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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000874238-10-000009
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	10-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100318
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100318

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STERLING CONSTRUCTION CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874238
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HEAVY CONSTRUCTION OTHER THAN BUILDING CONST - CONTRACTORS [1600]
		IRS NUMBER:				251655321
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		10-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31993
		FILM NUMBER:		10691481

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2751 CENTERVILLE RD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3131
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3024789170

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20810 FERNBUSH LANE
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77073

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OAKHURST CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950831

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OAKHURST CAPITAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931130
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      required to be submitted and posted pursuant to rule 405 of Regulation S-T
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      by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
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      company.&#160;&#160;See definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
      "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
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INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE</div>
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the Securities and Exchange Commission and delivered to stockholders in
connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 6, 2010 are
incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.</div>
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year ended December 31, 2009 (the "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Original
Filing"</font>) is being filed (a) to correct the information contained in the
Exhibit List under Item 15 and the Exhibit Index regarding Exhibit Number 10.11;
(b) to file Exhibit Number 10.12, which was inadvertently omitted from the
Original Filing; and (c) to correct certain exhibit text.&#160; No other changes
have been made to the Original Filing.</font></div>
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Statement Schedules</font></div>
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The following Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules are filed
with this Report:</div>
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Reports of the Company&#8217;s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</div>
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Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2009 and 2008</div>
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Consolidated Statements of Operations at December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007</div>
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders&#8217; Equity for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007</div>
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2009, 2008 and 2007</div>
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Schedules</font></font>.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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None</div>
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exhibits are filed with this Report:</div>
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      <div style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 6pt; TEXT-INDENT: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="left">Prior to changing its name to Sterling Construction Company, Inc. in
November 2001, the Company had the following names during the following
periods:</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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<tr style="MSO-YFTI-IROW: 0; MSO-YFTI-FIRSTROW: yes;">
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      Incorporated</div>
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      Inc.</div>
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
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      November 2001</div>
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        <div>
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        <div>&#160;</div>
        <div>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; References in the following exhibit list use the
name of the Company in effect at the date of the exhibit.</div>
        <div>&#160;</div>
        <div>
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<tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Number</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td valign="bottom" width="67%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Exhibit
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      Agreement by and among Richard H. Buenting, Fisher Sand &amp; Gravel Co.,
      Thomas Fisher and Sterling Construction Company, Inc. dated as of
      October&#160;31, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit number 2.1 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K,
      Amendment No. 1 filed on November 21, 2007 (SEC File No.
      1-31993)).</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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      Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2009, by and among Kip Wadsworth, Ty
      Wadsworth, Con Wadsworth, Tod Wadsworth and Sterling Construction Company,
      Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8 K, filed on December 3, 2009 (SEC
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                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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      of Incorporation of Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 3.0 to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s
      Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on August 10, 2009 (SEC File No.
      1-31993)).</font></div>
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                </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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      of Sterling Construction Company, Inc. as amended through March 13, 2008
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 19, 2008 (SEC
      File No. 333-129780)).</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.1</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Common Stock Certificate of Sterling Construction Company, Inc.
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to its Form 8-A, filed on
      January 11, 2006 (SEC File No. 01-31993)).</font></div>
                  </td>
                </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.1#</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Oakhurst
      Company, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit 10.6 to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Registration
      Statement on Form S-1, filed on November 17, 2005 (SEC File No.
      333-129780)).</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.2#</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Forms
      of Stock Option Agreement under the Oakhurst Company, Inc. 2001 Stock
      Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to Sterling
      Construction Company, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
      December 31, 2004, filed on March 29, 2005 (SEC File No.
      001-31993)).</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.3#</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Summary
      of the Compensation Plan for Non Employee Directors of Sterling
      Construction Company, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed
      on August 11, 2008 (SEC File No. 333-129780)).</font></div>
                  </td>
                </tr><tr bgcolor="white">
                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.4</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Credit
      Agreement by and among Sterling Construction Company, Inc., Texas Sterling
      Construction Co., Oakhurst Management Corporation and Comerica Bank and
      the other lenders from time to time party thereto, and Comerica Bank as
      administrative agent for the lenders, dated as of October 31, 2007
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K Amendment No. 1, filed on
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                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.5</font></div>
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      Agreement by and among Sterling Construction Company, Inc., Texas Sterling
      Construction Co., Oakhurst Management Corporation and Comerica Bank as
      administrative agent for the lenders, dated as of October 31, 2007
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K Amendment No. 1, filed on
      November 21, 2007 (SEC File No. 01-31993)).</font></div>
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                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Joinder
      Agreement by Road and Highway Builders, LLC and Road and Highway Builders
      Inc, dated as of October 31, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
      10.3 to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K,
      Amendment No. 1 filed on November 21, 2007 (SEC File No.
