State plans to build Delta Emergency Rock and Transfer Facilities at Stockton Port
The California Department of Water Resources is constructing Delta Emergency Rock and Transfer Facilities, a flood response base at the Port of Stockton, with...
Border walls prototypes to undergo rigorous testing
The federal government announced Oct. 26 that eight prototypes which are part of President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall project located on San Diego’s...
California’s $21 billion bullet train tunnel fund not enough, taxpayers could be in trouble
While engineers at the California High-Speed Rail Authority are not worried, several experts are doubting that the $21 billion budget allocated for an anticipated...
Northern California struggles to rebuild homes after wildfire, faces labor shortage problems
Following the recent wildfire crisis, considered as the most destructive in state history, Northern California homeowners are struggling to find construction workers to rebuild...
Iron Workers’ safety standard updates to take effect January 2018
The Iron Workers’ comprehensive safety standard updates for reinforcing steel and post-tensioning activities will take effect January 2018 as the California Occupational Safety and...
Construction starts on border wall prototypes in California
Contractors have broken ground on eight prototypes for President Trump’s long-promised border wall. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) announced that the companies would...
Blueprint 2025 US infrastructure coalition requests administration action on Cadiz Water Infrastructure Project
Blueprint 2025 says that it joined the North American Building Trades Unions( NAABTU) in a written request to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments...
Construction wage liability bill passes legislature despite business opposition
A contentious proposal that would put California builders on the hook for wage theft violations by their subcontractors has advanced to Gov. Jerry Brown...
DHS gives go-ahead to Calexico border wall stretch: Contract award expected in November
The Trump administration has waived environmental laws and other reviews to replace a small stretch of border wall in Calexico, the second time it...
Oroville Dam failure blamed on bad design and inadequate state and federal oversight: Experts’...
Bad design and construction of the tallest U.S. dam a half-century ago and inadequate state and federal oversight since then led to a disastrous...
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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...
