LINC begins construction of 100 new apartments in Los Angeles County
LINC Housing has started construction of Springhaven, a 100-unit affordable housing community in Los Angeles’s Willowbrook neighbourhood.
The $52-million project is designed for low-income families...
US construction spending drops in December
The US Commerce Department said that U.S. construction spending unexpectedly fell in December. Both private and public projects saw a drop in investment during...
Coalition calls for “ambitious action” to move California homes, buildings off of fossil fuels
California must rapidly implement a plan to cut pollution from homes and buildings, or risk locking in emissions from natural gas that will threaten...
SLSCO starts work on $101 million San Diego area border wall project
Construction has started on a portion of Pres. Donald Trump's border wall in the San Diego area.
The work is the is associated with a...
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...
Residential construction worker shortage fuelled by poor pay, risky working conditions and shrinking labor...
California needs at least 200,000 new residential construction workers - but the pay is not competitive, working conditions are risky, training is scarce and...
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...
California GovOps and WoodWorks to award $500,000 in mass timber building competition
The California Government Operations Agency (GovOps) will award $500,000 in grants as part of the 2019 California Mass Timber Building Competition. The grants will...
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US DOD reports on significant AEC contract awards
The US Department of Defense has issued two significant recent AEC contracts for the San Diego area.
Michael Baker International Inc. from San Diego has...
$4 billion government building boom under-way in Sacramento
The California state government has launched a historic building boom in Sacramento, scheduling roughly $3.4 billion worth of new construction and renovations over the...
CSUSB breaks ground for $90 million expansion
Cal State San Bernardino on June 4 broke ground for a three-story, 120,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its Santos Manuel Student Union.
The $90-million expansion, which is...
