CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

"News and Information for Construction Defect and Claims Professionals"

CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2025

Tutor Perini Damages Trial Is Set Over Costly Philadelphia Hotel Floor Slab Problems

Interior of hotel

Deflections became an issue adding cost and delay to the W/Element Hotel tower.

December 8, 2025
Richard Korman - Engineering News-Record

Tutor Perini Building Corp. faces a potentially expensive damages trial next year after a Pennsylvania state court judge ruled in late October that the company breached its contract with the developer of a 51-story downtown Philadelphia hotel on which floor slab deflections delayed curtain-wall installation and added to completion delays and cost overruns.

Mr. Korman may be contacted at kormanr@enr.com


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