Adjustment to Net Income, Income Tax Deficiency from Share-based Compensation

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Amount of increase (decrease) in additional paid in capital (APIC) resulting from a tax benefit (deficiency) associated with an share-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) perfconditions shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards outstanding to officers, directors and key employees \| shares		1,100,000
Total number of shares authorized to be issued under our stock incentive plans \| shares		2,000,000
Share-based compensation	$ 3,500	$ 7,900	$ 7,300	$ 4,800
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation not yet recognized, share-based awards other than options		$ 16,900
Remaining weighted-average period		2 years 8 months 4 days
Income tax deficiency from share-based compensation arrangements recognized in statement of operations		$ (1,800)
Tax effect of share-based payment arrangements	374		(535)	3,034
Weighted-average remaining contractual life of options exercisable		3 years 9 months 19 days
Stock and Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation	3,000	$ 7,100	7,200	4,100
Award vesting period		4 years
Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation	300	$ 800	(400)	200
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation	500		300	600
Award vesting period		4 years
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation	$ 0	$ 100	$ 200	$ 0
Award vesting period		4 years
Stock option year term		10 years
Furmanite
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share conversion ratio from business combination					0.215
November 4, 2014 and October 15, 2015 \| Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance Period		3 years
Service Period		3 years
November 4, 2014 and October 15, 2015 \| Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Possible payouts		0.00%
November 4, 2014 and October 15, 2015 \| Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Possible payouts		300.00%
March 15, 2017 \| Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period		2 years
Performance Period		2 years
Share-based compensation award, number of performance conditions \| perfconditions		3
March 15, 2017 \| Relative total shareholder return \| Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Possible payouts		0.00%
March 15, 2017 \| Relative total shareholder return \| Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Possible payouts		200.00%
March 15, 2017 \| Company's results of operations \| Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Possible payouts		0.00%
March 15, 2017 \| Company's results of operations \| Long Term Performance Stock Unit Awards \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Possible payouts		300.00%