Monthly Archives: January 2015

Woodscrapers – A New Trend in Building

As part of our continuing blog series, another new development in building trends is woodscrapers (or plyscrapers) that are being built Canada.  In our role as one of the foremost commercial concrete contractors in the Western U.S., The Conco Companies … Continue reading

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The Trend in Constructing Biomorphic Forms

We are continuing our  blog posts to discuss the latest building trend of using biomorphic (life-shaped) forms in designing fluid, organic structures.  Through our decades of experience as one of the foremost commercial concrete contractors in the Western U.S., The … Continue reading

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Energy Efficiencies Continue to Be a Big Building Trend

At The Conco Companies, we have always been interested in keeping up-to-date on the newest building developments, and as such, have started blogging about some of the biggest trends.  The following is another of our post and deals with energy … Continue reading

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The World of Concrete 2015 Show

The World of Concrete (WOC) is the only annual international event that is dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries.  The convention is designed as a way for leading industry suppliers to showcase innovative products, construction machinery, construction … Continue reading

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Building Trends that Address Disaster Mitigation

With over fifty years of experience as a leading commercial concrete contractor in the Western U.S., The Conco Companies have a portfolio that includes many innovative, exciting architectural projects.  We are always interested in learning more about the latest building … Continue reading

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The New Trend in Modular and Prefab Structures

We bring you our sixth post on our series regarding new and upcoming building trends with an article regarding “what’s old is new again.”  In this blog we will discuss a new way of rethinking the construction of yesterday’s modular … Continue reading

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The Trend of Using Recycled Building Materials

As another installation in our ongoing series of building trends, we will discuss the use of recycled building materials in new construction. The following information regarding the foremost trends in the building industry is based on an article by WTTW, … Continue reading

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The Trend of Adaptive Reuse

The Conco Companies have been on the forefront of many innovations in the concrete industry.  As such, we are extremely interested in all aspects of the building industry, including new trends, which is why we have started blogging about them.  … Continue reading

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The Trend of Constructing Super Tall Buildings

Continuing in our blog series about building trends of the future, one big trend over the last couple of decades has been the construction of taller and taller skyscrapers. Let’s go back to the 1970s.  When the 108-story Willis Tower … Continue reading

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The Trend of Architecture as Public Health

The Conco Companies have over fifty years of experience as commercial concrete contractors in the Western U.S. and we have been fortunate to have worked on many of the area’s most exciting architectural projects.   As part our ongoing blogs regarding … Continue reading

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