Construction begins on 64-unit housing project in Watts neighborhood
Linc Housing started construction on Cadence, a 64-unit apartment community in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Located at 11408 S. Central Ave., the community...
Statewide California construction employment: How has it fared with COVID-19?
Construction employment declined in more than nine out of 10 metro areas from March to April, a time when industry employment typically increases in...
CHSRA says it has created 4,000 construction jobs
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has issued a news release saying that more than 4,000 construction jobs have been created across 119 miles...
AIA announces net zero energy (ZNE) building design winners
The AIA California has announced the winners of its ninth annual Architecture at Zero competition for zero net energy (ZNE) building designs. The competition...
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 white police officer pressed...
California court rules ‘pay when paid’ clause unenforceable because of its undefined, unspecified...
A California appellate court found unenforceable a pay-when-paid clause in a contract between a general contractor and subcontractor on a California public works project,...
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 four of the five...
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 day.
The $14 million, 7,700...
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 the Bay Area that...
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 deploy tens of thousands...
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San Diego council to ponder $5.65 billion budget prioritizing infrastructure and housing
California Construction News staff writer
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria unveiled his proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget last week, a $5.65 billion spending plan focused...
Highway 1 stabilization work continue in Big Sur
California Construction News staff writer
Work continues to stabilize Highway 1 in Big Sur after a section of the southbound lane along the cliff collapsed...
Oceanside launches offshore explorations for beach restoration project
California Construction News staff writer
As part of Oceanside's coastal restoration efforts, offshore explorations are now underway to determine potentially plentiful larger grain sand sources...
