Revenue Recognition- Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 29, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Revenues	$ 95,621,000	$ 87,840,000	$ 192,078,000	$ 171,962,000
Deferred Revenue, Revenue Recognized	2,671,000		4,604,000
Subcontractor Fees Not Included In Revenues	5,800,000		11,400,000
Engineering and Other Scientific [Member] \| Time And Materials Contracts [Member]
Revenues	62,347,000		126,948,000
Engineering and Other Scientific [Member] \| Fixed Price Contracts [Member]
Revenues	14,733,000		27,179,000
Environmental and Health [Member] \| Time And Materials Contracts [Member]
Revenues	17,618,000		36,188,000
Environmental and Health [Member] \| Fixed Price Contracts [Member]
Revenues	923,000		1,763,000
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Time And Materials Contracts [Member]
Revenues	$ 79,965,000		$ 163,136,000
Concentration Risk, Percentage	84.00%		85.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Fixed Price Contracts [Member]
Revenues	$ 15,656,000		$ 28,942,000
Concentration Risk, Percentage	16.00%		15.00%

The total amount of subcontractor fees not included in revenues.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously reported as deferred or unearned revenue.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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