Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 285,752	$ 249,726
Accumulated Amortization	(90,841)	(75,608)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 194,911	174,118
Licensing Agreements
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Lives	9 years 1 month 29 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 4,418	3,893
Accumulated Amortization	(3,438)	(3,275)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 980	618
Leases
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Lives	10 years 9 months 2 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 2,065	2,065
Accumulated Amortization	(912)	(764)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 1,153	1,301
Trademarks
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Lives	13 years 7 months 15 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 24,185	22,519
Accumulated Amortization	(7,868)	(6,262)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 16,317	16,257
Non-competes
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Lives	1 year 8 months 18 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 1,308	1,210
Accumulated Amortization	(1,054)	(945)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 254	265
Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Lives	11 years 4 months 23 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 187,554	164,779
Accumulated Amortization	(53,830)	(41,967)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 133,724	122,812
Patents and acquired technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Lives	10 years 17 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 66,222	55,260
Accumulated Amortization	(23,739)	(22,395)
Net Carrying Amount	42,483	$ 32,865
LMJ | Licensing Agreements
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	600
LMJ | Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	200
Underground Solutions | Trademarks
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	1,400
Underground Solutions | Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	20,700
Underground Solutions | Patents and acquired technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	11,300
Fyfe Europe | Trademarks
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	100
Fyfe Europe | Non-competes
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	100
Fyfe Europe | Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	300
Concrete Solutions | Trademarks
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	100
Concrete Solutions | Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired	$ 1,600