Goodwill and Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill

The table below summarizes changes in goodwill recorded by the Company during the periods ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:



	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Beginning balance, January 1	$	65,982	$	33,798
Additions	369		32,184
Ending balance	$	66,351	$	65,982

At December 31, 2016, goodwill totaled $66.4 million, of which $33.8 million relates to the heavy civil marine construction segment and $32.6 million relates to the commercial concrete construction segment.

Additions to goodwill were attributable to the acquisition of TAS. The additions above represent goodwill calculated for the acquisition at the date of closing, less the working capital adjustment (See Note 3).

As discussed previously in Note 2, goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually as of October 31 at a reporting unit level. Step one of the October 31, 2016 goodwill impairment test resulted in no indication of impairment for either reporting unit, and no events have occurred since that date that would require an interim impairment test. Since our 2015 impairment test, market conditions affecting our heavy civil marine construction reporting unit have improved and our expectations of future cash flows has increased significantly, resulting in an increase in the fair value we determined for that reporting unit. However, if we are not successful in achieving our anticipated results, we may need to revise these expectations, which could result in a reduction in the fair value. To compensate for the risk in our projections, we used a discount rate commensurate for that risk. The discount rate used in testing goodwill for impairment for the heavy civil marine construction segment was 25.0%, and the fair value of the reporting unit exceeded carrying value by 33.3%. The fair value of the heavy civil marine construction reporting unit was $345.0 million, and the carrying value was $230.3 million. The discount rate used in testing goodwill for impairment for the commercial concrete construction reporting unit was 20.0%, and the fair value of the reporting unit exceeded carrying value by 4.2%. The fair value of the commercial concrete construction reporting unit was $126.0 million, and the carrying value was $120.7 million.

Intangible assets

The tables below present the activity and amortizations of finite-lived intangible assets:



	2016			2015
Intangible assets, January 1	$	34,362		$	7,602
Additions	—			26,760
Total intangible assets, end of year	34,362			34,362

Accumulated amortization, January 1	$	(11,933	)	$	(7,515	)
Current year amortization	(7,287		)	(4,418		)
Total accumulated amortization	(19,220		)	(11,933		)

Net intangible assets, end of year	$	15,142		$	22,429

Finite-lived intangible assets were acquired as part of the purchase of TAS which included contractual backlog and customer relationships. Contractual backlog was valued at approximately $8.7 million and will be amortized over two years. Customer relationships were valued at approximately $18.1 million and will be amortized over eight years. Both of these assets will be amortized using an accelerated method based on the pattern in which the economic benefits of the assets are consumed. For the year ended December 31, 2016, $7.3 million of amortization expense was recognized for these assets. In 2016, the Company evaluated the useful lives of these finite-lived intangible assets and no change was needed. Future expense remaining of approximately $15.1 million will be amortized as follows:



2017	$	4,554
2018	3,168
2019	2,462
2020	1,955
2021	1,448
Thereafter	1,555
	$	15,142

Additionally, the Company has one indefinite-lived intangible asset, a trade name, which is tested for impairment annually on October 31, or whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the trade name may not be recoverable. Impairment is calculated as the excess of the trade name’s carrying value over its fair value. The fair value of the trade name is determined using the relief from royalty method, a variation of the income approach. This method assumes that if a company owns intellectual property it does not have to "rent" the asset and is, therefore, "relieved" from paying a royalty. Once a supportable royalty rate is determined, the rate is then applied to the projected revenues over the expected remaining life of the intangible assets to estimate the royalty savings. This approach is dependent on a number of factors, including estimates of future growth and trends, royalty rates, discount rates and other variables. The impairment test concluded that the fair value of the trade name was $9.9 million, and the carrying value was $6.9 million, therefore no impairment was recorded.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for 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 (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.

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