Sylmar-based construction firm Tutor Perini Corp. was awarded two contracts in Florida worth a combined $87 million.
Earlier this month, Tutor Perini subsidiary Fisk Electric announced it had been awarded a contract of at least $40 million from the the Miami-Dade County water and sewer department for electrical work at a wastewater treatment plant in Key Biscayne.
Fisk Electric is a subcontractor on the overall project; Baltimore, Maryland-based Poole & Kent Corp. is the general contractor.
The electrical work Fisk Electric will build and install includes a new 45,000-square-foot electrical distribution building, eight 13.2 kilovolt Tier 4 diesel engine generators, associated piping-control systems, service air, a fuel oil and emission fluid bulk storage area and an electrical duct bank system connecting the building with new corresponding substations.
According to the company’s announcement, work has already begun on this project, with substantial completion anticipated in the first quarter of 2027. The contract value will be included in the company’s backlog beginning in the third quarter. In the second quarter, Tutor Perini’s backlog grew to $10.9 billion, up 27% from the same quarter last year.
The other Florida contract was awarded last month to Tutor Perini subsidiary Perini Management Services by the National Park Service for construction of a visitors’ center and related infrastructure at Everglades National Park. The fixed-price contract was valued at $47 million.
The visitors’ center is to be named after early 20th century journalist and activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas, who advocated for preservation of the Everglades.
Perini Management will construct the two-story visitors’ center, a one-story remote concessions and storage building, underground utilities and major site improvements. The project also includes demolishing portions of the existing bulkhead and providing a new bulkhead at the marina and along the waterfront. Also part of the project is dredging of the adjacent Chokoloskee Bay and replacing existing floating docks with a new floating dock system.
Preconstruction activities have already begun. Substantial completion is anticipated in August 2025.
According to the announcement, Tutor Perini will include the contract value in its third-quarter backlog figure.
