Southern California Agencies Mount Massive Push for Water Reuse

Separate programs work collectively to reduce reliance on imported supply, including effort to manufacture water through innovative deep-ocean desalination.

JV picked for $3.5B California high-speed rail job

A Kiewit Stacey Witbeck Herzog team will construct the 119-mile section running partway between Bakersfield and Merced under a scaled back plan to get trains running by 2033.

Punch List: Shawmut names new Florida exec, Warfel turns 115

Plus DeWalt highlighted $200,000 in trade scholarships, a Tutor Perini subsidiary won a healthcare job in California and other construction news from the week

ENR West 2026 California Design Firm of the Year: BKF

BKF is ENR West's 2026 California Design Firm of the Year.

5 Factors That Affect General Liability Insurance Rates in Hawaii

Hawaii is one of the more expensive states in the country for general liability insurance, and general liability insurance Hawaii rates often run 20% or more above the national average, putting the state in the same bracket as New York and California. Some of that is unavoidable. Construction costs on the islands run nearly 19% […] The post 5 Factors That Affect General Liability Insurance Rates in Hawaii appeared first on Contractors Liability.

Undecided - How Solar Panels Can Help Solve California’s Drought 29112022

The simple genius of solar canals explained: The southwestern U.S. is in the throes of a “megadrought” so severe that they’ve broken the record — all 1,200 years of it. Researchers from the University of California have proposed a solution that could potentially address both the water and energy crises at the same time: covering irrigation canals with solar panels. But is this just another renewable energy gimmick, or does it hold a little more water?