East Bay Times: Accused of working without license, electrical firm sues group for investigating...
An Antioch-based electrical company accused of letting employees work without an electrician’s license has sued a union-affiliated group for investigating the firm without an...
DIRTT to co-ordinate interior construction of Sutter Health project in downtown San Francisco
DIRTT Environmental Solutions along with its local California partner One Workplace, says it has been selected by Sutter Health for the comprehensive interior construction...
150,000 sq. ft. mixed-use building planned for downtown Walnut Creek in East Bay
Plans are moving forward for a new six-story project in downtown Walnut Creek, in the East Bay, replacing a former McDonalds at the 1380...
Oroville Dam failure blamed on bad design and inadequate state and federal oversight: Experts’...
Bad design and construction of the tallest U.S. dam a half-century ago and inadequate state and federal oversight since then led to a disastrous...
Immigrant construction workers rescued from forced labor ring in Hayward: US Attorney
Nearly a dozen immigrant workers were rescued from a forced labor ring in Northern California in late August.
The office of U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch...
Video shows progress on $500 million Oroville Dam spillway project
California's Department of Water Resources has released a video showing progress on a $500 million project to build a new main spillway at the...
Major July Oakland construction fire cause still undetermined: ATF
Fire officials say they are unable to determine the cause of a July 7 fire last month that destroyed an Oakland apartment building that...
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission awards $939 million water pollution control plant project
MWH Constructors and Webcor Builders, in a construction joint venture, have been awarded a $939 million contract by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission...
Court ruling could cost California high speed rail project $15 billion, four years in...
A recent California Supreme Court ruling favoring environmentalists opposing the state’s reopening of an abandoned lumber train may cost the state’s $46 billion over-budget...
Massive $6.7 billion mixed use development on Santa Clara landfill clears environmental, regulatory hurdles
The Related Companies’ have proposed building a $6.7 billion mixed-use complex with as many as 1,680 housing units on a former Santa Clara landfill.
The...
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$604M contract awarded for LAX roadway upgrades as $30B modernization advances
California Construction News staff writer
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has awarded a $604 million contract to the Skanska-FlatironDragados joint venture for structures and utilities...
Newsom signs housing bills to speed construction, despite opposition from L.A. mayor
California Construction News staff writer
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 79 and a package of related housing measures aimed at cutting red tape...
Malibu introduces AI plan review tool to streamline fire rebuild process
California Construction News staff writer
The City of Malibu has introduced a new artificial intelligence platform designed to make the rebuilding process faster and more...
