highways.dot. gov - Tue January 23, 2024
California to Receive $8M for New Improvements Along U.S. 101
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $110 million in grants for 19 wildlife crossing projects in 17 states, including four Indian Tribes. The funding is made possible by a new program in President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and can support projects that construct wildlife crossings over and below busy roads, add fencing, acquire tracking and mapping tools, and more....
AGC of California - Tue January 23, 2024
AGC of California Will Hand Out Hardware at Its 2024 Awards Gala
The 2024 Installation & Awards Gala, presented by Procore, will be held on Feb. 2, 2024, at the Fairmont San Francisco. This black-tie event celebrates the construction industry's achievements over the past year at an elegant awards ceremony and installation of AGC of California's leadership....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 23, 2024
California's Freeway Enhancement Project Gives I-605 Needed Facelift
Construction on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $298 million I-605 Freeway Enhancement Project began in late October last year, with a joint-venture of C.A. Rasmussen Inc. and FDB Vanguard Construction Inc....
LiuGong North America - Mon January 22, 2024
Hamre Equipment Joins LiuGong North America Dealer Network
LiuGong North America welcomed Hamre Equipment to its dealer network. The Chico, Calif.-based company has expanded from material handling equipment (MHE) into construction equipment (CE) since being founded in the late 1980s and has established a foothold in the region....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 10, 2024
Multiple Contractors Answer Call to Stabilize Slopes
Emergency work operations are proceeding at a breakneck speed to conduct repairs on approximately 32 mi. of State Route 33 (SR 33) in Ventura County, Calif., due to relentless winter storms in late in 2023 that have caused excessive damage to a substantial portion of the highway....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 27, 2023
Peterson-Chase Provides New Surface On LA Highway
Peterson-Chase General Engineering Construction Inc. crews started work on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $33 million Interstate 5 Pavement Preservation Project in Los Angeles County on Nov....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 12, 2023
OC 405 Partners Completes $2B Improvement Project
The efforts of OC 405 Partners — a joint-venture of OHLA USA and Astaldi Construction Corporation — led to the completion of the Orange County Transportation Authority's (OCTA) $2.16 billion, I-405 Improvement Project, which had two new regular lanes (one in each direction) and the 405 Express Lanes (two lanes in each direction) open to the public on Dec....
DZYNE - Tue December 12, 2023
DZYNE Announces New Manufacturing Facility in Irvine, California
DZYNE Technologies, a provider of advanced uncrewed autonomous systems (UAS) for defense applications, recently announced the development of a new 125,000 sq. ft. facility in Irvine, Calif. The new facility will house DZYNE's growing team of engineers, researchers and manufacturing personnel and will provide the company with the space and resources it needs to continue developing cutting-edge autonomous defense solutions for U.S....
Komatsu - Mon December 04, 2023
Gee Heavy Machinery Now Komatsu's Construction Distributor in Northern California
Komatsu and Gee Heavy Machinery LLC announced that Gee is now the authorized distributor of Komatsu construction products in Northern California, effective Dec. 1, 2023. Gee has assumed the operations of the previous distributor, Core Machinery (f/k/a Road Machinery LLC), in four locations: west Sacramento, Fresno, Redding and Santa Rosa....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 29, 2023
Swift Action Reopens I-10 in Los Angeles After Fire
Construction crews mobilized quickly in response to a section of the I-10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles that suffered a massive blaze on Nov. 11 beneath an elevated section of the roadway at a 40,000-sq.-ft....
