The Conco Companies are providers of commercial concrete services headquartered in Concord, CA. They have four regional offices in the Western United States that serve the surrounding areas of San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, Sacramento, Seattle, Portland, Reno, Denver, and Colorado Springs.[1] Conco provides a full range of concrete services for public works projects, commercial, parking structures, educational, and other construction development. History In 1959, Conco was founded by Matt Gonsalves, Gerald Santucci, Ray Santucci, Will Gonsalves, and Mel Gonsalves and first began offering commercial concrete services in California's Bay Area. Matt Gonsalves, one of the original founders and former president, is still involved with the company and serves as the chairman of the board. Gonsalves was instrumental in initiating the formation of the Concrete Contractors Association and has served as president of the Building Industry of America (BIA). In 2000, he was inducted into the California Building Industry Foundation Hall of Fame. [2] The current president and CEO of Conco Companies is Steve Gonsalves. Under his leadership, Conco has expanded their products, services and geographic range. Gonsalves is an active member of the Building Industry of America, the Concrete Contractors Association, the Home Builders Association, the Engineering & Utility Contractors Association, and the American Concrete Pumping Association as well as serving on the board of several charities. [3] Range of services Conco provides concrete services for the Western U.S. that include professional concrete building design, formwork, reinforcement, shotcrete, pumping, and place and finish. In addition, Conco is one of the largest independent reinforcing steel and post tension contractors on the West Coast, with state-of-the-art rebar fabrication facilities in Benicia, CA and Rochester, WA. Since 1975, Conco has become one of the largest concrete pumping companies in the U.S., and has developed the required resources to customize concrete pumping for the most challenging projects. In an effort to improve the air quality at jobsites, Conco was one of the first companies on the West Coast to invest in long boom pumps that met all of the newest emissions standards. They have pumping equipment located in Northern California, Southern California and Washington State. Recently Conco has taken a role in the developing field of sculpted shotcrete, which is the use of concrete as a canvas to create shotcrete walls that have structural integrity but are aesthetically pleasing. Shotcrete provides an excellent alternative to traditional cast-in-place walls, and since it is