Capitol Annex Project breaks California lawmakers’ own rules
At the very center of state government, you’ll find a hole in the ground demonstrating that the people who make California laws can’t live by them. That hole is, for …
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How Mt. Diablo embraced safety and made history – The Mercury News
WALNUT CREEK — There’s an inherent peril looming behind the estimated 150,000 cyclists who make the climb up Mount Diablo’s steep 3,849-feet summit each year: motorists speeding past them along …
$16M restoration of historic structure begins
The winds howled and the waves crashed 100 feet below as J.P. Pelletier, a burly union ironworker from Buffalo, New York, inched his way out onto dizzying scaffolding near the …
Construction costs intensify California’s housing shortage
It’s not hyperbole to declare that California’s most serious economic, social and political issue is its chronic shortage of housing, particularly for families in the lower income brackets. As the …
Sudbury’s Stobie Mine getting new life above ground
What’s old is new. Vale Base Metals announced Wednesday it will start operations at an open-pit mine at the site of the old Stobie Mine in Greater Sudbury. The $205 …
Residents set to start moving into new Queensland city Waraba, west of Caboolture, in 2025
What currently resembles a bog will one day be home to almost 70,000 people. The foundations of Waraba, a new city west of Caboolture in southeast Queensland, are being laid …
School district’s $50 million energy contract lacks savings guarantees, verified data
CONCORD — When Mt. Diablo Unified School District staff first presented a plan that promised quick-build, money-saving retrofits in the fall of 2021, trustees of the cash-strapped district got on board …
Roadway improvements near the Port of Redwood City to ease traffic congestion
A regional transportation board has approved nearly $28 million to help reduce traffic congestion at the Highway 101 and Highway 84 interchange near the Port of Redwood City, a deep-water …
Luxury hotel with restaurant by Michelin-star chef to come to Morgan Hill after council approves tax rebate deal – The Mercury News
Morgan Hill City Council on Wednesday narrowly approved a deal to bring a 4-star luxury hotel and restaurant into the heart of its downtown, but not without some pushback. Though …
Buildings will always get built. AI and new tech are changing how
EDWARDS, Ill. (NewsNation) — Many may see construction as a muddy boots profession, but as the industry faces an ongoing and chronic worker shortage, artificial intelligence and other technology are changing …