High-speed rail project likely faces additional $1 billion cost increases: LA Times
The California bullet train is facing at least another billion dollars of proposed cost increases from its contractors, following a history of sharp cost growth...
Nonresidential construction spending declined 0.4% in August: ABC
National nonresidential construction spending fell 0.4% in August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data published Oct. 1 by the...
Newsom signs housing affordability laws, but critics say they overreach and won’t solve the...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation allowing the construction of duplexes on most properties with one home but an analysis indicates that only...
Feds provide as much as $628.93 million in financing for Orange County I-405 Improvement...
The U.S. Department of Transportation says its Build America Bureau has provided a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act TIFIA direct loan of up...
San Jose selects multidisciplinary team for green stormwater infrastructure projects
The City of San Jose has engaged a team of engineers, modelers, and scientists to provide professional consultancy services on projects to implement its...
$870 million Long Beach port project delayed for completion of Environmental Impact Statement
A $870 million rail project at Long Beach’s port complex has fallen behind schedule, as port authorities wait for U.S. Maritime Administration to approve an Environmental...
New laws move through legislature to cut through local zoning rules and increase affordable...
California legislators are moving forward with two measures designed to cut through local zoning ordinances, to overcome increasing home prices, homelessness, and an affordable...
BIASC sues City of Calabasas over denial of 77-acre property development
The Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC) says it has filed litigation against the City of Calabasas for what it says is a recent...
No new earmarked federal infrastructure funds for California bullet train, but still possibly billions...
California's high speed rail initiative doesn't see any specific mention or financial carve-outs in the approximately $1 billion bipartisan federal infrastructure funding initiative, but...
Senate passes $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, but there are still hurdles ahead
California Construction News staff writer
With bipartisan support, and over the objections of former President Donald Trump, the US Senate has passed a long-awaited and...
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Ameresco launches construction of $140 million biogas project near Elk Grove
California Construction News staff writer
Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has started construction on an advanced technology biogas cogeneration...
$60.6 million awarded to strengthen climate-resilient transportation infrastructure
California Construction News staff writer
California has secured $60.6 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to bolster climate-resilient transportation infrastructure across the...
West Hollywood approves design for log cabin renovation
California Construction News staff writer
The City of West Hollywood has released design renderings for the historic Log Cabin building renovation. The site houses the...
