Los Angeles Metro selects underground rail for Sepulveda Pass transit project
California Construction News staff writer
The Los Angeles Metro Board has selected an underground heavy rail route as the preferred option for the Sepulveda Transit...
Bureau of Reclamation clears key hurdle for Sites Reservoir in Northern California
California Construction News staff writer
The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the Record of Decision for the Sites Reservoir Project, a major off-stream water storage...
California Forever, unions sign 40-year labor agreement for Solano County city project
California Construction News staff writer
California Forever has signed a 40-year construction labor agreement with the Napa/Solano Building Trades Council and the Northern California Carpenters...
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...
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...
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$70M Harbor Island West Marina Redevelopment underway in San Diego
California Construction News staff writer
Construction is underway on a $70-million redevelopment of Harbor Island West Marina in San Diego, a project that will transform...
Los Angeles housing incentive program spurs 28,500 proposed units in first year
California Construction News staff writer
A progress report released last week shows that nearly 30,000 new homes are moving forward across Los Angeles through the...
Beam-signing ceremony celebrates progress on Sacramento’s first new middle school in 48 years
California Construction News staff writer
A major milestone was celebrated recently at Fern Bacon Middle School in Sacramento as students, educators, construction teams and community...
