Labor shortage exceptionally severe in North Bay residential construction sector
Residential contractors report an especially severe labor shortage in the North Bay area, KTVU-TV reports.
"The situation is dire. There was a worker shortage before...
Union fund finances first San Francisco project in $1 billion initiative
The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) has announced the first project under its $1 billion Bay Area Investment Initiative for jobs and affordable housing...
Statewide California construction employment: How has it fared with COVID-19?
Construction employment declined in more than nine out of 10 metro areas from March to April, a time when industry employment typically increases in...
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...
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 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...
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 spending climbs in November as 226 out of 358 metro areas add employees:...
Construction spending rose 4.1 percent from November 2018 to November 2019, while industry employment grew in 226, or 63 percent, out of 358 metro...
WSTA challenges Assembly Bill 5 especially for construction truckers
The Western States Trucking Association (WSTA) has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a construction-trucking-specific provision of California’s already controversial Assembly Bill 5,...
Projects and opportunities
C.W. Driver tops out Integrated Science & Engineering Building at California State University San...
California Construction News staff writer
C.W. Driver Companies has topped out the Integrated Science & Engineering Building at California State University San Marcos, marking a...
LA launches first capital infrastructure program to modernize long-term planning
California Construction News staff writer
Los Angeles now has its first-ever Capital Infrastructure Program, a long-term planning framework aimed at improving how the city funds,...
East Hollywood tiny home village breaks ground, will provide housing for more than 50...
California Construction News staff writer
A new tiny home village in East Hollywood broke ground Sunday, marking the start of a project that will provide...
