Specialist tunneling and underground heavy civil contractor across North America
Frontier-Kemper is a heavy civil contractor focused on underground infrastructure—tunnels, shafts, and mine development across highways, transit, water, and energy sectors. The tech stack (Primavera P6, Procore, AutoCAD, Revit) is standard for construction PM and design, but the pain-point pattern—cost delivery performance, experienced estimator shortages, schedule adherence, and cost overruns—signals operational friction common in fixed-price, long-cycle underground projects where estimation error and schedule risk compound. Active hiring is concentrated in engineering and construction roles across mid-to-senior levels, consistent with execution-heavy delivery.
Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. is a subsidiary of Tutor Perini Company and operates as a specialist underground and heavy civil contractor in North America. The company delivers tunneling, shaft sinking, and mine development work for transportation (highways, subways, rapid transit), water infrastructure (supply, wastewater), energy (hydroelectric, gas pipelines), and mining (coal, salt, copper, gold). Current active projects span major infrastructure programs including transit extensions, water tunnels, and gas pipelines across the United States and Canada. The FKC-Lake Shore Division adds a manufactured-systems capability in hoisting, elevator, and vertical conveyance equipment. The company is organized around engineering, construction field operations, finance, and support functions, with 201–500 employees based in Sylmar, California.
Primary tools: Primavera P6 (project controls), Procore (construction PM), AutoCAD and Revit (design), AWS (cloud), JD Edwards and Oracle (ERP), Microsoft Office suite. Stack reflects mid-market construction operations without specialized mining or tunneling software.
Active programs include Purple Line Extensions Section 3, Water Tunnel Number 3, Hudson Tunnel Project, Manhattan Tunnel Project, Eagle Mountain Gas Pipeline, Kensico-Eastview Connection Tunnel, Kemano T2 Tunneling, and Squamish TBM work. Reflects mix of transit, water, and energy infrastructure.
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