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      Agreement dated as of July 19, 2007 between Sterling Construction Company,
      Inc. and Patrick T. Manning (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      January 17, 2008 (SEC File No. 1-31993))</font></div>
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      Agreement dated as of July 19, 2007 between Sterling Construction Company,
      Inc. and Joseph P. Harper, Sr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2
      to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
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      Agreement dated as of July 16, 2007 between Sterling Construction Company,
      Inc. and James H. Allen, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      January 17, 2008 (SEC File No. 1-31993))</font></div>
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                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.10#</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Option
      Agreement dated August 7, 2007 between Sterling Construction Company, Inc.
      and James H. Allen, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      January 17, 2008 (SEC File No. 1-31993))</font></div>
                  </td>
                </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.11#</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Employment
      Agreement dated as of March 17, 2006 between Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc. and Roger M. Barzun (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
      10.11 to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K
      for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on March 16, 2009 (SEC File
      No. 1-31993))</font></div>
                  </td>
                </tr><tr bgcolor="white">
                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.12#*</font></div>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Employment
      Agreement dated as of December 3, 2009 between Ralph L. Wadsworth
      Construction Company, LLC and Kip L. Wadsworth.</font></div>
                  </td>
                </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
                  <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">21</font></div>
                  </td>
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      pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States
      Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) of Patrick T. Manning, Chief Executive Officer, and
      James H. Allen, Jr., Chief Financial
Officer.</font></div>
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        <div>#&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Management contract or compensatory plan or
arrangement. </div>
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Report</font> on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on March 15,
2010.</div>
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requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Sterling
Construction Company, Inc.</font></font></font></div>
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2010&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;By:<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">&#160;
/s/ James H. Allen, Jr.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
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</font></font></font></div>
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Name:<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">&#160;
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&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</font></font></font></div>
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Title:<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">&#160;
Chief Financial Officer&#160;
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</font></font></font></div>
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&#160;&#160; (duly authorized officer)</font></div>
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<tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Number</font></div>
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              <td valign="bottom" width="67%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Exhibit
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2.1</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Purchase
      Agreement by and among Richard H. Buenting, Fisher Sand &amp; Gravel Co.,
      Thomas Fisher and Sterling Construction Company, Inc. dated as of
      October&#160;31, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit number 2.1 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K,
      Amendment No. 1 filed on November 21, 2007 (SEC File No.
      1-31993)).</font></div>
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            </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2.2</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Purchase
      Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2009, by and among Kip Wadsworth, Ty
      Wadsworth, Con Wadsworth, Tod Wadsworth and Sterling Construction Company,
      Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8 K, filed on December 3, 2009 (SEC
      File No. 1-31993))</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3.1</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Certificate
      of Incorporation of Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 3.0 to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s
      Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on August 10, 2009 (SEC File No.
      1-31993)).</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3.2</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Bylaws
      of Sterling Construction Company, Inc. as amended through March 13, 2008
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 19, 2008 (SEC
      File No. 333-129780)).</font></div>
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            </tr><tr bgcolor="white">
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.1</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Common Stock Certificate of Sterling Construction Company, Inc.
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to its Form 8-A, filed on
      January 11, 2006 (SEC File No. 01-31993)).</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.1#</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Oakhurst
      Company, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit 10.6 to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Registration
      Statement on Form S-1, filed on November 17, 2005 (SEC File No.
      333-129780)).</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.2#</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Forms
      of Stock Option Agreement under the Oakhurst Company, Inc. 2001 Stock
      Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to Sterling
      Construction Company, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
      December 31, 2004, filed on March 29, 2005 (SEC File No.
      001-31993)).</font></div>
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            </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.3#</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Summary
      of the Compensation Plan for Non Employee Directors of Sterling
      Construction Company, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed
      on August 11, 2008 (SEC File No. 333-129780)).</font></div>
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            </tr><tr bgcolor="white">
              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Credit
      Agreement by and among Sterling Construction Company, Inc., Texas Sterling
      Construction Co., Oakhurst Management Corporation and Comerica Bank and
      the other lenders from time to time party thereto, and Comerica Bank as
      administrative agent for the lenders, dated as of October 31, 2007
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, Amendment No. 1, filed on
      November 21, 2007 (SEC File No. 01-31993)).</font></div>
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      Agreement by and among Sterling Construction Company, Inc., Texas Sterling
      Construction Co., Oakhurst Management Corporation and Comerica Bank as
      administrative agent for the lenders, dated as of October 31, 2007
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, Amendment No. 1, filed on
      November 21, 2007 (SEC File No. 01-31993)).</font></div>
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      Agreement by Road and Highway Builders, LLC and Road and Highway Builders
      Inc, dated as of October 31, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
      10.3 to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K,
      Amendment No. 1 filed on November 21, 2007 (SEC File No.
