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San Jose to join San Francisco and Berkeley in restricting natural gas from new construction projects

San Jose about to ban natural gas from nearly all new construction as part of a growing movement to usher…

3 years ago

South San Francisco approves Genenetech’s expansion master plan

M Roche’s Genentech is preparing a major expansion at its South San Francisco home. In late November, the local city…

3 years ago

Six alarm fire destroys Berkeley apartment building under construction

Firefighters battled a six-alarm fire on Nov. 21 at an apartment building under construction near the University of California campus…

3 years ago

San Francisco to ban natural gas in new building construction

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors have approved a ban on natural gas in newly-constructed buildings in the city, reports…

3 years ago

City of Oakland launches new app to schedule building inspections

The City of Oakland’s Planning and Building Department has launched a new application, Oakland Building Inspection Request, to make it…

3 years ago

San Francisco to speed up affordable housing construction

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced what are described as new process improvements to speed up the approval of…

3 years ago

Oceanwide Holdings pauses construction on ‘troubled’ $1.6 billion San Francisco project: SF Business Times

Beijing-based Oceanwide Holdings has temporarily paused construction of its troubled $1.6 billion Oceanwide Center project in downtown San Francisco as…

3 years ago

Preservationists seek court order to stall demolition of “brutalist” 1973 San Jose building, possibly thwarting massive redevelopment project

A preservationist group has gone to court  to undo the city of San Jose’s approval of a vast redevelopment of…

4 years ago

Autonomous equipment pilot scheduled at South San Francisco construction site

Developers plan to create an autonomous construction site pilot project in South San Francisco within weeks. ZD Net reports that…

4 years ago

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. secures $17 million Caltrans construction project

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. says it has been awarded a $17 million construction award from the California Department of…

4 years ago