National construction starts decline again in September following July and August slow-down: Dodge
New construction starts in September fell 5% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $709.6 billion, according to Dodge Data...
Sterling Construction wins $17 million contract for Valencia water project
The Los Angeles County Sanitation District has awarded a $17 million contract to Sterling Construction’s affiliate Myers & Sons Construction for additions and modifications...
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...
Labor groups including SBCTC join fight against Proposition 6
California's State Building and Construction Trades Council (SBCTC) and the California Labor Federation (CLF) say they strongly oppose Proposition 6 on the November ballot.
The...
$47 million grant announced for Interstate 5 improvement project
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has received a $47-million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Interstate 5 Golden State...
Walsh wins $220.5 million construction contract for Orange County’s streetcar
The board of directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority recently awarded a contract for the construction of the county’s first modern streetcar to...
San Diego approves $614 million loan for water project construction
The San Diego City Council has approved borrowing $614 million to start construction of the city’s recycled drinking water project.
The loan, from the U.S....
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...
Los Angeles approves grant for $135 million LGBT housing project
Los Angeles City Council has approved a grant of $850,000 for the construction of the LGBT Center’s Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood.
The campus...
Projects and opportunities
Work to begin on $12 million San Diego athletic/academic structure
Access Youth Academy plans to build a $12 million athletic and academic facility in southeastern San Diego.
Patch reports that the project is moving forward,...
Google plans to build new campus in Los Angeles
Google is preparing to build a new campus in Los Angeles.
The company has leased the current site of a shopping mall in West Los...
Construction underway on 100-room hotel at Imperial Beach
Sudberry Properties and Tharaldson Development started construction on a 100-room Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton at the new Breakwater Town Center on Palm...
