Bureau of Reclamation clears key hurdle for Sites Reservoir in Northern California

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...