homes4families

Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa ClaraValleys becomes Homes 4 Families

Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys has become one with its sister organization Homes 4 Families, board chairman Hunt Braly and president and CEO...
Calexico border

DHS gives go-ahead to Calexico border wall stretch: Contract award expected in November

The Trump administration has waived environmental laws and other reviews to replace a small stretch of border wall in Calexico, the second time it...

C.W. Driver starts work on new Cadence Park School in Irving

The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) recently broke ground on Cadence Park School, which will serve students from developing neighborhoods around the Orange County...
damsafety.org

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...
stop recall newman

AGC-CA and industry supporters collect more than $300,000 to fight against Sen. Newman recall...

Construction industry organizations have raised more than $300,000 to support Sen. Josh Newman, who faces a recall election after voting in support for SB1,...
ERPI

Clovis to see state’s largest zero net energy (ZNE) single family home community

The largest zero net energy (ZNE) community of single family homes in California will serve as a multi-year living laboratory when Electric Power Research...

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...

Inglewood agreement proponents seek special CEQA break to allow the development to proceed

Los Angeles Clippers supporters are seeking legislative to give the proposed arena project a signficant break under the state's primary environmental law governing development,...
agca employment

Construction employment booms 20 percent in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area

California's Inland Empire and Bloomington, IL have experienced the largest metro-area year-over-year employment gains in June, according to an analysis of federal employment data...

Projects and opportunities

Final steel beam placed on SDSU Life Sciences building in topping-out ceremony

California Construction News staff writer Construction of San Diego State University’s new Life Sciences building reached a key milestone Tuesday, April 28, as crews lifted...

Glendale Hyperion Bridge project breaks ground after two decades of planning

California Construction News staff writer Los Angeles marked a major milestone last week with the groundbreaking of the $208 million Glendale Hyperion Bridge Improvement Project,...

Los Angeles to issue RFI May 7 for expanded “Small Lots, Big Impacts” missing...

California Construction News staff writer Los Angeles is broadening its effort to increase starter-home supply with a new phase of the “Small Lots, Big Impacts”...