City & County of San Francisco Awarded 2013 Owner of the Year
The city’s Dept. of Public Works has adopted new measures to improve team integration with design and construction firms.

Los Angeles Natural History Museum Gets Major Makeover
In the lead-up to its centennial celebration, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County undergoes a seven-year renovation and expansion.

California's Best Projects Set New Quality Standards
The yearâ??s winners raise the bar for design and construction in the state.

Solar, Data Centers Power Cupertino Electric's Growth
San Jose's Cupertino Electric named Specialty Contractor of the Year by ENR California.

Kiewit Named ENR California's Contractor of the Year
Combining prominent transportation and energy projects, impressive revenue growth in the Golden State and an active community outreach program, Kiewit has been selected as ENR California's Contractor of the Year.

LPA Inc. Named ENR California's Design Firm of the Year 2012
A three-office California design firm that has made sustainability central to its projects, large and small, was chosen by the editors of the ENR regional publications as the Design Firm of the Year 2012.

Los Angeles World Airports Named ENR CaliforniaÃ?Â?Ã?Â?s Owner of the Year
With a budget topping $4 billion, the Los Angeles International Airport's multi-year modernization is among the largest public-works projects in the city's long history.

ENR Californias Top 20 Under 40
The 2012 ENR California Top 20 Under 40 competition, now in its second year, features an impressive lineup of professionals who have already made their marks in the industry.

Despite Weak Economy, Region?s Best Projects Shine
Achieving construction and design excellence in difficult economic times is no easy task. It requires equal measures of experience, imagination and unwavering commitment, according to this year's judges for ENR California's Best Projects competition.

Rosendin Energized By Hot Markets
?Solar energy and health-care projects are the hot markets right now, and we happen to be playing in those markets,? says Larry Hollis, vice president of business development for Rosendin Electric Inc.

Market Knowledge Drives Flatiron?s Rise
Intimate knowledge of the Golden State from the top down is one of many reasons editors named the firm California Contractor of the Year

Top Contractors Ranking List

Using the Healing Power Of Nature in Health Care
The $956-million Palomar Medical Center West seeks to set a new standard in designing medical facilities

Stimulus-Funded Transport Projects Set the Pace
Large airport, subway, transit center and highway projects get a kick start from federal funds

Six Companies to Watch
Here are six A/E/C firms in California poised for leadership in the industry this year.

Best of 2010 Awards
This year, a panel of 13 judges, representing architects, builders and associations, chose 51 winning projects among the more than 135 submissions for the Best of California 2010 program.

Best of 2010
This year, a panel of 13 judges, representing architects, builders and associations, chose 51 winning projects among the more than 135 submissions for the Best of California 2010 program.

Top Green Design Firms
As you can see in the rankings of the Top Green Designers of 2010, architectural and engineering firms are moving steadily into the sustainability world with an impressive number of LEED-accredited professionals being added to their teams, bigger green revenues and higher-profi le green projects breaking ground.

Top Design Firms
When asked how his company continues to excel while so many other design firms wither during the recession, Phil Petrocelli points to a project that AECOM Technology Corp. recently worked on in the Southern California desert.

2010 Top Specialty Contractors
Specialty contractors are as different as their niches, but most agree the market has to get a lot better before they're healthy again. Plus, this year's rankings include 75 top firms.

Top 25 Highway Projects
Numerous big highway projects around the state are helping to keep things moving as the construction industry continues to dig out of the recession

Top Project Starts 2010
California Construction?s annual list of the Top Project Starts reveal some exciting and interesting insights into work going on across the state: This year?s rankings include seven healthcare projects in the top 10, including no. 1?s $1.6-billion University of California, San Francisco?s Medical Center at Mission Bay.

Top Green Contractors
Veteran builders readily admit that what they viewed less than a decade ago as an industry fad ? the notion that projects should be designed and built with a high degree of environmental sensitivity ? has become a widely accepted, permanent industry practice.

Top Contractors in California 2010
As California?s construction industry continues to feel the recession?s pinch, some of the state?s top contractors are tightening their tool belts and concentrating on their companies? individual talents to stay ahead in the game. 100 firms are included in this year?s rankings.

Healthcare Construction 2010
An 800,000-sq-ft hospital near San Diego, the largest of many healthcare facility projects under way throughout the Golden State, is back on track after a rocky start.

Best of California 2009
A panel of 11 judges, representing architects, builders and associations, chose 64 winners among the more than 125 projects submitted for this year?s Best of California program.

Green Building Innovations
Green building is here to stay. And despite the recession — and maybe even because of it — the construction industry is focused on improving sustainable design and building and continued innovation when it comes to being green.

Top Design Firms
It?s important to note that the 2009 Top Design Firms ranking for California Construction tracks 2008 revenue for design firms doing business in the state.

Urban Infill Senior residence in San Francisco houses Institute of Aging
For Rob Rich, project manager for Cahill Contractors, building San Francisco's $62-million Geary Boulevard Senior Living and Health Center has been an exercise in trying not to bump into things.

Top Specialty Contractors 2009
The recession has affected nearly every aspect of construction in California and specialty contractors are among those feeling it the most.

Highway Top 25 Projects
This year's list includes a massive I-15 managed lane project, two SR 52 extension projects, a new freeway to the Mexican border, a city of Elk Grove interchange bridge project and a road reconstruction in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Top Starts: California's Top Projects 2009
Construction firms retrench and eye public projects more substantially, while the atmosphere is ideal for owners who can take advantage of lower materials cost and increased competition between bidders.

San Francisco Market Report
When trying to describe the $6.6 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge seismic retrofit projects, big just doesn't cut it

Top Contractors 2009
Though executives at Clark, Dome, Blach and Tower say they face an uncertain 2009, most admit that the recession necessitates retrenchment and preparation for better times ahead. Plus, our contractor listings include 100 of the state's top companies.

Safety in Construction: Improving Jobsite Ergonomics
Strains, sprains and other physical ailments have long been recognized as a drain on construction productivity and a risk to overall worker health and safety, but there's limited agreement in the industry about how to implement sound solutions.

Readapt/Reuse: New Thinking for Old Buildings
Don Neff, president of Irvine-based La Jolla Pacific Ltd., points to the Packard Lofts condominium development in Downtown Los Angeles as the perfect illustration of what his firm is all about.