San Francisco wins court ruling allowing it to remove subcontractor from $13.7 million project
San Francisco has won a state appeals court ruling to remove a subcontractor the city blamed for a series of gas leaks in 2015...
High Speed Rail project not dead; but work will focus in Central Valley: Newsom
Despite some suggestions in published reports, California Gov. Gavin Newsom hasn't killed the California High Speed Rail project. However, he has made it clear...
Labor Commissioner’s Office cites City of Industry contractor for $12 million in wage theft...
California's Labor Commissioner's Office (LCO) has cited a Southern California subcontractor for nearly $12 million in wage theft violations that left more than a...
Pact between developers and builders could loosen environmental rules and increase residential construction wages
Representatives of California's construction unions and home builders are working on a deal that the Los Angeles Times reports "both sides hope could lead...
Proposed California budget to allocate $1.75 billion in new funds for affordable housing
New California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed in his state budget that $1.75 billion in new funds would be earmarked to solve the state's...
New California construction laws for 2019
Lawyer Daniel McLennon from Smith Currie & Hancock has written an extensive article describing new laws affecting contractors, most of which go...
Golden State Warriors ordered to pay $40M for Oakland arena renos
An arbitrator recently ordered the Golden State Warriors to pay $40 million for a fix up of the Oakland arena despite the fact they're...
Expert panel says San Francisco’s building codes need to be rewritten and tall buildings...
An expert panel says San Francisco’s building codes are inadequate to deal a large earthquake's aftermath and called for both the inspection and retrofitting...
CityBuild: Training San Franciscans for construction careers
Public radio KAWL in San Francisco has published/broadcast an extensive report about CityBuild, a program to train San Franciscans in construction skills.
In this 18...
San Francisco approves $6 billion rail tunnel route
The San Francisco Transportation Authority has voted to approve the construction route of if $6.1-billion tunnel project.
The tunnel is designed to connect trains from...
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Work begins on $1.86 billion Delta Sky Way project at LAX
Delta Air Lines has announced the beginning of demolition on Terminal 3 at the Los Angeles International Airport, marking the start of the first...
San Jose State University to break ground for $181 million science building
San Jose State University is set break ground for its new Interdisciplinary Science Building on April 25.
The 161,200-sq.-ft., $181 million building will be located...
Murphy begins on final building in Otay Mesa
Murphy Development started construction on the final building at The Campus at the San Diego Business Park, a 137,000-sq.-ft. speculative building in Otay Mesa.
Construction...
