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...
SpaceX revives plan to develop launch vehicle manufacturing facility at the Port of Los...
SpaceX has revived plans to develop a launch vehicle manufacturing facility at the Port of Los Angeles, a little more than a year after...
High-Speed Rail Authority issues draft 2020 business plan for public review and input
The California High-Speed Rail Authority last week issued its Draft 2020 Business Plan for public review and comment.
The Draft 2020 business plan affirms the...
University of California starts construction on health sciences complex
The University of California, Irvine will begin construction this month on a landmark 9-acre health sciences complex that promises to be a national showcase...
California skyscraper wins steel design award
The Wilshire Grand Center in Los Angeles, California won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s (AISC’s) ‘National’ award in the projects greater than $200 million...
San Francisco mayor proposes ballot measure aimed at streamlining approvals for affordable housing projects
San Francisco Mayor London Breed says Affordable Homes Now, a ballot measure for November 2020 would streamline the approval for 100 percent affordable housing...
Mixed-use development planned for 840 acre site in Vacaville
Triad Lagoon Valley, a Washington-based limited liability company affiliated with Seattle-based Triad Development, has purchased 840 acres from Lennar Corp.
Triad is planning to develop...
Disaster team heading to Puerto Rico after devastating earthquakes
In the aftermath of another large magnitude earthquake this morning in Puerto Rico, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the deployment of 35 disaster specialists...
Virgin Trains $4.8 billion high speed link to Las Vegas likely to begin construction...
Work on the $4.8 billion Virgin Trains USA high speed rail link between southern California and Las Vegas will likely start in the latter...
Projects and opportunities
Ketter Group proposes 30-unit apartment building for Picfair Village
Ketter Group has proposed a new apartment building proposed for Picfair Village, a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles.
The proposed development could bring...
PG&E, Tesla begin construction on battery storage project
Pacific Gas & Electric and Tesla began construction of a 182.5-MW lithium-ion battery energy storage system in Moss Landing in Monterey County.
The system will...
Camp Pendleton construction projects secures $105 million
Rep. Mike Levin helped secure $105 million in the defense bill for two major construction projects at Camp Pendleton.
The bill authorizes $68.53 million in...
