PERINI CORP
DEF 14A, 2000-04-18
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                               Perini Corporation
                               73 Mt. Wayte Avenue
                         Framingham, Massachusetts 01701

                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                           TO BE HELD ON MAY 25, 2000

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF PERINI CORPORATION:

     NOTICE IS HEREBY  GIVEN that the  annual  meeting  of the  stockholders  of
PERINI CORPORATION will be held at the Crowne Plaza,  Hawthorne  Ballroom,  1360
Worcester Road (Route 9 East), Natick, Massachusetts, on Thursday, May 25, 2000,
at 9:00 a.m., for the following purposes:

1.   Holders of Common  Stock,  $1.00 par value,  of the  Company  (the  "Common
     Stock") will:

     A.   Elect three (3) Class I  Directors,  to hold  office for a  three-year
          term,  expiring  in 2003 and until  their  successors  are  chosen and
          qualified;

     B.   Consider and approve the Special Equity Incentive Plan as described in
          the attached Proxy Statement;

     C.   Consider and ratify the selection of Arthur Andersen LLP,  independent
          public  accountants,  as auditors for the fiscal year ending  December
          31, 2000; and

     D.   Transact  such other  business as may properly come before the meeting
          or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

2.   Holders of the Company's $21.25  Convertible  Exchangeable  Preferred Stock
     (the "Preferred Stock") will:

     A.   Elect two (2) Preferred Directors, to hold office until the earlier of
          (i) a one-year term,  expiring in 2001 and until their  successors are
          chosen and  qualified  or (ii) until all  dividends  in arrears on the
          Preferred  Stock have been paid or  declared  and funds  therefor  set
          apart for payment.

     The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on April 3, 2000, as
the record date for the  determination of the  stockholders  entitled to vote at
the meeting.

     A WHITE form of proxy is being  solicited from holders of the Common Stock.
A BLUE  Instruction Card is being solicited from holders of the Preferred Stock.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting,  please fill in,  sign,  date and
return the enclosed  WHITE proxy card or BLUE  Instruction  Card in the enclosed
envelope,  which  requires  no  postage if mailed in the  United  States.  It is
important  that  these  cards be  returned.  If you  receive  more than one card
because your shares are registered in different  names,  or because you own both
Common Stock and Preferred  Stock,  please  execute each such card and return it
promptly to assure that all your shares will be voted.

                                             By order of the Board of Directors,
April 19, 2000                               Dennis M. Ryan, Secretary

     The Annual Report of the Company,  including  financial  statements for the
year 1999, is being sent to stockholders concurrently with this Notice.
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                               Perini Corporation
                               73 Mt. Wayte Avenue
                         Framingham, Massachusetts 01701

                                 PROXY STATEMENT

                       ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
                              OF PERINI CORPORATION

     This statement is furnished in connection with the  solicitation of proxies
by the  Board  of  Directors  of  PERINI  CORPORATION  (hereinafter  called  the
"Company")  to be used at the annual  meeting of the  stockholders  (the "Annual
Meeting")  of the Company to be held at the Crowne  Plaza,  Hawthorne  Ballroom,
1360 Worcester Road (Route 9 East), Natick, Massachusetts,  on Thursday, May 25,
2000, at 9:00 a.m., and at any  adjournment  or  adjournments  thereof,  for the
purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
A WHITE proxy card is being sent to holders of the Company's Common Stock, $1.00
par value  (the  "Common  Stock").  If the  accompanying  WHITE form of proxy is
executed and returned,  it may nevertheless be revoked at any time insofar as it
has not been  exercised  either by notice to the  Secretary of the Company,  the
subsequent  execution and delivery of another  Proxy,  or by voting in person at
the  Annual  Meeting.  A BLUE  Instruction  Card is being sent to holders of the
Company's  $21.25  Convertible  Exchangeable  Preferred  Stock  (the  "Preferred
Stock"). If the accompanying BLUE Instruction Card is executed and returned,  it
may  nevertheless  be  revoked at any time up until  5:00 p.m.  on May 24,  2000
either  by filing a  written  revocation  or a duly  executed  Instruction  Card
bearing  a later  date.  It is  anticipated  that the  Proxy  Statement  and the
enclosed  Proxy or  Instruction  Card,  as  applicable,  will be  mailed  to the
stockholders of record on or about April 19, 2000.

     The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on April 3, 2000, as
the record date for the  determination of the  stockholders  entitled to vote at
the Annual Meeting. As of April 3, 2000, the Company had outstanding  22,584,469
shares of Common Stock. Each share is entitled to one vote.

     The terms of the  Company's  Preferred  Stock  provide  that as a result of
dividends on the Preferred Stock being in arrears for at least six quarters, the
holders of the Preferred  Stock are  entitled,  voting as a separate  class,  to
elect two (2) Directors (the  "Preferred  Directors") to the Company's  Board of
Directors,  to hold  office  until the  earlier of (i) the date upon which their
elected term expires and until their successors are chosen and qualified or (ii)
until all dividends in arrears on the Preferred Stock have been paid or declared
and funds  therefor set apart for payment.  As of April 3, 2000, the Company had
outstanding  99,990  shares of  Preferred  Stock.  Each share is entitled to one
vote.  Bank  Boston,  N.A.,  as the  Depositary  for the  Preferred  Stock  (the
"Depositary"),  is the  holder of all of the issued  and  outstanding  Preferred
Stock.  The  terms of the  Deposit  Agreement  by and  among  the  Company,  the
Depositary and the holders of Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Stock
provide  that the holders of  Depositary  Shares are  entitled  to instruct  the
Depositary to vote the shares of Preferred Stock represented by their respective
Depositary  Shares.  Each Depositary Share  represents  ownership of 1/10th of a
share of Preferred Stock. Therefore, as of April 3, 2000, there were outstanding
999,900 Depositary Shares. The holders of Depositary Shares should forward their
Instruction  Cards to the Depositary  instructing the Depositary how to vote the
Preferred Stock.

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STOCKHOLDER VOTES REQUIRED

Common Stock
- ------------

     The presence,  in person or by proxy, of at least a majority in interest of
the  total  number  of  outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock is  necessary  to
constitute  a  quorum  for  transaction  of  business  at  the  Annual  Meeting.
Abstentions  and "broker  non-votes"  will be counted as present for determining
the  presence  or absence of a quorum for the  transaction  of  business  at the
Annual  Meeting.  A "broker  non-vote" is a proxy from a broker or other nominee
indicating  that such person has not received  instructions  from the beneficial
owner or other person  entitled to vote the shares on a  particular  matter with
respect to which the broker or other nominee does not have discretionary  voting
power.

     A quorum being present,  the  affirmative  vote of a plurality of the votes
cast at the  Annual  Meeting is  necessary  to elect  each of the  nominees  for
director.  The  affirmative  vote by a majority  of the votes cast at the Annual
Meeting  is  required  to  approve  the  Special  Equity   Incentive  Plan.  The
affirmative  vote of a  majority  of the votes  cast at the  Annual  Meeting  by
holders of the  Company's  Common  Stock is required to ratify the  selection of
Arthur  Andersen LLP as auditors  for the fiscal year ending  December 31, 2000.
Abstentions  and  broker  non-votes  will not be counted as voting at the Annual
Meeting and,  therefore,  will not have an effect on the election of  Directors,
approval of the Special Equity Incentive Plan or ratification of auditors.

Preferred Stock
- ---------------

     Assuming a quorum is present, the Depositary will vote the number of shares
of the  Preferred  Stock for a Nominee  represented  by the number of Depositary
Shares  instructed to be voted for that Nominee.  Under the terms of the Deposit
Agreement,  in the absence of specific  instructions from a holder of Depositary
Shares,  the Depositary  will abstain from voting to the extent of the Preferred
Stock represented by the Depositary Shares of such holder of Depositary  Shares.
The two Preferred  Director  nominees for whom the greatest  number of shares of
Preferred  Stock is voted by the  Depositary  will be elected  as the  Preferred
Directors.

     A holder of  Depositary  Shares may revoke an  Instruction  Card given with
respect to the Election of Preferred  Directors by filing with the Depositary no
later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday,  May 24, 2000, a written revocation or a duly
executed Instruction Card bearing a later date.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2001 ANNUAL MEETING

     Any proposal of a  stockholder  intended to be  presented at the  Company's
2001  Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders  must be  received  by the  Company  for
inclusion  in the proxy  statement  and form of proxy for that  meeting no later
than  December  5,  2000.  In  addition,   stockholder  proposals  and  director
nominations must comply with the requirements of the Company's By-Laws.

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                                   1A. and 2A.

                  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND PREFERRED DIRECTORS

Common Stock Nominees
- ---------------------

     In accordance with the Company's By-Laws and  Massachusetts  law, the Board
of  Directors  is divided  into three  approximately  equal  classes,  with each
Director  serving for a term of three years. As a consequence,  the term of only
one class of Directors  expires each year, and their  successors are elected for
terms of three years.  As of March 31, 2000, the Board of Directors is comprised
of 12 members; 10 Directors (as follows) and 2 Preferred Directors:

          Class I:    Robert Band,  Michael R. Klein and  Christopher H. Lee are
                      the three  nominees for  election as   Directors   at this
                      Annual Meeting to serve until the 2003   Annual Meeting of
                      Stockholders and until  their  successors  are  chosen and
                      qualified.   Marshall  M.  Criser,   a   current  Class  I
                      Director, will not be a nominee for reelection.

          Class II:   Richard J. Boushka,  Jane E. Newman  and  Ronald  N. Tutor
                      were elected as  Directors  at the 1998 Annual  Meeting to
                      serve  until the  2001  Annual  Meeting  of   Stockholders
                      and  until  their successors   are  chosen  and qualified.
                      Effective   March  29,  2000,    Robert  A.   Kennedy  was
                      appointed  a Class II  Director  by the Company's Board of
                      Directors  to serve  until  the 2001  Annual  Meeting   of
                      Stockholders  and until his  successor is duly chosen  and
                      qualifed.

          Class III:  Nancy  Hawthorne was  elected  as a  Director  at the 1999
                      Annual Meeting to serve until the 2002 Annual  Meeting  of
                      Stockholders  and  until  her  successor  is  chosen   and
                      qualified.  Effective  March 29, 2000, Raymond R.  Oneglia
                      was appointed a Class III Director by the Company's  Board
                      of Directors to serve until  the 2002  Annual  Meeting  of
                      Stockholders  and  until  his successor is duly chosen and
                      qualified.

     The  Nominating  Committee  of the Board of  Directors  of the  Company has
nominated  Robert Band,  Michael R. Klein and Christopher H. Lee for election as
Class I Directors. Unless otherwise noted thereon, proxies solicited hereby will
be voted for the  election of Messrs.  Band,  Klein and Lee as Directors to hold
office until the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders  and until their successors
are chosen and qualified.  The Board of Directors does not contemplate  that any
nominee will be unable to serve as a Director for any reason but, if that should
occur prior to the meeting,  the proxy holders will select another person in his
place and stead. Information regarding these nominees for election as Directors,
as well as each Director whose term is not scheduled to expire until the 2001 or
2002 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,  is set forth in "Ownership of Common Stock
by Directors, Officers and Preferred Stock Nominees" on pages 5 through 10.

     The Board  recommends  a vote FOR the  election of each of the nominees for
election as Directors.

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Preferred Stock Nominees
- ------------------------

     The terms of the  Company's  Preferred  Stock  provide  that as a result of
dividends on the Preferred Stock being in arrears for at least six quarters, the
holders of the Preferred  Stock are  entitled,  voting as a separate  class,  to
elect two (2) Directors (the  "Preferred  Directors") to the Company's  Board of
Directors,  to hold  office  until the  earlier of (i) the date upon which their
elected term expires and until their successors are chosen and qualified or (ii)
until all dividends in arrears on the Preferred Stock have been paid or declared
and funds  therefor set apart for payment.  Since the dividend on the  Preferred
Stock had not been paid since December 1995, the holders of the Preferred  Stock
elected  Arthur I.  Caplan  and  Frederick  Doppelt at the May 14,  1998  Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to serve as the Preferred  Directors and re-elected them
at the May 13, 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders  until the earlier of (i) the
next annual meeting of stockholders  and until their  successors were chosen and
qualified  or (ii)  payment  in full by the  Company  of  dividends  owed on the
Preferred  Stock.  The Company has not paid any dividends on the Preferred Stock
throughout  1999 and 2000 to date.  Accordingly,  the  holders of the  Preferred
Stock,  voting as a separate  class,  remain entitled to elect two (2) Preferred
Directors to the Company's Board of Directors.

         Preferred  Stock   Arthur I.  Caplan,  Frederick  Doppelt,  Stephen  J.
         Nominees:          McAllister and  Martin  Shubik are the four nominees
                            for election as Preferred  Directors at this  Annual
                            Meeting to serve until the  earlier of (i) the  2001
                            Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders  and  until  their
                            successors  are  chosen  and  qualified  or (ii) all
                            dividends  in  arrears on the  Preferred  Stock have
                            been paid or declared and funds  therefor  set apart
                            for payment.

     The two Nominees  who receive the greatest  number of votes will be elected
as Preferred  Directors.  Instruction  Cards that are not completed  will not be
voted for any nominee.  The Board of  Directors  does not  contemplate  that any
nominee  will be unable to serve as a Preferred  Director for any reason but, if
that should  occur prior to the  meeting,  the  Depositary  will select  another
person in his place and stead. Information regarding these nominees for election
as Preferred  Directors is set forth in "Ownership of Common Stock by Directors,
Officers and Preferred Stock Nominees" on pages 5 through 10.

