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Brightline West - Wed May 01, 2024
Brightline Breaks Ground On $3B Vegas-to-California Rail
Brightline West officially broke ground on the high-speed rail system which will connect Las Vegas to Southern California. The 218-mi. system will be constructed in the middle of the I-15 and is based on Brightline's vision to connect city pairs that are too short to fly and too far to drive....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 01, 2024
Two Firms Give Burned Highway New Life
A severe blaze beneath a section of the I-10 in downtown Los Angeles late last year closed one of the city's busiest highways for several days, but herculean efforts by two general contractors and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) engineering and emergency teams allowed the road to reopen weeks in advance of a much longer anticipated delay....
Liebherr - Mon April 29, 2024
Lifting Off in Los Angeles With Liebherr Cranes
Simulating a real-life launch position, Bragg Companies utilized multiple Liebherr cranes to stack all flight certified components of the 20-story Endeavour space shuttle at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center within the California Science Center....
Business Wire - Tue April 16, 2024
New $140M Biogas Facility for SacSewer Coming to Sacramento
Ameresco Inc., a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, recently announced it entered a nearly $140 million contract to develop and construct an advanced technology biogas cogeneration facility for the Sacramento Area Sewer District located at the EchoWater Resource Recovery Facility (EchoWater Facility) near Elk Grove, Calif....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 16, 2024
C.A. Rasmussen Commences Paving, Guardrail Project
C.A. Rasmussen Inc. started work on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $59.5 million Topanga Canyon Boulevard Pavement Project, which covers more than 18 mi. on State Route 27 (SR 27) from the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu to Devonshire Street in Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles County)....
CEG - Tue April 16, 2024
Valew Quality Truck Bodies Unveils New Electric Trucks
Valew Quality Truck Bodies, in partnership with Velocity Truck Centers in Whittier, Calif., recently hosted an open house to unveil the latest lineup of electric work trucks. This event showcased EV vehicles manufactured by Rizon, a Daimler Truck brand dedicated to pioneering zero-emission commercial vehicles, signaling a major shift in the commercial vehicle landscape in the state of California....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 16, 2024
Caltrans, Crews Working to Repair Highway Landslides
A landslide on Highway 1 (The Pacific Coast Highway) led to an approximately 7-ft. section of the outer lane sliding down the hillside and the indefinite closure of the famed highway in Big Sur for 40 mi., which leaves only one functional lane open based on convoys overseen by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and law enforcement authorities to ensure a safe passage for motorists....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 03, 2024
R&R Demo and Grading Corp. to Build Wall to Stabilize Highway
A landslide that began in late February along a section of State Route 150 (SR 150) in Ventura County, Calif., has closed an entire section of the two-lane highway — approximately 150 ft. — due to a series of atmospheric river storms that have hit California....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue March 19, 2024
Caltrans Engineer Urges Women to Enter Construction
More and more women are entering the ranks of the construction industry — including heavy civil construction — and in honor of International Women's Day that was celebrated on March 8, Janelle Clanton, a transportation engineer with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 11 that covers San Diego and Imperial Valley counties, sat down for a Q&A discussion....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue March 19, 2024
Griffith Company Tends to San Diego County Bridges
The California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $27.7 million I-8 Pavement and Bridge Rehabilitation Improvement Project in San Diego County — from El Cajon Boulevard to Marshall Avenue — began in November 2022 when crews from the Griffith Company broke ground at the 125/94 connector to execute the work....
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