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AGC of California CEO urges Congress to approve Trump’s infrastructure proposal

The Associated General Contractors of California’s chief executive Peter Tateishi has urged the Congress to pass SB 1, an infrastructure investment package providing consistent...
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LA resilience officer: Over 8,000 apartments are still unsafe from earthquakes

More than two decades after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, city officials and property owners in Los Angeles are making strides in improving the resiliency...
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Salesforce Tower begins testing of Campbell’s permanent LED light installation

The tip of San Francisco’s tallest building has been glowing in various colors since Feb. 12 to test out the upcoming LED light display...
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California Hospital in downtown LA prepares for major earthquake-resistance expansion

Dignity Health's California Hospital Medical Center in downtown LA will soon start a major redevelopment project to modernize and meet state regulations. The hospital has...
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Irvine-based Navien celebrates selling one million condensing units

Navien, with its US headquarters in Irvine, says it has sold one million condensing units, describing the accomplishment as a "first in the industry". “The...
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$152 million Banning warehouse among top five projects to enter planning in January: Dodge

he Dodge Momentum Index, which dropped 5.1% in January to 143.7 (2000=100) from the revised December reading of 151.5. A published report says Riverside County supervisors gave...
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Water systems engineer Richard Brady & Associates appoints Bill Siegel as president

San Diego-based Richard Brady & Associates says William C. (Bill) Siegel has been appointed as the company's president. The engineering and construction firm specializes in designing...
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Sunnyvale-based Trimble acquires e-Builder

Sunnyvale-based Trimble says it has acquired privately-held e-Builder, a SaaS-based construction program management solution for capital program owners and program management firms. e-Builder extends Trimble's...
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National SMPS conference for AEC marketers to be held in San Diego Aug. 15...

The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), representing the architectural, engineering and construction industry's marketing and business development community, says that its annual Build...
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1930s-era LA building to be home of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Western Specialty Contractors branches in Los Angeles and Seattle, WA are participating on a project to restore the historic Saban Building (formerly May Company...

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LAX launches $5 billion contracting initiative to accelerate capital projects, prioritize local construction firms

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California Construction News staff writer Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has awarded a new round of contracts under its $5 billion Multiple Award Task Order...

San Francisco proposes tax plan to spur office-to-housing conversions

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California Construction News staff writer A newly proposed Downtown Revitalization Financing District in San Francisco could spur the conversion of thousands of underused office buildings...

Construction planned on Yuba River to reopen habitat for native fish in historic restoration...

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California Construction News staff writer A major restoration project to bring native fish back to the North Yuba River is moving forward, thanks to a...