PERINI CORP
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                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

                Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Filed by the Registrant [X]
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [  ]

Check the appropriate box:

[X ]  Preliminary Proxy Statement           [  ]  Confidential, For Use of the 
                                                  Commission Only (as permitted 
                                                  by Rule 14(a)-6(e)(2))
[  ]  Definitive Proxy Statement
[  ]  Definitive Additional Materials
[  ]  Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12

                               Perini Corporation
                (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


    (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

[X]  $125 per Exchange Act Rules 0-11(c)(1)(ii),  14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(i)(2) or
     Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule  14A. [ ] $500 per each party to the  controversy
     pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-6(i)(3).  [ ] Fee computed on table below
     per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.

         1)    Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:

         2)    Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

         3)    Per  unit  price  or other  underlying  value  of  transaction
               computed  pursuant  to  Exchange  Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the
               amount on which the filing fee is calculated  and state how it
               was determined):

         4)    Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

         5)    Total fee paid:

[ ]  Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

[ ]  Check box if any part of the fee is offset as  provided  by  Exchange
     Act Rule  0-11(a)(2)  and identify the filing for which the  offsetting
     fee was paid  previously.  Identify the previous filing by registration
     statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

         1)    Amount Previously Paid:

         2)    Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:

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         3)    Filing Party:

         4)    Date Filed:


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                                                  October 4, 1996



VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC  20549

Re:  Perini Corporation Preliminary Proxy Materials

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         On behalf of Perini  Corporation (the  "Company"),  we enclose herewith
the  following  documents  for  filing  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange  Act") and the applicable  rules
and regulations thereunder.

(1)      A letter to  stockholders,  preliminary  proxy  statement,  and form of
         proxy to be furnished to stockholders of the Company in connection with
         a Special Meeting of Stockholders.  At the meeting, stockholders of the
         Company  will be asked to approve two  proposals:  (a) the  issuance of
         150,150 shares of Series B Cumulative  Convertible Preferred Stock, par
         value $1.00 per share, of the Company (see "Series B Preferred  Stock")
         to PB Capital Partners,  L.P. ("PB Capital") for an aggregate  purchase
         price of  $30,030,000,  upon the terms and conditions  described in the
         Proxy  Statement  and the  issuance of any other shares of the Series B
         Preferred  Stock as  dividends  on  outstanding  shares of the Series B
         Preferred  Stock upon the terms and  conditions  described in the Proxy
         Statement  and (b) an amendment to the By-Laws of the Company,  as more
         fully  described in the Proxy  Statement,  which  requires the Board of
         Directors to elect an Executive Committee and sets forth its powers and
         composition. This


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         amendment, if approved, will take effect only if shares of the Series B
         Preferred Stock are in fact issued to PB Capital.

(2)      The $125 filing fee required to be paid to the  Commission  pursuant to
         Rule  14a6(i)  has been  paid to the  Commission  by wire  transfer  of
         immediately available funds.

         The Company currently anticipates that the special meeting will be held
on  [November  18, 1996] and subject to approval by the  Commission,  expects to
mail the letter to stockholders,  definitive  proxy statement,  proxy card, 10-K
for the fiscal year ended  [December 31, 1995],  and 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 1996 on or about October 21, 1996.  Please note that the 10-K and
10- Q have been incorporated by reference into the Proxy Statement and have been
previously filed via EDGAR.

         If you have any  questions  or require  any  further  information  with
respect to this filing, please contact me at (617) 570-1087.



                                            Very truly yours,



                                            /s/Thomas I. Benda
                                            --------------------------
                                            Thomas I. Benda

/ck
Enclosures

cc:      David Perini, Perini Corporation
         Richard A. Soden, Esq.
         Stephen W. Carr, P.C.




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                                October __, 1996


To Our Stockholders:

         We will be holding a Special  Meeting on  [______________  at _____] at
[State Street Bank and Trust Company, Enterprise Room, Fifth Floor, 225 Franklin
Street,] Boston, Massachusetts.

         At this  meeting  you  will be  asked to  consider  and  vote  upon two
proposals that will enable Perini to satisfy the final conditions to closing our
previously announced $30 Million issuance of new Series B Cumulative Convertible
Preferred  Stock to an investor group led by Richard C. Blum & Associates,  L.P.
The two  stockholder  proposals  which are described in the  accompanying  Proxy
Statement have been unanimously approved by Perini's Board of Directors.

         Perini Corporation has a recognized  construction  franchise built upon
an enviable record of performance that spans over 100 years. We have grown to be
one of the largest,  most respected  contractors  in the United States,  and our
current  backlog  and  prospects  are  extremely  promising.  The new  Series  B
Preferred Stock will enhance our strategic  operating and financial  flexibility
by  increasing  our  equity  base  and  concurrently  extending  the term of our
existing  bank  debt,  as well as  favorably  adjusting  certain  bank terms and
covenants.  The  issuance  of the new  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  may  also be
supplemented by the acceleration of the sale of certain real estate assets which
would further bolster the liquidity position of the Company.

         As I  announced  during  our  Annual  Meeting  last  May,  we have been
reviewing  options to improve the near and long term  liquidity  of the Company,
including bringing in new equity. The choice of the proposed issuance came after
an  exhaustive  review of the  options  available.  Management  and the Board of
Directors  believe  that  the  issuance  of the new  Series B  Preferred  Stock,
together  with  the   simultaneous   extension  of  our  current  senior  credit
agreements,  form key and  critical  elements  of our  strategy  to  regain  the
financial health and strength required to sustain and grow our core construction
operations in the years ahead.

         Implementation of the issuance of the new Series B Preferred Stock will
reduce the relative voting power of current  stockholders.  However,  if the new
Series B Preferred  Stock is not issued,  the Company may not be able to sustain
its  current  level  of  construction  operations  and will  have to once  again
renegotiate  its senior  credit  agreements  without  the  benefit of new equity
coming into the Company. As a result,  more restrictive  financial and operating
covenants may be imposed on the Company.


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         The Board of Directors believes that approval of these two proposals is
in the best interest of Perini and its stockholders.  The Board of Directors has
unanimously  approved the proposals and recommends  that  stockholders  vote FOR
approval of the proposals.

         Whether or not you expect to attend the Special Meeting of Stockholders
in person,  you are encouraged to date, sign and return the proxy card or voting
instructions form in the addressed, postage prepaid envelope provided. Your vote
is  important,  regardless of the size of your  holdings.  To vote in accordance
with the recommendation of your Board of Directors, you need only date, sign and
return  the proxy card or voting  instructions  form in the  addressed,  postage
prepaid envelope provided.

         Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,



DAVID B. PERINI
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

         If you need  assistance  in voting your  shares,  please call  Perini's
proxy solicitor, D.F. King & Co., Inc., 77 Water Street, New York, NY 10005-4495
at 1-800-769-5414. You also may call Investor Relations at Perini for assistance
at (508) 628-2402.



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                               PERINI CORPORATION

                               73 Mt. Wayte Avenue
                      Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-9160
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                    NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                          TO BE HELD ON ________, 1996
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         NOTICE IS HEREBY  GIVEN  that a Special  Meeting of  Stockholders  (the
"Special  Meeting") of Perini  Corporation  (the "Company") will be held on [ at
A.M. at State Street Bank and Trust Company,  Enterprise  Room,  5th Floor,  225
Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts] for the following purposes:

         1. To approve (a) the issuance of 150,150 shares of Series B Cumulative
Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  par value $1.00 per share,  of the Company  (the
"Series B Preferred Stock") to PB Capital  Partners,  L.P. ("PB Capital") for an
aggregate purchase price of $30,030,000, upon the terms and conditions described
in the attached proxy statement (the "Proxy  Statement") and (b) the issuance of
any other shares of the Series B Preferred  Stock as  dividends  on  outstanding
shares of Series B Preferred  Stock upon the terms and  conditions  described in
the attached Proxy Statement.

         2. To approve an amendment to the By-Laws of the Company, as more fully
described in the attached Proxy Statement, which requires the Board of Directors
to elect an Executive Committee and sets forth its powers and composition.  This
amendment,  if  approved,  will  take  effect  only if  shares  of the  Series B
Preferred Stock are in fact issued to PB Capital.

         Under the Company's Restated Articles of Organization,  as amended, and
the  Massachusetts  Business  Corporation  Law,  the Board of  Directors  of the
Company  has the  authority  to approve  the  issuance of the Series B Preferred
Stock  and to amend  the  By-Laws  without  stockholder  approval.  However,  as
explained  in more  detail  in the  Proxy  Statement,  the  Company  is  seeking
stockholder  approval of the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock so that it
will be able to list the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company
(the  "Common  Stock") to be issued  upon  conversion  of the Series B Preferred
Stock, on the American Stock Exchange. Under the terms of the Stock Purchase and
Sale  Agreement  between  the  Company  and PB Capital  relating to the Series B
Preferred Stock,  stockholder approval of the issuance of the Series B Preferred
Stock  and of the  amendment  to the  By-Laws  is a  condition  to PB  Capital's
obligation to purchase the Series B Preferred Stock.

         Action may be taken on the foregoing  matters at the Special Meeting on
the date specified  above,  or on any date or dates to which the Special Meeting
may be postponed or adjourned.


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         The Board of  Directors  has fixed the close of business on October 10,
1996 as the record date (the "Record  Date") for  determining  the  stockholders
entitled  to  notice  of,  and  to  vote  at,  the  Special  Meeting  and at any
adjournments  thereof. Only stockholders of record of the Company's Common Stock
at the close of  business  on the Record Date will be entitled to notice of, and
to vote at, the Special Meeting and at any adjournments thereof.

         You are requested to fill in and sign the enclosed Proxy Card, which is
being  solicited  by the  Board of  Directors,  and to mail it  promptly  in the
enclosed  postage-prepaid  envelope.  Any proxy may be  revoked by notice to the
Secretary of the Company or by delivery of a later dated proxy.  Stockholders of
record who  attend the  Special  Meeting  may vote in person,  even if they have
previously delivered a signed proxy.

                                 By Order of the Board of Directors



                                 Richard E. Burnham
                                 Secretary

Framingham, Massachusetts
[                   , 1996]


WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING,  PLEASE COMPLETE,  SIGN, DATE AND
PROMPTLY  RETURN  THE  ENCLOSED  PROXY  CARD  IN  THE  POSTAGE-PREPAID  ENVELOPE
PROVIDED. IF YOU ATTEND THE SPECIAL MEETING, YOU MAY VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU WISH,
EVEN IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY RETURNED YOUR PROXY CARD.



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                               PERINI CORPORATION

                               73 Mt. Wayte Avenue
                      Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-9160
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                                 PROXY STATEMENT
                                 ---------------

                       FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

                             To Be Held on [ , 1996]



         This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection  with the  solicitation
of proxies by the Board of Directors of Perini  Corporation  (the "Company") for
use at a Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held on [ ] and at
any  adjournments  thereof  (the  "Special  Meeting").  At the Special  Meeting,
stockholders  will be asked to approve  (1) the  issuance  of 150,150  shares of
Series B Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of
the Company (the "Series B Preferred Stock") to PB Capital  Partners,  L.P. ("PB
Capital") for an aggregate  purchase  price of  $30,030,000,  upon the terms and
conditions described herein and the issuance of any other shares of the Series B
Preferred  Stock as dividends on outstanding  shares of Series B Preferred Stock
upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;  and (2) to approve an amendment
to the By-Laws of the Company,  as more fully described  herein,  which requires
the Board of Directors to elect an Executive Committee and sets forth its powers
and composition. This amendment, if approved, will take effect only if shares of
the Series B Preferred Stock are in fact issued to PB Capital.

         This Proxy Statement and the accompanying  Notice of Special Meeting of
Stockholders and Proxy Card are first being sent to stockholders on or about [ ,
1996].  The Board of  Directors  has fixed the close of  business on October 10,
1996 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice
of and to vote at the Special Meeting (the "Record Date").  Only stockholders of
record of the  Company's  common  stock,  par value $1.00 per share (the "Common
Stock"),  at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to notice
of and to vote  at the  Special  Meeting.  As of the  Record  Date,  there  were
4,851,381  shares of Common  Stock  outstanding  and  entitled  to vote at the
Special Meeting. Holders of Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business
on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share held by them.

         The presence,  in person or by proxy, of holders of at least a majority
of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to
vote is necessary to constitute a quorum for the  transaction of business at the
Special Meeting. The Company is seeking the affirmative vote of the holders of a


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majority  of the  shares of Common  Stock  cast atthe  Special  Meeting  for the
approval of the issuance of the Series B Preferred  Stock and for the  amendment
to the  Company's  By-Laws.  Under  Massachusetts  law,  abstentions  and broker
non-votes (that is, shares represented at the meeting which are held by a broker
or nominee  and as to which (i)  instructions  have not been  received  from the
beneficial  owner or the person  entitled to vote and (ii) the broker or nominee
does not have  discretionary  voting  power) shall be treated as shares that are
present and entitled to vote for the purpose of determining  whether a quorum is
present, but shall not constitute a vote "for" or "against" a matter and will be
disregarded in determining the "votes cast."

         Stockholders  of the Company are requested to complete,  sign, date and
promptly  return the  accompanying  Proxy Card in the  enclosed  postage-prepaid
envelope. Shares represented by a properly executed Proxy Card received prior to
the vote at the Special  Meeting  and not  revoked  will be voted at the Special
Meeting as  directed  on the Proxy Card.  If a properly  executed  Proxy Card is
submitted but not marked as to a particular  item,  the shares will be voted FOR
the  approval  of the  issuance  of the  Series B  Preferred  Stock  and FOR the
amendment to the Company's By-Laws. No matters other than those set forth in the
Proxy Statement will be presented at the Special Meeting.

         A  stockholder  of record may revoke a proxy at any time  before it has
been exercised by filing a written  revocation with the Secretary of the Company
at the address of the Company set forth above,  by filing a duly executed  proxy
bearing a later  date,  or by  appearing  in person  and voting by ballot at the
Special  Meeting.  Any stockholder of record as of the Record Date attending the
Special  Meeting may vote in person  whether or not a proxy has been  previously
given, but the presence (without further action) of a stockholder at the Special
Meeting will not constitute revocation of a previously given proxy.

         THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL 
OF THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS.



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                                                    PROPOSAL 1

            APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK

Need for Additional Equity and Working Capital
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         As  disclosed  for the  last  two  years in the  Company's  reports  to
shareholders and in its public filings, the Company has been cash constrained as
its core construction business has experienced growth and, in particular, as the
Company  has  increased  its level of higher  margin  civil  construction  work.
Generally,  civil  construction work requires more working capital than building
construction work because of its equipment  intensive  nature,  progress billing
terms imposed by certain public owners and, in some instances, the time required
to process  contract  change  orders.  In addition,  some of the Company's  real
estate  assets have required  regular cash support which has adversely  affected
its working  capital.  Over this period the Company has  increased its revolving
credit  facilities  with its bank group from $70 million to $129.5  million.  As
previously  indicated  to  shareholders,  since late 1995 the  Company  has been
seeking new equity to support  its growth and to allow the Company  over time to
reduce debt. In this regard,  the Company in October 1995 retained J.P. Morgan &
Co.  Incorporated  as its investment bank to advise the Company on its strategic
alternatives to obtain additional  equity.  The original efforts focused largely
on potential  strategic  partners but also sought interest from select financial
investors. From those efforts, the $30,030,000.00 investment opportunity, before
fees and expenses,  presented by PB Capital  Partners,  L.P. ("PB  Capital"),  a
Delaware investment limited partnership managed by Richard C. Blum & Associates,
L.P.  ("RCBA"),  was  determined  by the  Board  of  Directors  to be  the  best
opportunity.  As a result,  with the  approval  of the Board of  Directors,  the
Company entered into a Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement (the  "Agreement") with
PB Capital  whereby PB Capital  agreed to  purchase  150,150  shares of Series B
Preferred  Stock  subject  to  certain  conditions  (the   "Transaction")   (see
"Description of Transaction").  RCBA has in the past taken significant ownership
positions in public  corporations  and  subsequently  worked with  management to
enhance shareholder value.

