Projects Involving Educational Institutions

Riverside Continuation High School Project

At The Conco Companies, we have extensive experience working on projects in commercial, healthcare, industrial, and parking as well as public works.  In the industry since 1959, we also provide concrete services for projects at educational institutions.  While some of these projects may not be our largest or most renowned, we are proud of our continued commitment to provide exemplary concrete services to enhance and benefit our communities.

One of the projects we undertook several years ago was for the new state-of-the-art University of California, Berkeley - Davis Hall that houses their science and research facilities. The project’s contractor was Hathaway-Dinwiddie, the architect was the Smith Group, Inc., and the engineer was Forell/Elsesser Engineers.  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).  Approximately 185,000 sq. ft. large, the new facility cost $18 million to construct.

Another example of Conco’s commitment to educational projects is the new Riverside Continuation High School.  The prior structure had been in a deteriorated state when the decision was made to totally replace the structure with a new 34,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility.  The contractor on the project was Broward Builders, Inc. and the architect was California Design West.  Conco provided concrete services for the project, which was on an extremely tight timeline due to the need to be done for the 2012 school year.  Completed in slightly less than a year from groundbreaking, the construction team worked diligently to stay on budget and meet deadlines.   

A recent trend in educational projects is to construct buildings as “green” as possible and to utilize sustainable practices that will save energy (and money) in future operational costs.  One such project we were a part of was the award winning 2,670-bed Poly Canyon Village at Cal Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.  The large project was built on a 30 acre site and included nine residential buildings, two parking structures with 1,926 spaces, retail stores, a swimming pool, study rooms, and administrative student support services. 

The Conco Companies are a leading supplier of concrete services for the Western United States. We have built a reputation on superior concrete formwork, reinforcing, place and finish, shotcrete and other ancillary services that benefit from our vast experience.  We have four regional offices to serve Southern and Northern California, Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington.