OPERATOR: Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Sterling Construction RHB acquisition conference call. At this time, I would like to inform you that this conference is being recorded and that all participants are currently in a listen-only mode. I will now turn the conference over to Brian Manning, Vice President of Sterling Construction. Please go ahead, sir.

BRIAN MANNING, VP, STERLING CONSTRUCTION: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the Sterling Construction Company, Inc. conference call. We're proud to announce that Sterling Construction has acquired Road and Highway Builders, LLC of Nevada. I am Brian Manning, Vice President of Sterling Construction Company, and I'm joined by Joe Harper, the President and COO. A slide to accompany today's conference call is attached to your press release or available at sterlingconstructionco.com.

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