State-owned properties available for emergency homeless housing, cities and counties invited to partner

A few days after highlighting the 286 state-owned properties available to local governments to use for homelessness solutions, Governor Gavin Newsom concluded a statewide...

CAHSRA releases draft environmental document for first segment into Los Angeles County

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA) is continuing to plan for modernizing rail service throughout California. A new report released Feb. 28 details how...

Los Angeles Department of Transportation places largest single order for electric buses in U.S....

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has placed the largest single order for electric buses in U.S. history. “The clean transportation revolution is not...

SpaceX revives plan to develop launch vehicle manufacturing facility at the Port of Los...

SpaceX has revived plans to develop a launch vehicle manufacturing facility at the Port of Los Angeles, a little more than a year after...

BANA & Me Inc. releases new project management platform with social media concept

BANA & Me Inc. recently released its new project management platform developed to integrate the entire construction team into one cloud-based location. The BLACK BOX...

Costa unveils legislation to fund completion of California’s High-Speed Rail, other National rail projects

After leading the fight in Congress for investment in America’s national rail infrastructure, Congressman Jim Costa unveiled the High-Speed Rail Corridor Development Act, legislation that...

High-Speed Rail Authority issues draft 2020 business plan for public review and input

The California High-Speed Rail Authority last week issued its Draft 2020 Business Plan for public review and comment. The Draft 2020 business plan affirms the...

Opening day set for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open on Dec. 14 on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles — eight years after the project was first announced. Tom...
Welder on High Steel - San Francisco

San Francisco construction prices soaring

San Francisco construction prices soared across all four quarters in 2019, according to the UK-based consultants firm Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB).   A new cost...
Fig+Pico Convention Center Hotel

Los Angeles tops U.S. in hotel construction

For the second consecutive quarter, Los Angeles leads in U.S. hotel construction Lodging Econometrics (LE) reports that Los Angeles is leading U.S. markets with the...

Projects and opportunities

Long Beach Airport breaks ground on $37M concourse upgrade, creating 190 construction jobs

California Construction News staff writer Construction has started on a $37-million passenger concourse modernization project at Long Beach Airport, aimed at improving infrastructure ahead of...

Nibbi receives Notice to Proceed on St. Paul Terrace affordable housing project in Berkeley

California Construction News staff writer Nibbi has received Notice to Proceed on a new affordable housing community for St. Paul AME Berkeley, with Lowney Architecture...

Santa Rosa breaks ground on Hopper Avenue fire recovery corridor project

California Construction News staff writer The City of Santa Rosa broke ground April 14 on the Hopper Avenue Corridor Fire Recovery Improvements Project, beginning a...