When an Interstate 95 overpass collapsed in Philadelphia in June, Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, responded with a master class in executive leadership. Slashing through thousands of pages of red tape with a stroke of his pen, Shapiro focused solely on rebuilding as fast as possible and refused to let interest group politics or bureaucratic … Read more
Apprentices in the building and construction industry will receive payments of $1000 following training milestones, the WA government announced on Sunday. It’s hoped that the cash boost will encourage burgeoning tradies to complete their apprenticeships and bolster the workforce, and ramp up the construction of new housing builds across the state. The $1000 Apprenticeship Support … Read more
This summer, developer Andy Ball expects to finish construction on a 19-story tower in downtown Oakland. If he had it his way, he’d also be breaking ground on two other buildings nearby — a 27-story apartment complex just next door and a mid-rise on Piedmont Avenue. But as it happens, this project could be his … Read more
Following two years of steady growth, housing construction across the Bay Area dipped in 2023, as developers reckoned with the increased costs of borrowing, labor and building materials. Permits in the five-county Bay Area were down last year, dropping 10% to 16,535 from 18,457 the year prior, according to data from California’s housing department. Here … Read more
Farm and construction equipment manufacturer Escorts Kubota Ltd plans to invest up to Rs 4,500 crore over the next three to four years to set up a new manufacturing plant, according to its whole-time director and CFO Bharat Madan. The company is currently in talks with the Rajasthan government for a site at Ghiloth, where … Read more
SAN MATEO — Three men were arrested on suspicion of defrauding elder adults through a fake roofing business selling unnecessary services that they never completed, San Mateo police said Thursday. The three suspects conducted their work under the name of a fake contracting business called Statewide Roofing and Siding, according to a press release from the … Read more
The Bay Area and California both added jobs in April, but the gains were puny and sketch a picture of an ominously feeble employment market statewide and in this region, a new report shows. The April employment upswing in the Bay Area was led almost single-handedly by the East Bay, which posted healthy gains. The … Read more
Construction company Main Facilities has gone bust after over a decade reshaping the state. The state government contractor which worked on commercial projects across the education, justice, and health sectors entered administration last Wednesday. Vanguard Insolvency Australia liquidator Mohammad Najjar was appointed as the administrator to oversee the future of the company, according to ASIC. … Read more
CONCORD — The ink is drying on the sign-off of the latest vision for the long-anticipated development at the former Concord Naval Weapons Station — a billion-dollar project projected to require five phases of development spread over 40 years. Hoping that the third time’s the charm to meld the community’s expectations with a transformation that financially … Read more
Sunnyvale is getting financial assistance from the federal government to rebuild a local fire station in need of modernization. The city was recently awarded $1 million from the House Appropriations Committee to rebuild Fire Station 2, which houses a regionally recognized fire training facility. It is one of 15 community projects for which U.S. Rep. Ro … Read more