Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (Nasdaq:STRL) (the “Company” or
“Sterling”) today announced the retirement from the Board of Joseph P.
Harper, Sr. on June 11, 2014.
Mr. Harper was first employed by the Company's predecessor in 1972,
prior to its 1978 move from Sterling Heights, Michigan to Houston.
During the course of his long career with the Company, Mr. Harper worked
in all of the key areas of the construction business, including
estimating, project management, service as Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer, and from 2001 to January 2013, as President and Chief
Operating Officer.
Sterling’s Chairman, Maarten D. Hemsley, said, “I’ve had the privilege
of working with Joe for more than 15 years. His, along with Pat
Manning's leadership have enabled Sterling to grow to the size it is
today, with a breadth of core competencies and a geographic reach that
have positioned it very well for the future. The entire Board joins me
in thanking Joe for his many years of service to the Company. We wish
him and his wife, MaryAnn, the very best for his retirement.”
Sterling is a leading heavy civil construction company that specializes
in the building and reconstruction of transportation and water
infrastructure projects in Texas, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California,
Hawaii and other states where there are construction opportunities. Its
transportation infrastructure projects include highways, roads, bridges
and light rail and its water infrastructure projects include water,
wastewater and storm drainage systems.
This press release includes certain statements that fall within the
definition of “forward-looking statements” under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties, including overall economic and market conditions,
federal, state and local government funding, competitors’ and customers’
actions, and weather conditions, which could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated, including those risks
identified in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Accordingly, such statements should be considered in light
of these risks. Any prediction by the Company is only a statement of
management’s belief at the time the prediction is made. There can be no
assurance that any prediction once made will continue thereafter to
reflect management’s belief, and the Company does not undertake to
update publicly its predictions or to make voluntary additional
disclosures of nonpublic information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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