Benzinga | Mar 15, 2021 06:06AM EDT

Tutor Perini Announces Low Bid for the $478M LAX Airport Metro Connector Project

Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE:TPC) (the "Company"), a leading civil, building and specialty construction company, announced today that the Company has been identified by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority as the low bidder for the LAX Airport Metro Connector Project. The anticipated contract value is approximately $478 million. The project scope of work includes construction of a new major transit station hub connecting the Metro Crenshaw/LAX and Green rail lines and a number of bus routes with the LAX Automated People Mover.

Work is anticipated to begin in the third quarter of 2021 with substantial completion expected in the first quarter of 2025. The Company anticipates booking the contract value into backlog in the first quarter of 2021.