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...
Arsons vex residential construction projects in Oakland area
The fire that consumed an apartment and retail complex being built near downtown Oakland on July 7 wasn’t the first to rip through a...
Inmate construction training program shut down following reports of safety concerns, shoddy work
A program to train and employ Mendocino County inmates for construction projects, contracted by Northern California Construction Training Inc. (NCCT), has been shut down...
Bay Area CLC tours San Francisco’s new $1 billion Transbay Transit Center
The Bay Area Construction Leadership Council (CLC) of the Associated General Contractors of California recently toured San Francisco's new Transbay Transit Center.
The center will...
Cynthia Keefe to be regional director, health at HDR
HDR says it has appointed architect Cynthia Keeffe as a regional director for health in the San Francisco architecture studio, focusing on the west...
HITT opens Bay Area office
HITT Contracting Inc., one of the country’s largest general contractors, has says it has opened a new regional office in California’s Silicon Valley. The Bay...
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California launches new funding to accelerate factory-built housing for wildfire survivors
California Construction News staff writer
California is expanding funding to help wildfire survivors access factory-built housing, a program aimed at speeding rebuilding and providing resilient...
Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing receives funding, moves closer to completion
California Construction News staff writer
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, California’s first overpass for wildlife across a major highway, has received $18.8 million from the...
North Hollywood Integrated Care Clinic topping out celebrated
California Construction News staff writer
The North Hollywood Integrated Care Clinic, a $73 million, three-story medical facility, has officially topped out, marking a major milestone...
