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....
Fri July 21, 2017
AGC Releases Latest Construction Employment Numbers by Sate
Forty-one states added construction jobs between June 2016 and June 2017 amid continuing widespread demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May and June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released July 21....
Tue July 18, 2017
Construction Worker Rescues Baby From Kidnapper
Authorities canceled an Amber Alert July 17 after a kidnapped eight-month-old boy from Monterey County was rescued by a Good Samaritan in San Jose, Calif. several hours later. According to authorities, Emiliano Salinas was abducted from the town of Soledad, about 25 miles south of the City of Salinas, shortly after 4:47 a.m....
Janis L. Magin - Fri July 14, 2017
Honolulu Ranked 9th Among Cities With Construction Cranes in Operation
The number of cranes at construction sites around Honolulu has dropped to fewer than half of the number that had dotted the skyline at the peak of the current construction boom, pushing Honolulu down on the Rider Levett Bucknall North American Crane Index....
Thu July 13, 2017
Volvo LX1 Prototype Delivers Around 50% Fuel Efficiency Improvement
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) presented field test results for its LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader at a press event in California on July 12th. The company organized the event alongside its customer Waste Management, which carried out the field tests, CALSTART, which conducted emission tests on the machine, and the California Energy Commission, which helped fund the LX1 project....