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                OWNERSHIP OF COMMON STOCK BY DIRECTORS, OFFICERS
                          AND PREFERRED STOCK NOMINEES

     The following table sets forth certain information  received by the Company
from  the  individuals  listed  below  concerning  their  respective  beneficial
ownership  as of March  31,  2000 of the  Common  Stock of the  Company  by each
Director,  named Executive  Officer of the Company and Preferred Stock Nominees,
and by all  Directors and  Executive  Officers of the Company as a group.  Also,
included in the table with respect to each Director and Preferred  Stock Nominee
is principal  occupation or employment  during the past five years,  age and the
period served as a Director of the Company.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                         Number of Shares of Common Stock of the
                                                                                Company Beneficially Owned
                                                                                 On March 31, 2000(1)(2)
                                                                       ---------------------------------------------
                                                          Served        Sole Voting
                                                          as a              and
  Name and Principal Occupation for The                  Director       Investment                                      Percentage
             Past Five Years                    Age       Since            Power           Shared        Aggregate       of Class
- -------------------------------------------    ------    ---------     --------------    -----------     -----------    -----------
<S>                                            <C>        <C>          <C>               <C>             <C>            <C>
Ronald N. Tutor (5)(7)                          59         1997        2,704,260 (8)              0       2,704,260       11.97%
  Director; Chairman and Chief Executive
  Officer since March 29, 2000, fomerly
  Chairman since July 1, 1999, formerly
  Vice Chairman since January 1, 1998 and
  Acting Chief Operating Officer since January
  17, 1997, and  Chairman, President and
  Chief Executive Officer, Tutor-Saliba
  Corporation

Robert Band (7)                                 52         1999           40,894 (9)              0          40,894          *
  Director; President and Chief Operating
  Officer since March 29, 2000, formerly
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  since May 12, 1999, formerly Executive
  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  since December 1997 and President of Perini
  Management Services, Inc.

Richard J. Boushka (3)(4)(5)                    65         1975            7,390(10)              0           7,390          *
  Director; Principal, Boushka
  Properties, a private investment firm

Marshall M. Criser (3)(4)(6)                    71         1985           11,366 (11)           200 (12)     11,566          *
  Director; Vice Chairman since July 1,
  1999, Retired Partner, Law firm of
  McGuire, Woods Battle & Boothe, LLP,
  formerly Chairman, Law firm of Mahoney
  Adams and Criser and formerly President,
  University of Florida

Arthur J. Fox, Jr. (4)(5)(6)                    76         1989           11,729 (13)             0          11,729          *
  Director; Self-employed consultant,
  formerly Managing Director, Construction
  Industry Presidents Forum; Editor Emeritus,
  Engineering News-Record

Jane E. Newman (3)(5)                           54         1992            9,745 (14)             0           9,745          *
  Director; Managing Director and
  Partner, The Commerce Group since
  January 1, 1999, formerly Interim Dean,
  Whittemore School of Business & Economics,
  University of New Hampshire, and
  formerly Executive Vice President,
  Exeter Trust Company

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                                                                       Number of Shares of Common Stock of the
                                                                                Company Beneficially Owned
                                                                                 On March 31, 2000(1)(2)
                                                                       ---------------------------------------------
                                                          Served        Sole Voting
                                                          as a              and
  Name and Principal Occupation for The                  Director       Investment                                      Percentage
             Past Five Years                    Age       Since            Power           Shared        Aggregate       of Class
- -------------------------------------------    ------    ---------     --------------    -----------     -----------    -----------
Nancy Hawthorne (3)(4)(6)                       48         1993           10,361 (15)             0          10,361          *
  Director; Chair, World Clinic, Inc.
  since mid-1999, formerly self-employed
  financial strategy consultant since
  mid-1998, formerly Chief Executive
  Officer & Managing Partner, Hawthorne,
  Krauss & Associates, and formerly Executive
  Vice President, Media One

Michael R. Klein (3)(16)                        57         1997            7,261 (17)             0           7,261         *
  Director; Chairman, CoStar Group, Inc.
  and Partner, Law Firm of Wilmer, Cutler &
  Pickering

Robert A. Kennedy (18)                          64         2000                0                  0               0         -
  Director; Director of Special Projects
  - Financial Services for ULLICO, Inc.

Christopher H. Lee (19)                         47         2000                0                  0               0         -
  Director; Vice President, AIG Global
  Investment Corp., a wholly-owned
  subsidiary of American International
  Group, Inc.

Raymond R. Oneglia (20)                         52         2000                0                  0               0         -
  Director; Vice Chairman, O&G
  Industries, Inc.

Zohrab B. Marashlian                            55          -             28,259 (21)             0          28,259         *
  President, Perini Civil Construction

David B. Perini (7)                             62         1970          138,249 (22)             0         138,249         *
  Chairman Emeritus, formerly Chairman of
  the Board of Directors

Craig W. Shaw                                   45          -             32,300 (23)             0          32,300         *
  President, Perini Building Company, Inc.

Preferred Stock Nominees:
Arthur I. Caplan (24)                           79         1998            5,776 (25)             0           5,776         *
  Director; formerly President of
  HWC-Ltd., an automobile sales, leasing and
  financing organization

Frederick Doppelt (24)                          81         1998           42,921 (26)             0          42,291         *
  Director; Self-employed attorney
  specializing in trust and estate matters

Stephen J. McAllister (24) (27)                 38          -             97,645 (28)             0          97,645         *
  Member, Asher B. Edelmand Associates, an
  investment and money management firm
  and advisor to various funds since January,
  1997, formerly Portfolio Manager and Chief
  Investment Strategist for Bank of Tokyo
  (Switzerland) S.A.

Martin Shubik (24) (27)                         74          -             15,888 (29)             0          15,888         *
  Professor of Economics, Yale University

All Directors and Executive Officers as                                3,010,660                200        3,010,860      13.33%
a group (16 persons)

- -------------------------------------------
* Less than one percent
</TABLE>

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(1)  Beneficial ownership is the direct or indirect ownership of Common Stock of
     the Company  including  the right to control the vote or  investment  of or
     acquire such Common Stock (for example, through the conversion of shares of
     the $2.125 Depositary Convertible  Exchangeable Preferred Shares,  exercise
     of options or various trust arrangements)  within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
     under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934. The shares owned by each person
     or by the group,  and the  shares  included  in the total  number of shares
     outstanding  have been  adjusted in  accordance  with said Rule 13d-3.  Any
     securities  not  outstanding  but which are subject to  options,  warrants,
     rights or conversion  privileges  shall be deemed to be outstanding for the
     purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding  securities of the class
     owned by such  person  but shall not be  deemed to be  outstanding  for the
     purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding  securities of the class
     owned by any other person.

(2)  The table does not include an aggregate of 10,803 shares allocated to Named
     Executive Officers under the terms of the Perini Corporation Employee Stock
     Ownership Plan.

(3)  Member of the Audit Committee.

(4)  Member of the Compensation Committee.

(5)  Member of the Nominating Committee.

(6)  Member of the Special Committee.

(7)  Due to the  resignation of the previous Chief Executive  Officer,  Roger J.
     Ludlam,  effective  January 31,  1999,  David B. Perini and Ronald N. Tutor
     shared the responsibilities of President and Chief Executive Officer of the
     Company until the new Chief Executive  Officer,  Robert Band, was appointed
     on May 12, 1999.  Effective  June 30,  1999,  Mr.  Perini  retired from the
     Company and  resigned  his  position as  Chairman.  The Board of  Directors
     appointed Mr. Tutor as Chairman effective July 1, 1999. Effective March 29,
     2000,  the Board of  Directors  appointed  Mr.  Tutor as Chairman and Chief
     Executive Officer and Mr. Band as President and Chief Operating Officer.

(8)  Represents shares held in the name of Tutor-Saliba  Corporation,  a company
     in which Mr. Tutor is the sole stockholder and Chief Executive Officer. See
     "Certain Other Beneficial Holders" on pages 12 and 13.

(9)  Includes 15,500 shares for which Mr. Band holds options.

(10) Includes 7,390 shares of Common Stock received in payment of the director's
     annual retainer,  as follows: 129 shares (1996), 2,285 shares (1997), 1,855
     shares (1998) and 3,121 shares (1999).  See  "Directors'  Compensation"  on
     page 25.

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(11) Includes  2,349 shares  awarded in prior years  pursuant to the 1988 Perini
     Corporation  Restricted  Stock Plan for Outside  Directors.  Also  includes
     9,017 shares of Common Stock received in payment of the  director's  annual
     retainer,  as follows:  1,756 shares  (1996),  2,285 shares  (1997),  1,855
     shares (1998) and 3,121 shares (1999).  See  "Directors'  Compensation"  on
     page 25.

(12) Includes 200 shares which Mr. Criser owns jointly with his wife.

(13) Includes  2,197 shares  awarded in prior years  pursuant to the 1988 Perini
     Corporation  Restricted  Stock Plan for Outside  Directors.  Also  includes
     9,017 shares of Common Stock received in payment of the  director's  annual
     retainer,  as follows:  1,756 shares  (1996),  2,285 shares  (1997),  1,855
     shares (1998) and 3,121 shares (1999).  See  "Directors'  Compensation"  on
     page 25.

(14) Includes  1,148 shares  awarded in prior years  pursuant to the 1988 Perini
     Corporation  Restricted  Stock Plan for Outside  Directors.  Also  includes
     8,597 shares of Common Stock received in payment of the  director's  annual
     retainer,  as follows:  1,336 shares  (1996),  2,285 shares  (1997),  1,855
     shares (1998) and 3,121 shares (1999).  See  "Directors'  Compensation"  on
     page 25.

(15) Includes  1,344 shares  awarded in prior years  pursuant to the 1988 Perini
     Corporation  Restricted  Stock Plan for Outside  Directors.  Also  includes
     9,017 shares of Common Stock received in payment of the  director's  annual
     retainer,  as follows:  1,756 shares  (1996),  2,285 shares  (1997),  1,855
     shares (1998) and 3,121 shares (1999).  See  "Directors'  Compensation"  on
     page 25.

(16) Mr. Klein is the designated  representative of P.B. Capital Partners, L.P.,
     a partnership  that owns 4,656,795 shares of Common Stock and a partnership
     whose sole general partner is BLUM Capital Partners,  L.P. ("BCP").  BCP is
     an investment  advisor to The Common Fund for Non-Profit  Organizations for
     the account of its Equity Fund that owns 1,162,348  shares of Common Stock.
     Mr.  Klein  disclaims  beneficial  ownership  in any of these  shares.  See
     "Certain Other Beneficial Holders" on pages 12 and 13.

(17) Includes 7,261 shares of Common Stock received in payment of the director's
     annual retainer,  as follows:  2,285 shares (1997), 1,855 shares (1998) and
     3,121 shares (1999). See "Directors' Compensation" on page 25.

(18) Mr. Kennedy is the designated  representative of Union Labor Life Insurance
     Company,  a company  that owns  1,721,075  shares  of Common  Stock,  and a
     wholly-owned  subsidiary of ULLICO, Inc., a company in which Mr. Kennedy is
     the Director of Special  Projects.  Mr.  Kennedy  disclaims any  beneficial
     ownership of these shares. See "Certain Other Beneficial  Holders" on pages
     12 and 13.

(19) Mr. Lee is the designated  representative  of National Union Fire Insurance
     Company of Pittsburgh,  Pa., a company that owns 4,705,882 shares of Common
     Stock, and an affiliate of AIG Global  Investment Corp., a company in which
     Mr. Lee is a Vice President and both of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries
     of American  International  Group,  Inc. Mr. Lee disclaims  any  beneficial
     ownership of these shares. See "Certain Other Beneficial  Holders" on pages
     12 and 13.

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<PAGE>

(20) Mr. Oneglia is the designated  representative  of O&G  Industries,  Inc., a
     company that owns 2,502,941  shares of Common Stock, and a company in which
     Mr.  Oneglia is the Vice  Chairman.  Mr.  Oneglia  disclaims any beneficial
     ownership of these shares. See "Certain Other Beneficial  Holders" on pages
     12 and 13.

(21) Includes 28,000 shares for which Mr. Marashlian holds options.

(22) Includes 6,460 shares,  and 264 shares of Common Stock  (resulting from the
     assumed  conversion  of 400  depositary  shares  of  Preferred  Stock  at a
     conversion rate of .662 shares of Common Stock for each  depositary  share)
     in his  childrens'  names  for which he has Power of  Attorney  giving  him
     voting power.  Includes  7,500 shares for which Mr.  Perini holds  options.
     Includes 66 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of
     100 depositary  shares of Preferred  Stock.  Includes 56,499 shares held in
     testamentary trust established under the will of Louis R. Perini, Sr. David
     Perini  is  one  of  four  trustees  of  such  trust  and  is  one  of  the
     beneficiaries of such trust. Includes 3,029 shares, and 66 shares of Common
     Stock  (resulting from the assumed  conversion of 100 depositary  shares of
     Preferred  Stock) in his wife's name as to which Mr.  Perini  disclaims any
     beneficial ownership.

(23) Includes 28,000 shares for which Mr. Shaw holds options

(24) Represents one of four Nominees for election as Preferred Directors at this
     Annual Meeting (of which the two with the greatest  number of votes cast by
     holders of the $2.125 Depositary Shares will be elected) to serve until the
     earlier of (i) the 2001  Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  and until  their
     successors are chosen and qualified or (ii) all dividends in arrears on the
     Preferred  Stock have been paid or declared and funds  therefore  set apart
     for payment.

(25) Includes  3,121  shares of Common  Stock  received  in  payment of the 1999
     director's annual retainer. See "Directors'  Compensation" on page 25. Also
     includes 1,655 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion
     of 2,500 depositary  shares of Preferred Stock at a conversion rate of .662
     shares of  Common  Stock  for each  depositary  share.  The  percentage  of
     Preferred  Stock  beneficially  owned by Mr.  Caplan to the total number of
     shares of Preferred Stock outstanding is less than 1%.

(26) Includes  3,121  shares of Common  Stock  received  in  payment of the 1999
     director's annual retainer. See "Directors'  Compensation" on page 25. Also
     includes   37,800  shares  of  Common  Stock  resulting  from  the  assumed
     conversion of 57,100  depositary  shares of Preferred Stock at a conversion
     rate of .662  shares of  Common  Stock for each  depositary  share.  Of the
     57,100  depositary  shares of Preferred Stock,  2,000 depositary shares are
     owned by Mr. Doppelt's wife. The percentage of Preferred Stock beneficially
     owned by Mr.  Doppelt  to the total  number of  shares of  Preferred  Stock
     outstanding is 5.71%.

(27) Messrs.  McAllister  and Shubik were  nominated by Edelman Value  Partners,
     L.P.  (direct  owners of 100  depositary  shares and  beneficial  owners of
     57,400  depositary  shares),  Edelman Value Fund Ltd.  (beneficial owner of
     75,500  depositary  shares) and M.J. Whitman Pilot Fish  Opportunity,  L.P.
     (owner of 9,500 depositary shares).

