium. Our concrete services include commercial, educational, parking and other
construction development as well as public works projects.
