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Concentration of Risk and Enterprise Wide Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 86,091	$ 90,251	$ 167,546	$ 171,509
Customer concentration risk \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	62,682		$ 62,682		$ 52,788
Concentration risk, percentage			100.00%		100.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 86,091	$ 90,251	$ 167,546	$ 171,509
Concentration risk, percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Federal Government \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 6,922		$ 6,922		$ 4,607
Concentration risk, percentage			11.00%		9.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Federal Government \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 11,083	$ 6,496	$ 23,667	$ 18,393
Concentration risk, percentage	13.00%	7.00%	14.00%	11.00%
Customer concentration risk \| State Governments \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 389		$ 389		$ 476
Concentration risk, percentage			1.00%		1.00%
Customer concentration risk \| State Governments \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 12,942	$ 10,881	$ 22,572	$ 17,791
Concentration risk, percentage	15.00%	12.00%	13.00%	10.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Local Governments \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 20,052		$ 20,052		$ 13,927
Concentration risk, percentage			32.00%		26.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Local Governments \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 30,015	$ 20,586	$ 51,306	$ 34,092
Concentration risk, percentage	35.00%	23.00%	31.00%	20.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Private Companies \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 35,319		$ 35,319		$ 33,778
Concentration risk, percentage			56.00%		64.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Private Companies \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 32,051	$ 52,288	$ 70,001	$ 101,233
Concentration risk, percentage	37.00%	58.00%	42.00%	59.00%