Victor Valley College starts Construction Career Readiness Program with $50,000 donation

The Victor Valley College Foundation says it has received a $50,000 donation from Frontier Communities’ CEO Jimmy Previti to launch a new Construction Career...

SpaceX plans new Los Angeles facility

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., which is doing business as SpaceX, a private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk...

FC Construction Services joins $2.6B Inglewood Stadium project

FC Construction Services says that it has joined the most expensive stadium project in the U.S. The company said that it will provide drug screening,...

Los Angeles approves new rules for homeless housing development

The Los Angeles City Council passed dual ordinances that will speed up the development of new units of housing for homeless. The Permanent Supportive Housing...

Los Angeles City Council approves $4.9B contract to build airport train system

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to approve a 30-year $4.9 billion contract with LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) to design, build, finance,...

Construction underway on 306-unit housing project in San Diego

Chelsea Investment Corp. and Sudberry Properties have broken ground on a new housing project in Civita, a master-planned community in San Diego’s Mission Valley...

Canadian developer plans to build 60-story tower in Los Angeles

Canadian developer Onni Group wants to build a 60-story tower in Los Angeles’ South Park neighborhood, according to Los Angles Curbed. Plans published by the...

Veterans Affairs plans to build $27M health clinic in Chula Vista

Veterans Affairs broke ground on a new health clinic in Chula Vista, according to a report by NBC San Diego. The new Veterans Affairs San...

Construction begins on BYD’s California factory expansion project

BYD, a China-based manufacturer of automobiles, buses, forklifts, rechargeable batteries, and trucks, is expanding its facility in Lancaster. The expansion will add 100,000 sq. ft....

Construction industry added 228,000 jobs over the past year

Construction employment increased by 228,000 jobs over the past year despite a weather-related dip last month, according to an analysis of new government data...

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Long Beach Airport breaks ground on $37M concourse upgrade, creating 190 construction jobs

California Construction News staff writer Construction has started on a $37-million passenger concourse modernization project at Long Beach Airport, aimed at improving infrastructure ahead of...

Nibbi receives Notice to Proceed on St. Paul Terrace affordable housing project in Berkeley

California Construction News staff writer Nibbi has received Notice to Proceed on a new affordable housing community for St. Paul AME Berkeley, with Lowney Architecture...

Santa Rosa breaks ground on Hopper Avenue fire recovery corridor project

California Construction News staff writer The City of Santa Rosa broke ground April 14 on the Hopper Avenue Corridor Fire Recovery Improvements Project, beginning a...