Friday, March 29, 2024

Disney cancels plans to build $1-billion development in Florida and will remain in California

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California Construction News staff writer The Walt Disney Company has cancelled a $1 billion office complex that was scheduled for construction in Orlando, Florida. Instead,...

Hospitals question earthquake construction standards

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Despite being built with earthquakes in mind, recent tremors left their mark on Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. The CEO of the healthcare facility, Jim Suver, issued...
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Hill International to provide construction support services for LA Metro’s I-5 improvement project in...

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Hill International says it has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and awarded a contract...
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$291 million LA downtown streetcar planning moves forward with funding plan

Los Angeles City Council has approved a funding plan to build a $291 million streetcar line for the city's downtown area. The proposed project would...
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Los Angeles County approves massive housing development in fire-prone mountains

The conflict between the need for more housing in California and the danger of building in fire-prone mountains was decided in favor of homes...

Work begins on $400 million groundwater remediation projects

Two multi-year projects to remediate water from the 226-square-mile San Fernando Valley Groundwater Basin for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are...
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PCL Construction promotes first female executive to vice-president

PCL Construction Services, Inc. recently named Cathy Orquiola as vice-president and district manager of the company’s California Buildings division where she will oversee all...
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“Top national homebuilder” to develop 199-acre Bakersfield site: Walton

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Walton, an investment, land asset management and administration company based in Scottsdale, AZ, says it has acquired an 199 acre development site in Bakersfield. The...

New affordable housing opens in Santa Monica

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California Construction News staff writer A building with 37 newly constructed, 100% affordable apartments opened in December in the heart of Santa Monica. Site amenities...

Construction to begin on $1B project in Los Angeles

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Related Companies has broken ground on a mixed-use development project in downtown Los Angeles. The company secured a $630-million construction loan for the development dubbed...

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Six construction workers presumed dead after Baltimore bridge collapse

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California Construction News staff writer The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after being struck by a container ship...

$1.6 billion America’s Green Gateway project to kick off construction this summer in Long...

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California Construction News staff writer Port of Long Beach is planning to break ground this summer on the first segment of the $1.6 billion Pier...

Santa Clara VTA awards $437-million contract for light rail extension

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California Construction News staff writer The Eastridge to BART Regional Connector light rail extension is on its way to construction, after the board of the...