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(28) Represents  97,645  shares  of  Common  Stock  resulting  from the  assumed
     conversion of 147,500  depositary shares of Preferred Stock at a conversion
     rate of .662 shares of Common Stock for each depositary share. These shares
     are  held  by a  custodian  on  behalf  of  certain  funds  for  which  Mr.
     McAllister's  firm is an investment  advisor.  The  percentage of Preferred
     Stock beneficially owned by Mr. McAllister to the total number of shares of
     Preferred Stock outstanding is 14.75%.

(29) Represents  15,888  shares  of  Common  Stock  resulting  from the  assumed
     conversion of 24,000  depositary  shares of Preferred Stock at a conversion
     rate of .662 shares of Common Stock for each depositary share.  Included in
     the total of 24,000  depositary shares are 13,000 depositary shares held in
     a trust of which Mr. Shubik is a trustee. The percentage of Preferred Stock
     beneficially owned by Mr. Shubik to the total number of shares of Preferred
     Stock outstanding is 2.4%.

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<PAGE>

     The Board of Directors  met six times  during 1999.  The Board of Directors
has a  Compensation  Committee,  the  duties  of which  are  summarized  in "The
Compensation  Committee Report" on pages 16 through 18 herein.  The Compensation
Committee  held  three  meetings  during  1999.  The  Board  also  has an  Audit
Committee,  the  duties  of which  are to  oversee  the  audit  function  of the
Company's  independent  certified  public  accountants,  to review  periodically
significant  financial  information  relating  to  the  Company  and to act as a
communication  link between the Board of  Directors  and such  certified  public
accountants.  The Audit  Committee  met five  times  during  1999.  The Board of
Directors has a Nominating  Committee  which met once during 1999.  The Board of
Directors  has an  Executive  Committee,  the  duties of which are to give final
approval  of certain  decisions  (generally  financial  in  nature)  and to give
overall direction to the Company's Chief Executive  Officer.  This Committee met
three times during 1999.  Effective July 16, 1999, the Board of Directors formed
a Special  Committee,  composed of three  independent  directors,  to review any
financial  proposal  submitted by Mr. Ronald N. Tutor,  Chairman of the Board of
Directors  of the Company  (see  "Certain  Transactions"  on pages 25 and 26) to
purchase  additional  equity in the  Company  and also  authorized  the  Special
Committee to solicit and negotiate  alternative  proposals  from third  parties.
This  Committee  met  twenty-two  times  during  1999.  The members of each such
committee are identified in the above table. During 1999 all of the Directors of
the Company  attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors and
its  committees  of which they are members,  except for Douglas J.  McCarron who
attended approximately 25% of such meetings.

     As of March 31,  2000,  none of the  Directors  or Nominees  for  Preferred
Director  is a  director  of any  company  which  is  subject  to the  reporting
requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 or which is a registered
investment  company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 except as set forth
below:

Name of Director                                  Director of
- ----------------                                  -----------

Richard J. Boushka................................Tremont Corporation

Marshall M. Criser................................FPL Group, Inc.

Nancy Hawthorne...................................Avid Technology

Michael R. Klein..................................CoStar Group, Inc.

Jane E. Newman....................................SALLIE MAE Holding Corporation
                                                  Public Service Co. of NH

Martin Shubik.....................................Third Avenue Trust

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                        CERTAIN OTHER BENEFICIAL HOLDERS

     The following table sets forth certain  information  concerning  beneficial
ownership  as of March 31,  2000 of the Common  Stock of the  Company by certain
other holders of in excess of 5% of the Common Stock of the Company.

     According to the information  available to the Board of Directors no person
owns of record or beneficially  more than 5% of the outstanding  Common Stock of
the  Company  except as set forth  below and  except  for Ronald N. Tutor as set
forth in "Ownership of Common Stock by Directors,  Officers and Preferred  Stock
Nominees" on pages 5 through 10:

<TABLE>


                                                                     Amount and
                                                                      Nature of
                                                                     Beneficial               Percentage of
                      Name and Address                              Ownership (1)                 Class
- -------------------------------------------------------------     ------------------          ---------------
<S>                                                               <C>                         <C>

Tutor-Saliba Corporation                                                  2,704,260  (2)(7)       11.97%
15901 Olden Street
Sylmar, CA 91342

National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.                  4,705,882  (3)(7)       20.84%
70 Pine Street
New York, NY 10270

O&G Industries, Inc.                                                      2,502,941  (4)(7)       11.08%
112 Wall Street
Torrington, CT 06790

BLUM Capital Partners, L.P.                                               5,823,397  (5)(7)       25.78%
909 Montgomery Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94133

PB Capital Partners, L.P.                                                 4,656,795  (5)(7)       20.62%
909 Montgomery Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94133

The Common Fund for Non-Profit Organizations                              1,162,348  (5)(7)       5.15%
c/o BLUM Capital Partners, L.P.
909 Montgomery Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94133

The Union Labor Life Insurance Company Separate Account P                 1,721,075  (6)(7)       7.62%
111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

</TABLE>

(1)  See Footnote (1) on Page 7.

(2)  Represents sole voting and investing  power based on information  contained
     in Schedule 13D/A of Tutor-Saliba  Corporation  dated February 10, 2000 and
     as updated for Tutor-Saliba  Corporation's  participation in the New Equity
     described in "Certain  Transactions"  on pages 25 and 26.  Ronald N. Tutor,
     Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors,  is also the sole stockholder
     and Chief Executive Officer of Tutor-Saliba Corporation.

(3)  Represents  shared  voting  and  investment  powers  based  on  information
     contained in Schedule 13D of American International Group, Inc. ("AIG") the
     parent company of National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh,  Pa.
     ("National Union"),  filed on February 15, 2000 and as updated for National
     Union's participation in the New Equity described in "Certain Transactions"
     on pages 25 and 26.

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<PAGE>

(4)  Represents sole voting and investment powers based on information contained
     in Schedule 13D of O&G Industries,  Inc. ("O&G") filed on February 15, 2000
     and as  updated  for O&G's  participation  in the New Equity  described  in
     "Certain Transactions" on pages 25 and 26.

(5)  BLUM Capital Partners,  L.P.  ("BCP"),  formerly known as Richard C. Blum &
     Associates,  L.P., is the sole general partner of PB Capital Partners, L.P.
     ("PB Capital") which  beneficially has shared voting and investing power in
     4,606,994  shares of Common  Stock and 49,801  shares of Common Stock owned
     directly by a limited partner in PB Capital.  BCP also owns 4,254 shares of
     Common Stock  directly.  In addition,  BCP is an investment  adviser to The
     Common Fund for Non-Profit Organizations for the account of its Equity Fund
     ("The Common  Fund") which  beneficially  has shared  voting and  investing
     power in 1,162,348  shares of Common  Stock.  Richard C. Blum & Associates,
     Inc.  ("RCBA  Inc."),  also  at  909  Montgomery  Street,  Suite  400,  San
     Francisco, California 94133, is the sole general partner of BCP. Richard C.
     Blum is the  Chairman of the Board and a  substantial  shareholder  of RCBA
     Inc. Mr. Blum disclaims  beneficial ownership of all securities reported in
     the table  except to the  extent of his  pecuniary  interest  therein.  The
     Common Fund expressly  disclaims  membership in any group with BCP, Richard
     C. Blum or any other related entity and disclaims  beneficial  ownership of
     securities owned directly or indirectly by any other person or entity.

(6)  Represents sole voting and investing  power based on information  contained
     in Schedule 13D dated December 16, 1996 filed by Union Labor Life Insurance
     Company, a wholly-owned  subsidiary of ULLICO,  Inc. and as updated for the
     "Exchange" described in "Certain Transactions" on pages 25 and 26.

(7)  Pursuant  to the  Shareholders'  Agreement  referred  to under  "Change  in
     Control" on pages 14 and 15, these  Shareholders  and the Company agree to,
     among  other  things,  nominate  certain  individuals  designated  by these
     shareholders  for election or  appointment to the Board of Directors of the
     Company and the Shareholders have agreed to vote for each of the designated
     nominees.

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Change In Control
- -----------------

     On  March  29,  2000,  Tutor-Saliba   Corporation   ("Tutor-Saliba"),   O&G
Industries,   Inc.  ("O&G")  and  National  Union  Fire  Insurance   Company  of
Pittsburgh,  Pa. ("National Union") and together with Tutor-Saliba and O&G, (the
"Purchasers") purchased 9,411,765 shares of Common Stock (the "Purchase Shares")
of  the  Company  for  an   aggregate   purchase   price  of  $40  million  (the
"Transaction").  In connection therewith, the Company exchanged 7,490,417 shares
of  Common  Stock  for all of the  outstanding  shares  of  Series B  Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series B Preferred Stock") at an exchange price of
$5.50 per share of Common Stock. The Purchasers now own approximately 44% of the
Company's  Common Stock and the former  holders of Series B Preferred  Stock now
own  approximately  33%  of  the  Company's  Common  Stock.  As a  result,  this
transaction may have constituted a change of control under the Exchange Act.

     The Purchasers  and former holders of the Series B Preferred  Stock entered
into a Shareholders' Agreement (the "Shareholders' Agreement") at the closing of
the Transaction.  Among other things, the Shareholders'  Agreement provides that
between  the third and sixth  anniversaries  of the  closing of the  Transaction
(and, under certain  circumstances,  prior to the third  anniversary),  National
Union will have a "put" right to cause  Tutor-Saliba  and/or Mr. Ronald N. Tutor
to purchase half of its Purchase  Shares at a price so that National Union earns
a ten percent  internal rate of return on its investment in such shares.  During
the same period, between the third and sixth anniversaries of the closing of the
Transaction,  Tutor-Saliba  will have a "call" right to cause  National Union to
sell such  shares to  Tutor-Saliba  at a price so that  National  Union  earns a
fourteen  percent  internal rate of return on its investment in such shares.  In
addition to the foregoing put and call rights,  National Union will have a right
of first  refusal  on  Tutor-Saliba's  disposition  of its  Purchase  Shares and
Tutor-Saliba  will have a right of first refusal on one half of National Union's
Purchase Shares.

     Subject to the right of first refusal described in the prior paragraph, the
parties to the Shareholders'  Agreement have certain  "tag-along" rights. If any
party to the  Shareholders'  Agreement  desires to sell its shares,  each of the
non-selling  parties  to the  Shareholders'  Agreement  will  have the  right to
participate in such sale and to dispose of its pro rata share of the stock to be
sold in such transaction. However, National Union may sell up to one half of its
Purchase Shares without triggering the foregoing tag-along right.

     The  Shareholders'  Agreement  contains  provisions  that are  designed  to
protect  the  Company's  use of its net  operating  losses  ("NOLs")  after  the
Transaction. Each of the Purchasers and the former holders of Series B Preferred
Stock have agreed to notify the Company of any proposed  purchase or sale of the
Company's  securities,  to give each other the  opportunity  to  participate  in
proposed  sales  in  proportion  to their  ownership  as of the  closing  and to
consummate  such  purchase  or sale only if the  Company's  tax  advisor  or the
selling  party's tax advisor has provided  the Company with written  advice that
the  proposed  purchase  or sale will not impair the  ability of the  Company to
fully utilize its NOLs.

     Each  of the  parties  to the  Shareholders'  Agreement  has the  right  to
subscribe to any new issuance of securities  (except for certain  issuances such
as  conversions  of  convertible  securities,  exercises of options or issuances
pursuant to a benefit plan) by the Company in an amount up to such stockholder's
pro rata  share of the new  issuance  of  securities  based on their  percentage
ownership of the Company's outstanding Common Stock.

     Finally,  the Shareholders'  Agreement gives National Union,  Tutor-Saliba,
O&G, PB Capital Partners, L.P. ("PB Capital") and the Union Labor Life Insurance
Company  acting on  behalf of its  Separate  Account P  ("ULLICO")  the right to
designate  one  director  each for  election

                                       15
<PAGE>

to the Board of  Directors  of the  Company.  The Company has agreed to nominate
such  individuals  for election or  appointment to the Board of Directors at the
earliest  possible  time,  to use its best  efforts to cause such  persons to be
elected to the Board, and to renominate each such person (or other person as may
be designated  by National  Union,  Tutor-Saliba,  O&G, PB Capital or ULLICO) at
such time as he or she is required  to stand for  reelection  to the Board.  The
right to designate a person to be elected as a director  terminates  in the case
of each  Purchaser,  when such Purchaser and its permitted  transferees own less
than 25% of the Common Stock  purchased by such Purchaser in the Transaction and
in the case of PB Capital and ULLICO,  when such  stockholder  and its permitted
transferees own less than 5% of the outstanding  shares of Common Stock. Each of
PB Capital and ULLICO also have certain  observer rights on the Board until such
time as it ceases to own 2.5% of the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock.  Each
party to the  Shareholders'  Agreement  has  agreed to vote all of its shares in
favor of the directors designated by each of the other parties thereto.

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<PAGE>
                        THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

     During 1999,  the  Compensation  Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company  consisted of five Directors,  none of whom is an employee or an officer
of the Company. The principal powers and duties of the Compensation Committee as
established by the Board of Directors are:

     1.   To review the  Executive  Compensation  programs  and  policies and to
          employ  outside expert  assistance,  if required,  to analyze  Company
          compensation  practices  to  assure  that  they  are  consistent  with
          corporate  goals  and  objectives,   and  competitive  with  those  of
          comparable firms in the construction industry.

     2.   To  recommend  to the Board of  Directors  for its  approval  the base
          compensation of the Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer and the base
          salary of the President and Chief Operating  Officer and to review and
          approve the salary recommendations of the Chairman and Chief Executive
          Officer with respect to other members of top management;

     3.   To recommend to the Board of Directors annual profit and other targets
          for the Company for the purpose of determining incentive  compensation
          awards  under the  provisions  of the  Amended  and  Restated  General
          Incentive  Compensation  Plan, for those included in the Company pool;
          and

     4.   To  administer  the Amended  and  Restated  General  and  Construction
          Business Unit Incentive  Compensation Plans; such administration shall
          include the power to (i) approve  Participants'  participation  in the
          Plans, (ii) establish  performance  goals, (iii) determine if and when
          any bonuses shall be paid, (iv) pay out any bonuses,  in cash or stock
          or a combination  thereof,  as the Committee shall determine from year
          to year,  (v) construe and  interpret  the Plans,  and (vi)  establish
          rules  and   regulations  and  perform  all  other  acts  it  believes
          reasonable and proper.

