Ron Botoff | Vice President, Investor Relations and Government Affairs |
Jim Roberts | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Jigisha Desai | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Michael Dudas | Vertical Research Partners |
Rob Jamieson | Cowen & Company |
Brent Thielman | D. A. Davidson |
Steven Ramsey | Thompson Research |
Ben Burud | Goldman Sachs |
Nelson Obus | Wynnefield Capital |
Good morning. My name is Shannon Ginza and I will be your facilitator for today. At this time I would like to welcome everyone to the Granite Construction Investor Relations First Quarter 2019 Conference Call. This conference is being recorded. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.