Former SF building commissioner charged with federal bank fraud charges for allegedly diverting checks...
Former San Francisco building commissioner Rodrigo Santos has been federally charged with bank fraud in connection with a scheme to divert into his personal...
Construction union/management group joins LA Economic Resiliency Task Force
The Southern California Partnership for Jobs (SCPFJ) says it it has been invited to join the Los Angeles County Infrastructure Development/Construction working group that...
Labor unions in San Francisco celebrate PLA introduction; $628.5 million in infrastructure allocations
Organized labor in San Francisco is celebrating success in the implementation of a citywide Project Labor Agreement (PLA).
The implementation required more five years of...
BFBC gets $569 million for border wall construction
BFBC LLC, which is part of Barnard Construction, won a $569 million for design-build construction of 17.17 miles of border wall.
Work will be performed...
LAX projects among largest permitted by LADBS in first quarter
Here are the top five construction projects, as reported by the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). Notably four of the five...
San Jose approves mixed-use affordable project
The San Jose City Council has approved the construction of a six-story, mixed-use affordable housing development in the Willow Glen neighborhood.
Dubbed Meridian Apartments, the...
California defense construction contracts: $569 border wall project awarded to Montana contractor
BFBC LLC, an affiliate of Barnard Construciton Company, from Bozeman, Montana, has been awarded a $569 million modification to contract W912PL-19-C-0014 to build 17.17...
Construction flaws delay $2.06 billion Crenshaw rail line project two years beyond original schedule
Construction problems will delay the opening of the $2.06 billion Crenshaw rail line through South Los Angeles until mid-2021, two years later than the...
OC Streetcar work accelerates with COVID-19 traffic reductions
Orange County’s transportation agency is pushing ahead with its construction projects – in some cases gaining speed while roads are unusually clear – but...
Newsom declines to introduce strict state-wide COVID-19 construction shutdown rules
Gov. Gavin Newsom says that that California will not follow the lead of states like New York or regions like the Bay Area that...
