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Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 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, 2017 | $ | 125,707 |  |  | $ | 256,265 |  |  | $ | 255,733 |  |  | $ | 327,188 |  |  | $ | 964,893 |
Acquisitions, sales and purchase price adjustments | 7,500 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 18,438 |  |  | — |  |  | 25,994 |
Balance at December 31, 2018 | 133,207 |  |  | 256,321 |  |  | 274,171 |  |  | 327,188 |  |  | 990,887 |
Acquisitions, sales and purchase price adjustments | 9,338 |  |  | 48,699 |  |  | 14,987 |  |  | — |  |  | 73,024 |
Intersegment transfers | — |  |  | (5,800 | ) |  | — |  |  | 5,800 |  |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | 142,545 |  |  | $ | 299,220 |  |  | $ | 289,158 |  |  | $ | 332,988 |  |  | $ | 1,063,911 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets | Identifiable intangible assets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consist of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, 2019
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Accumulated Impairment Charge |  | Total
Contract backlog | $ | 66,745 |  |  | $ | (61,651 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,094 |
Developed technology/Vendor network | 95,661 |  |  | (60,156 | ) |  | — |  |  | 35,505 |
Customer relationships | 644,755 |  |  | (277,601 | ) |  | (4,834 | ) |  | 362,320 |
Trade names (amortized) | 31,148 |  |  | (21,830 | ) |  | — |  |  | 9,318 |
Trade names (unamortized) | 251,440 |  |  | — |  |  | (52,233 | ) |  | 199,207 |
Total | $ | 1,089,749 |  |  | $ | (421,238 | ) |  | $ | (57,067 | ) |  | $ | 611,444 |
| December 31, 2018
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Accumulated Impairment Charge |  | Total
Contract backlog | $ | 58,945 |  |  | $ | (56,812 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,133 |
Developed technology/Vendor network | 95,661 |  |  | (55,318 | ) |  | — |  |  | 40,343 |
Customer relationships | 522,855 |  |  | (240,073 | ) |  | (4,834 | ) |  | 277,948 |
Trade names (amortized) | 31,148 |  |  | (20,893 | ) |  | — |  |  | 10,255 |
Trade names (unamortized) | 209,840 |  |  | — |  |  | (52,233 | ) |  | 157,607 |
Total | $ | 918,449 |  |  | $ | (373,096 | ) |  | $ | (57,067 | ) |  | $ | 488,286 |
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):
2020 | $ | 56,680 |
2021 | 50,792 |
2022 | 48,589 |
2023 | 47,650 |
2024 | 47,300 |
Thereafter | 161,226 |
| $ | 412,237 |

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