Compensation Policy
- -------------------

     The Compensation  Committee strives to maintain corporate base salaries and
the  total  compensation  package  appropriate  to  attract  and  retain  highly
qualified  executives.  This results in base salaries that  generally are at the
median range of those of other  construction  companies but allows executives to
substantially exceed the median compensation levels when incentive  compensation
is earned.  While  recognizing  that it may be difficult to find other companies
with the same mix of  business  as the  Company,  the  Committee,  nevertheless,
believes that a comparison with other construction companies is appropriate. The
construction companies used for comparison for compensation purposes may include
but are not limited to the same companies  which make up the  construction  peer
group shown in the Performance Graph set forth in this proxy statement.

     The  compensation  program  for  executive  officers  is  composed of three
elements: base salaries,  annual incentive bonuses and long term incentive stock
awards.  These elements of  compensation  are designed to provide  incentives to
achieve both  short-term  and  long-term  objectives  and to reward  exceptional
performance.  Salaries  and  annual  incentive  compensation  bonuses  result in
payment for  performance  and are tied to the  achievement of profit and/or cash
flow  targets.  The  value  of the  incentive  stock  awards  depends  upon  the
appreciation in market value of the Company's Common Stock.

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<PAGE>
Executive Salary Increases in 1999
- ----------------------------------

     The former President and Chief Executive  Officer of the Company,  Roger J.
Ludlam, resigned effective January 31, 1999. The Chairman of the Company at that
time, David B. Perini, and the Vice Chairman of the Company at that time, Ronald
N.  Tutor,  jointly  assumed the  responsibilities  of Chief  Executive  Officer
pending the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer, Robert Band, who was
promoted on May 12, 1999 from his prior position of Executive Vice President and
Chief  Financial  Officer.  Effective June 30, 1999, Mr. Perini retired from the
Company as an employee,  from his office of Chairman and also as Chairman of the
Board of Directors.  With the retirement of Mr.  Perini,  the Board of Directors
appointed Mr. Tutor Chairman effective July 1, 1999.  (Effective March 29, 2000,
the Board of  Directors  appointed  Mr.  Tutor as Chairman  and Chief  Executive
Officer and Mr. Band as President and Chief Operating Officer.)

     The last salary  increase for the former  Chairman,  Mr. Perini,  was as of
December  1994.  As of  December  31,  1999 there has been no  increase  for the
current  Chairman,  Mr.  Tutor,  and the majority of senior  officers'  salaries
remained unchanged throughout 1999.

     Section 162 (m) of the Internal  Revenue Code,  enacted in 1993,  generally
disallows a tax deduction to public companies for  compensation  over $1,000,000
paid to the  Company's  Chief  Executive  Officer  and four  other  most  highly
compensated executive officers.  The Compensation  Committee has not established
any policy regarding annual compensation to such executive officers in excess of
$1,000,000.   However,   to  date,  no  officer  of  the  Company  has  received
compensation in excess of $1,000,000 for any annual period.

Compensation of the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer
- ------------------------------------------------------------

     The annual base salary of the former Chairman, Mr. Perini, remained through
June 30, 1999,  the date of his  retirement,  at $412,000  which has not changed
since 1994 and he was not awarded  incentive  compensation for 1999. The current
Chairman,  Mr.  Tutor,  is  generally  compensated  for  his  services  under  a
management services contract between the Company and Tutor-Saliba Corporation, a
company in which Mr. Tutor is the Chief Executive  Officer and sole stockholder,
at a monthly rate of $12,500, which remained the same during 1999. Mr. Tutor was
not awarded any incentive compensation for 1999. The Committee approved the base
salary for the newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer,  Mr. Band,
at an annual rate of $260,000  effective  May 12, 1999.  In addition,  he earned
$251,154  in  incentive   compensation   based  principally  on  achievement  of
pre-established  corporate goals prior to the real estate write down (see Note 2
of Notes to  Consolidated  Financial  Statements  included in the Company's 1999
Annual Report which accompanies this Proxy Statement).

The Incentive Compensation Plan of the Company
- ----------------------------------------------

     The  Incentive   Compensation  Plan  is  an  integral  part  of  the  total
compensation  package of the current President and Chief Operating  Officer,  as
well as the 10  executives  whose  salaries  were  reviewed by the  Compensation
Committee  in  1999  and  approximately  53  other  employees  of  the  Company.
Eligibility  and  designated  levels  of  participation  are  determined  by the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer subject to Compensation Committee approval.
Eligibility  to  participate  under the Plan is limited to  individuals  who are
executives,  managers  and key  employees  of the Company  and its  wholly-owned
subsidiaries,  whose duties and responsibilities provide them the opportunity to
(i) make a material and significant  impact to the financial  performance of the
Company;  (ii) have major responsibility in the control of the corporate assets;
and  (iii)  provide  critical  staff  support  necessary  to  enhance  operating
profitability.

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<PAGE>

     Participants can achieve incentive compensation awards ranging from zero to
as much as 100% of base  salary,  part of which  depends on the  achievement  of
business unit goals and part on the achievement of corporate goals.  Each of the
business unit  presidents has the opportunity to earn up to an additional 50% of
base  salary  for  performance  which  is  substantially  above  pre-established
targets.  The  mechanisms  of the Plan are  expressed  in  terms  of  levels  of
participation,   points  deriving  therefrom  calculated  on  base  salary,  and
achievement  of goals such as net income,  cash flow,  and pre-tax  construction
profits on a unit by unit basis and on an overall  corporate  basis. The current
President  and  Chief  Operating  Officer,  other  corporate  officers  and  key
corporate  staff earn  incentive  compensation  solely with reference to overall
corporate goals.

     No sums  attributed to a participant  in the  Incentive  Compensation  Plan
become vested until the Compensation Committee approves the payment,  usually in
March following the year earned. At the discretion of the Committee, payment can
be made in cash, stock or a combination of cash and stock.

     In 2000,  the Committee  authorized  the payment of $3,394,000 of Incentive
Compensation  payments  for 1999  operations,  to 60  participants.  Payment  of
incentive compensation awards for 1999 performance will be paid 100% in cash.

                                            COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
                                            Richard J. Boushka, Chairman
                                            Marshall M. Criser
                                            Arthur J. Fox, Jr.
                                            Nancy Hawthorne

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                  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER INFORMATION

Summary of Cash and Certain Other Compensation
- ----------------------------------------------

     The following  table sets forth the cash  compensation  paid by the Company
and its subsidiaries,  as well as certain other compensation paid or accrued for
those  years,  to the Chief  Executive  Officer  and each of the four other most
highly  compensated  Executive  Officers of the Company  whose  salary and bonus
exceeded $100,000 (the "Named Executive  Officers") for the years ended December
31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, or for each year in which the Named Executive  Officers
served as such.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                             Summary Compensation Table

                                             Annual Compensation                        Long-Term Compensation
                              ---------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------
                                                                                      Awards           Payouts
                                                                                    ------------    ---------------
                                                                                     Number of
                                                                                    Securities        Long-Term
                                                                                    Underlying       Performance          All Other
   Name and Principal                                    Bonus        Other           Options       Units - Payout      Compensation
        Position               Year       Salary          (1)          (2)            Granted                                (3)
- --------------------------    -------    ----------    ----------   ----------      ------------    ---------------    -------------
<S>                           <C>        <C>           <C>          <C>             <C>             <C>                <C>
Ronald N. Tutor (4)            1999      $    -        $   -         $150,000  (5)    30,000        $     -              $    -
Chairman and Chief             1998           -            -          150,000  (5)    45,000              -                   -
Executive Officer since        1997           -            -            -                -                -                   -
March 29, 2000, formerly
Chairman

Robert Band (4)                1999        251,154      251,154         -                -                -                 1,000
President and Chief            1998        230,000      207,000         -             37,500              -                 1,800
Operating Officer since        1997           -            -            -                -                -                   -
March 29, 2000, formerly
President and Chief
Executive Officer

Zohrab B. Marashlian           1999        250,000      375,000         -                -                -                 1,000
President, Perini Civil        1998           -            -            -                -                -                   -
Construction                   1997           -            -            -                -                -                   -

David B. Perini (4)            1999        206,000         -          206,000  (6)       -                  -               1,000
Chairman Emeritus and          1998        412,000         -            -             37,500              -                 1,800
formerly Chairman of the       1997        412,000         -            -                -                -                 1,700
Board of Directors

Craig W. Shaw                  1999        250,000      375,000         -                -                -                 1,000
President, Perini              1998          -             -            -                -                -                   -
Building Company, Inc.         1997          -             -            -                -                -                   -
- --------------------------
</TABLE>

(1)  Of the total bonus (or  incentive  compensation)  reported  for each of the
     Named Executive  Officers,  40% of the 1998 bonus amount was paid in shares
     of the  Company's  Common Stock.  The remaining  bonus amounts were paid in
     cash.

(2)  Other  annual  compensation  does not  include  a dollar  amount  which the
     Company is unable to quantify,  but which is estimated at not more than the
     lesser  of  $50,000  or 10% of the  compensation  reported  for each  Named
     Executive  Officer,  resulting from executive  perquisites  which may be of
     personal benefit to such individuals.

(3)  All other compensation  represents estimated annual Company 401(k) and ESOP
     retirement contributions and in 1999 consists of $200 of 401(k) and $800 of
     ESOP contributions for each of the Named Executive Officers, except for Mr.
     Tutor.

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<PAGE>

(4)  Effective  January  31,  1999,  the former  President  and Chief  Executive
     Officer  resigned  from the Company.  Since that date,  David B. Perini and
     Ronald  N.  Tutor  shared  the  responsibilities  of  President  and  Chief
     Executive  Officer  of the  Company  until the  appointment  of a new Chief
     Executive Officer,  Robert Band, effective May 12, 1999. Effective June 30,
     1999,  Mr.  Perini  retired  from the Company and  resigned his position as
     Chairman.  The Board of Directors appointed Mr. Tutor as Chairman effective
     July 1, 1999.  Effective  March 29, 2000, the Board of Directors  appointed
     Mr. Tutor as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Band as President
     and Chief Operating Officer.

(5)  Represents a management  services fee paid to  Tutor-Saliba  Corporation of
     which Mr. Tutor is the Chairman,  President,  Chief  Executive  Officer and
     sole stockholder. See "Certain Transactions" on pages 25 and 26.

(6)  Represents  consulting  fees paid to Mr. Perini for services  provided from
     June 30, 1999,  the  effective  date of Mr.  Perini's  retirement  from the
     Company,  to December 31, 1999 at a monthly rate of $34,333  pursuant to an
     Agreement that terminated on January 17, 2000 (see  "Employment  Agreement"
     on page 25).

Stock Options
- -------------

     The  following  table  contains  information  concerning  the stock options
granted during the year ended December 31, 1999 to the Company's Named Executive
Officers:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                            Option Grants in the Last Fiscal Year (1)
                                                                        Individual Grants
                                          -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Number of         % of Total
                                           Securities          Options
                                           Underlying        Granted To                                      Grant Date
                            Date of         Options         Employees In      Exercise       Expiration        Present
         Name                 Grant       Granted (2)        Fiscal Year      Price (3)         Date          Value (4)
- ------------------------    ----------    -------------     --------------    ----------     ------------    ------------
<S>                         <C>           <C>               <C>               <C>            <C>             <C>
Ronald N. Tutor             01/04/99         30,000            100.0%          $ 5.13        01/03/2007      $  75,600

Robert Band                     -              -                  -               -               -               -

Zohrab B. Marashlian            -              -                  -               -               -               -

David B. Perini                 -              -                  -               -               -               -

Craig W. Shaw                   -              -                  -               -               -               -
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1)  No SARs were granted to any of the Named Executive Officers during the last
     fiscal year.

(2)  Options granted in 1999 become exercisable in two equal annual installments
     on the second and third anniversary of the date of grant.

(3)  The exercise price and tax withholding  obligations related to exercise may
     be paid by delivery of already owned shares or by offset of the  underlying
     shares, subject to certain conditions.

(4)  The grant date present value was calculated using the Black-Scholes  option
     pricing  model.   All  stock  option   valuation   models,   including  the
     Black-Scholes  model, require a prediction about the future movement of the
     Company's stock price based on past

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<PAGE>

     performance. The Company's use of this model should not be construed in any
     way as an endorsement  of its accuracy at valuing  options or as a forecast
     of the future  performance  of the  Company's  stock price.  The  following
     assumptions were made for the purpose of calculating the Grant Date Present
     Value: option term is eight years,  volatility at 37.35%, dividend yield at
     0% and interest rate at 4.82%.  The real value of the options in this table
     depends upon the actual performance of the Company's stock price during the
     applicable period.

Option Exercises and Holdings
- -----------------------------

     The  following  table  sets  forth  information  with  respect to the Named
Executive  Officers  concerning the exercise of options during the year December
31, 1999 and unexercised options held as of December 31, 1999:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                          Aggregated Option Exercises in the Last Fiscal Year
                                                   and Fiscal Year-End Option Values

                             Number of
                            Securities
                            Underlying
                              Shares
                             Acquired
                                on           Value          Number of Unexercised Options        Value of Unexercised In-the-Money
         Name                 Exercise      Realized             at Fiscal Year-End               Options at Fiscal Year-End (1)
- -----------------------     ------------    ----------    ---------------------------------     -----------------------------------

                                                           Exercisable      Unexercisable       Exercisable        Unexercisable
                                                          --------------    ---------------     -------------    ------------------
<S>                          <C>            <C>           <C>               <C>                 <C>              <C>

Ronald N. Tutor                  -          $    -               -              225,000          $    -           $       -
Robert Band                      -               -           15,500              30,000               -                   -
Zohrab B. Marashlian             -               -           28,000              55,000               -                   -
David B. Perini                  -               -            7,500              12,500               -                   -
Craig W. Shaw                    -               -           28,000              55,000               -                   -
- -----------------------
</TABLE>

(1)  At December 31, 1999, all options  listed had exercise  prices in excess of
     the quoted market value.

