CSU Bakersfield breaks ground on Energy Innovation Building
California Construction News staff writer
California State University, Bakersfield broke ground Thursday on a three-story Energy Innovation Building that university officials say will serve as...
Construction begins on $21M Long Beach waterfront amphitheater
California Construction News staff writer
Construction has begun on a new $21 million waterfront amphitheater in Long Beach that city officials say will become the...
California workforce program aims to speed Los Angeles wildfire rebuilding
California Construction News staff writer
A workforce development program backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s LA Rises initiative, the Walter Family Foundation and state workforce recovery...
U.S. Labor Department orders Escondido drywall contractor to pay $790,000 over wage violations
California Construction News staff writer
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring an Escondido, Calif.-based drywall contractor to pay $790,000 in...
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...
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...
SFO awards $180M contract for six-month Runway 1R repaving and taxiway improvements
California Construction News staff writer
San Francisco International Airport will close Runway 1 Right for six months in 2026 to repave the runway surface and...
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Barnard Construction selected for $3B Sites Reservoir contract amid labor protests
California Constrution News staff writer
Dozens of construction laborers protested Friday morning as the Sites Project Authority selected Montana-based Barnard Construction Company Inc. as construction...
San Francisco moves to consolidate planning, building and permitting departments
California Construction News staff writer
San Francisco has begun a process to consolidate its primary permitting agencies into a single department, a move city officials...
CSU Bakersfield breaks ground on Energy Innovation Building
California Construction News staff writer
California State University, Bakersfield broke ground Thursday on a three-story Energy Innovation Building that university officials say will serve as...
