Emily Buenzle - Tue August 15, 2017
Crane Topples on California House
A crane fell on a house in Campbell, Calif., while crews from San Jose-based King Crane, contracted by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), were replacing a power pole in a nearby backyard Aug....
Emily Buenzle - Tue August 15, 2017
Gas Tax to Support State-Funded Construction Projects
Caltrans is ready to hire a slew of workers to support $5 billion worth of road repairs. While California's gas tax increase, which is meant to bring in revenue for road repairs, won't go into effect until November, Caltrans has begun looking for more than 1,000 workers now, CBS reported....
Emily Buenzle - Tue August 15, 2017
Board of Consultants Concerned Over Oroville Dam Construction
Independent consultants have expressed concerns over reconstruction plans for the Oroville Dam's main spillway. Part of the spillway is scheduled for a temporary fix with roller compacted concrete (RCC), a material that isn't as strong as structural concrete, which will eventually be used to surface the spillway chute, Mercury News reported....
Emily Buenzle - Fri August 11, 2017
Construction Workers Post Snapchat Stories of Apple's New $5B Facility
Construction crews working on Apple's new campus have been posting photos and videos of the 2.8 million-sq.-ft. site on Snapchat. The footage provides a cobbled-together tour of Apple Park, the company's $5 billion, 175-acre spaceship-like campus in Cupertino, Calif., and features shots of construction work, interior tours, views of solar panels, and a look inside the bathrooms, Tech Crunch reported....
Ted Goldberg - Mon August 07, 2017
Shell Oil to Replace Miles of Problem Pipeline
Shell Oil Co. is replacing more than 12 miles of a pipeline that carries crude petroleum from Central Valley oil fields to Bay Area refineries after an investigation into two ruptures in eastern Alameda County in 2015 and 2016....
Elizabeth Harrington - Fri August 04, 2017
Border Wall Update: Feds to Begin Building Prototype
The Department of Homeland Security announced its plans to build a 15-mile prototype of the border wall in San Diego. The department issued a waiver from numerous environmental laws and regulations to build the wall with "robust physical characteristics" to prevent illegal immigration crossings in an area of "high illegal entry.""The Department is implementing President Trump's Executive Order 13767, Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, and continues to take steps to immediately plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border, using appropriate materials and technology to most effectively achieve complete operational control of the southern border," the department said in a statement Aug....
Thu August 03, 2017
2017 Construction Starts Reveal Mixed Pattern Across Top Metro Areas
During the first half of 2017, eight of the top ten metropolitan markets for commercial and multifamily construction starts ranked by dollar volume registered decreased activity compared to a year ago, according to Dodge Data & Analytics....
Wed August 02, 2017
After Fire, Massachusetts City Votes for Safer Building Codes
Waltham, Mass., city councilors voted unanimously July 31, to call on the state of Massachusetts to implement tighter restrictions on the size of wood-frame residential buildings after a massive ten-alarm fire destroyed a wooden apartment complex under construction in late July....
Ellen Knickmeyer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 02, 2017
DWR Approves $16B Water Tunnels, Assures Financiers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The main California agency promoting Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $16 billion water tunnels gave its expected approval to the project on July 21. The move by the Department of Water Resources, which is helping shepherd Brown's tunnels project over the regulatory and financial hurdles it must clear to break ground, endorsed the tunnels as a sound step environmentally....
Tue August 08, 2017
PIRTEK Continues Expansion, Opens Orange Location
PIRTEK OC opened in Orange, Calif., in mid-June, the seventh PIRTEK in California, as the company continues to add new locations across the United States. PIRTEK provides onsite hydraulic and industrial hose replacement sales and services to a number of different industries....