Long-Term Performance Units
- ---------------------------

     Under the  Performance  Unit award feature of the 1982 Long-Term  Plan, key
employees may be contingently  awarded a number of units which will be earned if
specified financial performance goals are attained. A Performance Unit will give
an  employee  the right to  receive up to a maximum of 200% of the amount of the
Performance  Unit  (nominally  valued at $100) at the end of a specified  period
depending on the level of  achievement  of the specified  financial  performance
goals.

     No awards were made under the terms of this Plan in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and
the Company has no current plans to award such Performance Units in the future.

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<PAGE>

Pension Plan Disclosure
- -----------------------

     The  following  table  sets  forth  pension  benefits  payable  based on an
employee's  remuneration  ("final  average  earnings") and "years of service" as
defined under the Company's  non-contributory  Retirement  Plan (the "Plan") for
all its full-time employees and to the extent covered remuneration is limited by
the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,  pension  benefits  payable have
been augmented based on the Company's Benefit Equalization Plan:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                            Pension Plan Table -
                                                 Estimated Annual Pension Benefits (2) for
                                                       Years of Service Indicated (3)
                                -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Remuneration (1)                   15 Years        20 Years         25 Years       30 Years         35 Years
- ----------------                   --------        --------         --------       --------         --------
<S>                                <C>             <C>              <C>            <C>              <C>
      $125,000                     $ 24,406        $ 32,541         $ 40,676       $ 40,676         $ 40,676
       150,000                       30,031          40,041           50,051         50,051           50,051
       175,000                       35,656          47,541           59,426         59,426           59,426
       200,000                       41,281          55,041           68,801         68,801           68,801
       225,000                       46,906          62,541           78,176         78,176           78,176
       250,000                       52,531          70,041           87,551         87,551           87,551
       300,000                       63,781          85,041          106,301        106,301          106,301
       400,000                       86,281         115,041          143,801        143,801          143,801
       500,000                      108,781         145,041          181,301        181,301          181,301

________
</TABLE>

(1)  Remuneration  covered  by the Plan  and the  Benefit  Equalization  Plan is
     limited to an employee's annual salary and for the Named Executive Officers
     is limited  to the  amounts in the Annual  Salary  column  included  in the
     Summary Compensation Table on page 19.

(2)  The estimated  annual  benefits are calculated on a  straight-line  annuity
     basis and are not subject to any  further  deductions  for Social  Security
     since the Plan formula  integrates  the  calculation  of the benefits  with
     certain adjustments for Social Security, as defined.

(3)  The years of service for the Named  Executive  Officers are as follows:  R.
     Band (26 years),  Z.B.  Marashlian (27 years),  D.B. Perini (37 years), and
     C.W. Shaw (21 years).

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<PAGE>
Performance Graph
- -----------------

                  Comparison of 5-year Cumulative Total Return
               Among Perini Corporation, AMEX Market Value Index,
              And Selected Construction and Real Estate Peer Groups

                               [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       1995     1996    1997   1998    1999
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perini                          $100     88       83      96     55      41
AMEX                             100    129      136     164    161     201
Construction                     100    152      170     210    318     214

Construction (Old Peer Group)    100    152      165     193    333     206
Real Estate (Old Peer Group)     100    120      164     211    187     170
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

     The above graph compares the performance of Perini  Corporation  ("Perini")
with that of the  American  Stock  Exchange  Market  Value  Index  ("AMEX")  and
selected Construction and Real Estate Peer Groups. Companies in the Construction
Peer Group Index are as follows: EMCOR Group, Inc., Granite Construction,  Inc.,
Meadow Valley Corporation and Morrison Knudsen Corporation.  The companies which
comprise the Construction  Peer Group Index have been changed from the preceding
fiscal year. BFC Construction  Corp. and Turner  Corporation which were included
in the  preceding  fiscal year's  Construction  Peer Group Index have since been
acquired by other companies.  Therefore, the stock price information required to
complete the calculations for the graph is not available.  EMCOR Group, Inc. and
Meadow Valley  Corporation have been added to the Construction  Peer Group Index
for the most recent  fiscal  year based upon the  suggestion  of an  independent
financial advisory firm. In the preceding fiscal year, the performance of Perini
Corporation  was also compared to a Real Estate Peer Group.  For the most recent
fiscal year, this comparison was deemed  inappropriate

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<PAGE>

since  Perini   Corporation  has  discontinued   its  real  estate   development
operations.  Companies  included  in the Real  Estate  Peer Group  Index were as
follows:  Newhall  Land and Farming  Company,  AMREP  Corporation,  Major Realty
Corporation,   Christiana  Companies,  Inc.,  Rouse  Company  and  Mission  West
Properties. During 1999, Major Realty Corporation and Christiana Companies, Inc.
were  acquired  by other  companies.  Therefore,  the  stock  price  information
required  to  complete  the  calculations  for the  graph is not  available.  In
accordance  with  Regulation  S-K, Item  402(l)(4),  the above graph  includes a
comparison of the  performance  of Perini  Corporation  with the newly  selected
Construction  Peer Group Index as well as both the Construction Peer Group Index
and the Real Estate Peer Group  Index used in the  preceding  fiscal year to the
extent possible.

     The  comparison  of total  return on  investment  (change in year end stock
price plus  reinvested  dividends) for each of the periods assumes that $100 was
invested on January 1, 1995, in each of Perini  Corporation,  the American Stock
Exchange  Market  Value  Index and  selected  Construction  and Real Estate Peer
Groups, with investment weighted on the basis of market capitalization.

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<PAGE>

Directors' Compensation
- -----------------------

     Fees for outside  Directors of the Company  currently  consist of an annual
retainer fee of $16,000,  plus $900 per Board meeting attended,  as well as $900
per  Committee  meeting  attended  by  members of the  Audit,  Compensation  and
Nominating  Committees,  $4,000 per meeting attended by members of the Executive
Committee and $2,500 per meeting  attended by members of the Special  Committee.
Mr. Ronald N. Tutor,  Chairman of the Company  since July 1, 1999,  has opted to
receive no Director fees since he is party to a Management  Agreement  described
in "Certain  Transactions" below. During 1999, the Directors received payment of
their annual retainer fee of $16,000 in shares of the Company's  Common Stock on
January 4, 1999.  The  number of shares was based on a price  equivalent  to the
fair market  value,  as defined,  of prices  prevailing  on the  American  Stock
Exchange on the date issued and aggregated 3,121 shares of Common Stock for each
Director,  except for Mr. Tutor and Mr. McCarron,  the latter of which requested
that his fees be paid directly to the United  Brotherhood of Carpenters  Pension
Fund, a pension fund of which he is a Trustee. Effective June 30, 1999, David B.
Perini  retired as an employee of the Company but  remained as a Director of the
Company.  Accordingly,  Mr.  Perini  received a one-half  year pro rated  annual
retainer fee of $8,000 which was paid in 1,802  shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock on October  11,  1999.  The  number of shares  issued was based on a price
equivalent to the fair market  value,  as defined,  of prices  prevailing on the
American Stock Exchange on the date issued. Meeting fees are paid on a quarterly
basis in cash.

Employment Agreement
- --------------------

     In  connection  with the closing of the Series B Preferred  Stock  purchase
transaction  on January 17, 1997, the Company  entered into separate  employment
agreement with David B. Perini.  Under the terms of Mr. Perini's  agreement,  as
amended,  Mr.  Perini was to continue as Chairman of the Company for a period of
three years and was to receive his  current  salary  which was to continue to be
reviewed by the Board,  plus certain  other  benefits.  During 1999,  Mr. Perini
decided to retire as an  employee of the Company and from his office as Chairman
of the  Company  and also to  resign  as  Chairman  of the  Board  of  Directors
effective  June 30,  1999.  In  connection  with Mr.  Perini's  retirement,  the
employment  agreement  referred to above was terminated  effective June 30, 1999
and a new agreement  between Mr. Perini and the Company was consummated  whereby
Mr. Perini would provide non-exclusive  consulting services, as required, to the
Company  for the  period  from July 1, 1999 to January  17,  2000.  During  this
period, Mr. Perini received a monthly consulting fee equal to his monthly salary
as of his June 30, 1999 retirement date, as well as certain benefits,  including
health and life insurance.

Certain Transactions
- --------------------

     Effective with the issuance of the Series B Preferred  Stock on January 17,
1997,  the Company  entered  into an  agreement  with  Tutor-Saliba  Corporation
("TSC"),  a California  corporation  engaged in the construction  industry,  and
Ronald N. Tutor, Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder of TSC, to provide
certain management services, as defined.  During 1999, the agreement between the
Company, TSC and Mr. Tutor was extended through December 31, 2000 under the same
basic terms and  conditions as the initial  agreement  except that the amount of
the fee payable thereunder by the Company to TSC was increased effective January
1, 2000, from $150,000 to $250,000 per year. TSC initially held a 6.18% interest
in the Company's $1.00 par value Common Stock before TSC's additional investment
in the Company's Common Stock effective March 29, 2000 (see below) and currently
participates  in joint ventures with the Company,  the Company's  share of which
contributed  $8.6 million to the

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<PAGE>

Company's  consolidated  revenues in 1999. Mr. Tutor was appointed as one of the
three new Directors in accordance with the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock
transaction,  a member of the Executive Committee of the Board and, during 1997,
acting Chief Operating  Officer of the Company.  Effective  January 1, 1998, Mr.
Tutor was appointed  Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and effective  July
1, 1999 was elected  Chairman of the Board of  Directors.  Compensation  for the
management  services consists of a monthly payment during 1999 of $12,500 to TSC
and  options  granted to Mr.  Tutor in 1997 to  purchase  150,000  shares of the
Company's  $1.00 par value Common Stock at fair market value,  as defined on the
date of grant.  While these options vest  immediately,  they are not exercisable
until forty months from date of grant and expire after eight years. In addition,
on December 10, 1998,  Mr. Tutor was granted  options to purchase  45,000 shares
effective December 10, 1998, and 30,000 shares effective January 4, 1999, of the
Company's $1.00 par value Common Stock at fair market value, as defined,  on the
effective dates of grant.  The terms of these options,  which expire eight years
from the date of grant, are generally similar to options granted on December 10,
1998 to other  Executive  Officers and other key employees  under the 1982 Stock
Option Plan.

     Effective  March  29,  2000,   subsequent  to  approval  by  the  Company's
stockholders,  a new investor group consisting of Tutor-Saliba  Corporation (see
above), O&G Industries,  Inc. ("O&G"), and National Union Fire Insurance Company
of Pittsburgh,  Pa., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of American International Group,
Inc. ("AIG"),  purchased  9,411,765 shares of the Company's Common Stock for $40
million,  or $4.25 per share.  In connection  therewith,  the Company  exchanged
7,490,417  shares of Common Stock for all of the outstanding  shares of Series B
Cumulative  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  ("Series  B  Preferred  Stock") at an
exchange  price of $5.50 per share of Common  Stock.  (See  "Ownership of Common
Stock by Directors and Officers" on pages 5 to 10 and "Certain Other  Beneficial
Holders" on pages 12 and 13).  Each of the new  investors  and two of the former
holders of the Series B Preferred Stock were entitled to appoint a member to the
Company's  Board of  Directors.  O&G  participates  in joint  ventures  with the
Company,  the Company's share of which contributed $4.2 million to the Company's
consolidated  revenues in 1999.  Payments  to AIG for  insurance  and  insurance
related services approximated $5.2 million in 1999.

     At  the  meeting  of the  Board  of  Directors  immediately  following  the
Stockholders'  Meeting on March 29, 2000, the Board voted to adopt the Company's
Special Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") under which an aggregate of 3,000,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock,  $1.00 par value, (the "Common Stock") may
be issued, subject to the approval thereof by the Stockholders of the Company at
the Annual Meeting scheduled to be held on May 25, 2000. In addition,  the Board
appointed  Mr.  Tutor as Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer and Mr. Band as
President and Chief Operating Officer at that time.

     Also on March 29,  2000,  the  Compensation  Committee  granted  options to
purchase  shares  of  Common  Stock,  subject  to  approval  of the  Plan by the
Stockholders,  to the following Named Executive Officers at an exercise price of
$4.50 per share (a price which is $.25 more than fair market value,  as defined,
on the date of grant and $.25 above the price at which  shares  were sold to the
New Investors):  Mr. Tutor (1,000,000  shares),  Mr. Band (200,000 shares),  Mr.
Marashlian  (400,000 shares) and Mr. Shaw (400,000  shares).  See description of
Plan and  details of  Options  granted  under 1B.  "Approval  of Special  Equity
Incentive Plan" below.

     The  Company  utilized  the  services  of the law firm of Wilmer,  Cutler &
Pickering  (of which Michael R. Klein is a Partner),  among other firms,  during
the last fiscal year and it is anticipated  that the Company will continue to do
so to a lesser  extent during the current  year.

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<PAGE>

During  1999,  the  Company  paid  Wilmer,  Cutler  &  Pickering   approximately
$1,281,000 for legal services and related expenses.

                1B. APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Background
- ----------

     For many years the Company  has had in effect  stock  option  plans for key
employees to provide an incentive in the form of a  proprietary  interest in the
Company to officers and other  employees in a position to contribute  materially
to the  successful  operation  of the  business  of the  Company.  The  Board of
Directors  believes  that  stock  options  are an  integral  part  of the  total
compensation  package  required to attract and retain  employees of  outstanding
abilities.   Generally,  stock  options  ("Options")  give  the  recipient  (the
"Optionee") the right to purchase a specified  number of shares of the Company's
Common Stock at a fixed price for a specified period of time.

     The Company  currently has only 220,110 shares of Common Stock remaining to
be granted  under the existing  1982 Stock  Option Plan.  The Board of Directors
strongly  believes that  additional  incentive in the form of a new stock option
plan is required to motivate and/or retain key members of management critical to
the  profitable  growth of the  Company.  Accordingly,  the  Board of  Directors
approved the Special  Equity  Incentive  Plan (the "Plan") on March 29, 2000 and
the  Compensation  Committee  of the Board of  Directors  approved  stock option
grants to the Named  Executive  Officers  described below subject to stockholder
approval of the Plan.

