Tutor Perini Corporation, a civil, building and specialty construction company, has announced that the Tutor Perini/O&G Joint Venture has received a notice of intent to award a contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Purple Line Extension Section 3 Stations project. The contract value is anticipated to be approximately $1.4 billion.
The scope of work entails the design and construction of two new subway stations at Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/Veteran Administration (VA) Hospital. The company is currently performing initial design work on the companion Purple Line Extension Section 3 Tunnels project, awarded last year, which will build the tunnels and related systems that will connect with the new Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital stations.
The contract value will be included in the company’s first quarter 2019 backlog.