CTC allocates more than $2.1 billion for transportation infrastructure projects throughout the state
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has recently allocated more than $2.1 billion for projects to repair and improve transportation infrastructure throughout the state. Senate...
VTA to award first two major contracts for $6.8 billion BART extension
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is expected to issue its first two major contracts next summer for the construction of BART’s extension...
LA construction rebounds: $7.3 billion in permits projected for FY 2021-22
Construction in the first quarters of fiscal year 2021-22 in Los Angeles has rebounded solidly from the same period last year, according to data...
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...
Projects and opportunities
Nibbi receives Notice to Proceed on St. Paul Terrace affordable housing project in Berkeley
California Construction News staff writer
Nibbi has received Notice to Proceed on a new affordable housing community for St. Paul AME Berkeley, with Lowney Architecture...
Santa Rosa breaks ground on Hopper Avenue fire recovery corridor project
California Construction News staff writer
The City of Santa Rosa broke ground April 14 on the Hopper Avenue Corridor Fire Recovery Improvements Project, beginning a...
California breaks ground on Indian Heritage Center in West Sacramento as part of $200M...
California Construction News staff writer
Construction of the California Indian Heritage Center is moving ahead on a 51-acre site at the confluence of the American...
