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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, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Contract revenues	$ 140,301	$ 86,091	$ 269,924	$ 167,546
Customer concentration risk \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 103,593		$ 103,593		$ 93,398
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	$ 140,301	$ 86,091	$ 269,924	$ 167,546
Customer concentration risk \| Federal Government \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 2,177		$ 2,177		$ 4,230
Concentration risk, percentage			2.00%		5.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Federal Government \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	6.00%	13.00%	4.00%	14.00%
Contract revenues	$ 7,776	$ 11,083	$ 11,932	$ 23,667
Customer concentration risk \| State Governments \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 3,439		$ 3,439		$ 1,274
Concentration risk, percentage			3.00%		1.00%
Customer concentration risk \| State Governments \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	7.00%	15.00%	6.00%	13.00%
Contract revenues	$ 10,462	$ 12,942	$ 15,829	$ 22,572
Customer concentration risk \| Local Governments \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 17,085		$ 17,085		$ 16,650
Concentration risk, percentage			17.00%		18.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Local Governments \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	16.00%	35.00%	16.00%	31.00%
Contract revenues	$ 22,470	$ 30,015	$ 42,147	$ 51,306
Customer concentration risk \| Private Companies \| Trade and contract retainage receivables
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade and retainage receivables	$ 80,892		$ 80,892		$ 71,244
Concentration risk, percentage			78.00%		76.00%
Customer concentration risk \| Private Companies \| Contract revenues
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	71.00%	37.00%	74.00%	42.00%
Contract revenues	$ 99,593	$ 32,051	$ 200,016	$ 70,001