Sterling Awarded Specialty Services Projects Totaling $159 Million During The Second Quarter Of 2021

THE WOODLANDS, TX

July 29, 2021

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) (“Sterling” or “the Company”) today announced that our Specialty Services segment was awarded projects totaling $159 million during the second quarter of 2021.  Significant projects included distribution centers, data centers, e-commerce projects, industrial warehouses, and multi-family residential facilities.

“We continue to be excited about the end market growth and our ability to bid, win, and execute effectively on new projects,” stated Joe Cutillo, Sterling’s CEO.  “This strong market growth has enabled us to continue to expand further geographically with our existing customer base and faster than anticipated. That expansion has also enabled us to secure new customers in these geographies.  Our ability to deliver the toughest projects better and faster than our competitors is what has built these relationships and continues to help us win and grow. The new projects enhance our strong backlog, allow us to deliver consistent value, and give us even more confidence in these strong markets for sustainable growth as we move into the second half of 2021 and beyond.”

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. 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 land development activities (including 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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