CEG - Tue November 20, 2018
Sukut Construction Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Style
Sukut Construction celebrated its 50th Anniversary Nov. 1 at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif., inside Hangar 224. Clients, vendors, government officials, friends and retired Sukut employees joined current employees to celebrate the milestone....
ARTBA - Wed November 07, 2018
Statement From ARTBA President & CEO About California Voter Rejection of Prop. 6
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Acting President & CEO William D. Toohey, Jr., released the following statement regarding California voter rejection of Proposition 6....
Chuck Harvey - Wed October 24, 2018
Crews Upgrade Aging Tunnel in Laguna Beach
Crews continue working on an $80 million project to enlarge and stabilize a 2-mi., 62-year-old tunnel containing a new 24-in. sewer pipeline in Laguna Beach, Calif. Workers are enlarging the tunnel that runs from Three Arch Bay to Aliso Beach from an average diameter of 6 ft....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed October 24, 2018
Integrity Makes Sukut Construction Fixture for 50 Years
Hard work and integrity are key ingredients to making any business successful. Breathing life into a new company is always difficult, but growing and sustaining a business for five decades, while evolving it into a multi-million-dollar operation, is extraordinary....
ARTBA - Wed October 24, 2018
Reports Highlight SB 1 Transportation Investment Boost
A series of six new reports find that an April 2017 California law will generate between $9.7 billion and $34.5 billion in economic activity and user benefits in California's major regions over the next decade....
Governor of California - Wed October 24, 2018
Brown Signs Bills to Block Offshore Drilling Expansion
On Sept. 8 Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed legislation — SB 834 by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) and AB 1775 by Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) — to block new federal offshore oil drilling along California's coast, and announced the state's opposition to the federal government's plan to expand oil drilling on public lands in California....
Emily Buenzle - Tue October 23, 2018
Elon Musk Announces Unveiling of Loop Tunnel
Elon Musk's Boring Company will be one step closer to a working loop system, come December. According to a tweet from Musk, the company plans to unveil a portion of one of its tunnels beneath Los Angeles on Dec....
Associated Press - Fri October 05, 2018
Study Looks at San Francisco Quake Vulnerability
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As two of the city's most vaunted buildings sink or crack, an earthquake study released Oct. 4, recommended re-inspecting dozens of high-rises and beefing up construction codes for the growing crop of skyscrapers in the booming city....
Emily Buenzle - Wed September 26, 2018
UPDATE: San Francisco Transit Center Closes After Crews Find Cracked Steel Beam
San Francisco's new Transbay Transit Center was shut down Sept. 25 after the discovery of a cracked steel beam. Workers found the issue while they were installing ceiling panels on a bus platform located on the facility's third floor, and became worried that the beam could fail, the San Francisco Chronicle reported....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed September 26, 2018
$1B Chase Center Tops Out
On Sept. 14, the Golden State Warriors, Chase Center and Mortensen/Clark Joint Venture held a topping out ceremony as the last piece of steel was lifted into place at the arena. The Chase Center is on track to open for the 2019-20 NBA season in San Francisco's Mission Bay Neighborhood....
