Tutor Perini Corporation (formerly Perini Corporation) is one of the largest general contractors in the United States. It was formed by the merger of Perini Corporation and Tutor-Saliba Corporation in 2008. As of 2025, it reported annual revenue of approximately $5.54 billion. Tutor Perini is headquartered in Sylmar, California, and works on construction projects throughout North America and certain overseas and international locations including Guam and the Indo-Pacific Region. Specific areas of focus are civil infrastructure such as bridges, highways, tunnels, airports, and mass transit systems, building infrastructure (healthcare, education, municipal government, detention facilities, hospitality and gaming, multi-use, office towers, multi-unit residential towers, high-technology projects), and specialty contracting (electrical, mechanical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning and ventilation (HVAC), and fire protection systems).
History
A.G. Tutor Company, Inc In 1949, Albert G. Tutor launched a family construction business, A.G. Tutor Company, Inc. His son Ronald joined the company in 1963, and the company expanded under his leadership. In 1972, the company partnered with N.M. Saliba. In 1981, Ron Tutor took the reins as president of the Tutor-Saliba Corporation.
Perini Corporation Perini Corporation was founded in 1894 in Ashland, Massachusetts by a stonemason named Bonfiglio Perini. The company grew to become one of the region's most recognized heavy construction contractors. From 1931 to 2009, Perini was headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Under the direction of Bonfiglio's grandson, Lou Perini, the company moved into the real-estate business, developing|4500 acres in Palm Beach County, Florida. Later real-estate ventures were less successful, leaving Perini deeply in debt by the mid-1990s.
Tutor Perini Corporation In 1997, Ron Tutor helped Perini Corp. recapitalize alongside investor Richard Blum. Tutor became CEO of Perini in 2000 and merged Perini with Tutor-Saliba in 2008 in a transaction valued at $862 million.
Perini was originally listed OTC on June 15, 1961, then subsequently listed on AMEX on May 12, 1970, then listed on the NYSE on April 1, 2004. It was headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts until relocating to Sylmar, California in 2009.
In May 2009, Perini shareholders voted to change the company's name to Tutor Perini Corporation.
Acquisitions
In 2003, Perini acquired Florida-based James A. Cummings Inc. In 2005, the company acquired Cherry Hill Construction, a Maryland-based contractor, and California-based Rudolph & Sletten, Inc. January 2008, Perini acquired Desert Heating and Cooling (later renamed Desert Mechanical), a southwestern U.S. mechanical contractor In 2009, Perini acquired Black Construction, based in Guam. In January 2009, the corporation acquired Philadelphia-based building contractor Keating Building Corporation.
November 1, 2010 - Superior Gunite, a structural concrete firm headquartered in Lakeview Terrace, California. January 3, 2011 – Fisk Electric, a provider of electrical and technological services headquartered in Houston. April 4, 2011 – Anderson Companies, a general contractor headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi. June 1, 2011 – Frontier-Kemper Constructors, a provider of numerous construction services including civil construction, mine development, drilling, tunneling, and electrical services headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. July 1, 2011 – Lunda Construction Company, provider of various construction services such as the construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of bridges, railroads, and other civil structures headquartered in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. July 1, 2011 – GreenStar Services Corporation, an electrical and mechanical services provider that is composed of three operating entities: Five Star Electric Corporation, WDF, and Nagelbush. August 18, 2011 – Becho, Inc., a specialty construction company incorporated in 1979.