      1-31993)).</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.7#</font></div>
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      Agreement dated as of July 19, 2007 between Sterling Construction Company,
      Inc. and Patrick T. Manning (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      January 17, 2008 (SEC File No. 1-31993))</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.8#</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Employment
      Agreement dated as of July 19, 2007 between Sterling Construction Company,
      Inc. and Joseph P. Harper, Sr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2
      to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
      on January 17, 2008 (SEC File No. 1-31993))</font></div>
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      Agreement dated as of July 16, 2007 between Sterling Construction Company,
      Inc. and James H. Allen, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      January 17, 2008 (SEC File No. 1-31993))</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.10#</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Option
      Agreement dated August 7, 2007 between Sterling Construction Company, Inc.
      and James H. Allen, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to
      Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      January 17, 2008 (SEC File No. 1-31993))</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.11#</font></div>
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      Agreement dated as of March 17, 2006 between Sterling Construction
      Company, Inc. and Roger M. Barzun (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
      10.11 to Sterling Construction Company, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K
      for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on March 16, 2009 (SEC File
      No. 1-31993))</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">10.12#*</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Employment
      Agreement dated as of December 3, 2009 between Ralph L. Wadsworth
      Construction Company, LLC and Kip L. Wadsworth.</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">21</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Subsidiaries
      of Sterling Construction Company, Inc.:</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline">Name</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Road
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Road
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      Inc.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Nevada</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Road
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      LLC&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Utah</font></div>
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      Company, Inc.</font></div>
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      Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) of Patrick T. Manning, Chief Executive Officer, and
      James H. Allen, Jr., Chief Financial
Officer.</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction
Company, LLC</font> a Utah limited liability company into which Ralph L.
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hereof (the "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Company</font>")
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connection with the closing of the purchase by Sterling Construction Company,
Inc. ("<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">SCC</font>") of an 80%
membership interest in the Company (the "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Acquisition</font>") pursuant to a
purchase agreement of even date herewith (the "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Purchase
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      below until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on December 31,
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      employment agreement of each of the Sellers, only one such bonus shall be
      paid in the aggregate, to be divided by the Sellers in the manner
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      duties and responsibilities of that position and will perform services of
      an executive nature that are generally consistent with the services that
      you performed for the Company prior to the
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      the hiring and retention of RLW employees other than its executive
      management employees.</font></div>
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      entitled to immediately prior to the Acquisition, except that with respect
      to vacation, you will be eligible to take so many days vacation per year
      as you believe is appropriate in light of the needs of the Company's
      business.&#160;&#160;The Company will also provide you with a car
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      accordance with its expense reimbursement policy the reasonable business
      expenses that you incur in the performance of your
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      an employee of the Company and/or one of the Company's affiliates and for
      a period of 4 years after your employment terminates for any reason
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      Company and its affiliates (the "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Confidential
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      outside of the Company and its affiliates except in the good faith
      performance of your job
responsibilities;</font></div>
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      person.</font></div>
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      include, and the obligations herein do not apply to, information that is
      now or subsequently becomes generally available to the public other than
      through a breach by you of this <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Section 7</font>, and,
      after your employment terminates for any reason, the obligations herein
      will also not apply to information that you rightfully obtain from a third
      party that is not an affiliate of the Company and that has the right,
      without obligation to the Company, to transfer or disclose such
      information to you.</font></div>
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      disclose Confidential Information (a) if required to do so by any request
      or order of any government authority, provided that you first notify the
      Company of such requirement; (b) if otherwise required to do so by law; or
      (c) if necessary to establish your rights under this Employment
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      sum within 74 days of the date of your
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      are entitled, such portion to be based on (a) the number of days that have
      elapsed between the first day of the calendar year in which your death
      occurs and the date of your death; and (b) the extent to which, if at all,
      any personal goals on which your bonus is based have been achieved in that
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      responsibilities under this Employment Agreement for 60 consecutive days,
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      physical or mental reasons are confirmed in writing by a licensed
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      Permanently Disabled, such portion to be based on (a) the number of days
      elapsed between the first day of the calendar year in which you become
