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<div style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 10pt;" align="left"><b>4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets</b> </div>
<div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 10pt;" align="left"> We have tracked accumulated goodwill impairments since December 29, 2001, the first day of fiscal year 2002 and our date of adoption of the accounting guidelines related to the assessment of goodwill for impairment. There were no accumulated goodwill impairment losses as of that date. The following table provides our net carrying amount of goodwill by geographic region in which our reporting units are located: </div>
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<td width="1%"> </td>
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<td width="1%"> </td>
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<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
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<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="6" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Global E&C Group</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="6" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Global Power Group</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>March 31, 2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>December 31, 2010</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>March 31, 2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>December 31, 2010</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">U.S.</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">39,357</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">39,357</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Asia</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">1,056</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">1,053</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Europe</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">51,352</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">48,507</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px;"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;"> </div></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Total</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">40,413</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">40,410</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">51,352</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">48,507</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px;"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;"> </div></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td></tr></table></div>
<div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 10pt;" align="left"> During the fiscal three months ended March 31, 2010, we made a contractual payment of $1,221 related to a prior acquisition of a business in our Global E&C Group's U.S. operations. </div>
<div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 10pt;" align="left"> The following table sets forth amounts relating to our identifiable intangible assets: </div>
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<tr valign="bottom"><td width="35%"> </td>
<td width="2%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="10" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>March 31, 2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="10" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>December 31, 2010</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Gross</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Net</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Gross</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Net</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Carrying</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Accumulated</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Carrying</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Carrying</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Accumulated</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Carrying</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Amount</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Amortization</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Amount</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Amount</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Amortization</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Amount</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Patents</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">41,853</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">(29,191</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">12,662</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">41,237</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">(28,476</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">12,761</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Trademarks</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">64,650</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(28,645</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">36,005</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">63,774</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(27,764</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">36,010</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Customer relationships, pipeline and backlog</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">22,359</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(5,723</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">16,636</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">22,329</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(5,030</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">17,299</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px;"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;"> </div></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Total</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">128,862</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">(63,559</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">65,303</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">127,340</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">(61,270</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">66,070</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px;"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;"> </div></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td></tr></table></div>
<div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 10pt;" align="left"> As of March 31, 2011, the net carrying amounts of our identifiable intangible assets were $48,597 for our Global Power Group and $16,706 for our Global E&C Group. Amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets is recorded within cost of operating revenues on the consolidated statement of operations. The following table details amounts relating to amortization expense by period: </div>
<div align="center">
<table style="font-size: 10pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom"><td width="76%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="6" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Fiscal Three Months Ended March 31,</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2010</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Amortization expense</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">1,648</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">1,778</td>
<td> </td></tr></table></div>
<div align="center">
<table style="font-size: 10pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom"><td width="40%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="18" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>Fiscal Years</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2012</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2013</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2014</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2015</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Approximate full year amortization expense</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">6,200</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">5,900</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">5,600</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">5,300</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">5,300</td>
<td> </td></tr></table></div></div> </div>4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
We have tracked accumulated goodwill impairments since December 29, 2001, thefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse | Otherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDiscloses the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain or loss on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss. This element may be used as a single block of text to include the entire intangible asset disclosure including data and tables.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 142
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