         In  conjunction  with PB  Capital,  the  Company is  reviewing  all the
Company's real estate assets and current strategies related to those assets with
the expectation that a plan may be developed to generate short term liquidity of
up to an  additional  $20  million for the  Company.  Currently,  the  Company's
strategy has been to hold all of its real estate  assets  through the  necessary
development  and  stabilization  periods to achieve full value. A strategy which
includes  earlier  disposal of those assets  could  require a write down of such
assets to the lower of carrying  amounts or current fair  values,  less costs to
sell.  The  specific  assets  or timing of sales of such a plan has not yet been
determined,  but it is anticipated that implementation would require the Company
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as little as $30 million to as much as $80 million on a pretax basis.  If such a
writedown were required,  it is expected that it would be done during 1996 after
the plan was formalized, but in advance of the actual sale of properties.

Description of Transaction
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         The Agreement  provides that 500,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock
of the  Company  will  be  approved  for  issuance  by the  Company's  Board  of
Directors.  Of that amount  150,150  shares would be issued to PB Capital at the
time of the closing of the  Transaction.  The  remainder  would be set aside for
possible future  payment-in-kind  dividend  distributions to the holders of the
Series B Preferred  Stock.  The purchase  price of the Series B Preferred  Stock
will be $200.00 per share, for a total of $30,030,000.00.

         As a  condition  to its  obligation  to acquire  the Series B Preferred
Stock,  PB Capital is  requiring  that the  By-Laws of the Company be amended as
described below (see "BY-LAW AMENDMENT"),  that the Company's Shareholder Rights
Agreement  be revised as  described  below (see  "Shareholder  Rights  Agreement
Amendment"),  and that three persons  designated by PB Capital be elected to the
Board of Directors of the Company (the  "Designated  Directors") -- one in Class
I, one in Class II, and one in Class III. All three Designated Directors will be
appointed  to the  newly  reconstituted  Executive  Committee  of the  Board  of
Directors,  and certain of them will be appointed to other  committees  as well.
Other  conditions  to PB  Capital's  obligation  to acquire  the Series B Shares
include,  but are not limited to: (i)  compliance by the Company with all terms,
covenants   and   conditions   of  the   Agreement;   (ii)  that  the  Company's
representations  and  warranties  in the  Agreement  are true and correct in all
material  respects at and as of the time of the  closing;  (iii) the approval by
the  Company's  stockholders  of the  issuance of the Series B  Preferred  Stock
sought by this proxy statement;  and (iv) that there be no additional holders of
5% or more of the equity of the Company  (which  holders  could  jeopardize  the
Company's   ability  to  use  present  and  future  net  operating  losses  (see
Shareholder Rights Agreement Amendment)). The issuance of the Series B Preferred
Stock has also been contingent upon the  renegotiation  and  confirmation of the
Company's existing credit agreements and confirmation that the Company's bonding
is adequate,  both in manners  reasonably  satisfactory  to RCBA and the Company
(see "Credit Facilities").

         The  conditions  to the  Company's  obligations  to sell  the  Series B
Preferred Stock to PB Capital include, but are not limited to: (i) compliance by
PB Capital and RCBA with all terms,  covenants and  conditions of the Agreement;
(ii) that their  representations  and  warranties  in the Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects at and as of the time of the closing; (iii) the
Company having received certain fairness opinions regarding the Transaction from
its investment bankers;  and (iv) the approval by the Company's  stockholders of
the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock sought by this Proxy Statement.


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Use of Proceeds
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         The net  proceeds  of the  proposed  issuance of the Series B Preferred
Stock will be used for working capital purposes.

Description of Series B Preferred Stock
- - - - - ---------------------------------------

         The vote of the Company's Board of Directors  establishing the terms of
the Series B Preferred Stock (the "Certificate of Vote") provides as follows:

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE

         Upon  liquidation  the  holders of Series B  Preferred  Stock  would be
entitled to $200.00 per share (the  "Liquidation  Preference")  plus accrued and
unpaid  dividends.  The Series B Preferred Stock will rank junior in liquidation
preference to the Company's $21.25 Convertible  Exchangeable Preferred Stock and
senior to all other currently issued capital stock of the Company (including the
Common Stock).

DIVIDENDS

         Dividends are payable on the Liquidation  Preference  either in cash or
in additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock (a "Payment-In-Kind"). The cash
dividend  rate is 7  percent  per  annum (9  percent  while  there is a  Special
Default)  and the  Payment-In-Kind  dividend  rate is 10  percent  per annum (12
percent  while there is a Special  Default).  Dividends  are  payable  quarterly
commencing  on December  15, 1996.  A Special  Default  would occur upon (1) the
making of certain changes to the Executive  Committee  without the prior written
approval  of a majority  of the  members  of the  Executive  Committee  who were
members prior to such change;  (2) the taking of certain actions  required to be
approved  by the  Executive  Committee  (see  "ByLaw  Amendment")  without  that
Committee's  approval;  (3) any change by the Company in the  composition of the
Executive  Committee which results in members of such Committee  selected by the
holders of the Series B Preferred Stock being fewer in number than the number of
directors  such  shareholders  are  entitled  to  designate;  and (4) solely for
purposes of the right to elect additional directors,  the failure of the Company
to authorize,  declare,  and pay dividends on the Series B Preferred  Stock when
due.

         Prior to December 15, 1999,  the Company will make annual  elections as
to whether  dividends  will be paid in cash or in kind.  Beginning  December 15,
1999,  the  Company  will make such  election  semiannually.  In the event that,
during any period for which the Company has elected to pay cash dividends, it is
unable to pay the full amount of the cash  dividend  due, the Board of Directors
is required to authorize, declare and pay a supplemental stock dividend equal to
the  difference  between the  dividend  that would have been paid in kind at the
Payment-  In-Kind rate  (assuming that the Board of Directors had elected to pay

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dividends for such in-kind and assuming that a Special Default  existed) and the
cash dividend  actually declared and paid on such dividend payment date, if any,
and on the previous dividend payment date during such payment period.  Dividends
not paid will cumulate. There is no sinking fund.

         The  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  will  rank  junior  in cash  dividend
preference to the $21.25 Convertible  Exchangeable Preferred Stock and senior to
the Common Stock. The terms of the Series B Preferred Stock further provide that
no cash  dividends or other  distributions  payable in cash will be  authorized,
declared,  paid or set apart for payment on any shares of Common  Stock or other
stock of the Company  ranking  junior as to  dividends to the Series B Preferred
Stock except for certain limited dividends on Common Stock beginning in 2001.

         In addition,  the proposed new credit facilities will further limit the
ability of the Company to pay cash dividends. (See "Credit Facilities").

REDEMPTION BY THE COMPANY (OPTIONAL AND MANDATORY)

         All, but not less than all, of Series B Preferred Stock may be redeemed
at the  election of the Board of Directors  for the  Redemption  Price  (defined
below) plus accrued and unpaid  dividends,  if and when the shares of the Common
Stock have traded (i) for at least  forty (40) of the  forty-five  (45)  trading
days  (each of which  trading  days  shall be after  the  original  issue  date)
immediately  preceding the date on which the redemption  decision is made by the
Board of Directors (the "Determination  Date"), and (ii) on each of the ten (10)
consecutive trading days immediately prior to the Determination Date, at a price
in excess of 150% (125% after  September  2001) of the conversion  price then in
effect for the Series B Preferred Stock for each such trading day.

         The Redemption  Price will be the  Liquidation  Preference  where there
have been no Special Defaults and, if one or more Special Defaults has occurred,
will be 130% of the greater of the Liquidation Preference or the market value of
the Common Stock  (valued at the average of the closing  prices on the preceding
twenty (20) trading days immediately  prior to the occurrence of the most recent
Special  Default)  into  which  the  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  would  then be
convertible, assuming such shares were then immediately convertible.

         On the eighth,  ninth,  and tenth  anniversaries of the issuance of the
150,150  shares  of Series B  Preferred  Stock to PB  Capital,  the  Company  is
required  to  purchase  from  each  holder of  Series B  Preferred  Stock at the
then-effective  Redemption  Price  (plus  accrued  but  then  unpaid  dividends)
one-third  of the number of shares of the Series B Preferred  Stock held by such
holder on the  eighth  anniversary  (plus a portion of any  subsequently  issued
shares).

         In addition,  if one or more Special Defaults were to occur at any time
or from  time to time on or  after  the  date of the  issuance  of the  Series B
Preferred  Stock,  each holder of Series B Preferred Stock would have the right,

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at such  holder's  option  exercisable  at any time  within  120 days  after the
occurrence of each such Special Default,  to require the Company to purchase all
or any part of the shares of Series B  Preferred  Stock then held by such holder
as such  holder may elect at the  Redemption  Price plus the  accrued and unpaid
dividends  thereon.  There is no  restriction  on the redemption of the Series B
Preferred  Stock  while  there is an  arrearage  on the  payment  of  dividends;
however,  such  repurchases  shall be for the Redemption  Price plus accrued and
unpaid dividends.

         The proposed new credit facilities will limit the aforementioned rights
of redemption. (See "Credit Facilities").

CONVERSION

         Each Share of Series B  Preferred  Stock shall be  convertible,  at the
election  of the  holder,  at  any  time  (including  immediately  prior  to any
scheduled or announced  redemption) into fully paid and nonassessable  shares of
Common Stock (or, in certain  instances,  other  securities  and property of the
Company)  at the rate of that  number of  shares  of Common  Stock for each full
share of Series B Preferred  Stock that is equal to the  Liquidation  Preference
plus an  amount in cash  equal to the  accrued  and  unpaid  dividends  thereon,
whether  or  not  authorized  or  declared,  divided  by  the  conversion  price
applicable per share of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and
keep available, out of its authorized and unissued stock, solely for the purpose
of effecting  the  conversion  of the Series B Preferred  Stock,  such number of
shares of its Common Stock free of preemptive  rights as shall from time to time
be sufficient  to effect the  conversion  of all Series B Preferred  Stock.  The
conversion price, as adjusted for the issuance of warrants to the Company's bank
group (see "Effect of  Warrants"),  will  initially be $9.68219 per share.  The
conversion   price  will  be  adjusted   periodically  to  account  for  certain
distributions of Common Stock or other securities convertible into Common Stock.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

         In addition to being entitled to select the Designated  Directors,  the
holders of the Series B  Preferred  Stock also have the right to  designate  the
successors to each Designated Director.  The Company is required to nominate and
use its best efforts to elect such  directors.  In addition,  the holders of the
Series B Preferred  Stock have the right to appoint to the  Executive  Committee
the same number of directors  as they are entitled to designate  for election to
the Board of Directors. The number of directors that the holders of the Series B
Preferred Stock are entitled to designate  (initially,  three) drops to two when
their holdings  (including any  payment-in-kind  dividends) have been reduced by
66-2/3%  from their  holdings  at the  original  issue  date,  to one when their
holdings  have been  reduced by 80% from their  holdings at the  original  issue
date,  and to zero when  their  holdings  have been  reduced  by 90% from  their
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         PB Capital has informed the Company that it intends to nominate Michael
R. Klein,  Douglas __. McCarron,  and Ronald N. Tutor as its initial  Designated
Directors,  and the Company has indicated  that such nominees are  acceptable to
it.

         Michael R.  Klein  (53).  Partner  in the law firm of Wilmer,  Cutler &
Pickering since 1974.  Chairman of Realty Information Group, Inc., a real estate
information   company,   since  1987.   Director  of  Steck  Vaughn   Publishing
Corporation,  [type of business], since May 1993. Director of National Education
Corp., [type of business], since _____.

         Douglas  __.  McCarron  (__).  President  of  the  Southern  California
Conference of  Carpenters  since _____.  Member of the Executive  Council of the
AFL-CIO,  since  1995.  Trustee  of the  Carpenters  Pension  Trust of  Southern
California since ______ and of the United  Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America Local Unions and Councils Pension Fund ("United  Brotherhood  Pension
Fund")  since  _____.  The United  Brotherhood  Pension Fund is expected to be a
significant investor in PB Capital.

         Ronald  N.  Tutor  (56).  President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  of
Tutor-Saliba Corporation,  a California-based  construction company, since ____,
Director of Southdown  Inc.,  [type of  business],  since _____,  Trustee of The
Carpenters  Trust,  a pension fund  governed by the  provisions  of the Employee
Retirement  Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.  In addition,  as described
below, Mr. Tutor will be appointed Acting Chief Operating Officer of the Company
in connection  with the  Transaction.  Tutor-Saliba  Corporation,  a corporation
controlled  by Mr.  Tutor,  has been a  participant  in joint  ventures with the
Company since 1977.  The Company  currently has eight (8) active joint  ventures
with Tutor-Saliba Corporation with a total contract value of over $1 billion.

         The  proposed  new  credit  facilities  provide  that it is an event of
default if the  Designated  Directors  cease to  constitute  a  majority  of the
members of the Executive Committee. (See "Credit Facilities").

Voting Rights

         The  holders  of Series B  Preferred  Stock  will each  initially  have
20.65648  votes for each  share  held  after the  issuance  of  warrants  to the
Company's bank group. The Series B Preferred Stock will vote as a class with the
holders of the Common  Stock on all matters on which the Common  Stock may vote,
except as set forth  below.  Upon the  occurrence  of any event  that  causes an
increase or decrease in the conversion  price,  the number of votes possessed by
each share of Series B Preferred  Stock shall be  correspondingly  decreased  or
increased.

         Whenever  a Special  Default  exists or if the  Company  has  failed to
repurchase  Shares of Series B Preferred  Stock that it is required to purchase,
(i) the number of members of the

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Board of  Directors  shall be  increased by such number as is necessary to allow
the election of the directors  specified in clause (ii), and (ii) the holders of
the Series B Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, shall have the right
to elect an additional  number of directors to the Board of Directors  such that
directors  selected by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock  constitute a
majority  of the Board of  Directors.  So long as any of the Series B  Preferred
Stock is outstanding, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, without the
affirmative  vote  or  consent  of  the  holders  of at  least  66-2/3%  of  all
outstanding  Series B Preferred Stock voting  separately as a class:  (i) amend,
alter  or  repeal  any   provision  of  the  Company's   Restated   Articles  of
Organization,  Certificate of Vote, or By-Laws, if such amendment, alteration or
repeal  would  alter  the  contract  rights,  as  expressly  set  forth  in  the
Certificate of Vote, of the Series B Preferred  Stock so as to adversely  affect
the  rights  of the  holders  thereof;  (ii)  create,  authorize  or  issue,  or
reclassify  shares of any  authorized  stock of the  Company;  or (iii)  approve
certain  fundamental  changes (e.g., any plan or agreement pursuant to which all
or  substantially  all of the shares of Common  Stock  shall be  exchanged  for,
converted  into,  acquired for or  constitute  solely the right to receive cash,
securities, property or other assets).

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER

         PB Capital has  covenanted  not to transfer its interest in the Company
to, and not to permit  investors in it to transfer their interests in PB Capital
to,  entities  that are  competitive  with the Company for a period of two years
after the closing of the Transaction.  Thereafter,  for an additional two years,
PB Capital has granted to the Company a right of first  refusal on any  transfer
of  Company  stock by PB  Capital  to an  entity  that is  competitive  with the
Company.  In addition,  the proposed new credit  facility  provides that certain
transfers  by PB Capital  will be  considered  events of default.  (See  "Credit
Facilities").

Credit Facilities
- - - - - -----------------

         In  conjunction  with the  proposed  issuance of the Series B Preferred
Stock,  the Company,  with the  assistance  of RCBA,  has been in the process of
renegotiating  the Company's  credit  facilities.  The current  agreed upon term
sheet  provides for a  restructuring  of the existing  credit  agreement and the
bridge credit agreement into a single $129.5 million  revolving credit facility,
comprised of a Tranche A commitment  in the amount of $110 million and a Tranche
B commitment in the amount of $19.5 million.  The Tranche B commitment  provides
for a higher  interest rate than the Tranche A commitment  since it  principally
represents the current bridge facility. The term sheet further requires that the
Company repay the loans based upon the following schedule:

         December 31, 1997                  $15,000,000
         December 31, 1998                  $15,000,000
         March 31, 1999                     $ 2,500,000
         June 30, 1999                      $ 5,000,000

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         September 30, 1999                 $ 5,000,000
         January 1, 2000                    Remaining Balance

         The new credit  facilities  would also require that a percentage of any
net proceeds  from the  disposition  of real estate be allocated to the banks to
prepay the loans and reduce the maximum amount of the facility.  In this regard,
the first $20 million of net proceeds  from real estate sales may be retained by
the Company to fund its operations.  Thereafter,  fifty percent (50%) of all net
proceeds  would be paid to the banks,  with the  remaining  fifty  percent (50%)
available to the Company to fund its  operations.  In addition,  eighty  percent
(80%) of the net proceeds from the disposition of other assets with net proceeds
greater than $25,000 must be paid to the banks to prepay the facilities when the
aggregate  net  proceeds  from such sales equal at least  $125,000  (and at each
$125,000 increment  thereafter).  All mandatory prepayments resulting from asset
dispositions will reduce the mandatory principal payments detailed above.

