(2)	Significant Accounting Policies

The significant accounting policies followed by the Company and its subsidiaries in preparing its consolidated financial statements are set forth in Note 1 to such financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company adopted the following accounting pronouncements that were issued in 2011:

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standard Board ("FASB") issued a staff position amending existing guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures in both interim and annual financial statements. This update expands the disclosures for fair value measurements that are estimated using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs. Other than requiring additional disclosures, adoption of this update has not had a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued a staff position which requires an entity to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income, or in two separate but consecutive statements. This update eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of equity. The adoption of this update has not had a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued a staff position that gives an entity the option to make a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood of goodwill impairment. An entity that adopts this option will be required to perform the two-step impairment test only if it concludes that the fair value of a reporting unit is more likely than not less than its carrying value. On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted this option. The adoption of this option has not had a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements, but it may impact the manner in which the Company performs testing for goodwill impairment.

In July 2012, the FASB issued a staff position that gives an entity the option to make a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood of indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment. An entity that adopts this option will be required to perform the quantitative test only if it concludes that the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is more likely than not less than its carrying value. The effective date is for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The Company does not expect the adoption of this option to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements, but it may impact the manner in which the Company performs testing for indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment.

In accordance with normal practice in the construction industry, the Company includes in current assets and current liabilities amounts related to construction contracts realizable and payable over a period in excess of one year. Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings related to the Company's contracts and joint venture contracts at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Unbilled costs and profits incurred to date*	$	141,980	$	107,645
Unapproved change orders		107,786		136,704
Claims		161,896		114,049
	$	411,662	$	358,398

*	Represents the excess of contract costs and profits recognized to date on the percentage of completion accounting method over the amount of contract billings to date on certain contracts.

Of the balance of "Unapproved change orders" and "Claims" included above in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, approximately $72.2 million and $85.2 million, respectively, are amounts subject to pending litigation or dispute resolution proceedings as described in Note 7 – Contingencies and Commitments. These amounts are management's estimate of the probable cost recovery from the disputed claims considering such factors as evaluation of entitlement, settlements reached to date and experience with the customer. In the event that future facts and circumstances, including the resolution of disputed claims, cause a reduction in the aggregate amount of the estimated probable cost recovery from the disputed claims, the amount of such reduction will be recorded against earnings in the relevant future period.

The Company recognizes revenues from its contracts under the percentage of completion method. In the ordinary course of business, and at a minimum on a quarterly basis, the Company updates projected total contract revenue, cost and profit or loss for each of our contracts based on changes in facts, such as an approved scope change, and changes in estimates. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Company's results of operations were impacted by a $12.4 million increase in the estimated recovery projected for a large hospitality and gaming project which was primarily driven by changes in cost recovery assumptions based on evidence presented during the period. Excluding the discrete items that impacted the Company's estimated tax rate as discussed in Note 8 –Income Taxes, this change in estimate resulted in a $12.4 million increase in income from construction operations, a $7.2 million increase in net income and a $0.15 increase in diluted earnings per common share during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. This change was the only change in estimate considered material to the Company's results of operations during the periods presented herein.