SAN JOSE, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority has been recognized by the American Planning Association’s California – Northern Section with the 2023 Excellence Award for Advancing Diversity and Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff, an urban planner who pioneered inclusionary zoning. The recognition is for high-speed rail’s San Jose to Merced Project […]
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Inflation, added scope of work and the need for additional contingency funds have added just over $2 billion to the price of an ongoing high-speed rail line project in California, according to the agency that oversees it, and questions remain over funding for future planned segments. More:
Funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is finally making it to projects, according to the CEOs of several major public construction companies. Additional federal money from the Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act is also boosting the civil construction outlook, they said. More
Billions of dollars are needed to fully repair, maintain and renovate academic buildings and facilities across the 23 campuses in the California State University system, according to a legislative report. But that is money that the system, and the state, don’t have readily available. Meanwhile, some students have complained about unbearable heat waves in classrooms […]
Skanska’s Western Region is hosting its first Construction Management Building Blocks (CMBB) training program for small construction businesses and is now accepting applications for the free 10-week course, which starts March 7, 2023. Organizing the course to include the entire western region will give participants “access to the pool of personnel that we have across […]
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has released its autumn construction update. Highlights include recent milestones, such as the completion of three high-speed rail grade separations. The video also includes new drone footage and updates across all Central Valley high-speed rail construction packages. Since the start of construction, the California high-speed rail project has created nearly […]
During the second annual Construction Inclusion Week, Oct. 17-21, contractors across the country were united in their efforts to stamp out hate and racism on jobsites. A total of 2,345 companies participated in the event, nearly double the amount of firms that took part in the inaugural CIW last year. During the week, Construction Dive ran a […]
Future riders of California’s planned high-speed rail system won’t be boarding the trains until the end of this decade. But planning is already underway for the first passenger stations for the initial operating route through the San Joaquin Valley. The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s board unanimously awarded a $35.3 million, 30-month contract for preliminary site […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors today certified the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIR/EIS) and approved the approximately 43-mile project for the San Francisco to San Jose section. This action completes the environmental clearance for high-speed rail in Northern California and extends environmental clearance to […]
Contractors’ safest bet remains federally funded work, while private jobs could dry up during a recession, experts say. Whether a recession hits the economy in the near term remains under debate, but industry experts suggest now is the time for construction firms to prepare to weather a slowdown. Learn more:
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