{"id":35686,"date":"2026-06-08T17:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/tutor-perini-unit-grabs-48m-data-center-manufacturing-job\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T00:56:33","slug":"tutor-perini-unit-grabs-48m-data-center-manufacturing-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/tutor-perini-unit-grabs-48m-data-center-manufacturing-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutor Perini unit grabs $48M data center manufacturing job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<\/p>\n<p>            <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/822292\/2026-06-08_16.31.43\/tutor-perini-fisk-electric-data-center-job.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box ed-secondary-content-box--expandable\">\n<p><strong>Award: <\/strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>Advanced manufacturing electrical project<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><strong>Value: <\/strong>$48 million<br \/><strong>Location: <\/strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>Houston<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><strong>Client: <\/strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>Undisclosed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>It looks like Tutor Perini is making good on its promise to venture <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/tutor-perini-Q1-2026-earnings-data-centers\/819716\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>further into the data center space<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Los Angeles-based heavy civil contractor announced its subsidiary <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/investors.tutorperini.com\/press-releases\/press-release-details\/2026\/Fisk-Electric-Awarded-48-Million-Electrical-Project-for-Advanced-Manufacturing-and-Data-Center-Infrastructure-Facility-in-Houston\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Fisk Electric grabbed a $48 million contract<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> for electrical work at a manufacturing plant that creates data center components.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Located in Houston, the 273,000-square-foot facility produces high-tech electronics and data center infrastructure products that include artificial intelligence-related hardware, according to a Monday news release. Tutor Perini did not disclose the facility\u2019s owner.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>That type of precision fabrication requires reliable, scalable and resilient electrical systems, per the release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Fisk\u2019s scope of work will encompass 115,000 square feet of space within the facility to support advanced production and AI hardware assembly. The work will emphasize power density, system redundancy and future expandability, Tutor Perini said.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The job is also on a fast track. Due to what Tutor Perini called an \u201caggressive schedule\u201d as well as technical complexity, the team is tackling overlapping phases of design, procurement and construction to maintain schedule certainty.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The announcement comes just a month after the megaproject contractor, which usually constructs <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/gateway-construction-trump-claim-termination\/803364\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>multibillion-dollar tunnels<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/tutor-perini-q3-2025-earnings-record-backlog\/805049\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>transportation projects<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/tutor-perini-wins-295b-nyc-jail-contract\/649087\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>large public buildings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, said it would pursue opportunities in the surging data center construction space.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Along with other construction executives who have <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/construction-execs-bullish-data-center-boom-earnings\/821238\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>highlighted opportunities in the sector<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, Tutor Perini CEO Gary Smalley said he wanted to gain more exposure to data centers on the company\u2019s first quarter earnings call.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cWe are actually doing some data center work on the specialty side and we are exploring ways to expand that currently,\u201d Smalley said on May 6.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The contract value for the Houston facility will be counted in Tutor Perini\u2019s second quarter backlog, according to the release. 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