Fair Value Measurement, Assumptions Used to Calculate Reporting Unit Fair Value, Revenue Growth Rate, Period Evaluated

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Goodwill Impairment, Segment Value

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Number of reporting units tested for impairment of goodwill. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below an operating segment.

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Percentage of fair value of reporting unit in excess of carrying amount.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Goodwill (Details) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) Rate	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) segment reporting_unit	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 65,982	$ 65,982	$ 33,798	$ 33,798
Number of reporting units \| reporting_unit			2
Number of operating segments \| segment		2	2
Revenue growth rate implied in reporting units valuations, number of years projected			5 years
Heavy Civil Marine Construction Segment
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 33,798	$ 33,798
Discount rate \| Rate	20.00%
Percentage of fair value in excess of carrying amount	1.00%
Commercial Concrete Segment
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 32,200	$ 32,200
Discount rate	15.75%
Percentage of fair value in excess of carrying amount	10.00%
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement \| Heavy Civil Marine Construction Segment
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment, segment value	$ 257,000
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement \| Commercial Concrete Segment
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment, segment value	130,000
Reported Value Measurement \| Heavy Civil Marine Construction Segment
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment, segment value	255,000
Reported Value Measurement \| Commercial Concrete Segment
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment, segment value	$ 117,200