The city of Lancaster in southwest California has announced plans to use AI to streamline building permits in an effort to reduce planning bottlenecks while fast-tracking approvals, becoming one of…

Despite President Trump’s action to cut billions in federal funding for the California High-Speed Rail project, a new poll finds that 62% of registered voters in the state – and…

Cyclists and pedestrians can now cross a busy road without risking life and limb in San Ramon, California thanks to a $21.6m bridge designed by Danish consulting engineer Cowi. Opened…

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is suing the Trump administration over what it called the administration’s “illegal termination” of around $4bn in federal grants awarded during the Biden administration…

California yesterday announced an expansion of its programme to release public land for housing development. The office of Governor Gavin Newsom also launched a web portal to make it easier…

US Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy yesterday ordered the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate whether $4bn pledged by the Biden administration for the California High-Speed Rail project should…

Skanska has announced the substantial completion of the $19.8m Essex Road Bridge replacement project in San Bernardino County, California for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Starting in May 2023,…

Californian contractor Granite has signed an $88m contract with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to expand a section of the Ortega Highway State Route 74 near to Lake Elsinore.…

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order intended to speed up reconstruction and reduce price gouging once the Californian wildfires are extinguished. The order will suspend aspects of…

As southern California braces for worsening wind conditions amid ongoing wildfire devastation, the estimated value of the total damage and economic loss has risen to between $250bn and $275bn, forecaster…

As wildfires rage in desiccated southern California around Los Angeles, the state is looking to hire a construction manager at-risk (CMAR) for a $3bn project to build a large reservoir…

California has published its plan to create a fully interconnected mass transit network by 2050. As well as improving mobility throughout the state, the plan aims to create 900,000 jobs…

California will start work next month on a new port of entry at its border with Mexico, Governor Gavin Newsom said yesterday.

A joint venture of Jacobs and McCarthy has won a $160m contract to improve groundwater desalination capacity in southern California, where over-extraction of groundwater in the first half of the…

Dawn Lowers-Davis is President and CEO of Lowers Welding & Fabrication, a family firm founded in 1973 in Santa Fe Springs, California. Construction is part of who I am. My…

North America’s first hydrogen-powered, zero-emission passenger train has been unveiled in San Bernardino, California.

Ground has been broken on a $3.7bn hospital extension at UC Davis Health in Sacramento, California. The 14-storey, 70m-high building was designed by SmithGroup and is being built by McCarthy…

A consortium containing US companies Tutor Perini and Parsons have been selected for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of a 2.6km automated people mover for Inglewood in southwest…