         In addition to certain restructuring fees, upon commencement of the new
credit  facilities  the banks  will also be  granted  warrants  to  purchase  an
aggregate of 4.9% (currently  equivalent to approximately 410,000 shares) of the
Common Stock of the Company (on a fully  diluted  basis,  after giving effect to
the  issuance  of the Series B Preferred  Stock to PB Capital)  with an exercise
price equal to the average daily  closing  market price on the five trading days
before  the  commencement  date of the new  facility.  The  warrants  will  have
customary   antidilution   provisions  and  registration  rights,  and  will  be
exercisable for seven years after such date.

         The new credit  facilities,  in  addition to general  covenants,  would
further  provide that there may be no purchase or  redemption  by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries of any of the Series B Preferred Stock at any time prior
to the date when the credit facility is paid in full. The new credit  facilities
would  provide  that  the  Company  may not pay  cash  dividends  or make  other
restricted  payments prior to September 30, 1998 and thereafter may not pay cash
dividends or make other restricted  payments  unless:  (i) the Company is not in
default under the credit  agreement;  (ii) commitments under the credit facility
have been reduced to less than $90  million;  (iii)  restricted  payments in any
quarter,  when added to restricted payments made in the prior three quarters, do
not exceed fifty percent (50%) of net income from continuing  operations for the
prior four  quarters;  and (iv) net worth (after taking into  consideration  the
amount of the proposed cash dividend or restricted payment) is at least equal to
the amount shown below,  adjusted for losses from  dispositions  of real estate,
provided that unadjusted net worth must be at least $60,000,000:

         October 1, 1998 to December 30, 1998         $165,000,000
         December 31, 1998 to March 31, 1999          $170,000,000
         April 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999               $172,500,000
         July 1, 1999 to September 30, 1999           $175,000,000
         October 1, 1999 to January 1, 2000           $177,500,000

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For  purposes  of the new credit  facilities,  net worth  shall  include the net
proceeds from the sale of the Series B Preferred Stock to PB Capital.

         The new credit  facilities  would further provide that there will be an
event of default if (i) PB Capital  fails to maintain an  ownership  interest in
the Company of at least one half of its interest as of the commencement  date of
the  facilities  or (ii) the  members  of Board of  Directors  designated  by PB
Capital cease to constitute a majority of the members of the Executive Committee
of the Board of Directors.

Effect of Warrants
- - - - - ------------------

         If, as  contemplated,  the warrants are issued to the  Company's  banks
(see "Credit Facilities"),  the conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock
will be lowered to  $9.68219,  a  reduction  from the  $10.50  conversion  price
originally announced by the Company.

Impact of Failure to Approve the Issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock
- - - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

         If the Transaction is not consummated,  the Company will be required to
enter into new negotiations  with its revolving credit agreement bank group. The
significant issues to be resolved would include the extension of the $15 million
bridge loan beyond its current  maturity of November 22, 1996 and the  extension
of the underlying $114.5 million  revolving credit facility,  which currently is
scheduled to mature on December 6, 1997.  Without the continued  availability of
these funds the  Company  cannot  conduct  operations  at its  current  level of
business. There is no assurance at this time that any such negotiations with the
bank group  will  result in loan  extensions  or lending  levels  sufficient  to
provide the necessary liquidity to meet the Company's current needs.

         The failure to obtain such new credit  facilities or other  alternative
financing might force the Company to change its current real estate  strategies,
as they  relate to  certain  of its  holdings,  and sell some  properties  on an
accelerated  basis to provide  near term  liquidity.  Such a change in  strategy
would result in the writedown of those real estate assets to current disposition
levels as opposed to longer term full development values. Moreover,  without the
equity infusion from PB Capital and the negotiation of new credit facilities, it
is not  certain  that  the  real  estate  sales by the  Company  could  generate
sufficient cash to meet the Company's short-term needs.

         The execution of the new credit  agreement  with the bank group and the
availability to the Company of the proposed new credit facilities are subject to
various  conditions in addition to the consummation of the  Transaction,  and no
assurance can be given that such  conditions  will be satisfied or waived by the
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Employment and Severance Agreements
- - - - - -----------------------------------

     In  connection  with the closing of the  Transaction,  the Company plans to
enter into separate employment agreements with David B. Perini, John H. Schwarz,
Richard  J.  Rizzo and  Donald  E.  Unbekant.  Under  the terms of Mr.  Perini's
agreement,  Mr. Perini will continue as Chief Executive  Officer and Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Company for a period of three  years.  Mr.  Perini
will also remain  President  of the  Company  until the  appointment  of a Chief
Operating  Officer for the Company.  The agreement  will provide that Mr. Perini
will receive his current salary,  which will continue to be reviewed annually by
the Board of  Directors.  Mr.  Perini  will also  continue  to  receive  certain
benefits,  including health and life insurance and pension accrual. In addition,
Mr. Perini will continue to receive incentive  compensation  under the Company's
current  plans  until the end of 1996 and  pursuant  to any  plans  which are in
effect thereafter.

         Mr.  Perini's  agreement  will provide that,  during the 3-month period
after the  first  anniversary  of the  agreement,  Mr.  Perini  may  voluntarily
terminate his employment  for any reason with 90 days notice to the Company.  In
such event,  Mr. Perini would be entitled to receive his base  compensation  and
benefits  for the balance of the contract  term.  In the event of a reduction in
Mr. Perini's  compensation or a material change in his  responsibilities  at the
Company,  Mr.  Perini would be entitled to  terminate  his  employment  with the
Company and receive his base  compensation  and  benefits for up to three years,
depending  on when the  termination  of  employment  occurred.  In the event Mr.
Perini's  employment  were  terminated  in  accordance  with either of the above
provisions,  his stock  options  would  become  fully  exercisable  and could be
exercised at any time during the salary  continuation period (but not beyond the
applicable option term).

         Each of the agreements  with Messrs.  Schwarz,  Rizzo and Unbekant will
provide that the executive  will continue to serve the Company,  in the position
or positions  currently  held,  through  December 31, 1997.  Each agreement will
provide that the executive will receive his current salary,  which will continue
to be reviewed  annually by the Board of  Directors.  Each  executive  will also
continue to receive  benefits,  including  health and life insurance and pension
accrual.  In  addition,  each  executive  will  continue  to  receive  incentive
compensation  under  the  Company's  current  plans  until  the end of 1996  and
pursuant to any plans which are in effect thereafter.

         Each  agreement  will provide  that, in the event of a reduction in the
executive's   compensation   or   a   material   change   in   the   executive's
responsibilities  at the Company,  the executive  would be entitled to terminate
his employment with the Company and receive his base  compensation  and benefits
for the greater of one year or the  remaining  contract  term.  In the event the
executive's  employment were terminated in accordance with the above  provision,
his stock options would become fully  exercisable  and could be exercised at any
time during the salary continuation period (but not beyond the applicable option
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         Bart W.  Perini  will  retire  as an  active  employee  of the  Company
effective  December  31,  1996.  He will  continue to serve as a  Director.  The
Company  will  enter  into a  severance  agreement  with Mr.  Perini  which,  in
recognition of his thirty-five  years of service,  provides for the continuation
of his base salary and benefits, including health and life insurance and pension
accrual,  through  December 31, 1998.  In addition,  he will continue to receive
incentive compensation under the Company's current plans through 1996.

Option Grant and Employment Arrangements
- - - - - ----------------------------------------

         Upon the closing of the Transaction, Mr. Tutor will be appointed by the
Board of Directors as Acting Chief Operating Officer and will thereafter by paid
an annual  salary of  $150,000.  In  addition,  in order to  provide  additional
incentive to Mr. Tutor in his role as Acting Chief  Operating  Officer,  he will
also be granted, at the closing of the Transaction,  options to purchase 150,000
shares of Common  Stock of which  [________]  will be  granted  under the Perini
Corporation  1982 Stock  Option and Long Term  Performance  Incentive  Plan,  as
amended, and [___________] will be granted subject to stockholder approval of an
increase  in the number of shares  available  under the plan at the next  annual
meeting.  The options will be granted  with an exercise  price equal to the fair
market  value of a share of Common Stock at the close of business on the closing
date of the Transaction.  The options will not be qualified under Section 422 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and will not vest for three years
in order to  protect  significant  tax  benefits  associated  with  certain  net
operating losses. (See "The Company's NOLs and Section 382"). The options expire
after eight years.

Executive Committee Compensation
- - - - - --------------------------------

         The non-employee members of the Executive Committee will receive $4,000
for  each  Executive  Committee  meeting  attended.  In  addition,  each  of the
non-employee  members of the Executive  Committee  will also be granted,  at the
closing of the Transaction, options to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock of
which  [_________]  will be granted under the Amended  Perini  Corporation  1982
Stock  Option  and  Long  Term  Performance  Incentive  Plan,  as  amended,  and
[__________]  will be granted subject to stockholder  approval of an increase in
the number of shares  available under the plan at the next annual  meeting.  The
options will be granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of
a share of Common  Stock at the close of  business  on the  closing  date of the
Transaction.  The options  expire  after eight  years.  The options  will not be
qualified  under  Section 422 of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and will not vest for three years in order to protect  significant  tax benefits
associated  with certain net  operating  losses.  (See "The  Company's  NOLs and
Section 382"). The options expire after eight years.


Registration Rights Agreement
- - - - - -----------------------------

         The Series B Preferred  Stock will not be listed on the American  Stock
Exchange or any other  national  securities  exchange,  and the  issuance of the
Series B  Preferred  Stock will not be  registered  with the SEC.  The shares of
Series B Preferred Stock will therefore be restricted

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securities. However, the Company will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement
(the  "Registration  Rights  Agreement")  with PB Capital  pursuant  to which PB
Capital  or its  permitted  successors  and  assigns  under the  Agreement  (the
"Purchasers")  will be entitled to certain additional rights with respect to the
registration  under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  (the  "Securities
Act") of the shares of Common Stock  received  upon  conversion  of the Series B
Preferred Stock (the "Conversion Shares").

         The  Registration  Rights Agreement will provide that in the event that
the  Company  files a  registration  statement  for its Common  Stock  under the
Securities  Act, for a purpose and on a form that would permit the  registration
of the Conversion  Shares,  the Purchasers may participate in the offering under
such  registration  statement,  on a basis at least as  favorable  as any  other
offeror  (other than the Company).  Such  participation  would be subject to the
reasonable   judgment  of  the  lead  underwriter  of  the  offering  that  such
participation  would not impair the  ability of the Company to raise the capital
being sought by it.

         The Registration  Rights Agreement will further provide that Purchasers
holding  unregistered  Conversion  Shares or Preferred  Stock may, under certain
circumstances, demand that the Company file a "shelf" registration statement for
the purpose of registering the resale of such unregistered Conversion Shares and
any  shares  of  Common  Stock  into  which  Preferred  Stock  may be  converted
(together, the "Registrable  Securities").  Such agreement will provide that the
Company  shall  use its best  efforts  to  maintain  the  effectiveness  of such
registration  statement until the resale of all such Registrable Securities and,
in the event all Registrable  Securities are not resold under such  registration
statement, the Company must file a second "shelf" registration statement for the
resale of any and all remaining Registrable Securities.

Voting Agreement
- - - - - ----------------

         PB Capital,  David B.  Perini,  Bart W.  Perini,  Ronald N. Tutor,  and
Tutor-Saliba Corporation (collectively, the "Stockholders" and each individually
a  "Stockholder")  have entered into an agreement (the "Voting  Agreement") with
the Company,  pursuant to which the Stockholders  have agreed to vote all of the
shares of Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series A Junior  Participating
Cumulative  Preferred Stock, and any other series or class of voting stock to be
issued by the Company (collectively,  the "Perini Voting Stock") owned of record
or thereafter acquired by them, or over which they have voting control, in favor
of  the   election  to  the  Board  of   Directors   of  the  Company  of  three
representatives  designated  by PB Capital and  reasonably  satisfactory  to the
Company at the first  meeting of the  Stockholders  at which  directors  will be
elected.  The terms of the Voting  Agreement  are binding  upon  transferees  of
Perini Voting Stock.  The Voting Agreement will remain in effect until the first
meeting of the  Stockholders,  after the date of this special meeting,  at which
directors will be elected.


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Shareholder Rights Agreement Amendments
- - - - - ---------------------------------------

         The Company is a party to a Shareholder  Rights Agreement,  dated as of
September 23, 1988,  as amended and restated as of May 17, 1990,  with The First
National  Bank of Boston as Rights Agent.  On September  23, 1988,  the Board of
Directors of the Company declared a dividend distribution of one Preferred Stock
Purchase  Right (a "Right")  for each  outstanding  share of Common Stock of the
Company to  stockholders  of record at the close of business on October 6, 1988.
Each Right entitles the registered  holder thereof to purchase one one-hundredth
of a share (a  "Unit")  of Series A Junior  Participating  Cumulative  Preferred
Stock (the "Series A Preferred  Stock") at a cash exercise  price of $100.00 per
Unit. The Rights expire on September 23, 1998.

         The purpose of the Shareholder  Rights  Agreement is to prevent hostile
attempts to acquire control of the Company by making such attempts prohibitively
expensive,  unless the Board of Directors acts to redeem the Rights.  The Rights
Agreement   presently  provides  that,  absent  intervention  by  the  Board  of
Directors, certain anti-takeover provisions become operative in the event that a
person or group of affiliated or associated  persons (other than the Company and
certain of its  affiliates  and other  exempted  persons)  either:  (i) acquires
beneficial  ownership  of 20% or more of the then  outstanding  shares of Common
Stock  (the  date of the  announcement  of such  acquisition  being  the  "Stock
Acquisition Date"), or (ii) acquires beneficial  ownership of 10% or more of the
then  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock  and the  Board of  Directors  of the
Company  determines that such person or group is adverse to the interests of the
Company (an "Adverse  Person").  (For  purposes of this  provision,  a person is
deemed to  beneficially  own the shares of Common  Stock into which any class of
preferred  stock  of  the  Company  is  convertible.  Such  shares  issuable  on
conversion,  however,  are generally not counted as part of the number of shares
of Common Stock then  outstanding in calculating  the percentage of shares owned
by other  persons.)  Following  either such event,  the Board of  Directors  may
provide  that each holder of a Right will  thereafter  have the right to receive
upon exercise  that number of Units of Series A Preferred  Stock having a market
value  of two  times  the  exercise  price of the  Right,  unless  the  Board of
Directors  redeems the Rights.  The Board of Directors  may also, at its option,
exchange  all or any part of the then  outstanding  and  exercisable  Rights for
shares of Common Stock or Units of Series A Preferred Stock at an exchange ratio
of one share of Common Stock or one Unit of Preferred Stock per Right.

         As part of the  Transaction  necessary  to permit the  issuance  of the
Series B Preferred  Stock, the Board of Directors plans to amend the Shareholder
Rights Agreement in two ways.

         o        First,  in order to permit  the  acquisition  of the  Series B
                  Preferred Stock by PB Capital  pursuant to the Agreement,  any
                  additional Preferred Stock issued as dividends, and any Common
                  Stock issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred  Stock,
                  without  triggering the distribution of Rights, the Board will
                  amend the  Shareholder  Rights  Agreement  to provide that the
                  

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                  issuance of the Series B Preferred  Stock and the Common Stock
                  into which such stock is  convertible  will not give rise to a
                  "Stock  Acquisition  Date"  within  the  meaning of the Rights
                  Agreement  and that PB  Capital  will not be  deemed  to be an
                  "Adverse  Person."  Accordingly,  the issuance of the Series B
                  Preferred Stock will not trigger the anti-takeover  provisions
                  of the Shareholder Rights Agreement.

         o        Second, in order to protect significant potential tax benefits
                  of the Company  attributable  to certain net operating  losses
                  ("NOLs")  that the Company  already has, as well as those that
                  it may have in the future (see "The Company's NOLs and Section
                  382"),  the  Company  plans to  lower  the  threshold  for the
                  occurrence of a Stock  Acquisition Date from 20% to 10% of the
                  outstanding  shares of Common Stock, (the "Second  Amendment")
                  and plans to extend the expiration of the  Shareholder  Rights
                  Agreement until 38 months following the closing date, at which
                  point,   the  Board  may   consider  the  adoption  of  a  new
                  shareholder rights agreement. Prior to the new expiration date
                  of the Shareholder Rights Agreement,  these thresholds may not
                  be changed  without  the prior  consent  of a majority  of the
                  Executive  Committee.  The purpose of these  amendments  which
                  lower the trigger  thresholds  for the Rights is to reduce the
                  risk that one  person or a group of  persons  will  acquire an
                  amount of capital  stock of the  Company  that would limit the
                  Company's  ability  to use these  NOLs in the future by making
                  such an acquisition  unattractive to buyers.  These amendments
                  do not in any way prevent such  acquisitions  from  occurring,
                  nor do they render such  purchases  null and void. The Company
                  believes that this is the best means presently available to it
                  to accomplish this end.  Depending on the circumstances in the
                  future,  the Company may consider other means of preventing an
                  "ownership  change" as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of
                  1986, as amended.

