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Concentration of Risk and Enterprise Wide Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 137,061	$ 106,976	$ 304,607	$ 278,485
Customer concentration risk \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 138,731		$ 138,731		$ 52,788
Concentration risk, percentage			100.00%		100.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Contract revenues	$ 137,061	$ 106,976	$ 304,607	$ 278,485
Customer concentration risk \| Federal Government \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 5,089		$ 5,089		$ 4,607
Concentration risk, percentage			4.00%		9.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Federal Government \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	8.00%	6.00%	11.00%	9.00%
Contract revenues	$ 10,629	$ 6,246	$ 34,302	$ 24,639
Customer concentration risk \| State Governments \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 2,853		$ 2,853		$ 476
Concentration risk, percentage			2.00%		1.00%
Customer concentration risk \| State Governments \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	6.00%	14.00%	10.00%	12.00%
Contract revenues	$ 8,351	$ 15,490	$ 30,924	$ 33,282
Customer concentration risk \| Local Governments \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 33,215		$ 33,215		$ 13,927
Concentration risk, percentage			24.00%		26.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Local Governments \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	32.00%	20.00%	31.00%	20.00%
Contract revenues	$ 43,768	$ 21,413	$ 95,076	$ 55,505
Customer concentration risk \| Private Companies \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 97,574		$ 97,574		$ 33,778
Concentration risk, percentage			70.00%		64.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Private Companies \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	54.00%	60.00%	48.00%	59.00%
Contract revenues	$ 74,313	$ 63,827	$ 144,305	$ 165,059