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SPECIAL CHARGES, NET (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of special charges, net | Special charges, net, for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2016 and September 26, 2015 are described in more detail below:
| Three months ended |  | Nine months ended
| October 1, 2016 |  | September 26, 2015 |  | October 1, 2016 |  | September 26, 2015
HVAC segment | $ | — |  |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1.1 |
Detection and Measurement segment | 0.3 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.5 |
Power segment | 1.3 |  |  | 7.6 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 11.4 |
Corporate | (0.1 | ) |  | 1.0 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | 1.0 |
Total | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 8.4 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | 14.0 |
Schedule of the analysis of the entity's restructuring liabilities | The following is an analysis of our restructuring liabilities for the nine months ended October 1, 2016 and September 26, 2015:
| Nine months ended
| October 1, 2016 |  | September 26, 2015
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 11.3 |  |  | $ | 5.1 |
Special charges (1) | 0.2 |  |  | 13.7 |
Utilization — cash | (6.7 | ) |  | (6.0 | )
Currency translation adjustment and other | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.1 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 4.7 |  |  | $ | 12.7 |
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(1) | The nine months ended October 1, 2016 and September 26, 2015 included $3.6 and $0.3 of non-cash charges, respectively, that did not impact the restructuring liability.

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