         The Shareholder  Rights  Agreement  Amendments may be deemed to have an
"anti-takeover"  effect because,  during the new term of the Shareholder  Rights
Agreement,  they will  make it  unattractive  for a person  or entity  (or group
thereof)  to  accumulate  more  than  10% of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  The
Shareholder  Rights  Agreement  Amendments  thus would  discourage  or  prohibit
accumulations  of  substantial  blocks of shares  for which  stockholders  might
receive a premium above market  value.  In the opinion of the Board of Directors
of the Company,  the  fundamental  importance to the Company's  stockholders  of
maintaining the  availability  of the tax benefits to the Company  outweighs the
added anti-takeover effect the Shareholder Rights Agreement Amendments may have.

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THE COMPANY'S NOLS AND SECTION 382

         As of  December  31,  1995,  NOLs of  approximately  $55  million  were
available to offset  taxable  income  recognized by the Company in periods after
December 31, 1995. The Company estimates that as of December 31, 1996, such NOLs
will amount to  approximately  $52  million.  There are also various tax credits
that are  available  to the  Company  to offset  future  tax  liabilities  after
utilizing the above mentioned NOLs.

         For Federal  income tax purposes,  the NOLs and tax credits will expire
according to the following schedule (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           

        Year of                Unused Investment         Foreign Tax       Net Operating Loss
      Expiration                  Tax Credits              Credits            Carryforwards
      ----------                  -----------              -------            -------------
<S>                            <C>                       <C>               <C>            
         1998                  $                           $ 952              $         
         1999                                                 26
         2001                           449
         2002                            37
         2003                         3,046                                              675
         2004                                                                            293
         2005                                                                            728
         2006                                                                          1,142
         2009                                                                         26,147
         2010                                                                         26,283
                                    -------                ------                ------------

         Total                  $     3,532                $ 978               $      55,268
                                    =======                ======                ============
</TABLE>

NOLs benefit the Company by offsetting  taxable  income dollar for dollar by the
amount  of  the  NOLs,  thereby  eliminating  (subject  to  a  relatively  minor
alternative  minimum  tax) the 35%  federal  corporate  tax on such  income.  In
contrast,  tax credits offset federal taxes dollar for dollar after  application
of various enumerated rules and limitations.

         The  benefit  of a  company's  NOLs and tax  credits  can be reduced or
eliminated under Section 382 of the Internal  Revenue Code ("IRC").  Section 382
limits the use of losses and other tax benefits by a company that has  undergone
an "ownership change," as defined in Section 382. Generally, an ownership change
occurs if one or more  stockholders,  each of whom owns 5% or more in value of a
company's capital stock,  increase their aggregate  percentage ownership by more
than 50  percentage  points  over the lowest  percentage  of stock owned by such
stockholders over the preceding three year period. For this purpose, all holders
who each own less than 5% of a company's  capital  stock are  generally  treated
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as one or more 5 percent stockholders (that is, all holders with less than 5% of
a  company's  stock  are  typically   treated,   in  effect,   as  one  "public"
stockholder). In addition, certain constructive ownership rules, which generally
attribute  ownership of stock to the ultimate  beneficial  owner thereof without
regard to ownership by nominees,  trusts,  corporations,  partnerships  or other
entities,  or to related  individuals,  are applied in determining  the level of
stock ownership of a particular stockholder. Special rules, described below, can
result in the  treatment  of options  (including  warrants) as exercised if such
treatment would result in an ownership change. All percentage determinations are
based on the fair market  value of a com pany's  capital  stock,  including  any
preferred  stock which is voting or convertible  (or otherwise  participates  in
corporate growth).

         If an  ownership  change of the  Company  were to occur,  the amount of
taxable  income in any year (or portion of a year)  subsequent  to the ownership
change that could be offset by NOLs or other carryovers existing (or "built in")
prior to such ownership  change  generally could not exceed the product obtained
by multiplying (i) the aggregate value of the Company's stock  immediately prior
to the ownership change (with certain adjustments) by (ii) the federal long-term
tax-exempt rate (currently  5.8%).  Because the value of the Company's stock, as
well as the federal long-term tax-exempt rate, fluctuate,  it is not possible to
predict with accuracy the annual limitation upon the amount of taxable income of
the  Company  that could be offset by such NOLs or other  items if an  ownership
change were to occur on or  subsequent  to the closing date of the  Transaction.
The Company would incur a corporate  level tax (current  maximum federal rate of
35%) on any taxable income during a given year in excess of such limitation plus
any prior year's  unused NOL that was not utilized in such prior year.  While
the NOLs not used as a result  of this  limitation  remain  available  to offset
taxable income in future years, the effect of an ownership change, under certain
circumstances,  would be to  significantly  defer the  utilization  of the NOLs,
accelerate the payment of federal income tax, and cause a portion of the NOLs to
expire prior to their use.

         Approval and  consummation of the  Transaction  increases the risk that
the Company will undergo an ownership  change because of the significant  change
in ownership  attributable  to PB Capital's  ownership  interest in the Company.
Regulations  issued by the  Internal  Revenue  Service (the "IRS") in March 1994
provide that an "option"  will be treated as  exercised  for purposes of Section
382 if it meets  any one of three  tests,  each of which  will  apply  only if a
"principal  purpose" of the issuance,  transfer or structuring of the option was
to avoid or ameliorate the impact of an ownership  change under Section 382. The
term  "option"  for this  purpose is defined  broadly to  include,  among  other
things,  a  contingent  purchase,  warrant or put,  regardless  of whether it is
contingent or otherwise not currently  exercisable.  Under this definition,  the
Series B Preferred  Stock  being  reserved  for  issuance  as  payment-in-  kind
dividends (the "PIK Shares") could be viewed as "options." The Company  believes
that,  based on its estimate of the  potential  values of the Series B Preferred
Stock,  its  knowledge  of the  current  ownership  of Common  Stock and  $21.25
Preferred Stock by 5 percent stockholders,  and the current trading price of the
Common Stock and the $21.25  Preferred Stock, all of which are subject to change
following the date of this Proxy Statement, an

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ownership  change  of the  Company  will not  occur on the  closing  date of the
Transaction  whether or not the PIK Shares are  considered  as  "options"  under
Section 382 of the IRC.

         The Company did not negotiate the terms of the Agreement, including the
terms of the Series B Preferred Stock (including the stock being reserved as PIK
Shares), with a view to avoid or ameliorate the impact of an ownership change of
the Company  under  Section 382,  and the Company  believes  that the  issuance,
transfer,  or  structuring of any aspect of the Agreement did not have as one of
its purposes the avoidance or amelioration of the impact of an ownership change.
PB  Capital  also  has  indicated  that it did not  negotiate  the  terms of the
Agreement with a view to avoiding an ownership change,  and it has indicated its
belief  that  the  issuance,  transfer,  or  structuring  of any  aspect  of the
Agreement did not have as one of its purposes the avoidance or  amelioration  of
an ownership change of the Company. The Company and PB Capital's conclusions are
not  binding  on the  IRS,  however,  and  thus  the IRS  could  challenge  this
conclusion.  Even if the IRS were to successfully challenge this position, it is
unlikely that the  consummation  of the Transaction in and of itself would cause
an ownership change of the Company.

         However, as indicated in the previous paragraph,  such a challenge,  if
successful,  could increase the risk that purchases by other stockholders of the
Company's  Common  Stock  could  effect the  percentage  shift in the  Company's
ownership as determined for purposes of Section 382. Any such acquisition  could
increase the likelihood that the Company would experience an ownership change if
such  shift,  coupled  with the  consummation  of the  Transaction,  causes  the
ownership  by 5 percent  stockholders  (including  groups of less than 5 percent
stockholders  that are  treated  as 5 percent  stockholders)  of the  Company to
increase by more than 50 percentage points during a three year period.

         In addition,  approval and  consummation  of the  renegotiation  of the
Company's  credit  facilities could also increase the risk that the Company will
undergo an ownership  change because of the bank warrants  described  above (see
"Credit  Facilities").  If the banks were to exercise such  warrants  within the
three years following the closing date of the Transaction, it is likely that the
banks'  acquisition  of Common Stock would be deemed part of the holdings of the
public (as noted above,  the holdings of less than 5% stockholders are generally
aggregated  and  treated as one  stockholder  for Section  382  purposes).  As a
result,  upon the exercise of those warrants,  the public  stockholders would be
deemed to have increased  their holdings of the Company  vis-a-vis  their lowest
holdings during the preceding three years.  This transaction also could increase
the likelihood  that the Company would undergo an ownership  change for purposes
of Section 382.

         The desire of the Company to maintain  its NOLs could make it difficult
for the Company to complete any further  significant equity issuances (public or
private) for the three years following the closing date of the Transaction. That
is,  even if PB  Capital  is the only  holder of more  than 5% of the  Company's
capital stock to increase its holdings of capital stock

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of the Company  during the past three  years,  the fact that,  by the  Company's
estimates,  PB Capital will own approximately 32% of the Company's capital stock
after  consummation  of the  Transaction and that the Company may issue up to an
additional  estimated 7% of the Company's capital stock as PIK Shares for the
payment of dividends over the next three years,  means that the Company may have
little  ability to obtain  further equity during that same period if it wants to
maintain  its  ability  to use  NOLs  without  application  of the  Section  382
limitation.  Under the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, PB Capital has the
right to approve certain future issuances of equity, whether junior or senior in
rank.

CONTINUED RISK OF OWNERSHIP CHANGE

         Notwithstanding  the Shareholder  Rights  Agreement  Amendments,  there
remains a risk that certain changes in relationships among stockholders or other
events will cause an ownership  change of the Company under Section 382.  Future
significant  purchases of the Company's Common Stock and other events that occur
prior to the  consummation of the Transaction can effect the percentage shift in
the Company's  ownership as determined for purposes of Section 382, and any such
acquisition  could increase the likelihood  that the Company will  experience an
ownership   change  if  such  shift,   coupled  with  the  consummation  of  the
Transaction,  causes the ownership of 5 percent  stockholders  of the Company to
increase.  There  also can be no  assurance  that the  Second  Amendment  to the
Shareholder Rights Agreement will be effective, either because a person or group
of persons  acquires  stock in excess of 10% of the capital stock of the Company
(notwithstanding  that such acquisition would trigger the distribution of rights
under the  Shareholder  Rights  Agreement)  or  because  of other  factors.  For
example,  while Section 382 provides that fluctuations in the relative values of
different classes of stock are not taken into account in determining  whether an
ownership change occurs, no regulations or other guidance have been issued under
this provision. Therefore, the extent to which changes in relative values of the
Series B Preferred Stock, the $21.25 Preferred Stock, and the Common Stock could
result in an ownership change of the Company is unclear, and it is possible that
fluctuations in value could result in an ownership change of the Company.

         In addition,  the Board of Directors of the Company has the  discretion
to  prevent  the  distribution  of Rights  and also to redeem  the  Rights for a
nominal sum.  Either of these  actions  would  otherwise  result in an ownership
change that would limit the use of the tax attributes of the Company.  The Board
of  Directors  of  the  Company  intends  to  consider  any  such   transactions
individually  and  determine at the time whether it is in the best  interests of
the Company,  after  consideration  of any factors that the Board deems relevant
(including  possible  future events),  to permit any such  transactions to occur
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         As  a  result  of  the  foregoing,  the  Shareholder  Rights  Agreement
Amendments  may serve to reduce,  but do not serve to  eliminate,  the risk that
Section  382  will  cause  the  limitations  described  above  on the use of tax
attributes of the Company to be applicable.

Regulation of Certain Business Combinations under Massachusetts Law
- - - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------

         Chapter  110F  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Laws  provides  that  a
corporation  may not  engage in any  business  combination  with any  interested
stockholder for a period of three years following the date that such stockholder
became an  interested  stockholder.  Chapter  110F  further  provides  that this
prohibition does not apply if, prior to the date that such stockholder became an
interested  stockholder,  the board of directors of the corporation approved the
transaction   which   resulted  in  the   stockholder   becoming  an  interested
stockholder.

         Upon  consummation of the  Transaction,  PB Capital would own more than
five percent of the outstanding  voting stock of the Company and would therefore
be an  "interested  stockholder"  as defined under  chapter  110F.  The Board of
Directors  has voted to approve the Stock  Purchase and Sale  Agreement  and the
transactions contemplated thereby.  Accordingly, the prohibition of chapter 110F
will not apply to future transactions between PB Capital and the Company.

Fairness Opinions
- - - - - -----------------

OPINION OF J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC.

         Pursuant to an  engagement  letter dated  October 9, 1995,  the Company
retained J.P. Morgan Securities,  Inc.  ("J.P.  Morgan") as its financial
advisor to assist the Company in assessing its  alternatives to obtain strategic
capital,  including  consideration of potential business  combinations,  private
equity placements,  and other  transactions  including the possible sale of real
estate assets.

         At the  meeting of the Board of  Directors  of the  Company on June 12,
1996,  J.P.  Morgan  rendered  its oral opinion to the Board of Directors of the
Company that, as of such date, the  consideration  to be paid to the Company for
the  proposed  issuance  of Series B  Preferred  Stock was fair from a financial
point of view to the Company.  J.P.  Morgan has confirmed its June 12, 1996 oral
opinion by  delivering  its  written  opinion to the Board of  Directors  of the
Company,  dated the date of this Proxy  Statement,  that,  as of such date,  the
consideration to be paid to the Company in the proposed Transaction is fair from
a financial  point of view to the Company.  No  limitations  were imposed by the
Company's Board of Directors upon J.P. Morgan with respect to the investigations
made or procedures followed by it in rendering its opinions.

         The full text of the written  opinion of J.P.  Morgan dated the date of
this Proxy Statement,  which sets forth the assumptions made, matters considered
and limits on the review

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undertaken,  is  attached  as Annex A to this  Proxy  Statement.  The  Company's
stockholders  are  urged to read the  opinion  in its  entirety.  J.P.  Morgan's
written  opinion is  addressed  to the Board of  Directors  of the  Company,  is
directed  only to the  consideration  to be paid by PB Capital  for the Series B
Preferred Stock and does not constitute a  recommendation  to any stockholder of
the Company as to how such  stockholder  should vote at the Special  Meeting and
should not be relied upon by any stockholder as such. The summary of the opinion
of J.P. Morgan set forth in this Proxy Statement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of such opinion.

         In arriving at its opinions, J.P. Morgan reviewed,  among other things,
in the case of its June 12, 1996 opinion,  the investment offer as then proposed
and negotiated  with RCBA, and in the case of its opinion dated the date of this
Proxy  Statement,  the Stock Purchase and Sale  Agreement,  related  Transaction
documents  and this Proxy  Statement;  the audited  financial  statements of the
Company for the fiscal years ended  December 31, 1995 and December 31, 1994, and
the unaudited financial  statements of the Company for the period ended June 30,
1996 in the case of its opinion dated the date of this Proxy Statement;  current
and historical  market prices of the Common Stock;  certain  publicly  available
information  concerning  the  business  of  the  Company  and of  certain  other
companies  engaged in  businesses  comparable  to those of the Company,  and the
reported  market  prices  for  certain  other   companies'   securities   deemed
comparable; publicly available terms of certain transactions involving companies
comparable to the Company and the consideration paid for such companies; certain
agreements  with  respect to  outstanding  indebtedness  or  obligations  of the
Company;  certain information regarding the Company's real estate subsidiary and
portfolio of assets  provided by the  Company;  and certain  internal  financial
analyses and forecasts prepared by the Company and its management.

