The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by Granite Construction Incorporated (“we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” or “Granite”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted. Further, the condensed consolidated financial statements reflect, in the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments necessary to state fairly our financial position at March 31, 2019 and 2018 and the results of our operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The December 31, 2018 condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

Our operations are typically affected more by weather conditions during the first and fourth quarters of our fiscal year which may alter our construction schedules and can create variability in our revenues and profitability. Therefore, the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 are not indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

We prepared the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements on the same basis as our annual consolidated financial statements, except for the adoption during the three months ended March 31, 2019 of ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities and ASU 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive none of which had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2019, we adopted ASU No. 2016-02, Leases and subsequently issued related ASUs (“Topic 842”) the impact of which is described in Note 2.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash: The table below presents changes in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and a reconciliation to the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands).

Three Months Ended March 31,	2019			2018
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	$	278,629		$	233,711
End of the period
Cash and cash equivalents		200,263			193,581
Restricted cash		5,825			—
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period		206,088			193,581
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	(72,541	)	$	(40,130	)