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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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Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies - Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) yr reportingUnit reportingComponent	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) yr reportingUnit	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) yr reportingUnit
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 2,045,041	$ 1,520,575	$ 1,243,000
Goodwill
Goodwill [Line Items]
Discount rate sensitivity analysis, spread on discount rate for which evaluation was completed (percentage)	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Terminal Growth Rate
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, measurement input	0.030	0.025	0.025
Discount Rate
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, measurement input	0.130
Maximum \| Terminal Growth Rate
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, measurement input		0.030
Maximum \| Number of Years of Discounted Cash Flows
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, measurement input \| yr	9	9	9
Maximum \| Discount Rate
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, measurement input		0.150	0.150
Minimum \| Number of Years of Discounted Cash Flows
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, measurement input \| yr	5	5	5
Minimum \| Discount Rate
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, measurement input		0.105	0.130
Clean Energy and Infrastructure, Communications and Oil And Gas
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, number of reporting units \| reportingUnit	1
Oil and Gas
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, number of reporting units \| reportingUnit	4	4	3
Goodwill	$ 465,500	$ 436,600	$ 378,100
Oil and Gas \| One Reporting Unit
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 37,500
Goodwill impairment testing, reporting unit, percentage of estimated fair value in excess of carrying value (percentage)	14.00%
Power Delivery
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, number of reporting units \| reportingUnit	1
Goodwill	$ 270,100	$ 303,400	150,100
Number of reporting components \| reportingComponent	3
Clean Energy and Infrastructure
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, number of reporting units \| reportingUnit	1	1
Goodwill	$ 703,300	$ 166,100	$ 152,700
Communications
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment testing, number of reporting units \| reportingUnit		3	1
Goodwill	$ 606,100	$ 614,500	$ 562,100