      permanently disabled and the date your employment terminates; and (b) the
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      termination.&#160;&#160;In that event, the Company will pay you your
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      working days after you receive written notice identifying the reasons why
      your performance is considered unsatisfactory and what you can do to cure
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      terminated by the Company Without Cause unless termination is (a) by
      reason of your death or your becoming Permanently Disabled; (b) for Cause;
      or (c) because of your Voluntary Resignation.&#160;&#160;The Company may
      terminate your employment without Cause effective upon giving you written
      notice of termination.&#160;&#160;In that event, the Company will pay you
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      greater of your accrued but unpaid salary through the date of the
      termination of your employment or any unpaid salary as if it had been
      earned through 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the third anniversary of the
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      bonus to which you are entitled for the year in which you are terminated
      regardless of the number of days elapsed between the first day of the
      calendar year and the date your employment terminates.&#160;&#160;The
      bonus will be the amount you would have earned had your employment not
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      Company will continue to cover you under the medical and dental plans
      sponsored by the Company for its employees with the same coverage you had
      immediately prior to the termination of your employment, provided that you
      remit to the Company on a timely basis an amount equal to the applicable
      monthly COBRA premium (less the COBRA administrative surcharge) for such
      continued coverage; and the Company will reimburse you for any medical
      premium expenses incurred by you hereunder within 30 days after the date
      of your payment thereof.&#160;&#160;To the extent that any medical or
      dental expense or in-kind benefits provided for under this <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Section 8.5</font> are
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      by the Company within 30 days of such expense being incurred by you, and
      any expenses reimbursed or in-kind benefits provided hereunder will not
      affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits
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      by giving the Company and SCC 180 days' prior written notice of your
      resignation.&#160;&#160;In that event, the Company will not pay you any
      bonus that had not already been paid to you before the date of your notice
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      the foregoing, the Company may deem your notice of resignation as a
      resignation by you effective upon the giving of the notice of your
      employment and any and all directorships and offices then held by you in
      the Company and its affiliates, in which case the Company shall pay you
      your base salary then in effect for the one-hundred-eighty-day period in a
      single lump sum within 74 days of the date of your notice of
      resignation.</font></div>
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      may terminate your employment for Good Reason if (a) the Company commits a
      Breach (as defined below) of this Employment Agreement; (b) you give the
      Company detailed written notice of the Breach within 30 days after the
      occurrence of the Breach; and (c) the Company fails to cure the Breach
      within 30 days after the receipt of the notice, or if the nature of the
      Breach is such that it cannot practicably be cured in 30 days, if the
      Company fails to diligently and in good faith commence a cure of the
      Breach within the thirty-day period and completes the same within 60 days
      after the occurrence of the Breach.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      the event that you terminate your employment for Good Reason, the
      termination shall be deemed for purposes of this Employment Agreement to
      be a termination by the Company Without Cause.&#160;&#160;As a result, you
      will be entitled to the payments and other benefits described in <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Section 8.5</font>,
      above.&#160;&#160;You will also be entitled to sell your membership
      interest in the Company to SCC according to the terms and conditions set
      forth in the Operating Agreement of the
Company.</font></div>
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      "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Breach</font>" means a
      material breach by the Company of any one or more of the material terms or
      conditions of this Employment Agreement, and will include but not be
      limited to the Company taking any one or more of the following
      actions:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      your place of employment (except for travel on Company or SCC business) to
      a location outside the Salt Lake City, Utah
  area.</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      diminishing your duties and/or
responsibilities.</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Materially
      diminishing the kind or level of the benefits you are entitled to under
      this Employment Agreement.</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(iv)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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      to timely pay the 20% annual distributions of net income and/or Put/Call
      payments as set forth in the Operating Agreement of the Company, if such
      failure is not cured within 30 days following written notice of such
      failure.</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation</font>.</font></div>
            </td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.19&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
      the period specified, below, you shall not directly or
      indirectly&#160;&#8212;</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
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            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 90pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Render
      services or advice (whether for compensation or without compensation) to
      any person, entity or organization with respect to any business (whether
      in existence or under development) that is engaged in the heavy
      construction business or in any other business in which the Company or SCC
      engages (the "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Business</font>") while you
      are an employee of the Company or one of its affiliates (the "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Non-Compete
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Solicit
      or induce or entice any employees of the Company or of any of its
      affiliates to terminate their employment with, or otherwise cease their
      relationships with, the Company or any of its
      affiliates.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing, after your
      employment terminates for any reason, the placement of general
      advertisements which may be targeted to a particular geographic or
      technical area, but which are not targeted directly or indirectly towards
