Ontario secures $30M state funding for housing, transit improvements along Holt Boulevard

California Construction News staff writer National CORE and the City of Ontario have been awarded $30 million in state funding for affordable housing and transportation-related...

Santa Monica opens mass timber accelerator; applications due Feb. 27

California Construction News staff writer Applications are open until Feb. 27 for Santa Monica’s Mass Timber Accelerator, a yearlong pilot program designed to help developers...

Insight Pacific awarded up to $15B Air Force civil engineering contract

California Construction News staff writer Insight Pacific LLC, of Brea, Calif., has been awarded a ceiling $15 billion firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide construction...

U.S. Labor Department announces $98M for youth pre-apprenticeship programs

California Construction News staff writer The U.S. Department of Labor has announced $98 million in funding for pre-apprenticeship programs in high-demand industries including construction. The grants...

Foothill Gold Line plans 2026 contract awards for Pomona-Claremont extension

California Construction News staff writer The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority is set to move forward in 2026 with the next segment of its light...

California housing department closes 2025 by announcing $281M for affordable housing and community projects

California Construction News staff writer The California Department of Housing and Community Development on Friday announced $281 million in year-end awards to support affordable housing,...

Stacy Witbeck–ICS JV awarded $63.4M contract for Port of Long Beach pump station relocation

California Construction News staff writer Stacy Witbeck, in a joint venture with Innovative Construction Solutions, has been awarded a $63.4 million contract to relocate and...

Construction begins on 22-story mixed-income housing tower in San Francisco

California Construction News staff writer Construction has begun on a 22-story mixed-use housing tower at 1111 Sutter St. in San Francisco’s Lower Nob Hill neighborhood,...

Long Beach approves more than 5,000 new homes in three years

California Construction News staff writer The city of Long Beach has approved more than 5,000 new homes over the past three years, a sharp increase...

ABC applauds House passage of two permitting reform bills

California Construction News staff writer Associated Builders and Contractors has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing two comprehensive, ABC-supported permitting reform bills: H.R....

Projects and opportunities

Factory-built housing could slash California’s sky-high building costs, expert tells lawmakers

California Construction News staff writer California is short roughly 2.5 million homes, and the cost to build a single apartment now routinely exceeds $500,000. To...

Santa Monica opens mass timber accelerator; applications due Feb. 27

California Construction News staff writer Applications are open until Feb. 27 for Santa Monica’s Mass Timber Accelerator, a yearlong pilot program designed to help developers...

Insight Pacific awarded up to $15B Air Force civil engineering contract

California Construction News staff writer Insight Pacific LLC, of Brea, Calif., has been awarded a ceiling $15 billion firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide construction...