Los Angeles Metro selects underground rail for Sepulveda Pass transit project

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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

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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...

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...

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PCL breaks ground on $80M Santa Barbara City College athletics and physical education facility

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California Construction News staff writer PCL Construction celebrated the groundbreaking of the $80 million Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) physical education and athletics replacement building...

Madera County approves $130M State Route 41 widening project, set to begin construction this...

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California Construction News staff writer The Madera County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a major infrastructure expansion that will widen a key regional corridor,...

Suffolk tops out 17-story Bankers Hill residential tower “The Quince” in San Diego

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California Construction News staff writer Construction has reached a major milestone on a new residential high-rise in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighbourhood, as Suffolk Construction...