Sterling Awarded Two Projects Totaling $35.1 Million by the Nevada Department of Transportation
Sterling Construction Company (NasdaqGS: STRL) announced that its subsidiary, Road and Highway Builders, LLC, has been awarded two asphalt reconstruction projects by the Nevada Department of Transportation, valued at a total of approximately $35.1 million. The first project, costing $17.1 million, involves 22 miles of asphalt reconstruction on U.S. Route 95 North near Beatty, while the second project, approximately $18.0 million, covers 25 miles from Fallon to Schurz. Work is expected to begin mid-October and conclude by Q2 2021.
- Awarded two significant projects totaling $35.1 million.
- Utilization of RHB operations will be maintained during winter months.
- Reconstruction of highways improves safety for motorists.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) (“Sterling” or “the Company”) today announced that its subsidiary, Road and Highway Builders, LLC (“RHB”) was selected by the Nevada Department of Transportation to perform asphalt reconstruction on two separate portions of U.S. Route 95 in Nevada.
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“U.S. Route 95 in Western Nevada is an important link between the population and tourism centers of Reno and Las Vegas,” stated Joe Cutillo, Sterling’s CEO. “Stretches of this highway sustained damage during recent earthquakes in the area making reconstruction work all the more important to restoring safe road conditions for motorists. We are pleased to once again be working with the Nevada Department of Transportation on another important highway project. These are two great projects for keeping our RHB operation’s utilization high during the winter months and fit well with our core competencies and equipment strengths.”
Sterling Construction Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a construction company that has been involved in the construction industry since its founding in 1955. The Company operates through a variety of subsidiaries within three segments specializing in Heavy Civil, Specialty Services, and Residential projects in the United States (the “U.S.”), primarily across the southern U.S., the Rocky Mountain States, California and Hawaii, as well as other areas with strategic construction opportunities. Heavy Civil includes infrastructure and rehabilitation projects for highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, water, wastewater and storm drainage systems. Specialty Services projects include construction site excavation and drainage, drilling and blasting for excavation, foundations for multi-family homes, parking structures and other commercial concrete projects. Residential projects include concrete foundations for single-family homes.
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