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....
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....
