Mott MacDonald is expanding its oil and gas consulting business in California with the appointment of Blake Evans as Principal. Evans has over 25 years’ experience in oil and gas facilities, pipelines, and industrial complexes and will be a key member of…

CH2M Awarded Program Management Services Contract by RailPros for Redlands Passenger Rail Project
RailPros, an engineering and management firm serving the California rail market, has awarded a program management services contract to CH2M to assist…

TRIP Report Identifies 125 California Transportation Projects with Economic Impact
TRIP, a national transportation research group, has identified 125 transportation projects that are needed to support economic growth. TRIP rated each…

Parties Agree to Klamath River Dam Removal Plan
SALEM, Ore. — The States of Oregon and California, PacifiCorp and the federal government – through the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce – announced an agreement-in-principle to move forward with amending the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement…

L.A. County, L.A. Cities and Environmental Groups Announce New Roadmap for Historic Scaling Up of Decentralized, Alternate Water Supplies
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—If the drought ended this year, Californians would be thrilled; but it wouldn’t change the need for what most now realize is a scaling up of, and innovative approaches to, different types of water sources. This morning, representatives…

Budget Proposal Addresses Western Drought
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Today, President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2017 budget to Congress, which includes funding for drought-stricken areas in the West, especially in California. California is in the fifth year of unprecedented drought, and increased…

U.S. EPA Announces More than $182 Million for Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects in California
CARLSBAD–The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced more than $182 million in funding to California for investment in statewide improvements in local drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and the…

Rudolph And Sletten Announces New Awards Valued At $490 Million
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE: TPC), a leading civil and building construction company, announced today that its California building subsidiary, Rudolph and Sletten, has been awarded the following projects collectively valued at approximately…

Inaugural Imagine H2O Water Policy Challenge Aims to Drive Water Tech Adoption
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 28, 2016—Imagine H2O today announced the results of its inaugural California Water Policy Challenge. The initiative, which seeks to advance the market for water innovation through forward-thinking policy, attracted over one hundred…
California High-speed Rail Authority Releases Draft Business Plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today released the Draft 2016 Business Plan, a foundational document for implementing the California High-Speed Rail program that reflects the transition from planning to construction…