Description of Business - Summary of the Fair Value of Identified Assets and Liabilities (Details) $ in Thousands, € in Millions	Jul. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 02, 2016 EUR (€)	Jun. 02, 2016 USD ($)	May 13, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 18, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Final purchase price goodwill							$ 298,619	$ 249,120
LMJ
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash			$ 0
Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings			0
Inventories			504
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			0
Property, plant and equipment			1,194
Identified intangible assets			795
Deferred income tax assets			0
Other assets			0
Accounts payable			0
Accrued expenses			0
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings			0
Deferred tax liabilities			0
Total identifiable net assets			2,493
Total consideration recorded		€ 2.9	3,235
Less: total identifiable net assets			2,493
Final purchase price goodwill			$ 742
Concrete Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash	$ 0
Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings	1,469
Inventories	857
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	18
Property, plant and equipment	422
Identified intangible assets	1,722
Deferred income tax assets	0
Other assets	0
Accounts payable	(837)
Accrued expenses	(149)
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings	0
Deferred tax liabilities	(482)
Total identifiable net assets	3,020
Total consideration recorded	6,393
Less: total identifiable net assets	3,020
Final purchase price goodwill	$ 3,373
Schultz
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash						$ 0
Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings						1,086
Inventories						0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets						19
Property, plant and equipment						162
Identified intangible assets						3,060
Deferred income tax assets						0
Other assets						0
Accounts payable						(663)
Accrued expenses						0
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings						0
Deferred tax liabilities						0
Total identifiable net assets						3,664
Total consideration recorded						7,662
Less: total identifiable net assets						3,664
Final purchase price goodwill						$ 3,998
Underground Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash					$ 3,630
Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings					6,339
Inventories					12,629
Prepaid expenses and other current assets					671
Property, plant and equipment					2,755
Identified intangible assets					33,370
Deferred income tax assets					12,911
Other assets					90
Accounts payable					(4,653)
Accrued expenses					(5,900)
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings					(2,943)
Deferred tax liabilities					(14,562)
Total identifiable net assets					44,337
Total consideration recorded					88,370
Less: total identifiable net assets					44,337
Final purchase price goodwill					$ 44,033
Fyfe Europe
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash				$ 0
Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings				0
Inventories				0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				0
Property, plant and equipment				50
Identified intangible assets				513
Deferred income tax assets				0
Other assets
Accounts payable				0
Accrued expenses				0
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings				0
Deferred tax liabilities				0
Total identifiable net assets				563
Total consideration recorded				3,000
Less: total identifiable net assets				563
Final purchase price goodwill				$ 2,437