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Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segments during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows (in thousands):
| United States electrical construction and facilities services segment |  | United States mechanical construction and facilities services segment |  | United States building services segment |  | United States industrial services segment |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2013 | $ | 3,823 |  |  | $ | 217,255 |  |  | $ | 229,204 |  |  | $ | 384,543 |  |  | $ | 834,825 |
Acquisitions, sales and purchase price adjustments | — |  |  | — |  |  | (819 | ) |  | 96 |  |  | (723 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 | 3,823 |  |  | 217,255 |  |  | 228,385 |  |  | 384,639 |  |  | 834,102 |
Acquisitions, sales and purchase price adjustments | — |  |  | 8,816 |  |  | 252 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,068 |
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | 3,823 |  |  | $ | 226,071 |  |  | $ | 228,637 |  |  | $ | 384,639 |  |  | $ | 843,170 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets | Identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 consist of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, 2015
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Accumulated Impairment Charge |  | Total
Contract backlog | $ | 47,745 |  |  | $ | (47,745 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Developed technology/Vendor network | 95,661 |  |  | (40,482 | ) |  | — |  |  | 55,179 |
Customer relationships | 430,356 |  |  | (141,695 | ) |  | (4,834 | ) |  | 283,827 |
Non-competition agreements | 10,220 |  |  | (9,832 | ) |  | — |  |  | 388 |
Trade names (amortized) | 21,248 |  |  | (12,410 | ) |  | — |  |  | 8,838 |
Trade names (unamortized) | 174,039 |  |  | — |  |  | (49,437 | ) |  | 124,602 |
Total | $ | 779,269 |  |  | $ | (252,164 | ) |  | $ | (54,271 | ) |  | $ | 472,834 |
| December 31, 2014
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Accumulated Impairment Charge |  | Total
Contract backlog | $ | 47,620 |  |  | $ | (47,620 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Developed technology/Vendor network | 95,661 |  |  | (35,347 | ) |  | — |  |  | 60,314 |
Customer relationships | 425,873 |  |  | (112,457 | ) |  | (4,834 | ) |  | 308,582 |
Non-competition agreements | 9,980 |  |  | (9,330 | ) |  | — |  |  | 650 |
Trade names (amortized) | 21,248 |  |  | (9,515 | ) |  | — |  |  | 11,733 |
Trade names (unamortized) | 170,218 |  |  | — |  |  | (49,437 | ) |  | 120,781 |
Total | $ | 770,600 |  |  | $ | (214,269 | ) |  | $ | (54,271 | ) |  | $ | 502,060 |
Schedule of Estimated Future Amortization Expense | The following table presents the estimated future amortization expense of identifiable intangible assets in the following years (in thousands):
2016 | $ | 37,380 |
2017 | 35,003 |
2018 | 32,835 |
2019 | 30,853 |
2020 | 30,671 |
Thereafter | 181,490 |
| $ | 348,232 |

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