         J.P.  Morgan  also  held   discussions  with  certain  members  of  the
management  of the Company with respect to certain  aspects of the  Transaction,
the past and current business operations of the Company, the financial condition
and  future  prospects  and  operations  of  the  Company,  the  effects  of the
Transaction on the financial condition and future prospects of the Company,  and
certain  other  matters  believed  necessary  or  appropriate  to J.P.  Morgan's
inquiry.  These matters included the overall high debt level of the Company; the
need for further liquidity to support the Company's construction  operations and
bonding  capacity;  limited net proceeds  available to the Company if it were to
pursue an accelerated disposition of its real estate assets;  potential exposure
to future  payments  resulting  from the  Company's  WMATA  litigation;  and the
benefits of the Transaction in  strengthening  the balance sheet of the Company.
In addition,  J.P.  Morgan visited  certain  representative  facilities and real
estate  assets of the Company,  and reviewed  such other  financial  studies and
analyses and considered  such other  information as deemed  appropriate  for the
purposes of its opinions.

         J.P.  Morgan  relied  upon,  without  assuming any  responsibility  for
independent verification,  the accuracy and completeness of all information that
was publicly  available or that was  furnished to it by the Company or otherwise
reviewed by J.P. Morgan, and J.P.

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Morgan has not assumed any liability therefor. J.P. Morgan has not conducted any
valuation or appraisal of any assets or liabilities,  nor have any valuations or
appraisals been provided to J.P.  Morgan.  In relying on financial  analyses and
forecasts  provided to J.P. Morgan,  J.P. Morgan has assumed that they have been
reasonably prepared based on assumptions reflecting the best currently available
estimates  and  judgments by  management  as to the expected  future  results of
operations  and  financial  condition  of the Company to which such  analyses or
forecasts  relate.  J.P. Morgan has also assumed that the Transaction  will have
the tax consequences described in discussions with them, and materials furnished
to them by,  representatives  of the  Company,  and that the other  transactions
contemplated  by  the  Agreement  will  be  consummated  as  described  in  such
Agreement.

         J.P.  Morgan's  opinions  are  based  on  economic,  market  and  other
conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to J.P. Morgan as
of, the date of such opinions.  Subsequent  developments  may affect the written
opinion  dated  the  date of this  Proxy  Statement,  and J.P.  Morgan  does not
undertake any  obligation  to update,  revise,  or reaffirm  such opinion.  J.P.
Morgan  expresses no opinion as to the price at which the Company's Common Stock
will trade at any future time.

         The following is a summary of the material  financial analyses utilized
by J.P. Morgan in connection with providing its opinions. The Company is engaged
in both the  construction  and real estate  businesses.  J.P.  Morgan valued the
Company's   construction   operations  employing  generally  accepted  valuation
methods. In valuing the real estate business,  J.P. Morgan estimated  realizable
proceeds from an  accelerated  disposition  strategy,  an approach which differs
materially  from the Company's  current and  historical  long-term hold strategy
toward its real estate operations.

         CONSTRUCTION  BUSINESS - DISCOUNTED  CASH FLOW  ANALYSIS.  J.P.  Morgan
conducted a discounted  cash flow  analysis for the purpose of  determining  the
equity value per share of the Company's  construction  operations.  J.P.  Morgan
calculated  the  unlevered  free cash flows  that the  Company  is  expected  to
generate  through its construction  operations  during fiscal years 1996 through
2000 based upon management financial projections.  J.P. Morgan also calculated a
range of terminal values of the Company's construction  operations at the end of
the period ending  December 31, 2000 by applying exit earnings  before  interest
and taxes  ("EBIT")  multiples to the EBIT of the Company  during the final year
period.  The EBIT multiples  applied were  equivalent to EBIT multiples at which
certain  publicly  traded  comparable   companies  are  currently  trading.  The
unlevered  free cash  flows and the range of  terminal  asset  values  were then
discounted to present values using a range of discount rates from 10.0% to 11.0%
which were chosen by J.P. Morgan based upon an analysis of the average  weighted
average cost of capital of certain publicly traded comparable  companies.  After
giving effect to the total corporate level debt and existing  preferred stock of
the Company,  the discounted cash flow analysis yielded an implied trading value
for the Company's  Common Stock of  approximately  $6.75 to $11.25 per share for
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         CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS - PUBLIC TRADING MULTIPLES.  J.P. Morgan compared
selected  financial data of the Company with similar data for selected  publicly
traded companies  engaged in businesses which J.P. Morgan judged to be analogous
to the Company.  The companies selected by J.P. Morgan were Granite Construction
Inc., Guy F. Atkinson Company of California,  and The Turner Corporation.  These
companies were  selected,  among other  reasons,  because they were  principally
engaged  in  the  business  of  general  contracting,   specifically  commercial
buildings  and civil  projects,  without a  substantial  component of design and
engineering  work. For each comparable  company,  publicly  available  financial
performance  through the twelve  months ended  December 31, 1995 and through the
six months ended June 30, 1996 was  analyzed.  In addition,  publicly  available
estimates of each comparable company's future financial performance was reviewed
in  relation  to the current  market  valuation  of that  company.  J.P.  Morgan
selected the median value for each multiple, specifically: firm value divided by
projected  1996 EBIT,  market value  divided by projected  1996 net income,  and
market  value  divided by  projected  1997 net  income  where  available.  These
multiples were then applied to the Company's  projected 1996 EBIT and net income
for the twelve  months  ending  December 31, 1996 and  December 31, 1997.  After
giving effect to certain  adjustments  including the total  corporate level debt
and existing preferred stock of the Company,  these multiples yielded an implied
trading value for the Company's  Common Stock of  approximately  $7.00 to $13.50
per share.  J.P.  Morgan did not use  multiples  based on  historical  financial
results due to the distorting effect of the Company's losses during 1995.

         CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS - SELECTED TRANSACTION  ANALYSIS.  Using publicly
available  information,  J.P. Morgan examined  selected  transactions  involving
general contracting  companies of the type analogous to the Company. J.P. Morgan
found  that  such  transactions  were  very  limited  and  identified  only  one
transaction which involved a suitably  comparable  company and occurred recently
enough to be relevant to its valuation of the Company.  This transaction was the
merger of Washington  Contractors  Group,  Inc. with Kasler  Corporation in July
1993. J.P. Morgan compared the consideration  received by Kasler shareholders to
the financial  performance  of Kasler  Corporation  and applied the implied EBIT
multiple to the Company's  estimated 1996 EBIT. After giving effect to the total
corporate level debt and existing preferred stock of the Company,  this multiple
yielded an implied trading value for the Company's Common stock of approximately
$9.25 per share.

         REAL ESTATE ASSETS. The Company's real estate portfolio consists of two
large assets,  the Resort at Squaw Creek in Squaw Valley,  California and Rincon
Center in San Francisco,  and a diverse group of thirteen other assets including
office  buildings,  residential  land  and  lots and  commercial  land  held for
development in several regions of the United States.  The Company has a strategy
of holding its major real estate  assets as long as required to realize  profits
on its investments while selectively selling off its smaller real estate assets.
In addition to reviewing the Company's  forecasts for its long-term  real estate
strategy and analyzing the portfolio's  estimated  near-term  negative cash flow
performance,  J.P.  Morgan  focused on the  near-term  net  proceeds  realizable
through an accelerated  disposition strategy. In estimating near-term liquidity,
J.P. Morgan employed several valuation methodologies including a

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discounted cash flow approach, comparable sales transactions, and estimated cost
of carry of  certain  assets.  The  contribution  of the real  estate  assets in
providing  potential  near-term  liquidity  to the  Company is  estimated  to be
approximately  $15 to $20 million,  or $3.00 to $4.00 per share.  Such  estimate
does not  constitute  an  appraisal  of these  assets,  and the actual  proceeds
realized by the Company in any such sales could be materially different.

         WMATA  LITIGATION.  J.P. Morgan factored into its financial  analyses a
preliminary judgment by the U.S. District Court (D.C.) in July 1993 in which the
Company was found liable for $16.5 million,  equivalent to  approximately  $3.40
per share, in connection with subway  construction  contracts for the Washington
Metropolitan  Area  Transit  Authority  (WMATA).  The case is  awaiting  a final
decision  and the  Company  has asked the  Court to rule upon  undecided  claims
outstanding  against  WMATA  which would  offset the  preliminary  judgment  and
thereby  reduce or eliminate its ultimate  exposure at this level or through the
appeals process.

         In connection with its opinion dated the date of this Proxy  Statement,
J.P.  Morgan reviewed the analyses used to render its June 12, 1996 oral opinion
to the Board of  Directors  of the Company by  performing  procedures  to update
certain  of such  analyses  and by  reviewing  the  assumptions  upon which such
analyses were based and the factors considered in connection therewith.

         The  summary  set  forth  above  does  not  purport  to  be a  complete
description of the analyses or data presented by J.P. Morgan. The preparation of
a fairness  opinion is a complex process and is not  necessarily  susceptible to
partial analysis or summary  description.  J.P. Morgan believes that the summary
set  forth  above  and its  analyses  must be  considered  as a whole  and  that
selecting  portions  thereof,  without  considering  all of its analyses,  could
create an incomplete view of the processes  underlying its analyses and opinion.
J.P.  Morgan  based its  analyses  on  assumptions  that it  deemed  reasonable,
including  assumptions  concerning general business and economic  conditions and
industry-specific  factors.  The other  principal  assumptions  upon  which J.P.
Morgan based its analyses are set forth above under the description of each such
analysis. J.P. Morgan's analyses are not necessarily indicative of actual values
or actual future  results that might be achieved,  which values may be higher or
lower than those indicated.  Moreover, J.P. Morgan's analyses are not and do not
purport  to be  appraisals  or  otherwise  reflective  of the  prices  at  which
businesses actually could be bought or sold.

         As a part of its  investment  banking  business,  J.P.  Morgan  and its
affiliates  are  continually  engaged in the valuation of  businesses  and their
securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions,  investments for passive
and control  purposes,  negotiated  underwritings,  secondary  distributions  of
listed and unlisted securities,  private placements,  and valuations for estate,
corporate  and other  purposes.  J.P.  Morgan was selected to advise the Company
with respect to the Transaction and to deliver an opinion to the Company's Board
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Directors with respect to the  Transaction  on the basis of such  experience and
its familiarity with the Company.

         For  services  rendered as  financial  advisor to assist the Company in
assessing its alternatives to obtain strategic capital,  including consideration
of  potential  business  combinations,  private  equity  placements,  and  other
transactions  including the possible sale of real estate assets, J.P. Morgan has
received fees totaling $550,000 prior to the date of this Proxy Statement.  Upon
the delivery to the Company's Board of Director's of its written  opinion,  J.P.
Morgan will receive a fee of $350,000,  and upon the closing of the Transaction,
J.P.  Morgan will receive an  additional  fee from the Company of  $750,000.  In
addition,  the  Company has agreed to  reimburse  J.P.  Morgan for its  expenses
incurred in connection with its services,  including the fees and  disbursements
of  counsel,  and  will  indemnify  J.P.  Morgan  against  certain  liabilities,
including liabilities arising under the Federal securities laws.

         J.P.  Morgan and its  affiliates  maintain  banking and other  business
relationships  with the  Company  and its  affiliates,  for  which  it  receives
customary fees. J.P. Morgan's  affiliated bank, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of
New  York  ("Morgan  Guaranty")  is the  agent  bank for the  Company's  current
revolving   credit  facility  which  is  being   restructured  as  part  of  the
Transaction.  In  connection  with the  restructuring  of the  revolving  credit
facility,  Morgan  Guaranty will receive  certain fees and warrants as described
herein  under "Bank  Facilities."  In the ordinary  course of their  businesses,
affiliates of J.P.  Morgan may actively trade the debt and equity  securities of
the  Company  for their own  accounts  or for the  accounts  of  customers  and,
accordingly,  they  may at any  time  hold  long  or  short  positions  in  such
securities.

OPINION OF CHASE SECURITIES INC.

         The Company  engaged Chase  Securities  Inc.  ("Chase") to evaluate the
fairness  to the  Company  of the  consideration  to be paid to the  Company  in
connection  with the  transactions  pursuant to the Agreement.  On September 27,
1996,  Chase  delivered  its written  opinion to the Board of  Directors  of the
Company to the effect that, based upon and subject to the  assumptions,  factors
and  limitations  set  forth  in such  written  opinion,  as of the date of such
opinion,  the  consideration  to be paid to the Company in  connection  with the
Transaction is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company.

         The full text of Chase's written opinion,  which sets forth assumptions
made,  factors  considered and limitations on the review  undertaken by Chase in
rendering  its opinion,  is attached as Annex B to this Proxy  Statement  and is
incorporated  herein by  reference.  The summary set forth below is qualified in
its  entirety by reference to the full text of such  opinion.  Stockholders  are
urged to read the opinion carefully and in its entirety.

         Chase's  opinion is  directed  only to the  fairness,  from a financial
point of view, of the consideration to be paid to the Company in connection with
the  Transaction  and does not  address  the  Company's  underlying  decision to
proceed with or effect the Transaction. Chase's

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opinion was  rendered  for the use and benefit of the Board of  Directors of the
Company  in  its  evaluation  of the  Transaction  and  does  not  constitute  a
recommendation  to any  stockholder  of the  Company as to how such  stockholder
should  vote  at the  Special  Meeting  and  should  not be  relied  upon by any
stockholder  as such.  Except  as set  forth in  Chase's  opinion,  the Board of
Directors  did not impose any  limitations  upon the scope of the  investigation
that Chase deemed necessary to enable it to deliver its opinion,

         In arriving at its opinion, Chase, among other things: (i) reviewed the
Agreement and other Transaction  documents referred to therein;  (ii) reviewed a
draft  proxy  statement  of the  Company  prepared in  connection  with  seeking
stockholder  approval  for the  Transaction;  (iii)  reviewed  certain  publicly
available  business and  financial  information  of the Company,  including  the
audited financial  statements of the Company for the fiscal years ended December
31, 1995 and December 31, 1994 and the  unaudited  financial  statements  of the
Company for the period  ended June 30,  1996;  (iv)  reviewed  certain  publicly
available  business and financial  information of certain  companies  engaged in
businesses Chase deemed comparable to those of the Company; (v) compared current
and historical  market prices of the Company's  Common Stock and reported market
prices of the securities of certain other companies that were deemed comparable;
(vi)  reviewed   publicly   available   financial  terms  of  certain   business
transactions  Chase deemed comparable to the Transaction and otherwise  relevant
to Chase's inquiry;  (vii) held discussions with members of the Company's senior
management concerning certain aspects of the Transaction, the Company's past and
current  business  operations,   the  Company's  financial   condition,   future
prospects, and operations, before and after giving effect to the Transaction, as
well as their views of the business, operational,  strategic benefits, and other
implications  of the  Transaction,  and certain  other  matters  Chase  believed
necessary or appropriate to Chase's inquiry, including (a) the overall high debt
level  of the  Company,  (b) the need  for  further  liquidity  to  support  the
Company's construction operations and bonding capacity, (c) limited net proceeds
available to the Company if it were to pursue an accelerated  disposition of its
real estate assets, (d) potential exposure to future payments resulting from the
Company's Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority litigation in which the
Company was found liable  in a Preliminary judgment by the U.S.
District Court (D.C.) in July 1993,  and (e) the benefits of the  Transaction in
strengthening  the  balance  sheet  of  the  Company;  (viii)  reviewed  certain
agreements  with  respect to  outstanding  indebtedness  or  obligations  of the
Company; (ix) reviewed certain information provided by the Company regarding its
real estate  subsidiary and portfolio of assets;  (x) reviewed  certain internal
non-public  financial  and operating  data provided by the Company's  management
concerning  the  Company's   business,   including   management   forecasts  and
projections of future financial  results;  and (xi) made such other analyses and
examinations as Chase deemed necessary or appropriate.

         In  connection  with its opinion,  Chase relied upon and did not assume
any responsibility for independently  verifying the accuracy and completeness of
all of the information provided to, discussed with, or reviewed by or for Chase,
or  publicly  available  for  purposes  of its  opinion,  and did not assume any
liability with respect thereto. Chase has not made nor

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obtained any independent  evaluations or appraisals of the assets or liabilities
of the  Company,  and Chase  has not  conducted  a  physical  inspection  of the
properties  and facilities of the Company.  With respect to financial  forecasts
and projections prepared by the Company, Chase assumed that they were reasonably
prepared  on  bases  reflecting  the  best  currently  available  estimates  and
judgments of the Company's management as to the future financial  performance of
the Company. Chase expressed no views as to such forecasts or projections or the
assumptions  on which they were based.  Chase also assumed that the  Transaction
will  have  the  tax  consequences  described  to it in  discussions  with,  and
materials  furnished to Chase by,  representatives of the Company,  and that the
other  transactions  contemplated  by  the  Agreement  will  be  consummated  as
described in such agreement.  In addition,  Chase was not authorized and did not
solicit any  indications  of interest from any third parties with respect to the
purchase of all or part of the  Company's  business or assets,  and  accordingly
Chase relied entirely on the results of the process conducted by representatives
of J.P. Morgan in that regard.

