Sylmar-based civil construction company Tutor Perini Corp. began this month with a flurry of contract activity.
First, on Oct. 2, came the announcement that Tutor Perini, in a joint venture with Guam-based subsidiary Black Construction Corp., has been awarded a $113 million contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Pacific, for a missile integration test facility at the United States Naval Base on the island of Guam.
Then, the next day, on Oct. 3, Tutor Perini announced that its subsidiary, Fisk Electric, which was founded in Houston, has been awarded a subcontractor contract from St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. for electrical work for a new Harris Hospital building on the Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital campus in Houston. The $29 million contract is for the first phase of the electrical work; the entire electrical portion of the hospital project has a maximum price contract of $147 million.
Finally, on Oct. 8, Tutor Perini announced that it completed the execution of a $1.66 billion contract with the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation for the construction of a light rail line segment in Honolulu, Hawaii. The three-mile elevated rail segment will include six new stations. The initial contract award was announced on Aug. 15.
Project design for the rail segment was expected to begin this month while construction is slated to begin late next year. Construction of this segment is expected to be substantially completed in 2030.
Missile test facility construction
For the Guam missile test facility contract, the joint Tutor Perini-Black Construction venture will construct a single-story concrete 57,664 square-foot structure on a deep pile foundation that will serve as the missile test facility. The building will support missile processing spaces, a missile test cell with a test control room, an administration area and storage and utility rooms. It will also come with the typical full array of ventilation, plumbing and lighting systems, along with an emergency power generator.
The scope of work also includes demolition of an existing building, associated site improvements and all other necessary supporting facilities.
Work is expected to begin shortly with substantial completion anticipated by the end of 2028. The contract value was added to the company’s backlog in the third quarter of 2024.
Black Construction was acquired by Tutor-Saliba Corp. (a predecessor to Tutor Perini Corp.) in 1995.
Hospital electrical work
The new Harris Health hospital building in Houston is slated to be 12 stories and contain 1.3 million square feet of space. It will feature 390 private rooms, with the space to add 60 more as additional capacity is needed. With a rooftop helipad, 15 dedicated operating rooms and a hybrid operating room, the hospital is designed to accommodate a wide range of medical needs from routine procedures to the most complex emergency surgeries. It will also serve as Harris County’s third Level 1 trauma center.
Tutor Perini subsidiary Fisk Electric’s scope of work includes electrifying the core and shell and tenant finish-out electrical and fire alarm components for the ground-up construction of the new hospital tower.
Work is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024 with substantial completion of the entire electrical contract anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2028.
The initial $29 million portion of the overall contract value was added to Tutor Perini’s backlog in the third quarter of 2024 with the remaining portions to be added to its backlog as subsequent phases are awarded.
