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Note 2 - Acquisitions and Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures with Noncontrolling Owners' Interests (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Current assets, including cash of $4,662		$	8,839
Current liabilities			(5,708	)
Working capital acquired			3,131
Property and equipment			2,018
Other			9
Total tangible net assets acquired at fair value			5,158
Goodwill			4,803
Total consideration			9,961
Fair value of earn-out			(2,370	)
Cash paid, net of $409 receivable from seller		$	7,591

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Current assets, including cash of $654		$	3,207
Current liabilities			(2,464	)
Working capital acquired			743
Property and equipment			708
Debt due to noncontrolling interest owner			(500	)
Total tangible net assets acquired at fair value			951
Goodwill			1,502
Total consideration			2,453
Fair value of noncontrolling owners’ interest in Myers			(1,226	)
Cash paid		$	1,227

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Current assets, including cash of $3,370		$	43,053
Current liabilities			(31,953	)
Working capital acquired			11,100
Property and equipment			11,212
Total tangible net assets acquired at fair value			22,312
Goodwill			57,513
Total consideration			79,825
Fair value of noncontrolling owners’ interests in RLW, including put			(15,965	)
Cash paid		$	63,860

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

		Revenues				Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Sterling Common Stockholders
JBC actual from 8/1/2011 – 12/31/2011		$	12,303			$	245
Myers actual from 8/1/2011 – 12/31/2011			7,153				170
Supplemental pro forma results of the Company, JBC, and Myers on a combined basis for 1/1/2010 – 12/31/2010 (unaudited)			475,906				19,596

Schedule of Changes in Noncontrolling Interests and Joint Ventures [Table Text Block]

		Years Ended December 31,
		2012				2011				2010
Balance, beginning of period		$	18,375			$	28,724			$	23,887
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest included in liabilities			16,941				935				7,137
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest included in equity			1,068				261				--
Accretion of interest on puts			993				881				1,169
Change in fair value of RLW put/call			3,797				1,268				--
Change in fair value of RHB put/call			2,473				1,054				691
Acquisition by Sterling of RHB noncontrolling interest			--				(8,205	)			--
Noncontrolling interest associated with Myers acquisition			--				1,227				--
Issuance of noncontrolling interest in RHB in exchange for net assets of acquired companies			9,767				--				--
Distributions to noncontrolling interests owners			(10,185	)			(7,809	)			(4,160	)
Acquisition by Sterling of RLW noncontrolling interest			(23,144	)			--				--
Other			(39	)			39				--
Balance, end of period		$	20,046			$	18,375			$	28,724