Union leader says construction workers preparing to mobilize for COVID-19 surge response
Robbie Hunter, president of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, says plans are in the works to deploy tens of thousands...
Shutdown not: California builders win COVID-19 “essential” exemption
Construction executives and contractors have successfully lobbied to win an exemption to Gov. Gavin Newsom's "stay at home" mandate for work during the COVID-19...
Pandemic halts or delays projects for 28 percent of contractors: AGCA survey
The coronavirus pandemic has caused more than one out of four contractors to halt or delay work on current projects, according to a survey...
Boston mayor orders halt to all construction projects; Associated General Contractors of America opposed
Vice President Mike Pence is asking construction companies to donate their inventory of N95 face masks to local hospitals - and to stop ordering...
California Association of Realtors urging “cautious response” to COVID-19
The California Association of Realtors is urging the housing industry “take a cautious response” to the coronavirus outbreak.
“The rapid growth of COVID-19 cases continues to...
California promotes architectural innovation through mass timber competition
The Governor’s Forest Management Task Force and the Office of Planning and
Research has announced winners of a first-ever competition highlighting mass timber projects.
“Mass timber...
Nonresidential construction spending attains all-time high in January, says ABC
National nonresidential construction spending increased by 1.6% in January and is up 5.1% on a year-ago basis, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of...
State-owned properties available for emergency homeless housing, cities and counties invited to partner
A few days after highlighting the 286 state-owned properties available to local governments to use for homelessness solutions, Governor Gavin Newsom concluded a statewide...
Construction Contractor Confidence Remains Steady, Says ABC
Confidence among U.S. construction industry leaders held steady in December 2019 after surging in November, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors Construction Confidence...
Bay Area, NYC Headline Top 10 Most Expensive Office Submarkets
The most expensive U.S. office submarket in 2019 was Mountain View – Shoreline in Silicon Valley with an average price per square foot of...
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Boston mayor orders halt to all construction projects; Associated General Contractors of America opposed
Vice President Mike Pence is asking construction companies to donate their inventory of N95 face masks to local hospitals - and to stop ordering...
California Association of Realtors urging “cautious response” to COVID-19
The California Association of Realtors is urging the housing industry “take a cautious response” to the coronavirus outbreak.
“The rapid growth of COVID-19 cases continues to...
Homeless Action Plan in motion: Interagency Leadership Council meets
Continuing efforts to carry out San Diego’s vision for reducing homelessness, an interagency Leadership Council convened last week for the first time to discuss...