         For purposes of rendering its opinion,  Chase has also assumed,  in all
respects material to its analysis,  that the  representations  and warranties of
each party contained in the Agreement are true and correct,  that each party has
and will perform all of the covenants and agreements required to be performed by
it under such  agreement,  and that all  conditions to the  consummation  of the
Transaction will be satisfied  without waiver thereof.  Chase  necessarily based
its opinion on market,  economic,  and other  conditions as they existed on, and
could be evaluated as of, the date of such opinion.  Subsequent developments may
affect  or have  affected  Chase's  opinion,  and Chase  did not  undertake  any
obligation  to update,  revise,  or reaffirm  its opinion.  Additionally,  Chase
expressed  no opinion as to the price at which the  Company's  Common Stock will
trade at any future time.

         The  following  is a  summary  of  certain  of the  financial  analyses
utilized by Chase and reviewed with the Board of Directors of the Company at its
meeting on September 27, 1996, and does not purport to be a complete description
of the analyses  performed by Chase.  The preparation of a fairness opinion is a
complex  process  and is not  necessarily  susceptible  to partial  analysis  or
summary description.  Selecting portions of the analyses as a whole could create
an incomplete view of the processes  underlying Chase's opinion.  In arriving at
its fairness  determination,  Chase considered the results of all such analyses.
The analyses  were prepared  solely for the purpose of enabling  Chase to render
its  opinion  to the Board of  Directors  of the  Company.  Analyses  based upon
forecasts of future  results are not  necessarily  indicative  of actual  future
values, which may be significantly more or less favorable than suggested by such
analyses.

         COMPARABLE COMPANY ANALYSIS.  Chase compared certain publicly available
financial data of selected  companies in the  construction  and the construction
and engineering  industries with that of the Company. The selected  construction
companies were Guy F. Atkinson Company of California,  Banister Foundation Inc.,
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Turner  Corporation.  The selected  construction and engineering  companies were
Fluor  Corporation,  Foster Wheeler  Corporation,  Jacobs  Engineering Group and
Stone & Webster  Incorporated.  For each selected  company,  Chase,  among other
things,  derived an adjusted  market value of such  company,  consisting  of the
aggregate  market value of the Company's  common stock trading  price,  plus the
amount of total  indebtedness  and preferred stock of such company less its cash
and cash  equivalents,  and  analyzed the (i)  revenues,  (ii)  earnings  before
interest,  taxes,  depreciation  and  amortization  ("EBITDA") and (iii) EBIT of
these  companies  for the last  twelve  months,  in each case as a  multiple  of
adjusted  market  value.  This  analysis  produced  multiples of (i) revenues to
adjusted  market value ranging from a high of 0.6x to a low of 0.0x, with a mean
of 0.3x,  as  compared  to a multiple  for the  Company of 0.lx,  (ii) EBITDA to
adjusted market value ranging from a high of 9.3x to a low of 5.10x, with a mean
of 7.6x,  as compared  to a multiple  for the Company of 18.5x and (iii) EBIT to
adjusted market value ranging from a high of 17.6x to a low of 9.0x, with a mean
of 12.9x,  as  compared  to a  multiple  for the  Company  of 27.9x.  Due to the
depressed  financial results of the Company,  as well as the financial condition
of some of the comparable  companies,  Chase did not derive a specific per share
reference range from this analysis.

         MERGER & ACQUISITION  TRANSACTION ANALYSIS.  Chase reviewed nine merger
and  acquisition  transactions  in the  construction  industry  announced  since
October 1, 1990. The transactions reviewed in this analysis  (collectively,  the
"Transaction Comparables") were Washington Construction Group Inc.'s acquisition
of Morrison Knudsen Corp.,  Granite  Construction  Co.'s  acquisition of Gibbons
Co., Ogden Corp.'s  acquisition of Ogden Projects Inc.,  Washington  Contractors
Group  Inc.'s   acquisition  Of  Kasler  Corp.,  Karl  Steiner  Holding  Corp.'s
acquisition of Turner Corp,  Banister Capital  Foundation Inc.'s  acquisition of
Majestic Contractors Ltd., Blackstone Capital Partners LP's acquisition of Great
Lakes  Dredge  &  Dock  Co.,  LE  Myers  Co.  Group's   acquisition  of  Hawkeye
Construction  Inc. and Ogden Corp's  acquisition of ERC  Environmental  & Energy
Services  Inc.  For each  Transaction  Comparable,  Chase,  among other  things,
analyzed each acquired  company's EBIT for the last twelve months,  in each case
as a multiple of the transaction value, and derived reference  multiples ranging
from 7.5x to 8.5x.  Based on this range,  Chase  calculated  the implied  equity
value of the Company to be approximately $8.97 to $12.25 per share.

         CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW ANALYSIS.  Chase performed a
discounted  cash flow analysis for the purpose of  determining  the equity value
per share of the Company's construction business. Based on certain forecasts and
projections provided to Chase by the Company's management for the fourth quarter
of 1996 and the years 1997 through 2000,  Chase  calculated the projected stream
of unlevered free cash flows of the Company's  construction business through the
year 2000.  Chase derived the  estimated  present value of such cash flows using
discount rates ranging from 10.5% (low) to 11.5% (high),  which were selected by
Chase  based on an  analysis  of the  weighted  average  cost of  capital of the
companies named in the comparable company peer groups. After taking into account
assumed terminal values of the construction business at the end of the year 2000
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multiples of projected EBIT ranging from 6.0x and 8.0x) and giving effect to the
total  corporate debt level,  Chase  calculated a per share  reference  range of
$6.31 to $11.50 for the Company's construction business.

         PUBLIC   COMPANY   TRANSACTION   ANALYSIS.   Chase   summarized   eight
transactions  in which private equity  investors  purchased  significant  equity
stakes  directly from publicly traded  corporations.  The companies used in this
analysis  were the  investment  by Brown  Brothers  Harriman  1818 Fund L.P.  in
Columbia Hospital Corp., by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in TW Holdings,  Inc.,
by Joseph  Littlejohn & Levy in Doskocil  Companies Inc., by Blackstone  Capital
Partners   LP   in    People's    Choice   TV   Corp.,    by   Warburg    Pincus
Ventures/International  Biotechnology  Trust in  Amergen  Inc.,  by Hass Wheat &
Harrison Inc. in Playtex Products, Inc., by Insurance Partners,  L.P./Management
in Highland Insurance Group Inc. and by Warburg Pincus  Ventures/Richard  Snyder
in Western  Publishing  Group Inc. Chase noted that none of the transactions was
identical to the  Transaction.  However,  despite  significant  variations among
these  transactions,  this analysis  provides a useful benchmark with respect to
certain structural,  corporate governance, and financial aspects of this type of
investment transaction.

         The terms of the  engagement of Chase by the Board of Directors are set
forth in the letter agreement, dated September 5, 1996, by and between Chase and
the Company (the "Engagement  Letter").  Pursuant to the terms of the Engagement
Letter,  the  Company  has paid  Chase,  in  consideration  of certain  advisory
services with respect to the Transaction, a fee of $500,000 upon delivery of its
written  opinion dated as of September  27, 1996.  In addition,  the Company has
agreed to reimburse Chase for its reasonable  out-of-pocket expenses,  including
fees and  disbursements  of its counsel,  and to indemnify Chase against certain
liabilities relating to or arising out of this engagement.

         In the ordinary  course of business,  Chase or its affiliates may trade
in the  securities of the Company for their own accounts and for the accounts of
their customers and, accordingly,  may at any time hold a long or short position
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                  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS
                     A VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE
                         OF THE SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK
                                   PROPOSAL 2

                        APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

Reason for By-Law Amendment

         As part of the  Transaction  pursuant  to which the Series B  Preferred
Stock will be issued,  the Board of  Directors  of the  Company  has  approved a
By-Law  Amendment that will become operative with no further action of the Board
or the  stockholders  immediately  upon the  consummation of the purchase of the
Series B  Preferred  Stock by PB  Capital.  However,  because of the size of its
investment  in the  Company,  PB Capital,  as a condition of its  obligation  to
acquire the Series B  Preferred  Stock,  is  requiring  that the Company  obtain
stockholder approval of the By-Law Amendment even though stockholder approval is
not required under  Massachusetts  law. The By-Law Amendment is described in the
following paragraph.

Description of By-Law Amendment

         Under the By-Laws of the Company,  as amended by the By-Law  Amendment,
the Executive Committee is fixed at five members. Certain powers of the Board of
Directors are expressly delegated to the Executive Committee. More specifically,
neither  the Company nor the Board of  Directors  may take any of the  following
actions  without the  approval  of a majority  of the  members of the  Executive
Committee  of the Board of  Directors:  (1) any  borrowing  or  guarantee by the
Company exceeding $15 million, (2) except for issuance of stock or stock options
pursuant to the Company's incentive compensation plans or programs, any issuance
of stock  other than  Common  Stock of the  Company in an  aggregate  amount not
exceeding  five  percent  (5%) of the  Common  Stock of the  Company  issued and
outstanding on the date of the initial  issuance of Series B Preferred  Stock to
PB Capital, (3) any strategic alliance (other than a construction joint venture)
involving a capital  commitment  by the Company  exceeding  $5 million,  (4) any
asset sale by the Company or lease as lessor  exceeding  $5 million  (other than
equipment dispositions in the normal course of business); and (5) any redemption
or amendment of the Shareholder  Rights  Agreement or the preferred stock of the
Company  issuable upon the exercise of such rights.  In addition,  the Executive
Committee  shall have the power to supervise  the  activities  of the  Company's
chief  executive  officer.  The Certificate of Vote provides that the By-Laws of
the  Company  may not be  amended  in a manner  that  affects  the rights of the
holders of the Series B Preferred Stock without the affirmative  vote or consent
of two-thirds of such shares.



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                       THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY
                            RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE
                       AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANY'S BY-LAWS

Principal Stockholders

         The  following  table  sets  forth  the  beneficial  ownership  of  the
Company's voting securities as to (i) each person who is known by the Company to
beneficially  own more than five  percent of any class of the  Company's  voting
securities,  (ii) each of the Company's  directors,  (iii) the  Company's  Chief
Executive Officer and each of the three other most highly compensated  executive
officers during 1995 (the "Named  Executive  Officers"),  and (iv) all directors
and Named Executive  Officers as a group,  based on  representations of officers
and directors of the Company as of October 1, 1996 and filings as of or prior to
October 1, 1996  received  by the Company on  Schedules  13D and 13G or Form 13F
under the Exchange Act. All such  information  was provided by the  stockholders
listed and reflects their beneficial  ownership based on such representations or
filings.  In addition,  the table sets forth the pro-forma  voting power for the
listed beneficial owners in the event that the closing of the Transaction occurs
and in the event that the Series B Preferred Stock is converted to Common Stock.

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<CAPTION>


                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                  
                 5% Stockholders, Named             Amount and                                      Pro Forma Voting Power Assuming
                 ----------------------             ----------                                      -------------------------------
                 Executive Officers, and            Nature of                                    Approval of          Conversion of
                 Directors and Named Executive      Beneficial    Percentage      Present        Issuance of             Series B 
Title of Class   Officers as  a Group              Ownership(1)    of Class     Voting Power Series B Preferred(2)      Preferred(2)
- - - - - --------------   -----------------------------     ------------    --------     ------------ --------------------- -----------------
<S>              <C>                               <C>            <C>           <C>          <C>                      <C>
Series B         PB Capital Partners, L.P.           150,150(3)    100.00%          0.00%            37.09%(4)            37.09%(4)
Preferred               909 Montgomery St.
                        Suite 400
                        San Francisco, CA 94113

Common Stock     Perini Corporation                  472,236(6)      9.73%          9.73%             5.65%                5.65%
                   Employee Stock
                   Ownership Trust
                   ("ESOT")(5)
                        73 Mt. Wayte Avenue
                        Framingham, MA 01701
Common Stock     Tutor-Saliba Corporation            351,318(7)      7.24%          7.24%             4.20%                4.20%
                        c/o Ronald N. Tutor
                        15901 Olden Street
                        Sylmar, CA 91342

Common Stock     Quest Advisory Corp                 327,000(8)      6.74%          6.74%             3.91%                3.91%
                        1414 Avenue of the
                        Americas
                        New York, NY 10019

Common Stock     TCW Group, Inc.                     284,500(9)      5.86%          5.86%                 3.40%            3.40%
                        865 So. Figueroa St.
                        Los Angeles, CA 90017


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                  
               5% Stockholders, Named                   Amount and                                  Pro Forma Voting Power Assuming
               ----------------------                   ----------                                  -------------------------------
               Executive Officers, and                   Nature of                                  Approval of     
               Directors and Named Executive            Beneficial    Percentage        Present     Issuance of     Conversion of
Title of Class Officers as  a Group                  Ownership(1)     of Class       Voting Power   Series B        Series B 
                                                                                                    Preferred (2)   Preferred(2)
- - - - - -------------- -----------------------------------   -------------  -------------  ---------------  ------------  -----------------
<S>            <C>                                   <C>            <C>            <C>              <C>              <C>          

Common Stock   David B. Perini                         375,580(10)        7.74%            7.74%         4.49%        4.49%
                 Chairman, President and
                 Chief Executive Officer

Common Stock   John J. McHale                            4,305(11)        *                *             *            *
                 Director

Common Stock   Richard J. Boushka                        5,105(11)        *                *             *            *
                 Director

Common Stock   Bart W. Perini                          218,609(12)        4.51%            4.51%         2.61%        2.61%
                 Director, Chairman, President
                 and Chief
                 Executive Officer of Perini
                 Land and Development
                 Company

Common Stock   Marshall M. Criser                        4,305(13)        *                *             *            *
                 Director

Common Stock   Thomas E. Dailey                         12,822(14)        *                *             *            *
                 Director

Common Stock   Arthur J. Fox, Jr.                        4,468(15)        *                *             *            *
                 Director

Common Stock   Jane E. Newman                            2,484(16)        *                *             *            *
                 Director

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<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                 
               5% Stockholders, Named                   Amount and                                  Pro Forma Voting Power Assuming
               ----------------------                   ----------                                  -------------------------------
               Executive Officers, and                   Nature of                                  Approval of     
               Directors and Named Executive            Beneficial    Percentage        Present     Issuance of     Conversion of
Title of Class Officers as  a Group                  Ownership(1)     of Class       Voting Power   Series B        Series B 
                                                                                                    Preferred (2)   Preferred(2)
- - - - - -------------- -----------------------------------   -------------  -------------  ---------------  ------------  -----------------
<S>            <C>                                   <C>             <C>           <C>              <C>           <C>
          
Common Stock     Albert A. Dorman                        3,207(17)      *            *               *                        *
                   Director

Common Stock     Nancy Hawthorne                         3,100(18)      *            *               *                        *
                   Director

Common Stock     Richard J. Rizzo                       28,778(19)      *            *               *                        *
                   Executive Vice President,
                   Building Construction

Common Stock     John H. Schwarz                        26,117(20)      *            *               *                        *
                   Executive Vice President,
                   Finance & Administration

Common Stock     Donald E. Unbekant                     35,852(21)      *            *               *                        *
                   Executive Vice President,
                   Civil & Environmental
                   Construction

Common Stock     All directors and executive           519,283(22)     10.70%       10.70%           6.21%                    6.21%
                   officers as a group
                   (13 persons)
</TABLE>
- - - - - ------------------------

*        Less than one percent

(1)      Unless otherwise noted in the footnotes to this table,  each individual
         or entity in the table above has sole or shared  voting and  investment
         power over the shares listed.

(2)      For  purposes  of  calculating  the  pro  forma  beneficial   ownership
         percentages,  the total shares outstanding include the 3,101,571 shares
         referred  to in Note (3) below and  409,774  shares  applicable  to the
         Stock Purchase Warrants (see "Credit Facilities").

(3)      Assuming issuance of Series B Preferred Stock.

