The Conco Companies have had the
opportunity to provide concrete services for a number of mixed-use developments
over the last several years. Many of
these projects are designed to offer innovative solutions to meet housing
demand and bring a range of amenities and benefits to residents and the
surrounding community. One example is
the well-planned Park 20 - Essex Apartment Homes in San Mateo, CA.
The
concept of today’s planned communities is different from past practices that intentionally
separated housing from commercial districts.
Now many developments purposely construct residential units close to
public transportation and jobs, and in pedestrian-friendly areas for shopping,
dining, working and recreational activities.
The
Park 20 was built by Barry Swenson Builder and designed by MVE & Partners,
one of the nation’s premier residential and mixed-use architecture firms. In addition to 197 apartment units, the
building has 125,978 square feet of office space with
below grade parking shared by both. Each
apartment unit is orientated to face out to common areas and include plenty of
green space for recreational activities.
As
the complex is in a mixed zoning area and close to businesses and public
transportation, the plan is for residents to walk or rely on public
transportation, thereby reducing traffic and greenhouse gas emissions. Along with the close proximity to a Caltrain
Station and SamTrans buses, residents can walk to almost 20 restaurants and
coffee shops as well as grocery stores, theaters, hospitals and churches.
The
Park 20 project presented unique challenges for Conco since the Essex-Elkhorn property
was sandwiched adjacent to a hospital, day care center and residential
housing. Our crews had to lessen the
impact of noise and congestion at the jobsite to the surrounding
neighborhood. To accomplish this, we
scheduled large concrete pours on the weekends, and then, only during
designated hours. We also reduced
traffic around the site by limiting the number of cement mixers in the area by
pumping concrete from one pump to another.
The Conco Companies’ 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. We serve
California, Washington State, Oregon, Colorado and Nevada.
Source:buildings.com/article-details/articleid/9004/title/the-challenges-and-benefits-of-mixed-use-facilities.aspx
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