California transportation agency announces $2.6B funding for rail service improvements

The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) has announced 28 recipients for more than $2.6 billion in Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) grants for...

BART board approves single-bore tunnel project in San Jose

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) says that its board of directors have approved the San Jose tunneling plan, according to Curbed San Francisco. In a...

Los Angeles Port wins awards for construction projects

The Southern California Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) has named the Port of Los Angeles recipient of two project achievement...

City of San Diego secures $5M for community center construction

The City of San Diego has secured funding for construction of the Bay Terraces Community Center. The $5-million federal grant, awarded by the U.S. Department...

SpaceX plans new Los Angeles facility

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., which is doing business as SpaceX, a private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk...

FC Construction Services joins $2.6B Inglewood Stadium project

FC Construction Services says that it has joined the most expensive stadium project in the U.S. The company said that it will provide drug screening,...

Los Angeles approves new rules for homeless housing development

The Los Angeles City Council passed dual ordinances that will speed up the development of new units of housing for homeless. The Permanent Supportive Housing...

Los Angeles City Council approves $4.9B contract to build airport train system

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to approve a 30-year $4.9 billion contract with LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) to design, build, finance,...

Construction underway on 306-unit housing project in San Diego

Chelsea Investment Corp. and Sudberry Properties have broken ground on a new housing project in Civita, a master-planned community in San Diego’s Mission Valley...

Canadian developer plans to build 60-story tower in Los Angeles

Canadian developer Onni Group wants to build a 60-story tower in Los Angeles’ South Park neighborhood, according to Los Angles Curbed. Plans published by the...

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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...