     The Board of  Directors  recommends  a vote FOR the adoption of the Special
Equity  Incentive Plan. The proposal must be approved by a majority of the votes
cast at the Annual Meeting.

General
- -------

     The Plan provides that up to 3,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock
(as may be adjusted  from time to time for  recapitalizations,  stock splits and
similar  events)  will be  available  for the  granting of  non-qualified  stock
options  ("NQO's")under  the Plan to key executives,  employees and directors of
the Company and its  subsidiaries.  The Plan  requires  that the exercise  price
shall not be less than  100% of the fair  market  value on the date of the grant
and  defines  fair  market  value as the  closing  price on the  American  Stock
Exchange on the date of grant. Options must be exercised within 10 years of date
of grant or, if later,  10 years from the date  stockholders  approved the Plan.
The  Administrator  may  provide  that  Options  vest  over  time and may in its
discretion accelerate such vesting period.

     Payment  of the  Option  exercise  price  may be made in  cash  or,  at the
election of the  Administrator,  by delivery of shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock equal in value to the Option  exercise price, by a combination of cash and
stock,  by a loan to the  Optionee  by the  Company  or by such  other  cashless
exercise  method approved by the  Administrator.  In the event of termination of
employment, Options granted under the Plan will expire on the 30th day after the
date of  termination or on the  termination  date if the Optionee was terminated
for cause as defined in such Optionee's employment or other agreement,  or gross
misconduct  as  defined  by  the  Plan  (unless  the   Administrator   specifies
otherwise).  In the  event of  termination  due to

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<PAGE>

total disability or death,  Options will expire one year after  termination.  In
case of death following  termination of employment,  the Options expire one year
after the date of death.  In each  case the  expiration  date may in no event be
later than ten years after the date of grant.

     Upon a change in  control  as  defined  in the Plan,  all  Options  granted
thereunder will become fully exercisable  unless the Optionee's Option Agreement
provides  otherwise.  In  addition,  upon  a  substantial  corporate  change  as
described in the Plan,  unexercised  Options terminate and the Administrator may
provide for them to be substituted for or assumed.

Tax Considerations
- ------------------

     Tax Treatment of NQO's An Optionee  realizes no taxable  income when an NQO
is granted.  Instead, the difference between the fair market value of the Common
Stock subject to an NQO and the exercise price is taxed as ordinary compensation
income on or after the date on which the NQO is  exercised.  The  difference  is
measured  and  taxed as of the date of  exercise.  The  Optionee's  tax basis is
increased by the amount of such taxable income.

     The  Corporation  receives no tax  deduction on the grant of an NQO, but is
entitled to a tax deduction  when the Optionee  recognizes  taxable income on or
after  exercise of the NQO, in the same amount as the income  recognized  by the
Optionee.

     Exercise by Delivery of Stock Special rules apply if an Optionee surrenders
shares of Common Stock in payment of the exercise price of an NQO.

     Parachute  Payments  The  exercise  of any  portion of any  option  that is
accelerated  due to the occurrence of a change of control may cause a portion of
the  payments  with  respect  to  such  accelerated  Options  to be  treated  as
"parachute  payments" as defined in the Code. Any such parachute payments may be
non-deductible  to the  Corporation,  in whole or in part,  and may  subject the
recipient to a non-deductible 20% federal excise tax on all or a portion of such
payment (in addition to other taxes ordinarily payable).

     Limitation on Corporation's Deductions As a result of Section 162(m) of the
Code, the Corporation's  federal tax deduction for certain awards under the Plan
may be limited to the extent that the Chief Executive Officer or other executive
officer  whose   compensation   is  required  to  be  reported  in  the  summary
compensation   table  receives   compensation   (other  than   performance-based
compensation) in excess of $1 million a year.

Administration
- --------------

     Under the terms of the Plan, the Compensation  Committee or other committee
designated  by the  Board  of  Directors  will be the  Plan  Administrator.  The
Administrator  will be responsible for the general operation and  administration
of the Plan and has full  discretion to interpret and  administer the provisions
of the Plan.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the  Administrator  will, in its
sole discretion,  determine (i) the persons who receive  Options,  (ii) terms of
such Options, (iii) the schedule for exercisability  (including any requirements
that the Optionee or the Company satisfy  performance  criteria),  (iv) the time
and  expiration  of such Options and (v) the form of payment due upon  exercise.
Other powers of the Administrator will include, but not be limited to, the power
to amend or extend any provision or limitation of any Option.

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Stock Options Granted
- ---------------------

     The  following  table  contains  information  concerning  the stock options
granted on March 29, 2000 to the Company's current Named Executive Officers:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                             Special Equity Incentive Plan
                                            ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                               Number of Securities
                                                Underlying Options           Exercise          Expiration
Name and Position                                  Granted (1)             Price (2)(4)           Date
- --------------------------------------      ---------------------------   ---------------     --------------
<S>                                         <C>                           <C>                 <C>

Ronald N. Tutor                                     1,000,000                 $4.50           3-28-2010
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Robert Band                                           200,000                 $4.50           3-28-2010
President and Chief Operating Officer

Zohrab B. Marashlian                                  400,000                 $4.50           3-28-2010
President, Perini Civil Construction

Craig W. Shaw                                         400,000                 $4.50           3-28-2010
President, Perini Building Company,
Inc.

All Current Named Executive Officers                2,000,000
as a Group (3)
</TABLE>


(1)  These Options become exerciseable in three equal installments,  on the date
     of grant and on the first and second anniversary of the date of grant.

(2)  The exercise  price was  determined to be $4.50 per share which is $.25 per
     share above the price at which  shares were sold to the New  Investors  and
     also $.25 above fair market value on the date of grant.  When exercising an
     Option or a portion thereof,  the Optionee must pay the full exercise price
     in cash or, at the election of the  Administrator,  another form of payment
     which could include  loans from the Company or use of the Company's  Common
     Stock previously  owned by the Optionee.  Vested Options could be exercised
     by any Optionee who voluntarily  left the Company before March 29, 2002 for
     cash within 30 days of  termination  or an Optionee who was  terminated for
     cause for cash at date of termination;  while any unvested Options would be
     cancelled.

(3)  Except for the current Named Executive Officers,  there weren't any Options
     granted to current  directors,  nominee  for  election as a director or any
     employee,  including  all current  officers  who are not the Current  Named
     Executive Officers.

(4)  The closing  price of the  Company's  Common  Stock on the  American  Stock
     Exchange on April 6, 2000 was $4.25 per share.

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                                       1C.

                     RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS

     Upon  recommendation  of the Audit  Committee,  the Board has appointed the
firm of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as its auditors for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2000. Although  stockholder  ratification is
not required,  the Board has determined that it would be desirable to request an
expression  from the  stockholders  as to  whether or not they  concur  with the
foregoing appointment.

     Arthur  Andersen  LLP has  audited  the  accounts  of the  Company  and its
subsidiaries since 1960.  Representatives of Arthur Andersen LLP will be present
at the Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  of the Company and will be available to
respond to  appropriate  questions  and to make a statement if they desire to do
so.

     The Board  recommends a vote FOR  ratification of the appointment of Arthur
Andersen LLP as independent  auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2000.

                                       1D.

                                  OTHER MATTERS

     Except for the  election of the  Preferred  Directors  discussed on pages 1
through 4 and elsewhere in this Proxy Statement, the Board of Directors knows of
no other matters which are likely to be brought before the meeting.  However, if
any other matters,  of which the Board of Directors is not aware,  are presented
to the meeting  for  action,  it is the  intention  of the persons  named in the
accompanying form of proxy to vote said proxy in accordance with their judgement
on such matters.

     The Company will bear the cost of solicitation of proxies. The solicitation
of proxies by mail may be followed by telephone or oral  solicitation of certain
stockholders and brokers.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY.  THEREFORE,  STOCKHOLDERS ARE
URGED TO FILL IN, SIGN,  DATE AND RETURN THE  ACCOMPANYING  FORM OF PROXY IN THE
ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PREPAID ENVELOPE.

                                            By order of the Board of Directors,
                                            Dennis M. Ryan, Secretary


Framingham, Massachusetts
April 19, 2000

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                                                                       Exhibit A

                               PERINI CORPORATION
                          Special Equity Incentive Plan


Purpose
- -------

Perini  Corporation,  a Massachusetts  corporation  (the  "Company"),  wishes to
provide special incentives for key executives,  other employees,  and directors.
To  further  these  objectives,   the  Company  hereby  sets  forth  the  Perini
Corporation Special Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"),  effective as of May 25,
2000 (the "Effective  Date"), to provide options  ("Options") to key executives,
employees,  and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries to purchase shares
of the Company's common stock $1.00 par value (the "Common Stock").


Participants
- ------------

Eligible persons become "optionees" when the Administrator grants them an option
under this Plan. The term optionee also includes,  where  appropriate,  a person
authorized to exercise an Option in place of the original recipient.


Administrator
- -------------

The Administrator will be the Compensation  Committee of the Board of Directors,
unless the Board  specifies  another  committee of the Board,  but the Board may
still act under the Plan as though it were the Compensation Committee.


The Administrator is responsible for the general operation and administration of
the  Plan  and for  carrying  out its  provisions  and has  full  discretion  in
interpreting  and  administering  the  provisions  of the Plan.  Subject  to the
express  provisions of the Plan, the  Administrator may exercise such powers and
authority of the Board as the Administrator may find necessary or appropriate to
carry out its functions.  The  Administrator  may delegate its functions  (other
than those  described in the  Granting of Options  section) to officers or other
employees of the Company.


The  Administrator's  powers will  include,  but not be limited to, the power to
amend,  waive,  or  extend  any  provision  or  limitation  of any  Option.  The
Administrator  may act  through  meetings  of a  majority  of its  members or by
unanimous consent.

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                                                   Special Equity Incentive Plan
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Granting Of Options
- -------------------

Subject  to  the  terms  of the  Plan,  the  Administrator  will,  in  its  sole
discretion, determine

     the persons who receive Options,


     the terms of such Options,


     the  schedule  for  exercisability  (including  any  requirements  that the
     optionee or the Company satisfy performance criteria),


     the time and conditions for expiration of the Option, and


     the form of payment due upon exercise.


     The Administrator's  determinations  under the Plan need not be uniform and
     need not consider whether possible recipients are similarly situated.


     Options granted will not be "incentive  stock options"  ("ISOs") within the
     meaning of Section 422 of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986 (the  "Code"),
     but will be nonqualified stock options ("NQSOs").

     Substitutions

          The  Administrator  may grant Options in  substitution  for options or
          other equity interests held by individuals who become employees of the
          Company or of an Eligible  Subsidiary  as a result of the Company's or
          Subsidiary's  acquiring or merging with the  individual's  employer or
          acquiring its assets.  In addition,  the Administrator may provide for
          the Plan's  assumption of options  granted outside the Plan to persons
          who would have been eligible  under the terms of the Plan to receive a
          grant,  including  both persons who provided  services to any acquired
          company or business and persons who  provided  services to the Company
          or  any  Subsidiary.  If  necessary  to  conform  the  Options  to the
          interests for which they are substitutes,  the Administrator may grant
          substitute Options under terms and conditions that vary from those the
          Plan otherwise requires.


Date Of Grant
- -------------

The Date of  Grant  will be the date as of which  the  Administrator  grants  an
Option to a participant, as specified in the Administrator's minutes.

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Exercise Price
- --------------

The  Exercise  Price is the value of the  consideration  that an  optionee  must
provide  in  exchange  for one share of Common  Stock.  The  Administrator  will
determine  the Exercise  Price under each Option and may set the Exercise  Price
without regard to the Exercise Price of any other Options granted at the same or
any other  time.  The  Company may use the  consideration  it receives  from the
optionee for general corporate purposes.


The Exercise  Price per share may not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value
of a share on the Date of Grant.


     Fair Market Value

          Fair Market  Value of a share of Common Stock for purposes of the Plan
          will be determined as follows:


               if the Company has no  publicly-traded  stock, the  Administrator
               will  determine  the Fair Market  Value for  purposes of the Plan
               using any  measure  of value it  determines  in good  faith to be
               appropriate;


               if the Common Stock trades on a national securities exchange, the
               closing sale price on that date;


               if the  Common  Stock  does not trade on any such  exchange,  the
               closing  sale price as reported by the  National  Association  of
               Securities  Dealers,  Inc. Automated  Quotation System ("Nasdaq")
               for such date;


               if no such  closing  sale price  information  is  available,  the
               average of the closing bid and asked  prices that Nasdaq  reports
               for such date; or


               if there are no such closing bid and asked prices, the average of
               the  closing  bid and  asked  prices  as  reported  by any  other
               commercial service for such date.


          For any date that is not a trading  day,  the Fair  Market  Value of a
          share of Common  Stock for such date will be  determined  by using the
          closing sale price or the average of the closing bid and asked prices,
          as  appropriate,  for  the  immediately  preceding  trading  day.  The
          Administrator can substitute a particular time of day or other measure
          of "closing sale price" if appropriate  because of changes in exchange
          or market procedures.

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Exercisability
- --------------

The  Administrator  will determine the times and conditions for exercise of each
Option.


Options  will  become  exercisable  at  such  times  and in such  manner  as the
Administrator determines and the Option Agreement indicates;  provided, however,
that the  Administrator  may,  on such  terms and  conditions  as it  determines
appropriate,  accelerate the time at which the optionee may exercise any portion
of an Option.


No portion of an Option that is  unexercisable  at an optionee's  termination of
employment  will  thereafter  become  exercisable,  unless the Option  Agreement
provides otherwise, either initially or by amendment.


