How to Become a Licensed California Electrical Contractor

To become a licensed electrician in California, you need to obtain a C-10 Electrical Contractor license. The license is required in order to bid on any projects worth $500 or more. The California Contracts State License Board is in charge of...

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Construction Commitments: California

  From Sacramento comes the news that the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has committed $700 million for improvements to transportation infrastructure across the state. Contractors are gearing up their bids as states and localities across the country dig into long...

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Modular Building: California Schools

  Like other states across the country, California is leveraging federal and state dollars for game changing new approaches to building schools. The demand to let fresh air, nature, light, and color in, is adding to the squeeze on materials,...

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California’s Speed Line?

With operation from San Francisco to Los Angeles slated to begin in just over 10 years, the country’s first high speed, long-distance rail line currently involves active construction at 35 sites in California’s Central Valley. The ultimate goal? Bullet trains...

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California’s Water: $5.1 Billion?

Drought conditions necessitate attention to the every aspect of the water system in California. State leadership is proposing a $5.1 billion response effort to improve the infrastructure for drinking water, wastewater, ground water and water recycling.  Infrastructure for Drought Mitigation...

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Tax Credit Available To Contractors: Why Not Try?

Contractors: it’s worth pausing to see if you qualify for a federal research and development tax credit. You may already be doing the work! Underutilized Credit The federal government provides a general business credit of between 6%-12% of qualifying research...

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Rebar Free Design Allows Contractor to Top Out Building in 10 Months

Using a composite steel frame that is rebar free, The Erection Co., finished topping out its 850 square foot Rainier Square Tower in Seattle, Washington in just ten months. The building is scheduled for completion in 2020, but the "speed...

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Alignment and Productivity: Multigen Work Teams

An “out with the old, in with the new,” mindset has never been an effective way to run a business, and this is especially true now, with four generations in the workforce. Given the chronic labor shortages in construction, it’s...

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Intergenerational Approaches

With so many experienced construction workers on the path to retirement, crucial and hard won insights from the field are at-risk of being lost at many businesses. But it doesn’t have to be that way: reciprocal mentoring in which long...

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Flying Into The Sunset?

Remember the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)? Signed into law in 2021, it authorized $1.2 trillion for transportation and infrastructure over five years—and those five years are coming to a close. Though there are unknowns about whether or not...

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