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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.144

                                   CONTRACT

This Agreement, Made and entered into this 23rd day of February, Two Thousand,
in quadruplicate between the State of Nevada, Department of Transportation
thereof, party of the first part, and Meadow Valley Contractors, Inc., P.O. Box
549, of Moapa, NV 89025, party of the second part, hereinafter called the
Contractor.

     Witnesseth, That the said party of the second part agrees with the said
party of the first part, for the consideration and agreements hereinafter
mentioned and contained to be made and performed by the said party of the first
part, and under the conditions expressed in a bond bearing even date with these
presents, and hereunto annexed, that he, the said party of the second part,
shall and will at his own proper cost and expense, do all the work and furnish
all the materials necessary for the substantial construction and completion, and
to the satisfaction of said party of the first part, of a portion of the system
of Highways of the State of Nevada, being in the County of Clark, on I-15 from
1.76 kilometers south of the Erie Union Pacific Railroad Grade Separation to
0.96 kilometers north of Sloan; on I-15 Interchanges at Primm, Jean and Sloan;
on I-15 at the Nevada Highway Patrol Sloan Inspection Station; on I-15 from 6.00
kilometers north of Jean to 0.96 kilometers north of Sloan and on I-15 from 0.96
kilometers north of Sloan to I-215, Route Sections 015-1 Mileposts IR 15
CL-20.67 to CL 26.12, IR 15 CL-0.46 to CL-25.96, IR 15 CL-25.26, IR 15 CL-16.35
to CL-26.12 and IR 15 CL-26.12 to CL-34.82, in strict conformity, in every part
and particular, with the annexed special provisions and specifications, and the
plans entitled "State of Nevada, Department of Transportation; Construction
Plans of Proposed State Highway in the County of Clark, from the
California/Nevada State Line to 2.42 miles (3.895 kilometers) east of the
Junction with Route US 093, Route Sections 015-1" approved by the Director of
the Department of Transportation on September 24, 1999, which special
provisions, specifications and plans are made a part hereof, and in full
compliance with the terms of this agreement.

     And the Contractor hereby further agrees to receive and accept the prices
set forth in the Proposal Schedule, hereto annexed and thereby made a part of
this agreement, as full compensation for furnishing all materials and labor, and
the doing of all work, in strict accordance with the plans, special provisions
and specifications hereinbefore mentioned, to the satisfaction of the Engineer
and in the manner and under the conditions hereinbefore specified.

     The said party of the First part hereby promises and agrees with the said
Contractor, to employ, and does hereby employ, the said Contractor to provide
the materials and do the work according to the terms and conditions herein
contained and referred to, for the prices aforesaid, and hereby contracts to
pay the same at the time, in the manner, and upon the conditions above set
forth; and the said parties themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators,
successors, and assigns, do hereby agree to the full performance of the
covenants herein contained.

     The Contractor further agrees that no moneys payable under this contract
shall be assigned by power of attorney, or otherwise, except upon the written
consent of the Department.

     It is further agreed, by and between the parties hereto, that should there
be any conflict between the terms of this instrument and the bid or proposal of
said Contractor, then this instrument shall control, and nothing herein shall be
considered an acceptance of the said terms of said proposal conflicting
therewith.

     And the said Contractor hereby further agrees that the payment of the final
amount due under this contract shall release the State of Nevada and the
Department of Transportation from any and all claims or liability on account of
work performed under this contract other than such claims, if any, as may be
specifically excepted by the Contractor in writing at the time final payment is
made.

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                                   CONTRACT

In Witness Whereof, The parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands
and seals the year and date first above written.

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Attested:                                               STATE OF NEVADA
                                             Through the Department of Transportation

       /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]^^                     Dated             March 29                 , 2000
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(Director, Department of Transportation)
                                              /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]^^
Approved as to Form & Legality               ------------------------------------------------------------
                                             (Chairman, Board of Directors, Department of Transportation)

                                                  Meadow Valley Contractors, Inc.
                                             ------------------------------------------------------------
      /s/ Brian Hutchins                                            (Contractor)
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(Deputy Attorney General Chief Counsel)      By   /s/ Alan Terril
                                                ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Vice-President
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                 CONTRACTOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT [use (a) or (b)]
                     (a) For an Individual or Partnership

STATE OF ___________________________ }
                                     } SS
COUNTY OF __________________________ }

On this ________________ day of  _________________, A.D.  _________________,
personally appeared before me, a _______________________________________, in and
                                 (Notary Public, Judge or other Officer)
for __________________________ County, State of ________________________,
_____________________________________________________________, known (or proved)
                             (Name)
to me to be person(s) described in and executed the foregoing instrument, who
acknowledged to me that he (they) executed the same freely and voluntarily and
for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

                                       _________________________________________
                                        (Notary Public, Judge or other officer)

