San Francisco now most expensive place in the world to build: Turner & Townsend
San Francisco has displaced New York City as the most expensive place to build, with an average cost of $417 per square foot, Turner...
Southern California residential building permits decline in 2018, while increasing in other parts of...
The Real Estate Research Council of Southern California reports that building permits were issued for 56,523 units (including single family homes and multi-family dwellings...
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...
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...
Swinerton Renewable Energy builds 200-megawatt Central Valley solar installation
California’s largest solar installation built exclusively for a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) agency has broken ground in California’s Central Valley. Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE),...
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 falters in August
The Dodge Momentum Index fell 2.9% in August to 164.1 (2000=100) from the revised July reading of 169.0. The Momentum Index is a monthly...
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...
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
$70M Harbor Island West Marina Redevelopment underway in San Diego
California Construction News staff writer
Construction is underway on a $70-million redevelopment of Harbor Island West Marina in San Diego, a project that will transform...
Los Angeles housing incentive program spurs 28,500 proposed units in first year
California Construction News staff writer
A progress report released last week shows that nearly 30,000 new homes are moving forward across Los Angeles through the...
Beam-signing ceremony celebrates progress on Sacramento’s first new middle school in 48 years
California Construction News staff writer
A major milestone was celebrated recently at Fern Bacon Middle School in Sacramento as students, educators, construction teams and community...
