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Construction and trades · 14 min

Is the job on budget?

You won the bid. Now the job starts spending, and the only way to keep the profit you priced is to read the job's numbers while there's still time to act.

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Ticket 01 · The guess

Work done, price not agreed

Tutor Perini builds big projects: transit lines, tunnels, healthcare buildings. At the end of 2025, its annual report counted unapproved change orders on its balance sheet: extra work where the price hadn't been agreed with the client. How much?

$100M
$0$1B
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  • Tutor Perini Corporation, Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed 2026-02-26): unapproved change orders and claims in contract assets, revenue changes from estimates on earlier work · Tutor Perini Corporation (SEC EDGAR), 2025
  • Fluor Corporation, Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed 2026-02-17): backlog by contract type and strategic priorities · Fluor Corporation (SEC EDGAR), 2025

Every number

  • $402.1Msec.gov ·2025 · Tutor Perini, fiscal 2025: unapproved change orders recognized in its contract assets (costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings) at the end of 2025. The filing reports it in thousands of dollars.
  • $324.7Msec.gov ·2025 · Tutor Perini, fiscal 2025: claims recognized in its contract assets at the end of 2025. The filing reports it in thousands of dollars.
  • $82.8Msec.gov ·2025 · Tutor Perini, fiscal 2025: how much revenue in 2025 was cut by changes on work done in earlier years, from legal judgments, settlements and other project charges.
  • $275.8Msec.gov ·2025 · Tutor Perini, fiscal 2025: the same cut to revenue in 2024.
  • 81%sec.gov ·2025 · Fluor, at the end of 2025: reimbursable contracts as a share of its backlog (work signed but not yet done).
  • 19%sec.gov ·2025 · Fluor, at the end of 2025: lump-sum and guaranteed-maximum contracts as a share of its backlog.
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Construction and trades · 14 min

Is the job on budget?

You won the bid. Now the job starts spending, and the only way to keep the profit you priced is to read the job's numbers while there's still time to act.

OFFICE
Ticket 01 · The guess

Work done, price not agreed

Tutor Perini builds big projects: transit lines, tunnels, healthcare buildings. At the end of 2025, its annual report counted unapproved change orders on its balance sheet: extra work where the price hadn't been agreed with the client. How much?

$100M
$0$1B
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

What kind of problem?

0 / 1000

We'll also send this page, the lesson, ticket 1, so we can find it. Nothing else. Privacy

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Sources and every number (2)

Sources

  • Tutor Perini Corporation, Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed 2026-02-26): unapproved change orders and claims in contract assets, revenue changes from estimates on earlier work · Tutor Perini Corporation (SEC EDGAR), 2025
  • Fluor Corporation, Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed 2026-02-17): backlog by contract type and strategic priorities · Fluor Corporation (SEC EDGAR), 2025

Every number

  • $402.1Msec.gov ·2025 · Tutor Perini, fiscal 2025: unapproved change orders recognized in its contract assets (costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings) at the end of 2025. The filing reports it in thousands of dollars.
  • $324.7Msec.gov ·2025 · Tutor Perini, fiscal 2025: claims recognized in its contract assets at the end of 2025. The filing reports it in thousands of dollars.
  • $82.8Msec.gov ·2025 · Tutor Perini, fiscal 2025: how much revenue in 2025 was cut by changes on work done in earlier years, from legal judgments, settlements and other project charges.
  • $275.8Msec.gov ·2025 · Tutor Perini, fiscal 2025: the same cut to revenue in 2024.
  • 81%sec.gov ·2025 · Fluor, at the end of 2025: reimbursable contracts as a share of its backlog (work signed but not yet done).
  • 19%sec.gov ·2025 · Fluor, at the end of 2025: lump-sum and guaranteed-maximum contracts as a share of its backlog.
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  3. Construction and trades
  • ·Before this: Winning a bid without losing money
  • ·Next: Licenses, insurance and bonds
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