Concrete Framing for Weingart Center Supportive Housing Goes Skyward
Concrete framing is taking shape at the new supportive housing complex at 555 S. Crocker Street in downtown Los Angeles. Once complete,...
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BDN
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
Village Partners Chooses Unscrupulous Contractor for High Profile āThe Village at Montclairā
California developer, Village Partners, is being called out for partnering with Johnstone Moyer- a general contractor plagued with a...
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BDN
- Nov 4, 2022
- 1 min
Realtors Assoc. Apologizes for Racist Housing Policies
The California Association of Realtors has apologized for supporting housing policies that previously sowed racial segregation in the...
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BDN
- Oct 5, 2022
- 1 min
Affordable Housing Bills Could Yield 150,000 Construction Jobs
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills aimed at alleviating California's dearth of affordable housing- a move that is expected...
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BDN
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
Southern Nevada Trades High School Opening Fall 2023
In less than a year, the new Southern Nevada Trades High School (SNTHS) will open its doors to incoming ninth and tenth graders. A vote...
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BDN
- Sep 8, 2022
- 1 min
Weingart Center's New Supportive Housing Development Reaches for the Skies
Following 12 months of digging, vertical construction is about to begin on the non-profit's 19-story residential tower at 6th and San...
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BDN
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
SD Union Members Stage Protest Against MODO Building Systems
BDN was tipped off last month to a demonstration at a job site in San Diego against Modo Building Systems. The tip was from a neighbor of...
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BDN
- Aug 9, 2022
- 3 min
San Diego Mayor Wants to Add Another Tool in City's War on Wage Theft
Mayor Todd Gloria has put forth a new proposal aimed at battling wage theft in San Diego. Unions have been calling for more oversight to...
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BDN
- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
Bureau of Land Management Grants Go Ahead to Oberon Solar Project
Project will create 750 union construction jobs and produce enough solar energy to power 142,000 homes. As part of the Biden-Harris...
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BDN
- Jul 16, 2022
- 1 min
Nationwide Rental Landlord Regularly Used Unpermitted Contractors for Shoddy Construction Repairs
One of the nation's biggest rental landlords, Invitation Homes, has a track record of using contractors lacking proper permits and who...
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BDN
- Jul 8, 2022
- 3 min
Report Cites Union Membership as Equalizer for Workers of Color
A new report by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and the House Committee on Education and Labor highlights union...
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BDN
- Jun 23, 2022
- 2 min
Union Carpenters Descend on Sacramento in Support of AB 2011
BDN was there on Tuesday as over 100 union carpenters from across California rallied outside of the capital building in Sacramento to...
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BDN
- Jun 3, 2022
- 1 min
State Bill Could Mandate Warehouses Over 100K SF to be 1000 Ft from Residences
AB-2840, a recently passed California state bill, could require that new warehouses over 100,000 square feet be further than 1000 ft
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BDN
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
White House Points Up $13.4B in IIJA Money for Tribal Infrastructure
The Biden administration has outlined the allocation of over $1.3 billion for tribal infrastructure as part of the Infrastructure...
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BDN
- May 21, 2022
- 1 min
$997 Million Settlement for Victims of Surfside Condo Collapse
A settlement has been reached for families of victims in last years tragedy in Surfside, Fla that took the lives of 98 residents of the...
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BDN
- May 19, 2022
- 1 min
Subcontractor Transparency Ordinance Coming to San Diego
Last week, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of two ordinances requiring contractors provide more information on...
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BDN
- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
Colorado Contractor ICI Accused of Exploiting H-2B Visa Program
Interior Contractors Incorporated (ICI), under investigation by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) for unscrupulous...
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BDN
- May 17, 2022
- 1 min
Almost $800K in Back Wages Recovered After Department of Labor Investigation
Deen Electrical Contractors paid 11 electricians at lower rates as laborers. A federal investigation of a Jersey City electrical...
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BDN
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
60% of Unhoused Angelenos Could Have Shelter Beds Under Settlement Agreement
The City of Los Angeles has reached a legal agreement that will potentially provide thousands of shelter beds over the next five years...
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BDN
- Apr 5, 2022
- 1 min
Steel Container Apartments for Homeless Ready for Move In
The Hope on Alvarado apartment building is ready for residents transitioning out of homelessness. The building is five stories high, has...
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