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Cash consideration transferred or to be transferred in cash except for contingent consideration.

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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Financial Performance Objectives, Post-Acquisition Period

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 13, 2021 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($) business shares	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) business shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) business shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of contingent consideration liability				$ 157,073	$ 148,517
Goodwill expected to be deductible for income tax purposes				394,600	12,600	$ 1,490,000
Cash payment for contingent consideration liabilities				5,000	1,600	$ 300
Construction Contracting Services Business Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration paid			$ 22,300
Post-acquisition period, financial performance objectives			5 years
Blattner Holding Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration paid	$ 2,430,000
Number of shares granted for acquired companies (in shares) \| shares	3,326,955
Value of Quanta common stock issued	$ 345,400
Post-acquisition period, financial performance objectives	3 years
Contingent consideration payments (up to)	$ 300,000
Fair value of contingent consideration liability				139,900
Businesses That Provide Various Services In The United States \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| business		2
Aggregate cash consideration paid		$ 379,900
Number of shares granted for acquired companies (in shares) \| shares		221,700
Value of Quanta common stock issued		$ 44,900
Post-acquisition period, financial performance objectives		3 years
Acquisitions In 2021 Excluding Blattner
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| business						3
Number of shares granted for acquired companies (in shares) \| shares						187,093
Value of Quanta common stock issued						$ 16,900
Cash consideration						328,200
All Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration payments (up to)				$ 336,800
Acquisitions 2022
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Value of Quanta common stock issued					0
Cash consideration					22,328
Fair value of contingent consideration liability					2,600
Revenues included in consolidated results of operations					15,500
Income from continuing operations before income taxes included in consolidated results of operations					2,000
Amortization expense					1,400
Acquisition-related costs					$ 600
2021 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues included in consolidated results of operations						499,600
Income from continuing operations before income taxes included in consolidated results of operations						(71,600)
Amortization expense						80,300
Acquisition-related costs						$ 41,500
Acquisitions 2023
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| business				5
Number of shares granted for acquired companies (in shares) \| shares				1,238,576
Value of Quanta common stock issued				$ 158,922
Cash consideration				782,351
Fair value of contingent consideration liability				6,850
Revenues included in consolidated results of operations				475,200
Income from continuing operations before income taxes included in consolidated results of operations				(15,900)
Amortization expense				34,700
Acquisition-related costs				$ 31,800