According to a panel of public agency speakers at the recent Construction Day event held at The Daily Transcript offices, improving one’s chances when bidding on public projects may boil down to attention to detail and a willingness to become familiarized with the procurement process and take available opportunities.

It’s a slow start to July on the construction front, as municipalities are either not scheduled to meet or have no updates with Independence Day landing in the middle of the week.

Changes in state law are going into effect on July 1 that will influence contractors in the areas of submitting mechanic's liens, stop notices and payment bond claims.

A bill seeking to extend federal highway transportation funding for two years, to the tune of more than $100 billion, passed in both houses of Congress Friday, providing some certainty to states working to improve infrastructure and bolster employment.

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation's new office building in Los Altos, Calif., a 50,000-square-foot net-zero project of San Diego’s DPR Construction, was officially opened for business Friday.

San Diego-based West Coast Retail Management Inc., a women-owned real estate company, has been awarded the project management contract to oversee the $2 million re-imaging construction project at the Beach Garfield Shopping Center in Huntington Beach.

The California Department of Transportation announced Thursday the release of nearly $1 billion from the California Transportation Commission for statewide transportation projects.

A boutique San Diego real estate company has been awarded the project management contract to oversee the $2 million re-imaging construction project at the Beach Garfield Shopping Center in Huntington Beach, Calif.

(AP) -- Home prices in the Phoenix metropolitan area continue to rise.

In less than three months, visitors and residents will have another open-space area along San Diego’s downtown waterfront, as the Port of San Diego has announced the grand opening date of its 18th park.

Foreclosure rates in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area decreased for the month of April over the same period last year, according to CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX).

(Bloomberg) -- Madison Square Garden Co., a New York-based sports and entertainment company, will acquire the Forum arena in Inglewood, Calif., former home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kings, for $23.5 million, announced Tuesday.

The San Diego City Council voted Monday to merge Centre City Development Corp. and Southeastern Economic Development Corp., forming Civic San Diego to continue the nonprofit corporations’ responsibilities and wind down previously approved redevelopment projects.

(AP) -- Workers have mistakenly painted over a colorful mural weeks after San Francisco middle school students completed the two-year campus beautification project.

The last week in June brings a medium amount of construction activity at municipalities, with projects being publicized and awarded.

San Diego is set to reanimate the corpse of redevelopment with Civic San Diego, a Centre City Development Corp.-Southeastern Economic Development Corp hybrid.

(AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service wants to kill hundreds of wild pigs living and multiplying in San Diego County's backcountry.

Sunset Cove, one of the more prominent features of San Diego International Airport's Green Build project, has assumed its general final shape as construction workers installed the last windows Tuesday on the exterior of what will be the airport’s newest concessions area.

Benchmark Landscape has been selected by the Association Management Group to maintain the landscape at the Oceana East II Homeowners Association in Oceanside.

The Port of San Diego has approved $6.2 million in projects throughout the five member cities that will be funded as part of the Port’s Capital Improvement Program.