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Where is Most Construction Happening in the California: 2024 Overview

Building Radar

California is experiencing a construction boom in 2024, driven by substantial investments in infrastructure, renewable energy, and urban development. As the largest state economy in the United States, California is focusing on enhancing its infrastructure to meet the growing demands of its population.

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California is a Model for PACE Loan Reform

Green Building Law Update

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007.

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Low Carbon Concrete for the First Time Required by Law

Green Building Law Update

The Marin County, California Low Carbon Concrete Code was the first in the nation to address the negative environmental externalities of concrete when it added a mandatory low carbon concrete specification to the Marin County Building Code. And such is why addressing the negative environmental impacts of concrete matters.

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How Sacramento Plans to Change Construction Process to Address Housing Needs

Pro Builder

How Sacramento Plans to Change Construction Process to Address Housing Needs. Due greatly to construction challenges, California’s housing affordability and shortage are noted as one of the country’s most severe. million housing units from 2000 to 2015, according to the National Association of Home Builders. cbroderick.

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California wage deal could boost housing development

Construction Dive

Proposed legislation could offer regulatory relief to residential developers in exchange for guaranteed wages for workers and other benefits.

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South Miami Poised to Mandate Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

The proposed requirement is a first anywhere except in California where there are only a very few locales with a similar mandate. The ordinance is modeled after similar laws enacted in the California municipalities of Lancaster, Sebastopol, and Santa Monica, and the City of San Francisco.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

BD+C

Cracking the code of affordable housing 0 qpurcell Fri, 10/20/2023 - 09:03 Affordable Housing Perkins Eastman's affordable housing projects show how designers can help to advance the conversation of affordable housing. His team is writing guidelines for transit-oriented developments that incorporate affordable housing. “As

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