     Change Of Control

          Upon a Change of Control (as defined  below),  all Options will become
          fully  exercisable,  unless the optionee's  Option Agreement  provides
          otherwise.  A Change of Control for this purpose means the  occurrence
          of any one or more of the following events:

               (i) sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
               to one or more  individuals,  entities,  or groups (other than an
               "Excluded Owner" as defined below);


               (ii)   complete  or   substantially   complete   dissolution   or
               liquidation of the Company;


               (iii) a person,  entity,  or group (other than an Excluded Owner)
               acquires or attains  ownership  of at least 60% of the  undiluted
               total voting power of the Company's  then-outstanding  securities
               eligible to vote to elect members of the Board  ("Company  Voting
               Securities");


               (iv) completion of a merger or  consolidation of the Company with
               or into any other entity  (other than an Excluded  Owner)  unless
               the  holders  of  the  Company  Voting   Securities   outstanding
               immediately before such completion,  together with any trustee or
               other fiduciary holding  securities under a Company benefit plan,
               hold securities that represent  immediately  after such merger or
               consolidation  more than 40% of the combined  voting power of the
               then outstanding  voting  securities of either the Company or the
               other surviving entity or its ultimate parent

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               (v) the individuals who constitute the Board immediately before a
               proxy  contest  cease to  constitute  at least a majority  of the
               Board  (excluding  any Board  seat  that is  vacant or  otherwise
               unoccupied) immediately following the proxy contest; or


               (vi) during any two year period,  the  individuals who constitute
               the  Board  at  the  beginning  of  the  period  (the  "Incumbent
               Directors")  cease  for  any  reason  to  constitute  at  least a
               majority of the Board (excluding any Board seat that is vacant or
               otherwise  unoccupied),  provided  that  any  individuals  that a
               majority of Incumbent  Directors approve for service on the Board
               are treated as Incumbent Directors.


          An "Excluded Owner" consists of the Company,  any Company  Subsidiary,
          any Company  benefit  plan,  or any  underwriter  temporarily  holding
          securities for an offering of such securities.


          Even if other  tests are met,  a Change of  Control  has not  occurred
          under any  circumstance  in which  the  Company  files for  bankruptcy
          protection  or  is  reorganized  following  a  bankruptcy  filing.  In
          addition,  the acceleration  will not occur if it would prevent use of
          "pooling of interest"  accounting  for a  reorganization,  merger,  or
          consolidation of the Company that the Board approves.


          The Administrator  may allow  conditional  exercises in advance of the
          completion of a Change of Control that are then rescinded if no Change
          of Control occurs.


     Substantial Corporate Change

          Upon a Change of Control that is also a Substantial  Corporate Change,
          the  Options  will  become  exercisable  (unless the Change of Control
          section provides  otherwise) and the Plan and any unexercised  Options
          will terminate  (after the occurrence of one of the  alternatives  set
          forth in the next full paragraph)  unless either (i) such  termination
          would  prevent  use  of  "pooling  of  interest"   accounting   for  a
          reorganization, merger, or consolidation of the Company that the Board
          approves or (ii) provision is made in writing in connection  with such
          transaction for the assumption or continuation of outstanding Options,
          or

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                                                   Special Equity Incentive Plan
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          the  substitution  for such options or grants of any options or grants
          covering the stock or securities of a successor  employer entity, or a
          parent or subsidiary of such successor,  with appropriate  adjustments
          as to the  number  and kind of shares of stock  and  prices,  in which
          event the Options  will  continue in the manner and under the terms so
          provided.


     If an Option would otherwise terminate under the preceding sentence and the
     Fair  Market  Value of the  Common  Stock as a  result  of the  Substantial
     Corporate  Change  exceeds or is likely to exceed the Exercise  Price,  the
     Administrator will either provide that


          optionees  will have the right,  at such time before the completion of
          the  transaction   causing  such  termination  as  the  Board  or  the
          Administrator  reasonably  designates,  to  exercise  any  unexercised
          portions of the Option,  including  those  portions that the Change of
          Control will make exercisable or


          cause the  Company,  or agree to allow the  successor,  to cancel each
          Option  after  payment  to the  optionee  of an amount  in cash,  cash
          equivalents,  or successor equity interests substantially equal to the
          Fair Market Value under the  transaction  minus the Exercise Price for
          the  shares   covered  by  the  Option   (and,   where  the  Board  or
          Administrator   determines  it  is   appropriate,   any  required  tax
          withholdings).


     The  Administrator  may  allow  conditional  exercises  in  advance  of the
     completion of a Substantial  Corporate Change that are then rescinded if no
     Substantial Corporate Change occurs.


     The Board or other  Administrator  may take any  actions  described  in the
     Substantial  Corporate  Changes  section,  without any  requirement to seek
     optionee consent.


     A Substantial Corporate Change means any of the following events:


          a sale as described in clause (i) under Change of Control,

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          a dissolution or liquidation as described in clause (ii),


          an  ownership  change  as  described  in  clause  (iii),  but with the
          percentage ownership increased to 100%,


          completion  of a  merger,  consolidation,  or  reorganization  of  the
          Company with one or more  corporations  or other entities in which the
          Company is not the surviving entity, or


          any other  transaction  (including a merger or reorganization in which
          the Company survives) approved by the Board that results in any person
          or entity (other than an Excluded Owner) owning 100% of Company Voting
          Securities.


Method of Exercise
- ------------------

To exercise any exercisable portion of an Option, the optionee must:


     Deliver  notice of exercise to the Secretary of the Company (or to whomever
     the  Administrator  designates),  in a form  complying  with any  rules the
     Administrator may issue, signed or otherwise authenticated by the optionee,
     and specifying the number of shares of Common Stock  underlying the portion
     of the Option the optionee is exercising;


     Pay the full Exercise  Price by cash or a cashier's or certified  check for
     the  shares of  Common  Stock  with  respect  to which the  Option is being
     exercised,  unless the  Administrator  consents to another  form of payment
     (which could  include  loans from the Company or the use of Common  Stock);
     and


     Deliver to the  Administrator  such  representations  and  documents as the
     Administrator, in its sole discretion, may consider necessary or advisable.


Payment in full of the Exercise  Price need not accompany the written  notice of
exercise if the exercise complies with a  previously-approved  cashless exercise
method,  including,  for  example,  that  the  notice  directs  that  the  stock
certificates  (or other  indicia of  ownership)  for the shares  issued upon the
exercise be  delivered  to a licensed  broker  acceptable  to the Company as the
agent  for the  individual  exercising  the  option  and at the time  the  stock
certificates  (or other  indicia) are  delivered to the broker,  the


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broker will tender to the Company  cash or cash  equivalents  acceptable  to the
Company and equal to the Exercise Price and any required  withholding taxes. The
Administrator  may provide that  cashless  exercise is  available  only while an
optionee remains employed by the Company.


If the Administrator agrees to allow an optionee to pay through tendering shares
of Common Stock to the Company, the individual can only tender stock he has held
for at least six  months at the time of  surrender.  Shares of stock  offered as
payment  will be valued,  for  purposes of  determining  the extent to which the
optionee has paid the Exercise  Price, at their Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise.  The Administrator may also, in its discretion,  accept attestation of
ownership of Common Stock and issue a net number of shares upon Option exercise,
or by having a broker tender to the Company cash equal to the exercise price and
any withholding taxes.


Option Expiration
- -----------------

No one may exercise an Option more than ten years after its Date of Grant or, if
later,  ten years  after the date of initial  stockholder  approval of the Plan.
Unless  the  Option  Agreement  provides  otherwise,   either  initially  or  by
amendment, no one may exercise an Option after the first to occur of:


     Employment Termination

          The 30th day after the date of termination  of employment  (other than
          for death or Disability),  where  termination of employment  means the
          time   when   the   employer-employee   or   other   service-providing
          relationship between the employee and the Company ends for any reason.
          Termination  of  employment  also  includes the Eligible  Subsidiary's
          ceasing to be a  subsidiary  of the  Company.  The  Administrator  may
          provide  that  Options  terminate   immediately  upon  termination  of
          employment for "cause" under an employee's  employment or consultant's
          services agreement or under another definition specified in the Option
          Agreement. Unless the Option Agreement provides otherwise, termination
          of  employment  does  not  include  instances  in  which  the  Company
          immediately   rehires  a  common  law   employee  as  an   independent
          contractor. The Administrator,  in its sole discretion, will determine
          all questions of whether particular  terminations or leaves of absence
          are terminations of employment.


     Gross Misconduct

          For the Company's termination of the optionee's employment as a result
          of the optionee's Gross Misconduct,

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          the  time of such  termination.  For  purposes  of this  Plan,  "Gross
          Misconduct" means the optionee has


               committed  fraud,  misappropriation,   embezzlement,  or  willful
               misconduct  that has  resulted or is likely to result in material
               harm to the Company;


               committed or been indicted for or convicted of, or pled guilty or
               no contest to, any misdemeanor  (other than for minor infractions
               or  traffic   violations)   involving  fraud,  breach  of  trust,
               misappropriation, or other similar activity, or any felony; or


               committed  an act of gross  negligence  or  otherwise  acted with
               willful  disregard for the Company's  best  interests in a manner
               that has resulted or is likely to result in material  harm to the
               Company.


               If the optionee has a written  employment  agreement in effect at
               the  time  of  his   termination   that  specifies   "cause"  for
               termination,  "Gross  Misconduct" for purposes of his termination
               will refer to "cause" under the employment agreement, rather than
               to the foregoing definition.


     Disability

          For  disability,  the  earlier  of (i) the  first  anniversary  of the
          optionee's  termination  of employment for disability and (ii) 60 days
          after the  optionee  no longer has a  disability,  where  "disability"
          means the  inability  to engage in any  substantial  gainful  activity
          because of any medically  determinable  physical or mental  impairment
          that can be  expected  to result in death or that has lasted or can be
          expected to last for a  continuous  period of not less than 12 months;
          or


     Death

          The date 12 months after the optionee's death.


     If exercise is permitted after  termination of employment,  the Option will
     nevertheless  expire  as of the  date  that  the  former  service  provider
     violates any covenant not to compete or other  post-employment  covenant in
     effect between the Company and the former service provider.


     Nothing  in this  Plan  extends  the term of an  Option  beyond  the  tenth
     anniversary  of its  Date of  Grant,  nor  does  anything  in  this  Option
     Expiration section make an Option exercisable that has not otherwise become
     exercisable, unless the Administrator specifies otherwise.

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Option Agreement
- ----------------

Option Agreements (which could be certificates) will set forth the terms of each
Option and will include such terms and conditions,  consistent with the Plan, as
the  Administrator  may determine are necessary or advisable.  To the extent the
agreement  is  inconsistent  with the Plan,  the Plan will  govern.  The  Option
Agreements may contain special rules.

Stock Subject To Plan
- ---------------------

Except as adjusted below under Adjustments Upon Changes In Capital Stock,

     the  aggregate  number of shares of Common  Stock  that may be  subject  to
     outstanding Options may not exceed 3 million shares of Common Stock, and


     the maximum number of shares that may be granted under Options for a single
     individual  in a calendar  year may not  exceed 1 million  shares of Common
     Stock.


The Common Stock will come from either  authorized  but unissued  shares or from
previously  issued  shares  that the  Company  reacquires,  including  shares it
purchases on the open market or holds as treasury shares. If any Option expires,
is canceled,  or  terminates  for any other  reason,  the shares of Common Stock
available  under that Option  will again be  available  for the  granting of new
Options  (but will be counted  against  that  calendar  year's limit for a given
individual).


No  adjustment  will be made for a dividend  or other right for which the record
date precedes the date of exercise.


The optionee will have no rights of a stockholder  with respect to the shares of
stock  subject to an Option  except to the extent  that the  Company  has issued
certificates  for, or  otherwise  confirmed  ownership  of, such shares upon the
exercise of the Option.


The Company  will not issue  fractional  shares  pursuant to the  exercise of an
Option,  unless the Administrator  determines  otherwise,  but the Administrator
may, in its  discretion,  direct the  Company to make a cash  payment in lieu of
fractional shares.


Person Who May Exercise
- -----------------------

During  the  optionee's   lifetime  and  except  as  provided  under  Transfers,
Assignments,  and Pledges,  only the optionee or his duly appointed  guardian or
personal  representative may exercise the Options. After his death, his personal
representative  or any other person authorized under a will or under the laws of
descent and distribution may exercise any then exercisable portion of an Option.
If someone other than the original recipient seeks to exercise any portion of an
Option, the Administrator may request

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such proof as it may consider  necessary or appropriate of the person's right to
exercise the Option.


Adjustments Upon Changes In Capital Stock
- -----------------------------------------

Subject to any required action by the Company (which it agrees to promptly take)
or its stockholders,  and subject to the provisions of applicable corporate law,
if, after the date of initial stockholder approval of the Plan,



     the outstanding  shares of Common Stock increase or decrease or change into
     or are exchanged for a different  number or kind of security because of any
     recapitalization,  reclassification,  stock  split,  reverse  stock  split,
     combination  of  shares,  exchange  of  shares,  stock  dividend,  or other
     distribution payable in capital stock, or


     some other  increase or decrease in such Common  Stock  occurs  without the
     Company's  receiving  consideration  (excluding,  unless the  Administrator
     determines otherwise, stock repurchases),


the Administrator  must make a proportionate  and appropriate  adjustment in the
number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  underlying  each  Option,   so  that  the
proportionate interest of the optionee immediately following such event will, to
the extent  practicable,  be the same as  immediately  before such event.  (This
adjustment  does not  apply  to  Common  Stock  that the  optionee  has  already
purchased.)  Unless  the  Administrator   determines  another  method  would  be
appropriate,  any such  adjustment  to an Option will not change the total price
with respect to shares of Common Stock underlying the unexercised portion of the
Option but will include a corresponding proportionate adjustment in the Option's
Exercise Price. The Board or other  Administrator may take any actions described
in the Adjustments upon Changes in Capital Stock section without any requirement
to seek optionee consent.


The Administrator will make a commensurate change to the maximum number and kind
of shares provided in the Stock Subject to Plan section.


Any  issue  by the  Company  of any  class of  preferred  stock,  or  securities
convertible  into  shares of common or  preferred  stock of any class,  will not
affect,  and no adjustment  by reason  thereof will be made with respect to, the
number of shares of Common  Stock  subject to any Option or the  Exercise  Price
except as this Adjustments section specifically provides. The grant of an Option
under the Plan will not  affect in any way the right or power of the

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                                                   Special Equity Incentive Plan
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Company to make adjustments,  reclassifications,  reorganizations  or changes of
its  capital  or  business  structure,  or to  merge  or to  consolidate,  or to
dissolve,  liquidate,  sell,  or  transfer  all or any part of its  business  or
assets.


