$47 million grant announced for Interstate 5 improvement project
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has received a $47-million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Interstate 5 Golden State...
Walsh wins $220.5 million construction contract for Orange County’s streetcar
The board of directors of the Orange County Transportation Authority recently awarded a contract for the construction of the county’s first modern streetcar to...
San Diego approves $614 million loan for water project construction
The San Diego City Council has approved borrowing $614 million to start construction of the city’s recycled drinking water project.
The loan, from the U.S....
CityBuild: Training San Franciscans for construction careers
Public radio KAWL in San Francisco has published/broadcast an extensive report about CityBuild, a program to train San Franciscans in construction skills.
In this 18...
San Francisco approves $6 billion rail tunnel route
The San Francisco Transportation Authority has voted to approve the construction route of if $6.1-billion tunnel project.
The tunnel is designed to connect trains from...
Los Angeles approves grant for $135 million LGBT housing project
Los Angeles City Council has approved a grant of $850,000 for the construction of the LGBT Center’s Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood.
The campus...
Prevailing wage determination could result in “untold amounts” of additional wages for Palm Spring...
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has determined that the Kimpton Hotel and other real estate developments in downtown Palm Springs are subject...
Legislature passes bill to help Oakland A’s speed construction of Howard Terminal station
California's state legislature has approved a bill to help streamline construction of an Oakland Athletics ballpark at the Port of Oakland's Howard Terminal site.
AB734 requires...
The California bullet train project: Spending $27 million a day may not be enough...
The California bullet train project has cost taxpayers an average $3.1 million a day over the last year — a construction spending rate higher...
Court allows construction on long-stalled Target store in Hollywood
On August 23, a California appeals court reversed a lower court’s ruling that halted construction of a Target shopping center in Hollywood.
The order, passed...
