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Exhibit
31.1
Section
302 Certifications
CERTIFICATION
FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS ON FORM 10-Q
I,
Patrick T. Manning, certify that:
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1.
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I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Sterling Construction
Company, Inc.
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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a.
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Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being
prepared;
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b.
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Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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c.
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Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation,
and
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d.
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Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting and;
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5.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
Board of Directors:
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a.
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All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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b.
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Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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Date: November
9, 2009
By: /s/ Patrick T.
Manning
Patrick T. Manning
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer