RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2018

Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]

Schedule of restructuring activities

The Company recorded the following pre-tax expenses:

	ESS		Utility		Irrigation		Other/ Corporate		TOTAL
Severance	$	6,255	$	1,825	$	—	$	—	$	8,080
Other cash restructuring expenses	3,512		2,228		—		—		5,740
Impairments of fixed assets/net loss on disposals	4,560		—		—		—		4,560
Total cost of sales	14,327		4,053		—		—		18,380
Severance	10,654		1,100		129		—		11,883
Other cash restructuring expenses	3,151		—		51		126		3,328
Impairments of fixed assets/net loss on disposals	440		—		—		—		440
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	14,245		1,100		180		126		15,651
Consolidated total	$	28,572	$	5,153	$	180	$	126	$	34,031

Schedule of liabilities recorded for the restructuring plan and changes

Change in the liabilities recorded for the restructuring plans were as follows:

	Balance at December 30, 2017		Recognized Restructuring Expense		Costs Paid or Otherwise Settled			Balance at December 29, 2018
Severance	$	—	$	19,963	$	(13,369	)	$	6,594
Other cash restructuring expenses	1,216		9,068		(6,822		)	3,462
Total	$	1,216	$	29,031	$	(20,191	)	$	10,056

Broad Restructuring Plan

Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]

Schedule of restructuring activities

The 2016 Plan was mostly completed by the end of fiscal 2016. During the last six months of fiscal 2016, the Company recorded the following pre-tax expenses from the 2016 Plan:

	Coatings		ESS		Other/ Corporate		TOTAL
Severance	$	69	$	1,620	$	—	$	1,689
Other cash restructuring expenses	—		2,257		—		2,257
Asset impairments/net loss on disposals	—		1,099		—		1,099
Total cost of sales	69		4,976		—		5,045
Severance	236		349		—		585
Other cash restructuring expenses	—		1,961		234		2,195
Total selling, general and administrative expenses	236		2,310		234		2,780
Consolidated total	$	305	$	7,286	$	234	$	7,825