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Note 3 - Construction Joint Ventures (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Condensed Balance Sheet [Table Text Block] |
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Total combined: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets |  | $ | 26,336 |  |  | $ | 18,132 |
Less current liabilities |  |  | (54,946 | ) |  |  | (49,035 | )
Net assets |  | $ | (28,610 | ) |  | $ | (30,903 | )
Backlog |  | $ | 67,489 |  |  | $ | 55,063 |
Sterling’s noncontrolling interest in backlog |  | $ | 24,053 |  |  | $ | 15,889 |
Sterling’s receivables from and equity in net assets of construction joint ventures |  | $ | 9,698 |  |  | $ | 9,153 |
Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Total combined: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 13,006 |  |  | $ | 19,237 |
Income before tax |  |  | 2,413 |  |  |  | 560 |
Sterling’s noncontrolling interest: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 4,552 |  |  | $ | 8,931 |
Income before tax |  |  | 335 |  |  |  | 559 |

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