                             (b) For a Corporation

STATE OF NEVADA
         ------------------------- }
COUNTY OF CLARK                    } SS
          ------------------------ }

On this       6th        day of March             , A.D.  2000             ,
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personally appeared before me, a Notary Public                         , in and
                                ---------------------------------------
                                (Notary Public, Judge or other officer)
for     Clark     County, State of Nevada   ,   Alan Terril  , known (or proved)
    -------------                  ---------  ---------------
                                                  (Name)
to me to be     Vice-President
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              (President, Vice President or Secretary)
of the corporation that executed the foregoing instrument, and, upon oath, did
depose that he is the officer of said corporation as above designated; that he
is acquainted with the seal of said corporation and that the seal affixed to
said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation; that the signatures
to said instrument were made by officers of said corporation as indicated after
said signatures; and that the said corporation executed the said instrument
freely and voluntarily and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

                                   /s/ Nancy A. McCafferty
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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.145

                              CONTRACT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 23rd day of May, 2000, by and between
the STATE OF ARIZONA, acting by and through its State Engineer duly authorized
by the Director, Arizona

Department of Transportation to enter into such agreement, party of the first
part, and MEADOW VALLEY CONTRACTORS, INC. / R.E. MONKS CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC
(JV) hereinafter called the Contractor, party of the second part.

WITNESSETH: That the said Contractor, for in consideration of the sum to be paid
him by said State Arizona in the manner and at the time hereinafter provided and
of the other covenants and agreements herein contained, hereby agrees, for
himself, heirs, administrators, successors and assigns as follows:

     ARTICLE I - SCOPE OF WORK: The Contractor shall perform in a workmanlike
and substantial manner and to the satisfaction of the State Engineer, all the
work specified under TRACS/Project No.

089A YV 317 H507801C  S-366-548
PRESCOTT-COTTONWOOD HIGHWAY
(US 89-Jct SR 89A)

and furnish at his own cost and expense all necessary machinery, tools,
apparatus, materials and labor to complete the work in the most substantial and
workmanlike manner according to the Plans and Specifications therefor on file
with the State Engineer and such modifications of the same and other directions
that may be made by the State Engineer as provided herein.

     ARTICLE II - CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: It is further agreed that the Proposal,
Plans, Standard Specifications, Special Provisions, Contract Bond(s) and any and
all Supplementary Agreements, and any and all requirements necessary to complete
the work in a substantial and acceptable manner, and any and all equipment and
progress statements required, are hereby referred to and made a part of this
contract, and shall have the same force and effect as though all of the same
were fully inserted herein.

     ARTICLE III - WARRANTY: The Contractor expressly warrants that he is free
from obligation of any other person or persons for services rendered, or
supposed to have rendered, in the procurement of this contract. He further
agrees that any breach of the Warranty shall constitute adequate cause for the
annulment of the Contract by the State of Arizona and that the State of Arizona
may retain to its own use from any sums of money due or become due thereunder,
an amount thereof equal to any brokerage, commission, or percentage so paid, or
agreed to be paid.

     ARTICLE IV - TIME OF COMPLETION: The Contractor further covenants and
agrees that all of the said materials shall be furnished and delivered and all
of the said labor shall be done and performed in every respect to the
satisfaction and approval of the State Engineer and that the said work shall be
turned over to the State Engineer, complete and ready for use, on or before the
specified time herein. The work shall be free and discharged of all claims and
demands whatsoever for, or on account of any and all labor and materials used or
furnished to be used in said work.

     It is expressly understood and agreed that in case of failure on the part
of the Contractor, for any reason, except with the written consent of the State
Engineer, to complete the entire work to the satisfaction of the State Engineer,
and within the aforesaid time limit, the party of the first part shall deduct
from any money due, or which may become due the Contractor, as liquidated
damages, an amount in accordance with Subsection 108.09 of the Contract
Specifications.

     If no money shall be due the Contractor, the State shall have a cause of
action to recover against the Contractor in a court of competent jurisdiction,
liquidated damages, in accordance with Subsection 108.09 of the Contract
Specifications, said deduction to be made, or said sum to be recovered, not as a
penalty, but as liquidated damages; provided, however, that upon receipt of
written notice from the Contractor, of the existence of causes, as herein
provided, over which said Contractor has no control and which must delay the
completion of said work or any delay occasioned by the Arizona Department of
Transportation, the State Engineer may extend the period hereinbefore specified
for the completion of said work in accordance with the Specification and in
such case, the Contractor shall become liable for said liquidated damages for
delays commencing from date said extension period shall expire.

     After the date as set up in Contract plus any extension granted, no further
payments shall be made the Contractor until all work is completed and accepted
by the State engineer. It is also agreed that the date of completion shall be
that upon which the work is accepted by the State Engineer.