(4)      Includes  voting  power  equal to  3,101,571  shares  of  Common  Stock
         assuming  approval  of the  issuance  of the Series B  Preferred  Stock
         pursuant to this Proxy solicitation.  Voting power, assuming conversion
         of the Series B Preferred  Stock, is also equal to 3,101,571  shares of
         Common Stock.

(5)      Robert E. Higgins,  John E. Chiaverini,  and [substitute  trustee to be
         elected] are Trustees of the Perini Corporation ESOT and are members of
         the Committee  empowered to administer the Perini Corporation  Employee
         Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") under the terms thereof.

(6)      The ESOT has sole voting and  investing  power for 149,861  shares.  In
         addition,  there are  322,375  shares  held by the Trust that have been
         allocated to the  accounts of  participants  in the Perini  Corporation
         Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

(7)      Based  on  information   contained  in  Schedule  13D  of  Tutor-Saliba
         Corporation dated March 9, 1995 and subsequent direct communications by
         the  Company  with  the  appropriate  representatives  of  Tutor-Saliba
         Corporation.

(8)      Based on information  contained in Schedule 13G of Quest Advisory Corp.
         (a New York  Corporation) and Quest  Management  Company (a Connecticut
         General Partnership) dated February 15, 1996.

(9)      Based on information  contained in Schedule 13G of the TCW Group,  Inc.
         dated February 12, 1996.

(10)     David B.  Perini  disclaims  beneficial  ownership  in  208,544 of such
         375,580  shares.  Includes  12,942 shares in his  children's  names for
         which he has Power of Attorney giving him voting power. Includes 40,500
         shares  for which Mr.  Perini  holds  options.  Includes  596 shares of
         Common Stock  resulting  from the assumed  conversion  of 900 shares of
         Convertible Preferred Stock (.662 shares of Common Stock for each share
         of Preferred  Stock).  Includes  56,499 shares,  held in a testamentary
         trust established under the will of Louis R. Perini Sr. David B. Perini
         is one of four  trustees of such trust and is one of the  beneficiaries
         of this trust.  Includes 66 shares of Common Stock  resulting  from the
         assumed  conversion of 100 shares of Convertible  Preferred Stock (.662
         shares of Common Stock for each share of Preferred  Stock), as to which
         Mr. Perini disclaims beneficial ownership.  Includes 205,449 shares, as
         to which Mr. Perini disclaims beneficial  interest,  held by The Perini
         Memorial Foundation, Inc., a

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         Massachusetts  charitable  corporation  ("The Perini  Foundation"),  of
         which  David B.  Perini is an  officer  and  director.  The wife of Mr.
         Perini owns 3,029 of such shares in her name, as to all of which shares
         Mr. Perini disclaims beneficial ownership.

(11)     Includes  1,148 shares  awarded on May 19, 1994,  366 shares awarded on
         May 19,  1988 and 835 shares  awarded on May 16,  1991  pursuant to the
         1988 Perini  Corporation  Restricted Stock Plan for Outside  Directors.
         Also includes 1,756 shares of Common Stock received in lieu of the 1996
         first,  second,  third  and  fourth  quarterly  cash  payments  of  the
         director's  annual  retainer due January 2, April 1, July 1 and October
         1, 1996, respectively.

(12)     Includes  7,500  shares for which Mr.  Perini holds  options.  Includes
         205,449  shares,  as to  which  Mr.  Perini  disclaims  any  beneficial
         interest, held by The Perini Foundation,  of which Bart W. Perini is an
         officer and director.

(13)     Includes  1,148 shares  awarded on May 19, 1994,  366 shares awarded on
         May 19,  1988 and 835 shares  awarded on May 16,  1991  pursuant to the
         1988 Perini  Corporation  Restricted Stock Plan for Outside  Directors.
         Also includes 1,756 shares of Common Stock received in lieu of the 1996
         first,  second,  third  and  fourth  quarterly  cash  payments  of  the
         director's  annual  retainer due January 2, April 1, July 1 and October
         1, 1996, respectively. Includes 200 shares which Mr. Criser owns 
         jointly with his wife.

(14)     Includes 4,500 shares for which Mr. Dailey holds options. Also includes
         1,756  shares  of  Common  Stock  received  in lieu of the 1996  first,
         second,  third and fourth  quarterly  cash  payments of the  director's
         annual  retainer  due  January 2, April 1, July 1 and  October 1, 1996,
         respectively, and 6,566 shares of Common Stock received in May, 1996 in
         lieu of cash  payment of partial  amount  due in  conjunction  with the
         Company's Construction Business Unit Incentive Compensation Plan.

(15)     Includes  1,148 shares  awarded on May 19, 1994,  214 shares awarded on
         May 19,  1988 and 835 shares  awarded on May 16,  1991  pursuant to the
         1988 Perini  Corporation  Restricted Stock Plan for Outside  Directors.
         Also includes 1,756 shares of Common Stock received in lieu of the 1996
         first,  second,  third  and  fourth  quarterly  cash  payments  of  the
         director's  annual  retainer due January 2, April 1, July 1 and October
         1, 1996, respectively.

(16)     Includes 728 shares awarded on May 19, 1994 pursuant to the 1988 Perini
         Corporation Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors.  Also includes
         1,756  shares  of  Common  Stock  received  in lieu of the 1996  first,
         second,  third and fourth  quarterly  cash  payments of the  director's
         annual  retainer  due  January 2, April 1, July 1 and  October 1, 1996,
         respectively.

(17)     Includes  1,148 shares  awarded on May 19, 1994, and 303 shares awarded
         on March 10, 1993  pursuant to the 1988 Perini  Corporation  Restricted
         Stock Plan for Outside Directors.  Also includes 1,756 shares of Common
         Stock  received  in lieu of the 1996  first,  second,  third and fourth
         quarterly cash payments of the director's  annual  retainer due January
         2, April 1, July 1 and October 1, 1996, respectively.

(18)     Includes  1,148 shares  awarded on May 19, 1994, and 196 shares awarded
         on December 7, 1993 pursuant to the 1988 Perini Corporation  Restricted
         Stock Plan for Outside Directors.  Also includes 1,756 shares of Common
         Stock  received  in lieu of the 1996  first,  second,  third and fourth
         quarterly cash payments of the director's  annual  retainer due January
         2, April 1, July 1 and October 1, 1996, respectively.


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(19)     Includes 14,000 shares for which Mr. Rizzo holds options.

(20)     Includes 14,000 shares for which Mr. Schwarz holds options.

(21)     Includes 14,000 shares for which Mr. Unbekant holds options.

(22)     The number of shares  beneficially owned by all directors and corporate
         officers  as a group  has been  adjusted  to  eliminate  the  duplicate
         inclusion of 205,449 shares owned by The Perini Foundation.



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CHANGE IN CONTROL

         If the  approval of the  stockholders  for the issuance of the Series B
Preferred Stock is obtained pursuant to this proxy solicitation, PB Capital will
upon  issuance of the initial  150,150  shares of Series B Preferred  Stock have
voting rights  equivalent to 3,101,571  Shares of Common Stock, or approximately
37% voting power, as well as,  conversion rights providing equal voting power as
indicated in the table above. Furthermore,  as noted in "Description of Series B
Preferred  Stock,"  the  holders of Series B  Preferred  Stock will elect  three
members to the Board of Directors  and will also elect three members of the five
member Executive Committee.  As a result, PB Capital will have an effective veto
over  certain  of the major  financial  decisions  of the  Company  and  provide
oversight to the Company's Chief Executive  Officer.  (See Description of By-Law
Amendment).  In addition,  assuming the Company  elects to pay  dividends in the
form of additional Series B Preferred Stock, PB Capital will acquire  additional
shares  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock.  As a  result,  the  Transaction  may
constitute  a "Change in  Control"  for the  purposes  of  disclosure  under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Independent Auditors
- - - - - --------------------

         The accounting  firm of Arthur Andersen LLP has served as the Company's
independent auditors since 1960. A representative of Arthur Andersen LLP will be
present at the Special  Meeting and will be available to respond to  appropriate
questions.


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Financial Information
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                   SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                       Six Months
                                     Ended June 30,
                                      (Unaudited)                                                Year Ended December 31,
                             ----------------------------   -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1996           1995           1995          1994            1993          1992            1991
                             --------------   -----------   -------------  -------------   ------------    -------------     ----  
<S>                          <C>              <C>              <C>                  <C>               <C>           <C>      <C>
                                                    (Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
                                                                                                  
Statement of 
Operations Data                                                           
                             
Revenues:

  Construction               $      565,753   $   547,027  $  1,056,673   $    950,884   $  1,030,341  $  1,023,274     $   919,641

  Real estate 
  development                        20,768        23,023        44,395         61,161         69,775        47,578          72,267

Net Income (loss) (1) (2)             3,511         1,758       (27,585)           303          3,165       (16,984)          3,178 

Earnings (loss) per
common share                 $          .51   $       .15  $      (6.38)  $       (.42)  $        .24  $      (4.69)    $       .27

Pro forma  earnings 
 (loss)
per common share (3)         $          .05   $      (.29) $      (7.27)

Weighted average number
of shares outstanding                 4,758         4,600         4,655          4,380         4,265          4,079           3,918

                                       At June 30, 1996
                             ----------------------------------
                                                      As
                                 Actual          Adjusted (4)
                             --------------     ---------------
Balance Sheet Data

Working capital              $       50,519     $        77,519

Long-term debt, less
current maturities                   92,941              92,941

Redeemable preferred                      -              27,000
stock

Stockholders' equity                110,151             112,281

Total assets                        530,477             559,607

Backlog                      $    1,536,530     $     1,536,530
</TABLE>


(1)      Net income (loss) in 1992 and 1991 includes pretax  writedowns of $31.4
         million and $2.8 million, respectively, to reduce the carrying value of
         certain real estate to net realizable value.

(2)      Net income (loss) for 1995 includes a pretax charge of $25.6 million in
         connection with previously disclosed litigation in Washington, D.C. and
         downward  revisions  in  estimated   probable   recoveries  on  certain
         outstanding contract claims.

(3)      Reflects impact of quarterly payment of "in-kind" dividend at an annual
         rate of 10% on the new Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,
         accretion  to the  carrying  amount  of the  Series B  Preferred  Stock
         required over time to increase the carrying  amount to its  "Redemption
         Value," and amortization of the initial carrying value  attributable to
         the Stock Purchase Warrants.

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(4)      Adjusted to give  effect to (i) the sale of 150,150  shares of Series B
         Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred Stock at $200 per share less related
         expenses  and (ii) the  estimated  grant  date  present  value of Stock
         Purchase Warrants of $2.13 million to purchase 409,774 shares of common
         stock, $1.00 par value, at $9.025 per share (market value as of October
         1, 1996).

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                                 CAPITALIZATION

         The following table sets forth the consolidated  capitalization  of the
Company at June 30,  1996,  and as adjusted  to (1) reflect the  issuance of the
150,150 shares of Series B Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred  Stock and (2) the
granting of certain warrants to the Company's Revolving Bank Group:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                             In thousands
                                                              --------------------------------------------
                                                                    Actual                As Adjusted
                                                              -------------------     --------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                     <C> 
Short-term Debt - Current Maturities of Long-term Debt        $            6,800      $           6,800
                                                              -------------------     --------------------
Long-term Debt:

  Real Estate Development                                     $            3,501      $           3,501

  Other                                                                   89,440                 89,440
                                                              -------------------     --------------------
           Total Long-term Debt                               $           92,941      $          92,941
                                                              -------------------     --------------------
Redeemable Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value

   150,150 shares of Series B Cumulative Convertible
   Preferred Stock, liquidation preference of $30,030,000 (1) $                       $          27,000(2)
                                                              -------------------     --------------------
Stockholders' Equity:

  Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value

    Authorized - 1,000,000 shares

    Issued - 100,000 shares of $21.25 Convertible Exchangeable
      Preferred Stock, liquidation preference of $25,000,000  $              100      $             100

  Stock Purchase Warrants                                                   ---                   2,130(3)

  Common Stock, $1.00 par value

    Authorized - 15,000,000 shares

    Issued - 4,985,160 shares (4)                                          4,985                  4,985

  Paid-in Surplus                                                         56,762                 56,762

  Retained Earnings                                                       54,511                 54,511
                                                                                         
  ESOT Related Obligations                                                (3,976)               (3,976)

  Less - Common Stock in Treasury, at cost - 139,971 shares               (2,231)               (2,231)
                                                              -------------------     --------------------
          Total Stockholders' Equity                          $          110,151      $         112,281
                                                              -------------------     --------------------

          Total Capitalization                                $          203,092      $         232,222
                                                              -------------------     --------------------

</TABLE>

(1)      Dividends on the Series B Preferred  Stock are payable  quarterly based
         on an annual rate of 7% if payable in cash and 10% if payable "in-kind"
         with additional  shares of Series B Preferred Stock.  Also, the Company
         is required to purchase the  Redeemable  Preferred  Stock under certain
         circumstances  (see "Description of Series B Preferred").  In addition,
         in connection  with the  Transaction,  the new credit  facilities  will
         limit  the   aforementioned   rights   of   redemption   (see   "Credit
         Facilities").

(2)      Represents  proceeds of $30,030,000 less related estimated  expenses of
         $3,030,000.

(3)      The grant date present value of the Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase
         409,774 shares of Common Stock was calculated  using the  Black-Scholes
         option pricing model.

(4)      If the Series B Preferred  Stock had been  converted into Common Stock,
         the number of shares of Common Stock  issued would have been  increased
         by 3,101,571 shares.


                             SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

         The Selected  Financial  Data  contained in the Company's
Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal  year  ended  December  31,  1995 and
Quarterly  Report on Form 10- Q for the fiscal  quarter  ended June 30, 1996 are
incorporated  herein by reference and are being  provided  along with this Proxy
Statement to each person to whom this Proxy Statement is being delivered.

          MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
                            AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

         The Management  Discussion and Analysis of the the financial  condition
and results of operations  contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1995 and  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1996 are incorporated  herein by reference
and are being  provided  along with this Proxy  Statement to each person to whom
this Proxy Statement is being delivered.



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Solicitation of Proxies
- - - - - -----------------------

         The cost of solicitation of proxies in the form enclosed  herewith will
be paid by the Company.  In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, the
directors,  officers  and  employees  of the  Company may also  solicit  proxies
personally or by telephone or facsimile without additional compensation for such
activities.  Arrangements  will  also be made  with  brokerage  firms  and other
custodians,  nominees and fiduciaries for forwarding  solicitation  materials to
the  beneficial  owners of shares held of record by such persons and the Company
will reimburse such persons for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
in that connection.  The Company has also retained D.F. King, a proxy soliciting
firm,  to  assist  in the  solicitation  of  proxies  at a fee of  $5,500,  plus
reimbursement  of certain  out-of-pocket  costs.  The Company  will also request
persons, firms and corporations holding shares in their names or in the names of
their nominees,  which are beneficially owned by others, to send proxy materials
to and obtain proxies from such  beneficial  owners.  The Company will reimburse
such holders for their reasonable expenses.

Stockholder Proposals for 1997 Annual Meeting
- - - - - ---------------------------------------------

         For a proposal of a stockholder  (including director nominations) to be
presented to the Company's 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,  a stockholder's
notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal  executive
offices of the Company on or before  December 11, 1996. Any such proposal should
be mailed to: Perini Corporation, 73 Mt. Wayte Avenue, Framingham, Massachusetts
01701, Attn. Richard E. Burnham. In addition, stockholder proposals and director
nominations must comply with the requirements of the Company's By-Laws.


Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
- - - - - -----------------------------------------------

         The Company hereby  incorporates  by reference the documents  listed in
(a) and (b) below,  which have  previously  been filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission.

(a)      The  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year ended
         December 31, 1995,  filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
         (File No. 1-6314) pursuant to the Exchange Act; and

(b)      The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  fiscal  quarter
         ended June 30, 1996.




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Inclusion of Documents Incorporated by Reference
- - - - - ------------------------------------------------

         Along with this Proxy  Statement,  the  Company has  provided,  without
charge, to each person to whom this Proxy Statement is delivered,  a copy of the
information that has been incorporated by reference in this Proxy Statement (not
including  exhibits to the information  that is incorporated by reference unless
such exhibits are  specifically  incorporated  by reference into the information
that this Proxy Statement incorporates).

Other Matters
- - - - - -------------

         The Board of Directors  does not know of any other  matters  other than
those  described in this Proxy  Statement  which will be presented for action at
the Special Meeting. If other matters are duly presented,  proxies will be voted
in accordance with the best judgment of the proxy holders.