Subsidiary Employees
- --------------------

Employees of Company  Subsidiaries  will be entitled to participate in the Plan,
except as otherwise designated by the Board of Directors or the Administrator.


"Eligible  Subsidiary" means each of the Company's  Subsidiaries,  except as the
Administrator  otherwise  specifies.  "Subsidiary"  means any corporation (other
than the  Company)  in an  unbroken  chain of  corporations  beginning  with the
Company  if, at the time an Option is granted to a  Participant  under the Plan,
each  corporation  (other than the last  corporation in the unbroken chain) owns
stock  possessing 50% or more of the total combined  voting power of all classes
of stock in  another  corporation  in such  chain.  Subsidiary  also  includes a
single-member  limited  liability company included within the chain described in
the  preceding  sentence.  The Board or the  Administrator  may use a  different
definition  of  Subsidiary  and may  include  other  forms of entity  within the
definition.




Legal Compliance
- ----------------

The Company  will not issue any shares of Common Stock under an Option until all
applicable  requirements imposed by Federal and state securities and other laws,
rules,  and  regulations,  and by any  applicable  regulatory  agencies or stock
exchanges,  have been  fully met.  To that end,  the  Company  may  require  the
optionee to take any reasonable action to comply with such  requirements  before
issuing  such  shares.  No  provision  in the  Plan or  action  taken  under  it
authorizes any action that Federal or state laws otherwise prohibit.


The Plan is intended to conform to the extent  necessary  with all provisions of
the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and all regulations and rules the Securities and Exchange Commission issues
under those laws.  Notwithstanding  anything  in the Plan to the  contrary,  the
Administrator  must  administer  the  Plan,  and  Options  may  be  granted  and
exercised, only in a way that conforms to such laws, rules, and regulations.  To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and any Options will be treated
as  amended  to the  extent  necessary  to  conform  to such  laws,  rules,  and
regulations.

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                                                   Special Equity Incentive Plan
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Purchase For Investment And Other Restrictions
- ----------------------------------------------

Unless a  registration  statement  under the  Securities Act covers the share of
Common Stock an optionee receives upon exercising his Option,  the Administrator
may require, at the time of such exercise, that the optionee agree in writing to
acquire such shares for  investment  and not for public resale or  distribution,
unless and until the shares  subject  to the  Option  are  registered  under the
Securities Act.  Unless the shares are registered  under the Securities Act, the
optionee must acknowledge:


     that the shares purchased on exercise of the Option are not so registered,


     that the optionee may not sell or otherwise transfer the shares unless


          such sale or transfer  complies with all applicable  laws,  rules, and
          regulations,  including all  applicable  Federal and state  securities
          laws, rules, and regulations, and either


          the shares have been registered under the Securities Act in connection
          with the sale or transfer thereof, or


          counsel satisfactory to the Company has issued an opinion satisfactory
          to the  Company  that the sale or other  transfer  of such  shares  is
          exempt from registration under the Securities Act.


Additionally, the Common Stock, when issued upon the exercise of an Option, will
be subject to any other  transfer  restrictions,  rights of first  refusal,  and
rights of  repurchase  set forth in or  incorporated  by  reference  into  other
applicable documents, including the Option Agreements, or the Company's articles
or certificate of incorporation,  by-laws, or generally applicable stockholders'
agreements.


The Administrator may, in its sole discretion,  take whatever additional actions
it deems  appropriate  to comply with such  restrictions  and  applicable  laws,
including  placing legends on certificates  and issuing stop- transfer orders to
transfer agents and registrars.


Tax Withholding
- ---------------

The optionee must satisfy all applicable  Federal,  state,  and local income and
employment tax  withholding  requirements  before the Company will deliver stock
certificates  or otherwise  recognize  ownership upon the exercise of an Option.
The Company may


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                                                   Special Equity Incentive Plan
                                                                   Page 13 of 15

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decide to satisfy the withholding  obligations through additional withholding on
salary  or  wages.  If the  Company  does  not or  cannot  withhold  from  other
compensation,  the  optionee  must pay the  Company,  with a cashier's  check or
certified check, the full amounts, if any, required for withholding.  Payment of
withholding  obligations  is due at the same time as is payment of the  Exercise
Price. If the Administrator so determines,  the optionee may instead satisfy the
withholding  obligations  by  directing  the  Company to retain  shares from the
Option exercise,  by tendering  previously owned shares,  or by attesting to his
ownership of shares (with the distribution of net shares), or by having a broker
tender to the Company cash equal to the withholding taxes.


Transfers, Assignments And Pledges
- ----------------------------------

Unless the  Administrator  otherwise  approves  in advance in writing for estate
planning or other purposes, an Option may not be assigned,  pledged or otherwise
transferred in any way,  whether by operation of law or otherwise or through any
legal or equitable proceedings  (including  bankruptcy),  by the optionee to any
person,  except  by will or by  operation  of  applicable  laws of  descent  and
distribution.  If  necessary  to comply with Rule 16b-3,  the  optionee  may not
transfer or pledge  shares of Common Stock  acquired  upon exercise of an Option
until at least six months have elapsed from (but  excluding)  the Date of Grant,
unless  the  Administrator   approves  otherwise  in  advance  in  writing.  The
Administrator  may, in its  discretion,  expressly  provide that an optionee may
transfer  his Option,  without  receiving  consideration,  to (i) members of his
immediate  family  (children,  grandchildren,  or  spouse),  (ii) trusts for the
benefit of such family members,  or (iii)  partnerships  whose only partners are
such family members.


Amendment or Termination of Plan and Options
- --------------------------------------------

The Board may amend,  suspend,  or terminate  the Plan at any time,  without the
consent of the optionees or their beneficiaries;  provided,  however,  that such
actions are  consistent  with this section.  Except as required by law or by the
Substantial  Corporate  Changes section,  the Administrator may not, without the
optionee's  or  beneficiary's  consent,  modify the terms and  conditions  of an
Option  so as  to  materially  adversely  affect  the  optionee.  No  amendment,
suspension,  or  termination  of  the  Plan  will,  without  the  optionee's  or
beneficiary's  consent,  terminate or materially  adversely  affect any right or
obligations under any outstanding Options, except as provided in the Substantial
Corporate Changes Section.

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                                                   Special Equity Incentive Plan
                                                                   Page 14 of 15
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Privileges of Stock Ownership
- -----------------------------

No optionee and no  beneficiary  or other person  claiming under or through such
optionee will have any right,  title,  or interest in or to any shares of Common
Stock allocated or reserved under the Plan or subject to any Option except as to
such shares of Common Stock, if any, already issued to such optionee.


Effect on Other Plans
- ---------------------

Whether exercising an Option causes the optionee to accrue or receive additional
benefits under any pension or other plan is governed solely by the terms of such
other plan.


Limitations on Liability
- ------------------------

Notwithstanding  any other  provisions of the Plan,  no  individual  acting as a
director, officer, other employee, or agent of the Company will be liable to any
optionee,  former  optionee,  spouse,  beneficiary,  or any other person for any
claim,  loss,  liability,  or expense  incurred in connection with the Plan, nor
will such  individual  be  personally  liable  because of any  contract or other
instrument he executes in such other  capacity.  The Company will  indemnify and
hold harmless each director, officer, other employee, or agent of the Company to
whom any duty or power relating to the  administration  or interpretation of the
Plan has been or will be  delegated,  against  any  cost or  expense  (including
attorneys'  fees) or liability  (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim
with the Board's  approval) arising out of any act or omission to act concerning
this Plan unless arising out of such person's own fraud or bad faith.


No Employment Contract
- ----------------------

Nothing  contained in this Plan  constitutes an employment  contract between the
Company and the  optionees.  The Plan does not give any optionee any right to be
retained in the Company's employ,  nor does it enlarge or diminish the Company's
right to end the optionee's employment or other relationship with the Company.


Applicable Law
- --------------

The laws of the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  (other  than its choice of law
provisions) govern this Plan and its interpretation.


Duration of Plan
- ----------------

Unless  the Board  extends  the Plan's  term,  the  Administrator  may not grant
Options  after May 25, 2010.  The Plan will then  terminate but will continue to
govern unexercised and unexpired Options.


Approval of The Plan
- --------------------

The Plan must be submitted to Company  stockholders for their approval within 12
months after the Board adopts the Plan.  If the  stockholders  do not so approve
the Plan, the Plan and any outstanding Options will be treated as void and of no
effect.

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                                                   Special Equity Incentive Plan
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                               PERINI CORPORATION

                                  COMMON STOCK

CONTROL NUMBER:

RECORD DATE SHARES:

The Board of Directors recommends a vote "FOR" proposals A, B and C.

A.   The  election  of three (3) Class I  Directors  as  described  in the proxy
     statement of the Board of Directors to serve until the 2003 Annual Meeting.

     (01) Robert Band

     (02) Michael R. Klein

     (03) Christopher H. Lee

     If you do not wish your shares voted "For" a particular  nominee,  mark the
     "For All Except" box and strike a line through the nominee(s) name(s). Your
     shares will be voted "For" the remaining nominee(s)

         FOR ALL NOMINEES     WITHHOLD         FOR ALL EXCEPT

B.   To approve the Special  Equity  Incentive  Plan as  described  in the proxy
     statement of the Board of Directors.

         FOR                  AGAINST          ABSTAIN

C.   To ratify the appointment of Arthur Andersen LLP as auditors for the fiscal
     year ending December 31, 2000.

         FOR                  AGAINST          ABSTAIN

D.   To transact such other  business as may properly come before the meeting or
     any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

Mark box at right if an address  change or comment has been noted on the reverse
side of this card.

Please be sure to sign and date this Proxy.

Date

_____________________________________
Stockholder sign here

_____________________________________
Co-owner sign here


<PAGE>


                  PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                                PERINI CORPORATON
              FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS - MAY 25, 2000

The undersigned  hereby appoints Robert Band and Dennis M. Ryan and each of them
as Proxies of the undersigned,  with full power of substitution,  and authorizes
each of them to  represent  and to vote all  shares of Common  Stock,  $1.00 par
value per share, of Perini  Corporation  held by the undersigned at the close of
business on April 3, 2000, at the Annual Meeting of  Stockholders  to be held at
the Crowne Plaza,  Hawthorne  Ballroon,  1360  Worcester  Road,  (Route 9 East),
Natick,  Massachusetts,  on  Thursday,  May  25,  2000 at  9:00  a.m.  or at any
adjournments or postponements thereof.

WHEN PROPERLY  EXECUTED,  THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED  STOCKHOLDER(S).  A FAILURE TO VOTE OR A VOTE TO ABSTAIN WILL
HAVE THE  SAME  LEGAL  EFFECT  AS A VOTE  AGAINST  ANY OF THE  PROPOSALS.  IF NO
DIRECTION IS GIVEN,  THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR"  PROPOSAL A, THE ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS AS SET FORTH HEREIN,  "FOR"  PROPOSAL B, TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL EQUITY
INCENTIVE  PLAN,  AND "FOR"  PROPOSAL  C, TO RATIFY  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF ARTHUR
ANDERSEN  LLP AS AUDITORS  FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  2000.  THE
PROXIES ARE EACH  AUTHORIZED TO VOTE IN THEIR  DISCRETION ON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS
AS MAY PROPERLY  COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY  ADJOURNMENTS  OR  POSTPONEMENTS
THEREOF.  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 POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE PROVIDED.

PLEASE VOTE,  DATE AND SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN  PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

     Please sign exactly as your name appears on this card.  If stock is held in
     the name of more than one person,  all holders 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 his or her title or authority.


HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED?                   DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?

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                               PERINI CORPORATION

                                 PREFERRED STOCK

CONTROL NUMBER:

RECORD DATE SHARES:

ELECTION OF PREFERRED DIRECTORS.

Please  instruct  the  Depositary  to vote your  shares  for  either  one or two
Nominees by placing an "X" in the appropriate box(es). Do not mark more than two
boxes. Instruction cards not properly completed will not be counted.

A.   The  election of two (2)  Preferred  Directors  as  described  in the proxy
     statement of the Board of Directors to serve until the 2001 Annual Meeting.

         Arthur I. Caplan

                  FOR

         Frederick Doppelt

                  FOR

         Stephen J. McAllister

                  FOR

         Martin Shubik

                  FOR

Mark box at right if an address  change or comment has been noted on the reverse
side of this card.



Please be sure to sign and date this Instruction Card.


Date

_____________________________________
Stockholder sign here

_____________________________________
Co-owner sign here

<PAGE>


                    INSTRUCTION CARD REQUESTED BY DEPOSITARY,
                     PURSUANT TO TERMS OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT,
                     FOR ELECTION OF PREFERRED DIRECTORS AT
                 PERINI CORPORATON ANNUAL MEETING - MAY 25, 2000

The  undersigned   hereby  instructs   BankBoston,   N.A.,  as  Depositary  (the
"Depositary")  for the  $21.25  Convertible  Exchangeable  Preferred  Stock (the
"Preferred Stock") of Perini Corporation,  to vote the shares of Preferred Stock
represented by the Depositary  Receipts held by the undersigned (the "Depositary
Shares") as directed on the  reverse  side hereof at the  Election of  Preferred
Directors to be held at the Annual Meeting of  Stockholders at the Crowne Plaza,
Hawthorne Ballroom,  1360 Worcester Road (Route 9 East), Natick,  Massachusetts,
on Thursday,  May 25, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. or at any  adjournments or postponements
thereof.

When properly executed,  this Instruction Card will cause the Depositary to vote
the Preferred Stock  represented by the Depositary Shares in the manner directed
on the reverse side hereof by the  undersigned.  If no  direction is given,  the
Depositary  will  abstain from voting the  Preferred  Stock  represented  by the
Depositary Shares.

PLEASE VOTE,  DATE AND SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN  PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

     Please sign exactly as your name(s)  appear(s) on the reverse.  Where there
     is more than one holder,  each should  sign.  When  signing as an attorney,
     executor,  administrator,  guardian  or  trustee,  please add your title as
     such. If executed by a corporation,  the Instruction  Card should be signed
     by a duly authorized  person,  stating his or her title or authority.  If a
     partnership, please sign in partnership name by an authorized person.


HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED?                   DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?

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