     ARTICLE V - CLAIMS FOR EXTRA WORK: It is distinctly understood and agreed
that no claim for extra work or materials, not specifically herein provided,
done or furnished by the Contractor, will be allowed by the State Engineer, nor
shall the Contractor do any work or furnish any materials not covered by these
Specifications and Contract, unless such work is ordered in writing by the State
Engineer. In no event shall the Contractor incur any liability by reason of any
oral direction or instruction that he may be given by the State Engineer, or his
authorized representatives. It is the intent and meaning of this Article that
all orders, directions, instructions, not contained in the Plans,
Specifications, and Special Provisions, pertaining to the work shall be in
writing, and the Contractor hereby waives any claims for compensation for work
done, or materials furnished in violation thereof.

     ARTICLE VI - MISUNDERSTANDING OR DECEPTION: The party of the second part
agrees that he has investigated the site of the work and all parts and
appurtenances thereto and hereby waives any right to plead misunderstanding or
deception as to location, character of work or materials, estimates of
quantities or other conditions surrounding or being a part of the work and
understands that the quantities given in the Bidding Schedule are approximate
only, and hereby agrees to accept the quantities as actually placed and finally
determined upon the completion of the work, in accordance with the Contract
Documents.

     ARTICLE VII - PAYMENTS: For and in consideration of the faithful
performance of the work herein embraced, as set forth in the Contract Agreement,
Specifications, Special Provisions, Bidding Schedule and all general and
detailed Specifications and Plans, which are a part hereof, and in accordance
with the directions of the State Engineer and to his satisfaction or his
authorized agents, the said State of Arizona agrees to pay to said Contractor
the amount earned, computed from the actual quantities of work performed, as
shown by the estimates of the State Engineer, and the unit prices named in the
attached Bidding Schedule and Supplementary Agreements made a part hereof, and
to make such payments in the manner and at the time provided in the
specifications hereto appended.

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     ARTICLE VIII - IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED that no work shall be
done nor any obligations incurred under this contract during any fiscal year
which are in excess of the funds programmed and budgeted for this project for
that fiscal year.

     ARTICLE IX - THE CONTRACTOR SHALL INDEMNIFY AND SAVE HARMLESS THE STATE,
its officers and employees, from all suits, actions or claims of any character
brought because of any injuries or damage received or sustained by any person,
persons or property on account of the operations of the said contractor or an
account of or in consequence of any neglect in safeguarding the work; or through
use of unacceptable materials in constructing the work; or because of any act or
omission, neglect or misconduct of said contractor; or because of any claims or
amounts recovered from any infringements of patent, trademark or copyright; or
from any claims or amounts arising or recovered under the Workmen's Compensation
Act or any other law, ordinance, order or decree, except the contractor is not
required to indemnify or save harmless the State from liability arising from the
negligence of the State.

     The contractor shall indemnify and save harmless any county or incorporated
city, its officers and employees, within the limits of which county or
incorporated city work is being performed, all in the same manner and to the
same extent as provided in the above paragraph.

     IT IS FURTHER UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED that all work required to be done under
this contract in excess of the funds now appropriated and budgeted for this
project shall not be done nor any obligation incurred therefor until such time
as the Legislature appropriates the additional funds and the same are budgeted
for this project by the Arizona Department of Transportation and in that event
the parties hereto are bound to continue performance of this contract to the
extent permitted by the funds so appropriated and budgeted.

     In the event that no funds are appropriated or budgeted for this project
for the succeeding fiscal year, then this contract shall be null and void,
except as to that portion for which funds have now been appropriated and
budgeted, therefore, and no right of action or damages shall accrue to the
benefit of the parties hereto as to that portion of the contract that may so
become null and void.

     All parties are hereby put on notice that this contract (agreement) is
subject to cancellation by the Governor pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes
Section 38-511.

     IT IS ALSO UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED that this contract is subject to A.R.S.
28-1824, 28-1825, 28-1826, together with all other limitations pursuant to the
applicable laws of the State of Arizona relating to public contracts and
expenditures.

089A YV 317 H507801C S-366-548
PRESCOTT-COTTONWOOD HIGHWAY
(US 89-Jct SR 89A)

Witness our hands and seals this 23rd day of May 2000

                               STATE OF ARIZONA

                                   By:           /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]^^
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                                        Department of Transportation

EVIDENCE OF AUTHORITY TO SIGN
THE CONTRACT MUST BE ON FILE
WITH THE DEPARTMENT, OTHERWISE
IT MUST BE FURNISHED WITH THE
PROPOSAL.

                                PARTY OF THE FIRST PART
                                 MEADOW VALLEY CONTRACTORS, INC./
                                 R. E. MONKS CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC (JV)
                                _____________________________________________

                                By: /s/ Bradley E. Larson   /s/ Richard D. Monks
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Contractor
                                  Bradley E. Larson         Richard D. Monks
                                  President                 Vice President

Attest: /s/ Robert W. Bottcher     PARTY OF THE SECOND PART
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               Seal

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