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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Amortized Intangible Assets

The components of amortized intangible assets at December 26, 2020 and December 28, 2019 were as follows:


	December 26, 2020
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships	$	237,232	$	155,760	13 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology	26,208		8,301		14 years
Other	7,602		6,786		4 years
	$	271,042	$	170,847


	December 28, 2019
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships	$	237,626	$	149,720	13 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology	24,068		6,358		14 years
Other	8,054		7,035		5 years
	$	269,748	$	163,113

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $18,147, $18,087 and $15,328 for the fiscal years ended December 26, 2020, December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, respectively.

Estimated annual amortization expense related to finite‑lived intangible assets is as follows:


	Estimated Amortization Expense
2021	$	15,435
2022	13,270
2023	11,571
2024	9,656
2025	8,222

The useful lives assigned to finite‑lived intangible assets included consideration of factors such as the Company’s past and expected experience related to customer retention rates, the remaining legal or contractual life of the underlying arrangement that resulted in the recognition of the intangible asset and the Company’s expected use of the intangible asset.

Non-amortized intangible assets

Intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized. The carrying values of trade names at December 26, 2020 and December 28, 2019 were as follows:


	December 26, 2020		December 28, 2019		Year Acquired
Newmark	$	11,111	$	11,111	2004
Webforge	7,972		9,143		2010
Valmont SM	8,720		7,966		2014
Ingal EPS/Ingal Civil Products	7,730		7,454		2010

Shakespeare	4,000		4,000		2014
Walpar	3,500		3,500		2018
Convert	9,137		8,378		2018
Other	14,828		17,555
	$	66,998	$	69,107

In its determination of these intangible assets as indefinite‑lived, the Company considered such factors as its expected future use of the intangible asset, legal, regulatory, technological and competitive factors that may impact the useful life or value of the intangible asset and the expected costs to maintain the value of the intangible asset. The Company expects that these intangible assets will maintain their value indefinitely. Accordingly, these assets are not amortized.

The Company’s trade names were tested for impairment in the third quarter of 2020. The values of each trade name were determined using the relief-from-royalty method. Based on this evaluation, no trade names were determined to be impaired. In conjunction with an interim second quarter 2020 goodwill impairment test, impairment indicators were noted for the Webforge and Locker trade names requiring an interim impairment test. As a result, an impairment charge of approximately $3,900 was recognized against these two trade names in fiscal 2020.

Goodwill

The carrying amount of goodwill by segment as of December 26, 2020 and December 28, 2019 was as follows:


	Engineered Support Structures Segment		Utility Support Structures Segment		Coatings Segment		Irrigation Segment		Total
Gross balance at December 28, 2019	$	228,634	$	130,594	$	93,747	$	25,136	$	478,111
Accumulated impairment losses	(18,670)		(14,355)		(16,222)		—		(49,247)
Balance at December 28, 2019	209,964		116,239		77,525		25,136		$	428,864
Acquisitions	—		1,100		—		5,038		6,138
Impairment	(12,575)		—		—		—		(12,575)

Foreign currency translation	3,689		3,641		562		3		7,895
Balance at December 26, 2020	$	201,078	$	120,980	$	78,087	$	30,177	$	430,322


	Engineered Support Structures Segment		Utility Support Structures Segment		Coatings Segment		Irrigation Segment		Total
Gross balance at December 29, 2018	$	204,735	$	123,618	$	80,937	$	25,164	$	434,454
Accumulated impairment losses	(18,670)		(14,355)		(16,222)		—		(49,247)
Balance at December 29, 2018	186,065		109,263		64,715		25,164		385,207
Acquisitions	21,870		7,889		12,374		—		42,133


Foreign currency translation	2,029		(913)		436		(28)		1,524
Balance at December 28, 2019	$	209,964	$	116,239	$	77,525	$	25,136	$	428,864

The Company’s annual impairment test of goodwill was performed during the third quarter of 2020, using primarily the discounted cash flow method. The estimated fair value of all of our reporting units exceeded their respective carrying value, so no goodwill was impaired.

In April 2020, the price of a barrel of oil began a large decline and various economic forecasts show the lower price of oil will continue into the next few years. This lower price for oil and a revised assessment of the Australian market performed in conjunction with the executed restructuring activities required the Company to re-assess the financial projections for the Access Systems reporting unit. This resulted in lower projected net sales, operating income, and cash flows for this reporting unit, resulting in the need for an interim impairment test. The results of the test showed that the reporting unit's carrying value was higher than its estimated fair value. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $12,575 impairment of access system's goodwill in the second quarter of 2020.