Skanska announces “high level” hirings, promotion
Skanska has announced two high level new hires in support of its building construction business in California. Additionally, the firm has also promoted a...
Long Beach PLA analysis anticipated
A new analysis of Long Beach city government’s project labor agreement (PLA) — including the degree to which the policy has promoted local hiring...
California construction employment increases slightly in May: AGCA
California added just 300 jobs between April and May this year, putting the state twenty-second in the nation according to Department of Labor data...
Griffins Structures breaks ground on first $32 million phase of $1 billion Jordan Downs...
Griffins Structures, Inc. has broken ground on the first phase of a $1 billion revitalization of the Jordan Downs community in Watts.
The contractor is...
Snyder Langston starts work on $72.3 million Orange County Catholic cathedral redevelopment
Irvine-based general contractor Snyder Langston has broken ground on the massive redevelopment of Orange County's Catholic cathedral expected to cost about $72.3 million. The...
Metro Regional Connector surfaces at future downtown L.A. station
The $1.55 billion Metro Regional Connector Transit Project, a 1.9-mile long subterranean twin rail tunnel linking L.A.’s Gold, Blue and Expo lines, on June...
Cal/OSHA cites two employers for fatal drainage shaft accident
California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) says it has cited two companies $352,570 for multiple workplace safety and health violations, including 10 serious and three...
38,000 employee gain leads nation in construction industry jobs growth: AGCA
Employment in California's industry has thrived in the past year, increasing by 15 per cent (year to date in April) from 2016 to 803,600...
HITT opens Bay Area office
HITT Contracting Inc., one of the country’s largest general contractors, has says it has opened a new regional office in California’s Silicon Valley. The Bay...
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L.A. expands self-certification pilot to include civil engineers for Palisades rebuilding
California Construction News staff writer
Licensed civil engineers will now be eligible to participate in Los Angeles’ Self-Certification Pilot Program, expanding an effort to speed...
$37.2M secured for 16 Central Valley water, infrastructure and community projects
California Construction News staff writer
More than $37.2 million in federal funding will go to 16 projects across California’s Central Valley through fiscal year 2026...
Fake roofing contractors sentenced in Marin County elder fraud scheme that netted $340,000
California Construction News staff writer
Two men who posed as licensed roofing contractors have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a fraud scheme...
