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Note 3 - Construction Joint Ventures (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Condensed Balance Sheet [Table Text Block] |
|  | September 30, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Total combined: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets |  | $ | 30,360 |  |  | $ | 51,329 |
Less current liabilities |  |  | (50,834 | ) |  |  | (64,531 | )
Net assets |  | $ | (20,474 | ) |  | $ | (13,202 | )
Backlog |  | $ | 60,999 |  |  | $ | 101,014 |
Sterling’s noncontrolling interest in backlog |  | $ | 17,679 |  |  | $ | 30,652 |
Sterling’s receivables from and equity in construction joint ventures |  | $ | 10,621 |  |  | $ | 6,118 |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Total combined: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 7,734 |  |  | $ | 39,085 |  |  | $ | 44,959 |  |  | $ | 97,961 |
Income (loss) before tax |  |  | 922 |  |  |  | (175 | ) |  |  | 3,047 |  |  |  | (8,578 | )
Sterling’s proportionate share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 2,747 |  |  | $ | 16,447 |  |  | $ | 18,371 |  |  | $ | 39,842 |
Income (loss) before tax |  |  | 453 |  |  |  | (23 | ) |  |  | 1,885 |  |  |  | (4,116 | )

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