ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator rose sharply in February; contractor optimism builds
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reported on March 9 that its Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 8.2 months in February, according to an ABC...
Dodge Momentum Index posts strong gain in February marking highest level in nearly three...
The Dodge Momentum Index rose 7.1% in February to 149.0 (2000=100) from the revised January reading of 139.1. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data...
House Bills promote increased investment in local infrastructure
California Congresswoman Julia Brownley has recently introduced two pieces of legislation that she indicates would increase local infrastructure investments, improve safety, create jobs, and...
Dodge: Construction starts down at beginning of 2021
Total construction starts dropped 4% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $794.3 billion. Nonresidential building starts were flat in January, while...
Dodge Momentum Index increases to start 2021
The Dodge Momentum Index increased 3.1% in January to 139.4 (2000=100) from the revised December reading of 135.2. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data...
Statewide construction employment steady through Dec. 2020 despite COVID-19, though major regional variations
Overall, California construction employment has remained stable on a year-to-year basis from December 2019 to December 2020, despite the severe impact of the COVID-19...
Investment in nonresidential structures up a meager 3% in final quarter of 2020, says...
The U.S. economy expanded at an annualized 4.0% rate in the fourth quarter of 2020 as the nation’s recovery from last spring’s economic devastation...
Monthly construction input prices Increase in December, says ABC
Construction input prices increased 1.8% in December 2020 compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of the...
COVID-19 construction employment impact varies, depending on where you live: AGCA
California's overall construction employment rolls declined by 3 percent, or 23,000, in the year ending November, 2020 -- a decline attributed to the COVID-19...
Mixed picture locally as overall California construction employment declines in the year by 3%
The story about construction employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in California depends on where you live and work.
According to US Labor Department data compiled...
Projects and opportunities
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...
