State awards San Jose $19.9 million to buy downtown motel
California Construction News staff writer
San José will use $19.9 million from the state to buy the 72-room Pacific Motor Inn for interim housing for...
WSTA challenges Assembly Bill 5 especially for construction truckers
The Western States Trucking Association (WSTA) has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a construction-trucking-specific provision of California’s already controversial Assembly Bill 5,...
NAVFAC Southwest awards $750 million contract for waterfront facilities construction, renovation, repair
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest has awarded a $750 million maximum contract for new construction, repair, and renovation of waterfront facilities...
San Francisco receives $23 million federal grant for safer streets
The U.S. Department of Transportation has allocated $23 million for safety upgrades along San Francisco’s Howard Street through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability...
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...
New information on Bullet train construction
The California High Speed Rail Authority says that the California High-Speed Rail Project will cost at least $77.3 billion — roughly $13 billion more...
San Jose breaks ground for 135-unit affordable housing project
The city of San Jose has started construction on an affordable housing project offering 135 units.
The project called the North San Pedro Studios is...
$7,000 in discrepancies found so far in $118 million Palo Alto public safety building...
Palo Alto's city auditor is examining every change order and invoice associated with the construction of new $118 million public safety building, but so...
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...
Feds announce $400 million for Golden Gate Bridge improvements
California Construction News staff writer
The U.S. Department of Transportation will fund $400 million for a project to replace, retrofit and install critical structural elements...