Notable projects +NameImageDescriptionSouthwest METRO Green Line Extension Minnesota, USATutor Perini subsidiaries Lunda Construction and Becho, Inc. were contracted on the Minnesota Southwest METRO Green Line Extension project, initially bid in 2018. It includes 14.5 miles of twin-track light rail, 16 stations, 29 new bridges, 2 tunnels, and the relocation of 5 miles of freight track. The new line will connect several rail lines and is the largest public works project in Minnesota history, with an estimated value of approximately $1.25 billion. The project is scheduled for completion in 2026.Hudson Yards Manhattan, New York City, USAIn 2016 the company was awarded contracts worth roughly $1.2 billion for the construction of Tower D and The Shops & Restaurants retail complex at the development.Borough Based Jails Program - Manhattan Jail Manhattan, New York City, USATutor Perini was selected for design-build of the Manhattan Facility Project, a correctional facility at 125 White Street, the site of the former Manhattan Detention Complex. Together, the borough-based jails operated by the New York City Department of Correction will replace Rikers Island. It will provide 1,040 custodial beds on 80,000 square feet, with underground parking for corrections staff. An additional 20,000 square feet will serve community and commercial needs. The total contract award is roughly $3.76 billion; it is estimated to be completed in 2036.Borough Based Jails Program - Brooklyn Jail Brooklyn, New York City, USATutor Perini was also selected to provide design-build services for a corrections facility at 275 Atlantic Avenue, the site of the former Brooklyn Detention Complex. The new facility will provide 1,040 beds for persons in custody, on a total of 59,900 square feet, with underground parking for corrections staff. The estimated contract award is $2.95 billion for completion in 2029. It was topped out in early 2026.California High-Speed Rail Central California, USASan Joaquin River Viaduct in 2019
Completed in February 2021The California High-Speed Rail Authority's Construction Package 1, a $1.9 billion contract, was the first significant construction contract executed on the Initial Operating Section of the high-speed rail project in California's Central Valley. The CP1 construction area is a 32-mile stretch between Avenue 19 in Madera County to East American Avenue in Fresno County, including major work elements in downtown Fresno. It includes 12 roadway / railroad grade separations, 2 mainline viaducts, 1 tunnel, realignments of existing railroad tracks, utility relocations, roadway relocations, 2 trench sections, and a major river crossing over the San Joaquin River.Terminal 3 – Harry Reid International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, USAThe 14-gate Terminal 3 at Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport includes a new terminal building with an elevated roadway structure fronting the facility, over-roadway pedestrian bridges, underground automated transit system infrastructure, and an aircraft ramp. The terminal has its own retail concessions, parking and ticketing. The new 1,900,000-square-foot terminal building includes a basement, three upper levels and roof-level penthouses. The building houses a baggage handling system for outbound and inbound processing, and an in-line explosives detection system for baggage screening. The building's infrastructure is designed with extensive cabling for software interfaces. Other features include dynamic and static signage, way finding systems and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP). The elevated roadway extends the length of the terminal – approximately 90-foot wide and 2,000-foot long. Construction of the elevated roadway includes a concrete box girder with cast concrete columns.Embassy housing and infrastructure Baghdad, IraqPerini Management Services led a design-build team for construction of a housing compound at the Baghdad Embassy that included 11 two-story hardened barracks buildings (273,000 square feet), warehouse (39,000 square feet), guard booths and entry control points, and all associated infrastructure. Work was performed within a tight footprint, and included a site topographic survey, subsurface and geotechnical investigation, a hydrogeological study for the water well design, demolition of existing buildings, site excavation, and grading. The project was awarded under a multiple award task order contract for design-build services within the Central Command Area of Operations. Perini successfully completed $850 million worth of design-build task orders under the base contract.Cosmopolitan Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada, USAAs a mixed-use, urban high-rise development, on approximately 8.5 acres, the project includes over 6,000,000 square feet of development. This resort and casino features two 52-story hotel towers containing approximately 3,000 luxury rooms and suites; over 150,000 square feet of convention and conference space; a 75,000-square-foot casino; 300,000 square feet of retail boutiques and restaurants; an 1,800-seat theater; a 500-seat cabaret; a 50,000-square-foot spa, salon and fitness center; multiple nightclub venues; and a 3,800-car underground parking structure. The five-level, below-grade parking structure required one of the largest excavations in the history of Las Vegas. Over one million cubic yards of dirt was removed from the site to create a 90-foot-deep opening to begin construction.Purple Line (D Line) Extension Project, Sections 2 & 3 Los Angeles, California, USA Tutor Perini is building on two sections and four stations on the Purple Line Extension: Wilshire/Rodeo, Century City/Constellation, Westwood/UCLA, and Westwood/VA Hospital. Tutor Perini is also the Design-Build Contractor for the Purple Line Extension Section 3 Tunnels contract which will add 2.56 miles of new rail to the Purple Line. The Westwood/UCLA station will be located under Wilshire Boulevard between Veteran Avenue and Westwood Boulevard. The Westwood/VA Hospital station, including two crossovers, will be located to the west of the I‐405 Freeway and south of Wilshire Boulevard and will include a pedestrian bridge to the south of Wilshire. Both stations will be constructed of cast-in-place concrete in a subterranean environment in the middle of major urban shopping districts and commercial city streets. Tutor Perini will design not only the major support-of-excavation (SOE) down to a depth of up to 100 vertical feet below street level but also temporary traffic decking system to carry vehicular traffic over the stations box cavities during stations construction. From the current terminus at Wilshire/Western, the Purple Line Extension will extend westward for about 9 miles with seven new stations. It will provide a high-capacity, high-speed, dependable alternative for those traveling to and from LA's “second downtown.” Section 2 of the three sections will deliver 2.55 miles of twin-bored tunnels and two new stations at Wilshire/Rodeo and Century City Constellation. In January 2017, phase two of the project, which will extend trackage 2.6 miles (4.2 km) further to Century City, was awarded a $1.6 billion grant from the Federal Transit Administration, covering the majority of the $2.6 billion estimated cost of the project. On January 27, the Metro board awarded a $1.37 billion construction contract to a joint venture between Tutor Perini Corporation and O&G Industries, with construction scheduled to be completed by 2025.Airport Expansion – John F. Kennedy International Airport