Satellite images comparing Oct. 1, 2015, and Oct. 2, 1997, show large areas of white, which indicate high sea levels -- a reflection of high sea temperatures. The images show how this year's El Nino could be as powerful as the one in 1997, the strongest El Nino on record.
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n El Niņo that is among the strongest on record is gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean, and climate scientists say California is likely to face a wet winter.
"There's no longer a possibility that El Niņo wimps out at this point. It's too big to fail," said Bill Patzert, climatologist for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Caņada Flintridge.
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Tom Ritter
"Think Safe - Be Safe"
Ladder Safety Part 2
Here is the Second part of the of the 'Top 5' Ladder Usage Pet Peeves most commonly found on a Commercial Construction Site.
Tom Harvick, representing
Little Giant Safety Ladders had the following comments
"November Safety Tip"
Check your ladders, Again!
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Who won Fastest Trowel on the Block at Southern California Regionals?
Howard Cole, with Frazier Masonry,
wins again!
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Caltrans gets go-ahead to implode pier on old Bay Bridge
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given Caltrans final permission to carry out a $160 million implosion of the largest concrete pier of the old Bay Bridge eastern span next month, the state agency said Thursday.
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CA Bullet Train Project Likely to
Miss Budget & Deadline Targets
While California state officials project the tunnels for the state's bullet train will be finished by 2022 and the project will cost $68 billion, project documents and expert opinions say otherwise.
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A full-sized prototype of the system, which would see passengers propelled in capsules at speeds of up to 760 miles per hour through a network of tunnels, is due to be built in California. "It is the closest thing to teletransportation," Hyperloop's chief operating officer Bibop Gabriele Gresta told Dezeen during an event titled Transport to the Future in London last night.
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Scales of Justice are Concrete
Located at the intersection of Union and C streets, the new San Diego Central Courthouse takes shape. Morley Construction is providing the concrete services for this 704,000-square-foot criminal, family, and civil courts building in the heart of downtown San Diego.
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L.A. earthquake retrofit bill passes key hurdle
at City Hall
A landmark effort to require earthquake retrofits of as many as 15,000 buildings in Los Angeles passed a key hurdle Wednesday, as the City Council's housing committee approved the legislation on a 4-0 vote.
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Transbay Transit Center
The new Transbay Transit Center will replace the former Transbay Terminal in downtown San Francisco with a modern transit hub. Extending just south of Mission Street from Second to Beale streets, the Transit Center will connect eight Bay Area counties and the State of California through 11 transportation systems: AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Muni, SamTrans, WestCAT Lynx, Amtrak, Paratransit and California's future High Speed Rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim.
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Financing, construction team lined up for
$1 billion Warriors arena
A joint venture between Clark Construction Co. and M.A. Mortenson Co. is set to build the Golden State Warriors' $1 billion arena in San Francisco, which also has financing ready to deploy, team co-owner and CEO Joe Lacob said.
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Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet for dinner. I was a little late and thought he was upset about that. I asked what was wrong. He said he wasn't upset, it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it. I told him I loved him.
He didn't say, "I love you, too."
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Governor Signs AB 219 Despite Heavy Opposition
Assembly Bill 219 was signed by Governor Jerry Brown despite AGC of California's heavy opposition. AGC opposed AB 219 through the legislative process and requested Governor Brown veto the bill that expands California's prevailing wage laws to include the hauling and delivery of ready mixed concrete to all public works sites.
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FMI forecasts residential and nonresidential building growth to continue as it has for since 2013 through 2019, accelerating total US construction spending growth in 2016 to 7%. Strength in manufacturing (+18%), lodging (+15%) and office (+15%) construction, along with steady residential growth, is expected to lead 2015's 7% spending increase.
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FAA Proposes Record
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed the largest civil penalty against a unmanned aerial system (UAS) operator for endangering the safety of our airspace permit for the project.
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CA Climate Change Bill Could Spur Construction
California launched an ambitious effort Wednesday to expand renewable energy and increase energy efficiency, advancing Gov. Jerry Brown's plans for battling climate change.
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Platinum Triangle development taking shape near Angel Stadium, Disneyland
ANAHEIM - Construction workers scale the wooden framework of the nearly completed Katella Grand apartment complex like bees making quick work of an oversized hive.
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Mountainside at Northstar makes plans for $1 billion expansion
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Nearly $1 billion worth of new development has been proposed near Northstar California Resort to be implemented over the next three to five years.
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