Stertil-Koni - Tue October 18, 2022
Stertil-Koni, Culver City Partner to Give Fleet Upgrade
Culver City — the historic epicenter of film and TV production dating back to the 1920s and famously the home of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios — has recently updated the script on how it maintains its fleet of public vehicles with the modernization of its high-volume, vehicle maintenance facility....
Caltrans - Tue October 18, 2022
California Officials Break Ground On New 10,000-Mi., $3.8B Project
Construction began recently in rural San Diego County on the first leg of the 10,000-mi. broadband network aimed at bringing high-speed internet services to all Californians so they can access emergency information, telehealth services, education and employment....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 18, 2022
Crews Scale Mountainous Terrain to Complete Project
Powell Constructors Inc. began construction of the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $21.4 million North Sherwin Shoulders Project in April 2021 in mountainous terrain more than 7,000 ft....
Associated Press - Wed October 05, 2022
Texas Company to Repair Pipe From Massive Oil Spill
LOS ANGELES (AP) A Texas oil company was granted permission to repair an underwater pipeline that ruptured off the coast of Southern California a year ago, spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude and forced beaches and fisheries to close....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 05, 2022
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. Reconstructs Highway in Mojave Desert
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. (FSGC), along with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is nearing the completion of 50 mi. of new lanes in southern Inyo County via its Olancha-Cartago 4-Lane Project, a $134.8 million investment....
CEG - Wed September 21, 2022
Valew Quality Truck Bodies Achieves Baffling System Patent
Valew Quality Truck Bodies, the long-time manufacturer of Valew Water Trucks, recently was awarded a patent for its new baffling system and the production on the new system was introduced this year on both its 2,000-gal....
Business Wire - Tue September 20, 2022
California Awards Balfour Beatty $235M Worth of Projects
General contractor Balfour Beatty has been awarded multiple contracts totaling more than $235 million in value to construct essential K-12, correctional/justice and federal projects across California. The project awards on behalf of local Unified School Districts (USD), San Diego County and Marine Corps exemplifies Balfour Beatty's reputation for exceptional service and operational excellence, and the company's ongoing commitment and expertise in providing modern facilities that meet the growing needs of local communities throughout the state....
Associated Press - Tue September 20, 2022
California Adjusts Plans for 45-Mi. Underground Water Tunnel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry some of it through a single, 45-mi. underground tunnel, wrapping around the state's existing water delivery system and dumping it into the main aqueduct that flows south to vast swaths of farmland and millions of people....
Volvo - Tue September 20, 2022
Volvo LIGHTS Project Wraps Up in Southern California
Volvo Trucks North America announced the culmination of the Volvo LIGHTS project — a three-year project that brought together 14 public and private partners to design and implement a blueprint for the robust support ecosystem necessary to deploy battery-electric trucks and equipment at scale....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue September 20, 2022
Atkinson Moves Mountains On California Highway Project
Motorists understand that it can be aggravating — and even dangerous — being trapped behind a line of tractor trailers going in the same direction. Caltrans and crews from Atkinson Construction are removing some of the aggravation and adding safety to a stretch of State Route 46 in central California....
