Construction jobs increase by 33,000 in April — Industry unemployment falls to 4.7%, lowest...
Construction employment increased by 33,000 jobs in April and by 256,000 or 3.5 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed...
Central Valley bullet train costs anticipated to increase by $1.8 billion to $12.4 billion
California's Central Valley bullet train cost projections have increased to $12.4 billion, state rail authority staff say in an internal report, according to the...
Contractor negotiates savings to win Lakeport City Hall renovation contract
Lakeport City Council is expected to award a contract for upgrades to its city hall this week.
Bridges Construction of Lakeport will likely win the...
Paramount construction company owners plead guilty to $6 million workers compensation fraud, labor theft
A brother and sister who run a construction company in Paramount have admitted to their roles in a $6 million workers’ compensation fraud and...
Fake ICE officer tries to extort money from El Dorado Hills construction workers: Sheriff’s...
A fake Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has allegedly visited construction sites in El Dorado Hills in east-central California, handcuffed workers, and took...
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...
Senate bill to overide local zoning rules to allow higher density housing passes committee
Legislation compelling California cities to allow more construction of higher-density housing near transit hubs and job centers has passed the Senate Housing Committee.
Senate Bill...
First building permits issued for Paradise November wildfire reconstruction
Paradise has issued its first building permits to rebuild some of the 11,000 homes destroyed by wildfires that killed 85 people last November.
Published reports...
Cal/OSHA cites Bay Area contractor following accident that crushed worker
Cal/OSHA has cited a Bay Area contractor for serious safety violations after a worker was fatally crushed at a San Rafael construction site on...
San Francisco wins court ruling allowing it to remove subcontractor from $13.7 million project
San Francisco has won a state appeals court ruling to remove a subcontractor the city blamed for a series of gas leaks in 2015...
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PCL breaks ground on $80M Santa Barbara City College athletics and physical education facility
California Construction News staff writer
PCL Construction celebrated the groundbreaking of the $80 million Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) physical education and athletics replacement building...
Madera County approves $130M State Route 41 widening project, set to begin construction this...
California Construction News staff writer
The Madera County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a major infrastructure expansion that will widen a key regional corridor,...
Suffolk tops out 17-story Bankers Hill residential tower “The Quince” in San Diego
California Construction News staff writer
Construction has reached a major milestone on a new residential high-rise in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighbourhood, as Suffolk Construction...
