Sterling Construction Is The Selected Contractor For A Sky Harbor International Airport CMAR Project Valued At Approximately $26M
THE WOODLANDS, TX
September 15, 2014
Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) (“Sterling” or “the Company”) today announced that its subsidiary, J. Banicki Construction (“JBC”), was the selected bidder on the Terminal 4, North Apron Reconstruction Project for the City of Phoenix at Sky Harbor International Airport with a value of approximately $26 million. The project, which was awarded using a construction-manager-at-risk (“CMAR”) method, will entail the removal and replacement of approximately 180,000 square yards (37 acres) of 20 inch thick concrete apron in a highly active air operations area. Construction is anticipated to start in mid-2015 and take approximately three years to complete.
Peter MacKenna, Sterling’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “This award supplements our current Sky Harbor work and adds to our aviation infrastructure backlog. We are pleased that our strategy to pursue alternative delivery method projects continues to bear fruit.”
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, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and other states where there are construction opportunities. Its transportation infrastructure projects include highways, roads, bridges and light rail and its water infrastructure projects include water, wastewater and storm drainage systems.
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