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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-16-008564
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160310
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160314
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160314

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31993
		FILM NUMBER:		161504464

	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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
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<B>March 10, 2016</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"><B>Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain
Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</B>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Effective March 10, 2016, the Board of
Directors of Sterling Construction Company, Inc. elected Con L. Wadsworth, 55, Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Operating Officer
of the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Since 1976, Mr. Wadsworth has been associated
with Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, LLC (RLW) a private family-run construction company in which the Company acquired
an 80% interest in December 2009. The Company acquired the remaining 20% of RLW in December 2012. In 2009, Mr. Wadsworth was General
manager of RLW and in August 2011 he was elected President, reporting to RLW's Chief Executive Officer, his brother, Kip Wadsworth.
With the retirement of Kip Wadsworth as Chief Executive Officer in January 2014, the chief executive officer title was eliminated,
and Mr. Wadsworth as President became the chief executive of RLW. While he remained President of RLW, Mr.&nbsp;Wadsworth served
as a Senior Vice President of the Company from June 2014 to mid&mdash;February 2015 when he voluntarily gave up that position.
Brandon Squire, a long-term employee and formerly Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Operating Officer of RLW, has replaced Mr.&nbsp;Wadsworth
as President of RLW.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">Mr.&nbsp;Wadsworth will be compensated, as
follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Incentive Compensation:</font></td>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Mr.&nbsp;Wadsworth will participate in the 2016 incentive compensation program with a target incentive compensation of 100% of his annual salary.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Benefits:</font></td>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Mr.&nbsp;Wadsworth is entitled to the same health, life insurance, disability and other like benefits as are made available to the Company's senior managers generally, and on the same terms and conditions as well as four weeks of paid time off, which includes sick time and vacation.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"><B>Item 8.01 Other Events</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On March 11, 2016, the Company issued a
press release announcing Mr.&nbsp;Wadsworth's election as Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Operating Officer. A copy of the
press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form&nbsp;8-K.</P>

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Statements and Exhibits</B>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">(c)&#9;<I>Exhibits</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><font style="font-size: 10pt">99.1</font></td>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Press release, dated March 11, 2016 (furnished herewith)</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>


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    <TD>Date: March 14, 2016</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><B>Sterling Construction Company, Inc</B>.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>By: </TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Roger M. Barzun</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Roger M. Barzun</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Senior Vice President</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><font style="font-size: 10pt">99.1</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Press release, dated March 11, 2016 (furnished herewith)</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>STERLING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY APPOINTS
CON WADSWORTH</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT &amp; CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">THE WOODLANDS, TX &mdash; March 11, 2016
&mdash; Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: <FONT STYLE="color: windowtext">STRL</FONT>) (&ldquo;Sterling&rdquo; or
&ldquo;the Company&rdquo;) today announced that Con Wadsworth has been named Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Operating Officer,
effective March 10, 2016<FONT STYLE="color: black">. In this newly created role, Mr. Wadsworth will be responsible for driving
operational efficiency and improved performance across all operating subsidiaries of the Company. He will report to Paul Varello,
Sterling&rsquo;s Chief Executive Officer.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Mr. Wadsworth has 40 years of heavy civil
construction experience. Recently he served as President of Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company (&ldquo;RLW&rdquo;), one of
Sterling&rsquo;s most successful subsidiaries. RLW was acquired in late 2009 as part of Sterling&rsquo;s geographic expansion strategy.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&ldquo;We are very pleased to have Con
in this new and vitally important role. He has a long and successful track record at RLW for delivering projects on time and within
budget,&rdquo; stated Mr. Varello. &ldquo;Con has extensive experience in all aspects of our business including estimating, project
management and contract administration. In this new role, Con will apply best practices throughout our operations, and capitalize
on profit-maximizing synergies across our subsidiaries, including bidding strategies, allocation of resources and optimization
of our combined fleet of construction equipment.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">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, Colorado, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and other states where there are profitable construction
opportunities. Its transportation infrastructure projects include highways, roads, bridges, ports and light rail. Its water infrastructure
projects include water, wastewater and storm drainage systems.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This press release includes certain statements
that fall within the definition of &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo; 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&rsquo; and customers&rsquo; actions, and weather conditions, which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including those risks identified in the Company&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><b>Contact:</b></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Sterling Construction Company, Inc.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Jennifer Maxwell, Director of Investor
        Relations</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">281-951-3560</P></td>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><b>Investor Relations Counsel:</b></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Equity Group, Inc.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Fred Buonocore&nbsp;&nbsp;212-836-9607</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Linda Latman&nbsp;&nbsp;212-836-9609</P></td></tr>
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