May 8 (Reuters) - Aecon Group Inc ARE.TO
* Aecon reports first quarter 2017 results
* Aecon Group Inc- Backlog as at March 31, 2017 of $4.4 billion compares to backlog of $4.2 billion as at December 31, 2016
* Aecon Group Inc says revenue for three months ended March 31, 2017 was $675 million compared to $691 million in Q1 of 2016
* Qtrly loss per share $0.32
* Q1 earnings per share view C$-0.20 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Aecon Group Inc- Overall revenue expectations for 2017 are for flat to modestly lower volume
* Q1 revenue view C$658.7 million -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Aecon Group Inc- Expect first half of 2017 to be weaker than second half of 2017 due to seasonality of Aecon's work Source text for Eikon: ID:nCNW2rgW7a Further company coverage: ARE.TO