California man convicted related to scheme to embezzle $3.1 million from Beck Group in...
A 43-year-old California man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction related to a scheme to embezzle $3.1 from the Beck Group...
Environmentalists, building trades not on same page — creating California Democratic Party fractures
Tensions between blue collar unions -- especially representing construction workers -- and environmentalists are creating fractures within the Democratic Party in California, Politico reports.
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Some California communities experienced construction boom in past year, others bust, AGCA data
Some areas of California boomed in terms of construction employment in the past year, but others experienced a bust, according to US Labor department...
Trump administration pulls plug on $925 million high speed rail grant, seeks $2.5 billion...
The Trump administration has told the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) that it is ending its agreement to help fund the bullet train project,...
Construction input prices continue to rise, says ABC
Construction input prices increased 0.9% in April on a monthly basis and 2.4% compared to the same time last year, according to an Associated...
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...
Nonresidential spending falls slightly in March, but private construction hits a new high, says...
According to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released on May 1, national nonresidential construction spending declined 0.3%...
Four killed in Seattle Google campus crane collapse
Four people were killed in Seattle, Washington on April 27 when a tower crane on a new Google campus building collapsed, smashing into six...
San Francisco is now world’s most expensive place to build
San Francisco is now the most expensive city in the world to build, leaving the New York City behind, according to Turner & Townsend’s...
Dodge Momentum Index inches higher in March
The Dodge Momentum Index increased 0.5% in March to 145.5 (2000=100) from the revised February reading of 144.8. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge...
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...
