Mass Timber is the Future of Construction
Mass timber is a new category of wood product that can revolutionize how America builds. More and more developers are embracing mass...
BDN
- Sep 7
- 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 16
- 6 min
Unscrupulous Contractors Using Questionable Methods to Bid Infrastructure Jobs
With $550 billion in infrastructure money on the horizon, unscrupulous nonunion contractors appear to be using a variety of methods to...
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BDN
- Jul 12
- 4 min
Controversial Tactics Spotlight Allegedly Disreputable Developer
Last week, protestors unfurled a controversial banner and distributed flyers outside of Kadima Day School in West Hills. According to protes
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BDN
- Jun 23
- 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
- May 18
- 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
- Jan 25
- 4 min
California Leading the Way in Wage Fraud Prosecution
The battle to prosecute criminal contractors is ramping up nationwide and new indictments in California suggest the state is leading...
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BDN
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
Construction Unions May Hold the Upper Hand as "Strikesmas" Approaches
The dust has finally settled after what has been dubbed “the great resignation” in which, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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BDN
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
Caltrans Awards $267 Million Highway Project to Contractor with Lengthy Criminal Past
Caltrans has given a $267 Million contract to Fischer Sand and Gravel; a company with a sordid past.
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BDN
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
Hotel Construction Industry Riddled With Bad Practices and Even Corruption
Some of the biggest names in the hotel industry regularly benefit from contractors with questionable business practices.
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BDN
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
Complaints of Two-Legged "Rat" Infestation at Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa Cause Cancellations
BDN began an investigation into the Newport Beach Hotel and Spa after receiving messages that there were "Rats at the Marriott."
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BDN
- Aug 11, 2021
- 4 min
As the Cost of New Homes Skyrocket, Who's Really Paying the Price?
The price of new homes is at an all time high and buyers -- and the workers who are building the homes-- are footing the bill.
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BDN
- Aug 4, 2021
- 4 min
Despite PLA Benefits, ABC Embarks on Anti-PLA Campaign
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is launching a new campaign against Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) even as studies show their
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BDN
- May 29, 2021
- 2 min
Controversy at the Q: Mega Developer's Lux Apartments Beset With Problems
The Q Variel, the first of California Home Builders' planned San Fernando Valley mixed-use "Q" developments to begin leasing
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BDN
- Apr 5, 2021
- 2 min
Wermers and JPI Face Down Child Labor Accusations as Legal Troubles Loom
Ongoing demonstrations outside of the East Village San Diego work site of Wermers' new mixed-use Maker's Quarter project...
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BDN
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Will High Prices and Low Occupancy Doom The Q?
California Homebuilders may have overshot the mark with high priced The Q Variel apartments in Woodland Hills, CA.
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BDN
- Mar 14, 2021
- 2 min
Parody Site Digs Fun at San Diego's Problem Plagued, High-End, Pinnacle On the Park Apartments
An influencer with a bone to pick has come up with an interesting way to highlight some of the problems that plague the Pinnacle Apartments
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BDN
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Kearny Mesa Construction Fatality: Wermers Multi-Family Cover Up?
During the holidays, a worker lost his life on the Ariva apartments construction site in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego.
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BDN
- Mar 6, 2021
- 1 min
Facelift of Union Bank Plaza Continues While Careful to Respect Buildings' History
Recently, the Union Bank Plaza became the first Downtown Los Angeles skyscraper to earn the designation of Historic-Cultural Monument
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