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California ranks near middle as it gains 600 construction jobs in August: AGC

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California ranked near the middle of the nation in construction employment changes in August. Employment grew by 0.1% or just 600 jobs, ranking the...
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Monthly construction input prices inch lower in August, but are still elevated year over...

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Construction input prices declined 0.6% in August compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Bureau...
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Nonresidential construction loses 20,300 jobs in August, says ABC

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The construction industry lost 3,000 jobs on net in August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data released on Sept....
high speed rail construction update

No new earmarked federal infrastructure funds for California bullet train, but still possibly billions...

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California's high speed rail initiative doesn't see any specific mention or financial carve-outs in the approximately $1 billion bipartisan federal infrastructure funding initiative, but...
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California gains 1,100 jobs in July, still down 3.8% since start of pandemic

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California saw a .1% increase in construction jobs, 1,100, from June to July, but this small gain wasn't enough to offset the overall 35,100...
infrastructure

Senate passes $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, but there are still hurdles ahead

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California Construction News staff writer With bipartisan support, and over the objections of former President Donald Trump, the US Senate has passed a long-awaited and...
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Materials price increases, supply challenges challenge construction industry: AGC

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Extreme price increases continued in July for a wide range of goods and services used in construction, according to an analysis by the Associated...
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ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator flat in July; contractor confidence falls

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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator remained unchanged at 8.5 months in July, according to an ABC member survey...
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California’s construction employment overall declines 1% during pandemic, but there are regional differences

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California's construction employment levels have, overall, declined only slightly during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are great differences in some market areas, Associated General...
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Total construction starts slip in June: Dodge

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Total construction starts lost 7% in June, slipping to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $863.6 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. All three...

Projects and opportunities

Six construction workers presumed dead after Baltimore bridge collapse

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California Construction News staff writer The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after being struck by a container ship...

$1.6 billion America’s Green Gateway project to kick off construction this summer in Long...

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California Construction News staff writer Port of Long Beach is planning to break ground this summer on the first segment of the $1.6 billion Pier...

Santa Clara VTA awards $437-million contract for light rail extension

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California Construction News staff writer The Eastridge to BART Regional Connector light rail extension is on its way to construction, after the board of the...