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...
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 work during the COVID-19...
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...
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 first time to discuss...
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...
State-owned properties available for emergency homeless housing, cities and counties invited to partner
A few days after highlighting the 286 state-owned properties available to local governments to use for homelessness solutions, Governor Gavin Newsom concluded a statewide...
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...
Costa unveils legislation to fund completion of California’s High-Speed Rail, other National rail projects
After leading the fight in Congress for investment in America’s national rail infrastructure, Congressman Jim Costa unveiled the High-Speed Rail Corridor Development Act, legislation that...
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...
Travel trailers delivered to south Los Angeles as part of emergency state action on...
Continuing the state’s emergency response to the homelessness crisis, Caltrans recently delivered 10 travel trailers to a site in South Los Angeles to provide temporary...
Projects and opportunities
Granite wins $10M highway paving contract
Granite has been awarded a contract for the Highway 1 Overlay near Gualala in Mendocino County by the California Department of Transportation.
The $10 million...
San Jose extends construction hours for larger projects
A new emergency order has extended construction hours for large projects in San Jose.
The order, signed by San Jose City Manager Dave Sykes last...
Bowe Contractors gets approval for office building
Bowe Contractors has received approval to build an office building in Tehachapi.
In a recent meeting, the Tehachapi Planning Commission approved the architectural design and...
