Sunday, December 16, 2018

Reno Makes Room for Tech Industry




The Biggest Little City in the World, Reno, is not only for tourists heading to the casinos any more. These days, it is a place that attracts people and businesses from all over Nevada and the U.S. that are looking for an innovative and growing community to call home. Several large and well-known companies have sites in the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area, such as Tesla, Apple, eBay, and Amazon, and many more continue to follow in their path. The city’s transformation into an oasis of tech in the desert of Nevada has spurred many new construction projects to accommodate the demand for commercial and industrial space, and has brought new business to commercial concrete contractors in Reno.

The largest industrial park in the nation

One example of these large-scale commercial projects is the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC). This massive industrial park houses fulfillment centers for Walmart, Home Depot, and PetSmart, among the over 100 other companies located on the 167 square mile site. TRIC is the largest industrial park in the United States and continues to expand since its initial acreage was purchased in 1998, eventually requiring the construction of its own parkway and rail spur to meet the needs of the businesses and their several thousand employees. Projects of this size require vast quantities of concrete for the foundations, columns, and other key elements of the structures, and they benefit greatly from the latest technology in concrete pumping.

Advanced technologies in concrete

The Conco Companies, a commercial concrete contractor, has an impressive inventory of concrete pumps which can be utilized for timely and accurate concrete placement, for unique or challenging projects requiring state-of-the-art equipment, or for job sites seeking to lower emissions. Their boom pumps range in size in order to accommodate projects big and small, with pumps touting boom reaches of 53 feet to 175 feet. The largest of their concrete pumps was successfully employed in placing concrete on the highest floors of the Wilshire Grand in Los Angeles, the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast. Conco uses the trusted brands Schwing and Putzmeister, and has several electric pump options that decrease emissions and noise levels on the job site while still providing high-pressure and high-power concrete pumping.

The Conco Companies’ mission is to be the best supplier of concrete services in the Western U.S. and to bring expertise and incomparable quality to each project. We continue to upgrade and expand our facilities to better serve the growing market for commercial, educational, parking structures, public works projects, and other development. Contact us to learn more about the services from one of the most trusted concrete contractors in Reno.