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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues	$ 153,416	$ 126,567
Cost of revenues	(144,129)	(123,019)
Gross profit	9,287	3,548
General and administrative expenses	(10,604)	(10,085)
Other operating (expense) income, net	(471)	71
Operating loss	(1,788)	(6,466)
Interest income	41	3
Interest expense	(112)	(873)
Loss before income taxes and earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1,859)	(7,336)
Income tax expense	(27)
Net loss	(1,886)	(7,336)
Noncontrolling owners’ interests in earnings of subsidiaries and joint ventures	(371)	8
Net loss attributable to Sterling common stockholders	$ (2,257)	$ (7,328)
Net loss per share attributable to Sterling common stockholders:
Basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.37)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding used in computing per share amounts:
Basic and diluted (in shares)	25,022	19,760

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