Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Your question comes from the line of Rich Wesolowski (ph).
Unidentified Analyst
Good morning, how is it going?
William Dorey
Hey, Rich.
Unidentified Analyst
One question probably off guard on that, the West construction margin, it appears to me that the quarter resemble thought the 2008, in that you reported a good base of profitability and then on top of that you benefited from reestimations of jobs going better than planned, can you discuss that phenomenon is it just one or two that are helping or is it more widespread and maybe to whatever extent that performance is assumed by the guidance.
James Roberts
Hey Rich, this is Jim. Good morning. The comment about the adjustments in the project in the construction results it's a pretty typical issue for our construction work and you're seeing a table literally in the 10-Q that shows the differential in increasing gross profit. So what you're seeing is pretty what we will considered to be standard adjustments when we've relooked at our forecast, the work that we've built in the first quarter, we're building it better than anticipated and a work that we did at the end of last year we're building better than anticipated. So that's why you're seeing adjustment and you continue to see those adjustment every quarter positive or negative as we continue to built the work. So I would just call it pretty much standard operating changes.
Unidentified Analyst
The margin guidance that you had given for 2009 I assume requires only that you reach your anticipated margin and not the extra that you've been getting recently?
James Roberts
Well, the guidance is a combination of what we anticipate, the backlog we have and with the ongoing work that we call our term business going forward. So it is as anticipated net guidance is in a line with our actual forecast, yes.
Unidentified Analyst
Excellent. Thanks a lot.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Katherine Thompson (ph).
Unidentified Analyst
Hi, great, thank you. First question on the World Trade Center project, I know you changed the contract against that, is our understanding that there is certain cost that will run with the pool partners that were included in this project. How do you intend to change your bidding activity or your bid for projects with the World Trade Center and if you could give any more color on the commentary about cost to the run the project specifically that would be very helpful?
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