San Francisco to speed up affordable housing construction
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced what are described as new process improvements to speed up the approval of affordable housing.
The improvements are...
Oceanwide Holdings pauses construction on ‘troubled’ $1.6 billion San Francisco project: SF Business Times
Beijing-based Oceanwide Holdings has temporarily paused construction of its troubled $1.6 billion Oceanwide Center project in downtown San Francisco as a result of the...
Skanska invests $65 million in first LA development with four-story Beverley Hills project
Skanska says it plans to develop and build a four-story, 4,270 sq. m. office building with roof top terrace and four below grade parking...
Brightline to start construction work on $8 billion high-speed California-Las Vegas rail line within...
Brightline has released a construction schedule for its $8 billion Las Vegas – southern California high-speed Brightline West line. Work will start later this...
Preservationists seek court order to stall demolition of “brutalist” 1973 San Jose building, possibly...
A preservationist group has gone to court to undo the city of San Jose’s approval of a vast redevelopment of a key block in...
Autonomous equipment pilot scheduled at South San Francisco construction site
Developers plan to create an autonomous construction site pilot project in South San Francisco within weeks.
ZD Net reports that the initiative involves Safe AI...
C.W. Driver starts work on $55 million San Diego elementary school
C.W. Driver Cos. has started construction of a $55 million San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) elementary school at 7900 Civita Blvd. in Mission...
Metrolink awards $50 million task order contract to five engineering firms
The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) has awarded a $50 million task-order contract to HDR Engineering Inc., AECOM Technical Services Inc., RailPros, Hill...
Despite national pull-back, two of nation’s largest construction projects to start in September were...
While construction starts declined significantly in September, two of the largest projects to get under-way last month were in California, Dodge Data & Analytics...
Granite selected for $257 million State Route 99 rehabilitation project in Fresno
Granite says it has been selected by California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) as the construction manager/general contractor for the $257 million State Route 99...
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Construction started on LA Rams practice facility
California Construction News staff writer
Construction is now underway on the Los Angeles Rams new training facility.
Late last year the Rams announced a plan to...
Revision of San Diego’s FY 2025 budget focused on housing
California Construction News staff writer
San Diego's mayor has revised his Fiscal Year 2025 budget to focus on building more housing, repairing key infrastructure such...
Caltrain electrification project reaches substantial completion
California Construction News staff writer
Balfour Beatty has achieved substantial completion on the Caltrain Electrification project, transitioning diesel trains and infrastructure to an electrified system....
