California

Wed August 02, 2017

I-405 Highway Project Aims to Tap $627M TIFIA Loan

The Orange County Transportation Authority expects to soon close on a $627 million federal infrastructure loan, after its board voted 16-0 June 26 to sign final loan documents to help pay for a major capacity expansion project in a 16-mi....

Wed August 02, 2017

AECOM to Acquire California's Shimmick Construction

AECOM, a fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and Shimmick Construction announced a definitive agreement for AECOM to acquire Shimmick, a heavy civil construction market company in the California and western United States....

Wed August 02, 2017

Gas-Tax Begins to Fund Road Work

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Californians will see construction start this month on the first state road repair projects resulting from the new gas tax hike, the state's transportation agency said Friday....

Chuck Harvey - Wed August 02, 2017

LA's New $2.66B Stadium to Debut in 2020

Work has kicked into full gear on a futuristic $2.66 billion football stadium that broke ground in Inglewood in mid-November 2016, but bogged down in mud during a wet Southern California winter. The new stadium will sit on a 298-acre site....

Tue August 01, 2017

NAWIC to Hold 62nd Annual Meeting and Education Conference in California

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) will hold its 62nd Annual Meeting and Education Conference (AMEC), Aug. 16-19, in Anaheim, Calif. at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. The NAWIC conference is made possible in large part to the generous support of the association's sponsors....

Tue August 01, 2017

Adobe Announces $90M Facility in Utah, Also Plans for California Expansion

Adobe is growing. Over the past two years, its global employee base has grown by more than 30 percent. This growth includes a successful transformation to a cloud-based business; expansion of the digital marketing category; and several acquisitions including advertising technology leader TubeMogul....

Hudson Sangree - Mon July 31, 2017

California Homebuilders Train High School Students for Construction Jobs

Sacramento homebuilders are trying to deal with a severe shortage of construction workers by training high school students in summer internships. They want the teens and their parents to consider the possibility that a construction career might be a good alternative to college, though that can require some convincing....

Fri July 28, 2017

Granite Construction Awarded $20 Million California Dam Project

Granite Construction Incorporated announced July 27 it has been awarded a $20 million contract by the South Feather Water & Power Agency for the Lost Creek Dam Crest Modification Project in Strawberry Valley, CA....

Ayana Byrd - Wed July 26, 2017

Update: Border Wall Construction Continues Without Environmental Impact Study

Though funding for the estimated $21.6 billion U.S.-Mexico wall has not yet been secured, the federal government continues to move forward with construction. In the latest development, the Trump Administration intends to invoke a 2005 anti-terror law to avoid conducting an environmental review of the impact the wall will have on a national wildlife refuge....

Mon July 24, 2017

Los Angeles Construction Project Unearths Mammoth Fossils

A subway construction project in Los Angeles is unearthing the prehistoric side of Southern California. Workers excavating the tunnels discovered fossils of ancient mammals that roamed the area about 11,000 years ago....