Sterling Construction Company Initiates Search for New CEO and Announces Planned Retirement of Joseph P. Harper, Sr.

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. STRL today announced that the Board of Directors has decided to separate the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and has launched a search for a new CEO. The search is being overseen by an ad hoc search committee of independent directors headed by Sterling's Lead Director, Maarten Hemsley, using the services of Heidrick & Struggles, an international executive search firm.