A view of Rikers island and jail complex. Credit: Sfoskett/commons.wikimedia.org,

The New York City (NYC) Department of Design and Construction (DDC) in the US has awarded Tutor Perini a $2.95bn design-build contract for the NYC Borough-Based Jails (BBJ) System, Brooklyn Facility.

The NYC BBJ programme aims to permanently replace the facilities on Rikers Island with smaller jails.

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The $8.3bn effort seeks to construct four new smaller detention facilities in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.

Tutor Perini chairman and CEO Ronald Tutor said: “We are pleased to be selected and awarded this major design-build contract by the New York City DDC and look forward to partnering with them to deliver a new state-of-the-art facility that will enable DDC’s historic plan to close Rikers Island and replace it with a smaller network of safer modern jails.”

According to Tutor Perini, work on the design activities will start upon receiving a notice to proceed, which is anticipated in June.

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The contract’s value will be added to the company’s backlog for the second quarter of this year.

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In June 2021, the first major activity in the BBJ programme commenced with the beginning of construction activities on the parking garage and community space alongside a new 886-bed jail in Kew Gardens at the Queens site.

Procurement and early site preparation activities are ongoing for the other jail sites.

Tutor Perini provides general contracting and design-build services to private companies and public organisations worldwide.

Last year, Tutor Perini’s subsidiary Five Star Electric won two design-build contracts from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.