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SEGMENT INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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16. | SEGMENT INFORMATION:
Quanta presents its operations under three reportable segments: (1) Electric Power Infrastructure Services, (2) Natural Gas and Pipeline Infrastructure Services and (3) Fiber Optic Licensing and Other. This structure is generally based on the broad end-user markets for Quanta’s services. See Note 1 for additional information regarding Quanta’s reportable segments. Quanta’s segment results are derived from the types of services provided across its operating units in each of the end user markets described above. Quanta’s entrepreneurial business model allows each of its operating units to serve the same or similar customers and to provide a range of services across end user markets. Quanta’s operating units are organized into one of three internal divisions, namely, the electric power division, natural gas and pipeline division and fiber optic division. These internal divisions are closely aligned with the reportable segments described above based on their operating units’ predominant type of work. Reportable segment information, including revenues and operating income by type of work, is gathered from each operating unit for the purpose of evaluating segment performance in support of Quanta’s market strategies. These classifications of Quanta’s operating unit revenues by type of work for segment reporting purposes can at times require judgment on the part of management. Quanta’s operating units may perform joint infrastructure service projects for customers in multiple industries, deliver multiple types of network services under a single customer contract or provide service across industries, for example, joint trenching projects to install distribution lines for electric power and natural gas customers. In addition, Quanta’s integrated operations and common administrative support at each of its operating units require that certain allocations, including allocations of shared and indirect costs, such as facility costs, indirect operating expenses, including depreciation, and general and administrative costs, to determine operating segment profitability. Corporate costs, such as payroll and benefits, employee travel expenses, facility costs, professional fees, acquisition costs and amortization related to certain intangible assets are not allocated. Summarized financial information for Quanta’s reportable segments is presented in the following table (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electric Power |  | $ | 4,206,509 |  |  | $ | 3,022,659 |  |  | $ | 2,028,734 |
Natural Gas and Pipeline |  |  | 1,534,713 |  |  |  | 1,011,248 |  |  |  | 1,392,824 |
Fiber Optic Licensing and Other |  |  | 179,047 |  |  |  | 159,857 |  |  |  | 207,875 |
Consolidated |  | $ | 5,920,269 |  |  | $ | 4,193,764 |  |  | $ | 3,629,433 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electric Power |  | $ | 520,834 |  |  | $ | 337,726 |  |  | $ | 204,088 |
Natural Gas and Pipeline |  |  | 55,410 |  |  |  | (78,307 | ) |  |  | 118,816 |
Fiber Optic Licensing and Other |  |  | 61,299 |  |  |  | 53,476 |  |  |  | 52,952 |
Corporate and non-allocated costs |  |  | (172,421 | ) |  |  | (118,053 | ) |  |  | (131,865 | )
Consolidated |  | $ | 465,122 |  |  | $ | 194,842 |  |  | $ | 243,991 |
Depreciation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electric Power |  | $ | 55,205 |  |  | $ | 49,038 |  |  | $ | 40,249 |
Natural Gas and Pipeline |  |  | 43,285 |  |  |  | 41,051 |  |  |  | 43,407 |
Fiber Optic Licensing and Other |  |  | 15,173 |  |  |  | 14,736 |  |  |  | 13,749 |
Corporate and non-allocated costs |  |  | 6,640 |  |  |  | 5,049 |  |  |  | 3,794 |
Consolidated |  | $ | 120,303 |  |  | $ | 109,874 |  |  | $ | 101,199 |
Separate measures of Quanta’s assets and cash flows by reportable segment, including capital expenditures, are not produced or utilized by management to evaluate segment performance. Quanta’s fixed assets, which are held at the operating unit level, include operating machinery, equipment and vehicles, as well as office equipment, buildings and leasehold improvements, are used on an interchangeable basis across its reportable segments. As such, for reporting purposes, total depreciation expense is allocated each quarter among Quanta’s reportable segments based on the ratio of each reportable segment’s revenue contribution to consolidated revenues. Foreign Operations During 2012, 2011, and 2010, Quanta derived $861.5 million, $535.0 million and $256.1 million, respectively, of its revenues from foreign operations. Of Quanta’s foreign revenues, approximately 96%, 97% and 88% was earned in Canada during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. In addition, Quanta held property and equipment of $151.9 million and $114.8 million in foreign countries, primarily Canada, as of December 31, 2012 and 2011. The increase in foreign revenues and assets is primarily due to the timing of the acquisitions of Valard, McGregor Construction 2000 Ltd. and certain of its affiliated entities and Coe Drilling Pty. Ltd.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 + Details
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