General - Fair Value of Identified Assets and Liabilities (Details) $ in Thousands, € in Millions, £ in Millions	Mar. 01, 2017 GBP (£)	Mar. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 02, 2016 EUR (€)	Jun. 02, 2016 USD ($)	May 13, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 18, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill								$ 302,749	$ 298,619
Environmental Techniques
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash		$ 0
Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings		801
Inventories		1,281
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		93
Property, plant and equipment		1,694
Identified intangible assets		2,011
Deferred income tax assets		0
Other assets		0
Accounts payable		(1,025)
Accrued expenses		(186)
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings		0
Deferred income tax liabilities		0
Total identifiable net assets		4,669
Total consideration recorded	£ 6.5	8,000
Less: total identifiable net assets		4,669
Goodwill		$ 3,377
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							13,282
Other assets							90
Accounts payable							(4,653)
Accrued expenses							(5,900)
Billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings							(2,943)
Deferred income tax liabilities							(14,562)
Total identifiable net assets							44,708
Total consideration recorded							88,370
Less: total identifiable net assets							$ 44,708
Goodwill								43,662
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 income tax liabilities						0
Total identifiable net assets						563
Total consideration recorded						3,000
Less: total identifiable net assets						$ 563
Goodwill								2,437
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 income tax liabilities					0
Total identifiable net assets					2,493
Total consideration recorded				€ 2.9	3,235
Less: total identifiable net assets					$ 2,493
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 income tax liabilities			(482)
Total identifiable net assets			3,020
Total consideration recorded			6,393
Less: total identifiable net assets			$ 3,020
Goodwill								$ 3,373