2.4.0.81270 - Disclosure - Related Partiestruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2012http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001065860duration2012-01-01T00:00:002012-12-31T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Related Parties2false 2us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> Note 27 — Related Parties   As described in Note 14 above, on October 22, 2012, the Company entered into a Convertible Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with a group of investors that included Richard Kiphart, the Company’s Chairman and largest individual stockholder, and Chris Capps, one of its directors.  For additional information regarding this transaction please refer to Note 14 above.   As described in Note 15 above, on December 7, 2012, the Company entered into a Letter of Credit Agreement with Richard Kiphart, the Company’s Chairman and largest individual stockholder, pursuant to which Mr. Kiphart agreed to provide collateral in connection with the issuance of letters of credit to support the issuance of surety bonds required under construction contracts won by the Company.  For additional information regarding this transaction please refer to Note 15 above.   The Company does not have a written policy concerning transactions between the Company or a subsidiary of the Company and any director or executive officer, nominee for director, 5% stockholder or member of the immediate family of any such person.  However, the Company’s practice is that such transactions shall be reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors and found to be fair to the Company prior to the Company (or a subsidiary) entering into any such transaction, except for (i) executive officers’ participation in employee benefits which are available to all employees generally; (ii) transactions involving routine goods or services which are purchased or sold by the Company (or a subsidiary) on the same terms as are generally available in arm’s length transactions with unrelated parties (however, such transactions are still subject to approval by an authorized representative of the Company in accordance with internal policies and procedures applicable to such transactions with unrelated third parties); and (iii) compensation decisions with respect to executive officers other than the CEO, which are made by the Compensation Committee pursuant to recommendations of the CEO. </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for related party transactions. 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