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Tutor Perini subsidiary nabs 2 California projects | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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Rendering of the UC Davis Health Central Utility Plant Annex. Courtesy of Tutor Perini/Nacht & Lewis
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Awards: Two California projects
Value: $408 million
Locations: San Francisco and Sacramento, California
Clients: City College of San Francisco; UC Davis Health

A Tutor Perini subsidiary was awarded two contracts across California to the tune of $408 million last month.

Rudolph and Sletten, a unit of the Los Angeles-based builder, was awarded a $155 million contract to build the new Diego Rivera Performing Arts Center on the campus of City College of San Francisco, according to a Dec. 17 announcement.

As part of the work’s scope, the contractor will build an approximately 78,000 square-foot theatrical and music arts building, per the news release. The structure will include a 631-seat main performing arts center with an 80-foot-high concrete fly tower and a 90 fixed-seat recital hall. Additionally, it’ll contain a scene shop, rehearsal spaces and costume and music classrooms.

Work began in Dec. 2025, per the announcement, with substantial completion anticipated in the fall of 2028.

Tutor Perini also announced that subcontractor Rudolph and Sletten had won a $253 million contract for the Central Utility Plant Expansion at the UC Davis healthcare campus in Sacramento, California, according to a Dec. 18 press release. Through the contract, the team will build a two-story, 32,000-square-foot CUP Annex Building, which will include plant operations and hospital operators support space, along with the expansion of normal and emergency power services, which include three 3MW generators.

Rudolph and Sletten will also renovate the existing Campus Central Plant. Work includes, per the news release:

  • Upgrades of existing chilled and hot water systems.
  • Reconfiguration of electrical infrastructure.
  • Fuel oil system capacity expansion.
  • Upgrades of industrial controls.
  • Renovations to the existing control room and administrative spaces.

Work is underway, per the announcement, with substantial completion anticipated in fall 2027.

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