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Amount of net tangible assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Total revenue reported by the acquired entity for its previous full fiscal year before the business acquisition.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The amount of liability arising from an inherited contingency (as defined) which has been recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 06, 2017	Nov. 29, 2016	Sep. 16, 2016	Jul. 29, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Apr. 15, 2016	Nov. 24, 2014
Robbins Manufacturing Co. (Robbins) \| South
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price	$ 31,818
Intangible Assets	7,533
Net Tangible Assets	24,285
Acquired entity, prior year sales	$ 86,000
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)	100.00%
Quality Hardwood Sales, LLC (Quality) \| North
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price	$ 23,613
Intangible Assets	14,266
Net Tangible Assets	9,347
Acquired entity, prior year sales	$ 30,000
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)	100.00%
The UBEECO Group Pty. Ltd. (Ubeeco) \| All Other
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price		$ 9,455
Intangible Assets		7,313
Net Tangible Assets		2,142
Acquired entity, prior year sales		$ 20,000
Percentage of stock purchase (as a percent)		100.00%
idX Holdings, Inc. (idX) \| All Other
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price			$ 66,046
Purchase price, holdback			11,337
Cash received			86,294
Intangible Assets			17,016
Net Tangible Assets			49,030
Acquired entity, prior year sales			$ 300,000
Percentage of stock purchase (as a percent)			100.00%
Seven D Truss, L.P. \| North
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price				$ 1,246
Intangible Assets				405
Net Tangible Assets				841
Acquired entity, prior year sales				$ 4,000
Idaho Western, Inc. (IWI) \| West
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price					$ 10,787
Purchase price, holdback					500
Intangible Assets					6,817
Net Tangible Assets					4,248
Acquired entity, prior year sales					$ 21,000
Percentage of stock purchase (as a percent)					100.00%
Packnet Ltd (“Packnet”) \| West
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price							$ 7,506
Payments for minority asset purchase						$ 1,877
Intangible Assets							7,885
Net Tangible Assets							1,498
Acquired entity, prior year sales							$ 9,600
Capital Components & Millwork, Inc. (CCM) \| North
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price						1,682
Business combination, liabilities assumed						205
Net Tangible Assets						1,887
Acquired entity, prior year sales						$ 16,600