CSU Bakersfield breaks ground on Energy Innovation Building

California Construction News staff writer California State University, Bakersfield broke ground Thursday on a three-story Energy Innovation Building that university officials say will serve as...

Construction begins on $21M Long Beach waterfront amphitheater

California Construction News staff writer Construction has begun on a new $21 million waterfront amphitheater in Long Beach that city officials say will become the...

California workforce program aims to speed Los Angeles wildfire rebuilding

California Construction News staff writer A workforce development program backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s LA Rises initiative, the Walter Family Foundation and state workforce recovery...

U.S. Labor Department orders Escondido drywall contractor to pay $790,000 over wage violations

California Construction News staff writer The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring an Escondido, Calif.-based drywall contractor to pay $790,000 in...

Factory-built housing could slash California’s sky-high building costs, expert tells lawmakers

California Construction News staff writer California is short roughly 2.5 million homes, and the cost to build a single apartment now routinely exceeds $500,000. To...

Ontario secures $30M state funding for housing, transit improvements along Holt Boulevard

California Construction News staff writer National CORE and the City of Ontario have been awarded $30 million in state funding for affordable housing and transportation-related...

Santa Monica opens mass timber accelerator; applications due Feb. 27

California Construction News staff writer Applications are open until Feb. 27 for Santa Monica’s Mass Timber Accelerator, a yearlong pilot program designed to help developers...

Insight Pacific awarded up to $15B Air Force civil engineering contract

California Construction News staff writer Insight Pacific LLC, of Brea, Calif., has been awarded a ceiling $15 billion firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide construction...

SFO awards $180M contract for six-month Runway 1R repaving and taxiway improvements

California Construction News staff writer San Francisco International Airport will close Runway 1 Right for six months in 2026 to repave the runway surface and...

Foothill Gold Line plans 2026 contract awards for Pomona-Claremont extension

California Construction News staff writer The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority is set to move forward in 2026 with the next segment of its light...

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Barnard Construction selected for $3B Sites Reservoir contract amid labor protests

California Constrution News staff writer Dozens of construction laborers protested Friday morning as the Sites Project Authority selected Montana-based Barnard Construction Company Inc. as construction...

San Francisco moves to consolidate planning, building and permitting departments

California Construction News staff writer San Francisco has begun a process to consolidate its primary permitting agencies into a single department, a move city officials...

CSU Bakersfield breaks ground on Energy Innovation Building

California Construction News staff writer California State University, Bakersfield broke ground Thursday on a three-story Energy Innovation Building that university officials say will serve as...