REGARDLESS  OF THE  NUMBER OF SHARES  YOU OWN,  YOUR  VOTE IS  IMPORTANT  TO THE
COMPANY. PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND PROMPTLY RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD
TODAY.





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                                     ANNEX A
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The Board of Directors
Perini Corporation
73 Mt. Wayte Avenue
Box 9160
Framingham, MA  01701-9160

Attention:     Mr. David B. Perini
               Chairman

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You have  requested  our opinion as to the fairness,  from a financial  point of
view, to Perini  Corporation (the "Company") of the  consideration to be paid to
the Company in  connection  with the  proposed  issuance  and sale to PB Capital
Partners,   L.P.  (the  "Buyer")  of  150,150  shares  of  Series  B  Cumulative
Convertible  Preferred  Stock  (the  "Preferred  Stock")  of  the  Company  (the
"Transaction").  Pursuant to the Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement,  dated as of
July 24,  1996  (the  "Agreement"),  between  the  Company,  Richard  C.  Blum &
Associates,  L.P. and the Buyer, the Buyer will purchase an aggregate of 150,150
newly  issued  shares of the  Preferred  Stock,  and the  Company  will  receive
consideration equal to $30,030,000.

In arriving at our opinion,  we have  reviewed (i) the  Agreement  and the other
Transaction Documents referred to therein; (ii) the audited financial statements
of the Company for the fiscal  years ended  December  31, 1995 and  December 31,
1994, and the unaudited financial statements of the Company for the period ended
June 30,1996; (iii) current and historical market prices of the Company's common
stock; (iv) certain publicly  available  information  concerning the business of
the Company and of certain other companies  engaged in businesses  comparable to
those  of the  Company,  and  the  reported  market  prices  for  certain  other
companies' securities deemed comparable; (v) publicly available terms of certain
transactions involving companies comparable to the Company and the consideration
paid for such  companies;  (vi) certain  agreements  with respect to outstanding
indebtedness or obligations of the Company;  (vii) certain information regarding
the Company's  real estate  subsidiary  and portfolio of assets  provided by the
Company;  and (viii) certain internal  financial analyses and forecasts prepared
by the Company and its management.

In addition,  we have held discussions with certain members of the management of
the Company with  respect to certain  aspects of the  Transaction,  the past and
current business  operations of the Company,  the financial condition and future
prospects and operations of the Company,  the effects of the  Transaction on the
financial condition and future prospects of the

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Company,  and certain other matters we believed  necessary or appropriate to our
inquiry.  These matters included the overall high debt level of the Company; the
need for further liquidity to support the Company's construction  operations and
bonding  capacity;  limited net proceeds  available to the Company if it were to
pursue an accelerated disposition of its real estate assets;  potential exposure
to future payments  resulting from the Company's  Washington  Metropolitan  Area
Transit  Authority  litigation,  in which the Company was found liable for $16.5
million in a  preliminary  judgment by the U.S.  District  Court  (D.C.) in July
1993; and the benefits of the transaction in strengthening  the balance sheet of
the Company. We have visited certain  representative  facilities and real estate
assets of the Company,  and reviewed such other  financial  studies and analyses
and considered such other information as we deemed  appropriate for the purposes
of this opinion.

In giving our opinion,  we have relied upon, without assuming any responsibility
for independent  verification,  the accuracy and completeness of all information
that was publicly  available or was  furnished to us by the Company or otherwise
reviewed  by us, and we have not  assumed any  liability  therefor.  We have not
conducted any valuation or appraisal of any assets or liabilities,  nor have any
such  valuations  or  appraisals  been  provided to us. In relying on  financial
analyses  and  forecasts  provided  to us, we have  assumed  that they have been
reasonably prepared based on assumptions reflecting the best currently available
estimates  and  judgments by  management  as to the expected  future  results of
operations  and  financial  condition  of the Company to which such  analyses or
forecasts  relate.  We have also assumed that the Transaction  will have the tax
consequences  described to us in discussions with, and materials furnished to us
by, representatives of the Company, and that the other transactions contemplated
by the Agreement will be consummated as described in such Agreement.

Our opinion is necessarily based on economic,  market and other conditions as in
effect on, and the information  made available to us as of, the date hereof.  It
should be understood  that subsequent  developments  may affect this opinion and
that we do not undertake  any  obligation  to update,  revise,  or reaffirm this
opinion.  We are  expressing  no  opinion  herein  as to the  price at which the
Company's Common Stock will trade at any future time.

We have acted as  financial  advisor to the Company with respect to the proposed
Transaction  and have received  advisory fees from the Company for our services.
We will  receive  a fee  for  delivery  of this  opinion  and,  if the  proposed
Transaction is consummated,  an additional success fee from the Company.  Please
be advised that our affiliated bank,  Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
is agent bank for the Company's current revolving credit facility which is being
restructured  as  part of the  Transaction.  In the  ordinary  course  of  their
businesses,  our  affiliates  may actively  trade the equity  securities  of the
Company for their own account or for the accounts of customers and, accordingly,
they may at any time hold long or short positions in such securities.


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On the basis of and subject to the  foregoing,  it is our opinion as of the date
hereof  that  the  consideration  to be  paid  to the  Company  in the  proposed
Transaction is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company.

This letter is provided for the benefit of the Board of Directors of the Company
in connection  with and for the purposes of its  evaluation of the  Transaction.
This opinion does not  constitute a  recommendation  to any  stockholder  of the
Company as to how such  stockholder  should vote with respect to the Transaction
and should not be relied upon by any  stockholder as such.  This opinion may not
be disclosed,  referred to, or  communicated  (in whole or in part) to any third
party for any purpose  whatsoever  except with our prior written consent in each
instance.  This opinion may be  reproduced  in full in any proxy or  information
statement  mailed  to  stockholders  of the  Company  but may not  otherwise  be
disclosed  publicly in any manner without our prior written approval and, if not
so disclosed, must be treated as confidential.


Very truly yours,

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

BY:
    ---------------------------- 
     Name:      Dianne F. Lob
     Title:     Managing Director




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                                     ANNEX B
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                                Fairness Opinion



PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
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September 27, 1996

The Board of Directors
Perini Corporation
73 Mt. Wayte Avenue
Box 9160
Framingham, MA  01701-9160

Attention:  Mr David B. Perini
            Chairman

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         You have  requested  our opinion as to the  fairness,  from a financial
point of view, to Perini  Corporation (the "Company") of the consideration to be
paid to the Company in connection with the issuance and sale (the "Transaction")
of 150,150  newly  issued  shares of Series B Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred
Stock (the "Preferred  Stock") of the Company to PB Capital Partners,  L.P. (the
"Buyer").  You have informed us that the Buyer will purchase the Preferred Stock
pursuant to the Stock  Purchase  and Sale  Agreement,  dated as of July 24, 1996
(the  "Agreement"),  by and among the Company,  the Buyer, and Richard C. Blum &
Associates,  L.P., and that the Company will receive cash  consideration  before
expenses in connection with such purchase of $30,030,000.

         In  arriving  at the  opinion  set forth  below,  we have,  among other
things:

(a)      reviewed the  Agreement  and other  Transaction  documents  referred to
         therein;

(b)      reviewed the  Company's  draft proxy  statement  prepared in connection
         with seeking shareholder approval for the Transaction;

(c)      reviewed certain publicly available business and financial  information
         of the  Company,  including  the audited  financial  statements  of the
         Company for the fiscal  years ended  December 31, 1995 and December 31,
         1994 and the  unaudited  financial  statements  of the  Company for the
         period ended June 30, 1996;

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(d)      reviewed certain publicly available business and financial  information
         of certain  companies  engaged in  businesses  we deemed  comparable to
         those of the Company;

(e)      compared  current and historical  market prices of the Company's common
         stock and reported  market  prices of the  securities  of certain other
         companies that were deemed comparable;

(f)      reviewed  publicly  available   financial  terms  of  certain  business
         transactions  we deemed  comparable  to the  Transaction  and otherwise
         relevant to our inquiry;

(g)      held discussions with members of the Company's senior management
         concerning  certain aspects of the Transaction,  the Company's past and
         current business operations, the Company's financial condition,  future
         prospects,  and  operations,  before  and  after  giving  effect to the
         Transaction,  as well as  their  views  of the  business,  operational,
         strategic  benefits,  and other  implications of the  Transaction,  and
         certain  other  matters we believed  necessary  or  appropriate  to our
         inquiry, including (i) the overall high debt level of the Company; (ii)
         the need for further  liquidity to support the  Company's  construction
         operations and bonding capacity;  (iii) limited net proceeds  available
         to the Company if it were to pursue an  accelerated  disposition of its
         real  estate  assets;   (iv)  potential  exposure  to  future  payments
         resulting  from the  Company's  Washington  Metropolitan  Area  Transit
         Authority  litigation  in which the Company was found  liable in a 
         Preliminary  judgment by the U.S.  District Court (D.C.) in July 1993, 
         and (v) the benefits of the Transaction in strengthening the 
         balance sheet of the Company;

(h)      reviewed certain agreements with respect to outstanding indebtedness or
         obligations of the Company,  including a draft of the summary terms and
         conditions of the Company's restructured bank agreement;

(i)      reviewed certain information provided by the Company regarding its real
         estate subsidiary and portfolio of assets;

(j)      reviewed  certain  internal  non-public  financial and  operating  data
         provided to us by the  Company's  management  concerning  the Company's
         business,  including  management  forecasts and  projections  of future
         financial results; and


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(k)      made such other analyses and  examinations as we have deemed  necessary
         or appropriate.


         We  have  relied  upon,   without  assuming  any   responsibility   for
independent verification,  the accuracy and completeness of all of the financial
and other information  provided to, discussed with, or reviewed by or for us, or
publicly  available  for purposes of this  opinion,  and we have not assumed any
liability   therefor.   We  have  neither  made  nor  obtained  any  independent
evaluations or appraisals of the assets or liabilities of the Company,  nor have
we conducted a physical  inspection  of the  properties  and  facilities  of the
Company. We have assumed that the financial  forecasts and projections  prepared
by the  Company  have been  reasonably  prepared  on bases  reflecting  the best
currently  available  estimates and judgments of management of the Company as to
the future financial  performance of the Company. We express no views as to such
forecasts or  projections or the  assumptions on which they were based.  We have
also assumed that the Transaction will have the tax consequences described to us
in discussions with, and materials  furnished to us by,  representatives  of the
Company,  and that the other transactions  contemplated by the Agreement will be
consummated as described in the Agreement. Furthermore, we have assumed that the
documents  that have been  furnished to us in draft form in connection  with the
Transaction  will not,  when  executed,  contain any terms and  conditions  that
differ materially from the terms and conditions  previously  disclosed to us. In
addition, you have not authorized us to solicit, and we have not solicited,  any
indications  of interest  from any third parties with respect to the purchase of
all or part of the  Company's  business  or assets,  and,  accordingly,  we have
relied entirely on the results of the process  conducted by  representatives  of
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in this regard.

         For purposes of rendering our opinion we have assumed,  in all respects
material to our analysis,  that the representations and warranties of each party
contained in the  Agreement  are true and correct,  that each party has and will
perform all of the covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under
the Agreement and that all  conditions to the  consummation  of the  Transaction
have and will be satisfied without waiver thereof.

         Our opinion herein is necessarily  based on market,  economic and other
conditions  as they exist and can be evaluated  on the date of this  letter.  It
should be understood  that subsequent  developments  may affect this opinion and
that we do not undertake  any  obligation  to update,  revise,  or reaffirm this
opinion.  We are  expressing  no  opinion  herein  as to the  price at which the
Company's  common stock will trade at any future time. Our opinion is limited to
the fairness, from a financial point of view, to the consideration to be paid to
the Company in connection  with the  Transaction and we express no opinion as to
the merits of the

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underlying  decision by the Company to engage in the  Transaction.  This opinion
does not constitute a recommendation to any stockholder of the Company as to how
such  stockholder  should vote with respect to the Transaction and should not be
relied upon by any stockholder as such.

         Chase Securities Inc., as part of its financial advisory  business,  is
continually  engaged in the  valuation of  businesses  and their  securities  in
connection with mergers and  acquisitions  and valuations for estate,  corporate
and other  purposes.  We have  acted as  financial  advisor  to the  Company  in
connection  with the  Transaction  and will receive a fee for our services  that
includes the rendering of this  opinion.  The Company has agreed to indemnify us
for certain liabilities arising out of our engagement. In the ordinary course of
business,  we or our  affiliates  may trade in the securities of the Company for
our own accounts and for the accounts of our customers and, accordingly,  may at
any time hold a long or short position in such securities.

         Based upon and subject to the foregoing,  we are of the opinion,  as of
the date hereof,  that the consideration to be paid to the Company in connection
with the Transaction is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company.

         This  opinion is for the use and benefit of the Board of  Directors  of
the Company in its evaluation of the  Transaction  and shall not be used for any
other purpose without the prior written consent of Chase Securities Inc.

                            Very truly yours,



                            CHASE SECURITIES INC.





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                                    ANNEX C                                  


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




As independent  public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the inclusion in this
Proxy of our report  dated  February 26, 1996  included in Perini  Corporation's
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 and to all references to our Firm
included in this Proxy.

ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP



Boston, Massachusetts
October ___, 1996


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                     REVOCABLE PROXY/VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD

                               PERINI CORPORATION
            73 Mt. Wayte Avenue, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-9160

                    Proxy for Special Meeting of Stockholders
                            to be Held on [ at a.m.]

                     This proxy is solicited by the Board of
                                   Directors.


        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Richard E. Burnham and [
], and each of them, as proxies of the undersigned  (the  "Proxies"),  with full
power to substitute,  and  authorizes  each of them to represent and to vote all
shares  of  Common  Stock of  Perini  Corporation  (the  "Company")  held by the
undersigned at the close of business on October 10, 1996 at the Special  Meeting
of  Stockholders  to be held at State Street Bank and Trust Company,  Enterprise
Room,   5th   Floor,   225   Franklin   Street,   Boston,   Massachusetts,    on
[___________________  at ___  a.m.],  local  time,  and at any  adjournments  or
postponements thereof.

        When properly  executed this proxy will be voted in the manner  directed
herein by the undersigned  stockholder(s).  If no direction is given, this Proxy
will be  voted  FOR the  Proposals  set  forth on the  reverse  side  hereof.  A
stockholder  wishing  to  vote  in  accordance  with  the  Board  of  Directors'
recommendation  need only sign and date this proxy and return it in the  stamped
envelope provided.

                       (Continued, and to be signed and dated, on reverse side)


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1.      Proposal  1: To approve (i) the  issuance of 150,150  shares of Series B
        Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred  Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of
        the Company  (the  "Series B Preferred  Stock") to PB Capital  Partners,
        L.P. ("PB Capital") for an aggregate purchase price of $30,030,000, upon
        the terms and conditions  described in the Proxy  Statement and (ii) the
        issuance  of any  other  shares  of the  Series  B  Preferred  Stock  as
        dividends on outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock upon the
        terms and conditions described in the Proxy Statement.


        FOR o                    AGAINST o                          ABSTAIN o



2.      Proposal 2 to approve an  amendment  to the By-Laws of the  Company,  as
        more fully described in the Proxy Statement, which requires the Board of
        Directors to elect an Executive  Committee and sets forth its powers and
        composition.  This  amendment,  if  approved,  will take  effect only if
        shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are in fact issued to PB Capital.

       FOR o                     AGAINST o                          ABSTAIN o


        The undersigned hereby acknowledge(s) receipt of a copy of the Notice of
Special  Meeting of  Stockholders,  the Proxy Statement with respect thereto and
accompanying  Annexes,  the Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended  December 31, 1995, and the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal  quarter ended June 30, 1996,  and hereby  revoke(s) any proxy or
proxies  heretofore  given.  This proxy may be revoked at any time  before it is
exercised.

                                                                               
                    Please sign name exactly as shown.  Where there is more than
                    one holder,  each should sign.  When signing as an attorney,
                    administrator,  executor,  guardian or  trustee,  please add
                    your title as such. If executed by a corporation,  the proxy
                    should be signed by a duly authorized  person,  stating such
                    person's title or authority.  If a partnership,  please sign
                    in partnership name by authorized person.


                    Dated:

                    Signature of Stockholder


Please Date, Sign and Mail Your Proxy Card Promptly    Votes must be indicated
in the Enclosed Envelope.                             (X) in Black or Blue ink.






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