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Unrest shuts down LA building inspections as protests grip the nation

Unrest caused by the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a…

4 years ago

California court rules ‘pay when paid’ clause unenforceable because of its undefined, unspecified payment rules

A California appellate court found unenforceable a pay-when-paid clause in a contract between a general contractor and subcontractor on a…

4 years ago

LAX projects among largest permitted by LADBS in first quarter

Here are the top five construction projects, as reported by the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). Notably…

4 years ago

Kaiser Permanente builds $14 million COVID-19 testing lab with accelerated construction schedule

Kaiser Permanente (KP) Northern California is building its own state-of-the-art lab in Berkeley capable of performing 10,000 COVID-19 tests a…

4 years ago

Newsom declines to introduce strict state-wide COVID-19 construction shutdown rules

Gov. Gavin Newsom says that that California will not follow the lead of states like New York or regions like…

4 years ago

Union leader says construction workers preparing to mobilize for COVID-19 surge response

Robbie Hunter, president of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, says plans are in the works  to…

4 years ago

Shutdown not: California builders win COVID-19 “essential” exemption

Construction executives and contractors have successfully lobbied to win an exemption to Gov. Gavin Newsom's "stay at home" mandate for…

4 years ago

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 -…

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Homeless Action Plan in motion: Interagency Leadership Council meets

Continuing efforts to carry out San Diego’s vision for reducing homelessness, an interagency Leadership Council convened last week for the…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago