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Construction Ramps Up Ahead of Vegas F1
Several major entertainment projects are set to conclude in Las Vegas this Fall in the lead up to November's highly anticipated Formula 1...
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Planning Stage for $600M Mesa, AZ Google Data Center
Google is set to construct a $600 million data center facility in Mesa, Arizona, as outlined in a company press release. This new Mesa...
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Sea-Tac Names Hensel Phelps as GC/GM for $1.5B Concourse Improvement
The $1.5 Billion South Concourse Evolution project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is moving forward with Hensel Phelps...
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Athletics Pick Mortenson-McCarthy for Construction of $1.5 Billion Las Vegas Ballpark
A Mortenson-McCarthy partnership has been chosen by the Oakland Athletics to manage the construction of their proposed $1.5 billion...
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First Buildings Rise at West Harbor Complex in San Pedro
Eight months in and the first structures are taking shape at the West Harbor complex in San Pedro. The Ratkovich Company and Jerico...
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AECOM Selected to Manage $1.5 Billion Renovation of Sea-Tac Airport Concourse.
Led by AECOM, ongoing construction projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport continue to progress, with a focus on upgrading...
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Crenshaw Boulevard Adjacent Pocket Park Gets Makeover
Just east of Crenshaw Boulevard, a revitalization project is underway to transform a community green space into a hub for local...
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$1B California Great Parks Project Finally Begins After 20 Years
The $1 billion Great Park project in Orange County, California, will convert a former military base into one of the largest municipal...
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City Council Gives Go Ahead for L.A. "Park Block" Pilot Program
Barcelona's lauded "superblocks" program, which redirected traffic and has created open spaces for pedestrians and cyclists since 2016,...
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Phase Two Of San Pedro Waterfront Promenade Commences
On July 18, the Port of Los Angeles began construction on the second half of a new waterfront promenade in San Pedro. The initial phase,...
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Mortenson Goes Zero Carbon with $74M Washington State Engineering Building
Mortenson Construction has broken ground on a new four-story eco-friendly engineering building in Bellingham, Washington. The Kaiser...
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New Plans For DTLA and Hollywood Voted in by L.A. City Council
The Los Angeles City Council voted on May 3rd to adopt updated zoning and land use rules for the Downtown and Hollywood neighborhoods,...
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$1.3 Billion Med Campus/ First Ever All Electric Hospital Under Construction in Irvine
UCI Health is building a $1.3 billion medical campus in Irvine, which will include an all-electric 144-bed hospital, an emergency...
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A Year Into Heavy Construction, LAX/Metro Transit Center Takes Shape
The massive LAX/Metro Transit Center station is rapidly taking shape at the intersection of Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street in...
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IBEW Last to Sign Labor Deal Involving Brightline West High Speed Rail
The IBEW has joined a coalition of labor unions to sign an agreement to build and run what is billed as the first truly high-speed...
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Eco-Friendly Construction in Utah as First Large-Scale Mass-Timber Building Takes Shape
An office building under construction in Draper, Utah is the State's first experience with large-scale, mass-timber construction, and may...
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Prominent Developer, Sage Equities, Allows Cited Cheating Contractor on New Bakersfield Development
918 East Chester, a mixed-use development in Bakersfield California, is under fire from labor activists for using alleged criminal...
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Backlog of Cases as Cal/OSHA Struggles With Staff Shortages
A dearth of inspectors has left California workers without necessary protections and resulted in cases left open for excessively long...
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Federal Auction of Wind Power Sites Nets $757 Million
A first ever lease auction of floating wind power sites off the Pacific coast ended last Wednesday with bids totaling $757 million. The...
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President Biden's Statement on House of Representative's Passage of Rail Agreement
I am grateful to Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats and Republicans for taking urgent action to prevent a rail shutdown. This overwhelming...
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