Residential construction worker shortage fuelled by poor pay, risky working conditions and shrinking labor...
California needs at least 200,000 new residential construction workers - but the pay is not competitive, working conditions are risky, training is scarce and...
Dodge Momentum Index moves lower in September
The Dodge Momentum Index dropped 2.6 percent in September to 159.5 (2000=100) from the revised August reading of 163.7. The Momentum Index is a...
Dodge Momentum Index ends 2020 on a high note
The Dodge Momentum Index jumped 9.2% in December to 134.6 (2000=100) from the revised November reading of 123.3. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data...
Spring 2024 magazine issue published
The Spring 2024 magazine format issue of California Construction News has been published.
You can view the magazine on page turning software at this link.
Stories...
California GovOps and WoodWorks to award $500,000 in mass timber building competition
The California Government Operations Agency (GovOps) will award $500,000 in grants as part of the 2019 California Mass Timber Building Competition. The grants will...
LAX launches $5 billion contracting initiative to accelerate capital projects, prioritize local construction firms
California Construction News staff writer
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has awarded a new round of contracts under its $5 billion Multiple Award Task Order...
Survey forecasts growth in California commercial real estate through 2022: The exception Bay Area...
The Spring/Summer 2019 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey reveals a more optimistic outlook than has been observed the last couple...
California construction booming for the state’s largest contractors: ENR
California contractors are "riding a tidal wave of plans and projects," Engineering News-Record (ENR) reports. The engineering publication says in a recent story that...
First CCN magazine issue published
The first online magazine format issue of California Construction News has been published.
You can view the magazine on page turning software at this link.
Stories...
Design and Construction Report: Spring 2018 magazine issue published
The spring, 2018 Design and Construction Report magazine has been published. You can view it online at this link.
Features and stories include:
Steel tariffs:...
Projects and opportunities
Final steel beam placed on SDSU Life Sciences building in topping-out ceremony
California Construction News staff writer
Construction of San Diego State University’s new Life Sciences building reached a key milestone Tuesday, April 28, as crews lifted...
Glendale Hyperion Bridge project breaks ground after two decades of planning
California Construction News staff writer
Los Angeles marked a major milestone last week with the groundbreaking of the $208 million Glendale Hyperion Bridge Improvement Project,...
Los Angeles to issue RFI May 7 for expanded “Small Lots, Big Impacts” missing...
California Construction News staff writer
Los Angeles is broadening its effort to increase starter-home supply with a new phase of the “Small Lots, Big Impacts”...