      the Company's, its affiliates' employees will not be deemed to be a
      violation of this <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Section&#160;(b)
      </font>so long as you do not guide or direct the attention of any employee
      or consultant of SCC, the Company or their affiliates to any such general
      advertisement.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9.1&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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      Limitations</font>.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 90pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      ownership of less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of any
      publicly-traded corporation shall not by itself deem the owner thereof to
      be engaged in such corporation's
business.</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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<tr valign="top">
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Non-Compete Obligation shall not be construed to prevent the Seller from
      engaging in the commercial and/or residential real estate development
      business or in aesthetic enhancement construction and provided, further,
      that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Seller from performing
      civil construction in connection with his own commercial and real estate
      development.</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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<tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 90pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Non-Compete Obligation shall not be construed to prevent the Seller from
      providing bonding and other financial support for Cal Wadsworth
      Construction or its affiliates, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided, however</font>, that
      in the states of Utah and Idaho, the Seller shall not provide bonding for
      any Cal Wadsworth Construction civil construction project that competes
      with RLW unless RLW chooses not to bid on such
  project.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
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            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 63pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.20&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      non-competition obligations specified above (a) shall be applicable while
      you are an employee of the Company or of any of its affiliates and for a
      period of one year after all such employment terminates for any reason,
      but in any event for a period of 4 years after the Effective Date; and (b)
      shall apply in any state in which the Business was carried on while you
      were an employee of the Company or of any of its
    affiliates.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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<tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 63pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.21&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      restrictions set forth above are considered by you and the Company to be
      reasonable for the purposes of protecting the
      Business.&#160;&#160;However, if any of the restrictions is found by any
      court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it extends for
      too long a period of time, over too great a range of activities, or in too
      broad a geographic area, it shall be interpreted to extend only over the
      maximum period of time, range of activities and/or geographic area as to
      which it may be enforceable.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Indemnification</font>.&#160;&#160;You
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      against you as a director, officer and/or employee of the Company and of
      any affiliate of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the
      Company&#8217;s charter and operating agreement; by SCC's charter and bylaws and
      by the laws of the states of Utah and Delaware,
      respectively.&#160;&#160;SCC shall maintain insurance coverage for the
      foregoing indemnification obligation in the same amount as SCC's directors
      maintain for themselves, but in any event at least $5 million of
      coverage.</font></div>
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            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 27pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      Company or by SCC.</font></div>
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      "is permitted to".&#160;&#160;The section headings contained in this
      Employment Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not
      affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Employment
      Agreement.</font></div>
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      and drafting of this Employment Agreement.&#160;&#160;In the event an
      ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Employment
      Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no
      presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring you or
      the Company by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this
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      in question.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding anything in this Employment
      Agreement to the contrary, any payment under this Employment Agreement
      that is subject to the requirements of Section 409A may only be made in a
      manner and upon an event permitted by Section 409A.&#160;&#160;To the
      extent that any provision of this Employment Agreement would cause a
      conflict with the requirements of Section 409A, or would cause the
      administration of this Employment Agreement to fail to satisfy the
      requirements of Section 409A, such provision shall be deemed null and void
      to the extent permitted by applicable law, and the Company may modify this
      Employment Agreement in such a manner as to comply with such requirements
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      regard to paragraph 5 thereof)) except to the extent permitted under
      Section 409A, no benefit or payment that is subject to Section 409A (after
      taking into account all applicable exceptions to Section 409A, including
      but not limited to the exceptions for short-term deferrals and for
      separation pay only upon an involuntary separation from service) will be
      made under this Employment Agreement on account of your separation from
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      separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of your
      death.)</font></div>
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      sum together with interest computed from the date each such payment would
      have first been paid to you absent the application of the Section 12.2(b)
      Date until paid at the rate of the prime rate of SCC's lending bank plus
      three percentage points.&#160;&#160;After the Section 12.2(b) Date, the
      Company will pay any other amounts provided for herein to the extent and
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      notices required or permitted under this Employment Agreement shall be in
      writing and shall be deemed given by a party when hand delivered to the
      other party against a receipt therefor or when deposited with a delivery
      service that provides next-business-day delivery and proof of delivery, in
      either case addressed to the other party as
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