March 6 (Reuters) - Stuart Olson Inc SOX.TO :
* STUART OLSON REPORTS STRONG FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS
* QTRLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.18
* QTRLY CONSOLIDATED CONTRACT REVENUE INCREASED BY 29.0% TO$282.6MILLION
* BACKLOG AS OF DEC 31, 2017 $1.72 BILLION
* COMPARED TO FY2017, EXPECTS 2018 CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTREVENUETO BE MODESTLY HIGHER
* COMPARED TO FY2017, EXPECTS 2018 ADJUSTED EBITDA TO BEMEANINGFULLY HIGHER