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Special Charges, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of special charges by expense type | Special charges for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 are described in more detail below and in the applicable sections that follow:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Employee termination costs | $ | 2.5 |  |  | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | 4.5 |
Facility consolidation costs | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |
Other cash costs, net | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |
Non-cash asset write-downs | — |  |  | 3.6 |  |  | 0.3 |
Total | $ | 2.7 |  |  | $ | 5.3 |  |  | $ | 5.1 |
Schedule of special charges | 2017 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Facility Consolidation Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC segment | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.4 |
Detection and Measurement segment | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |
Engineered Solutions segment | 1.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.9 |
Corporate | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |
Total | $ | 2.5 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2.7 |
2016 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Facility Consolidation Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC segment | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Detection and Measurement segment | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.8 |
Engineered Solutions segment | 1.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 4.5 |
Corporate | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | 5.3 |
2015 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Facility Consolidation Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC segment | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |
Detection and Measurement segment | 0.9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.9 |
Engineered Solutions segment | 1.6 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.0 |
Corporate | 1.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.1 |
Total | $ | 4.5 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 5.1 |
Schedule of the analysis of the entity's restructuring liabilities | The following is an analysis of our restructuring liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015:
| December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 1.7 |
Special charges(1) | 2.7 |  |  | 1.7 |  |  | 4.8 |
Utilization — cash | (3.0 | ) |  | (2.1 | ) |  | (5.1 | )
Currency translation adjustment and other | — |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  | 0.2 |
Balance at the end of year | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 1.6 |
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(1) | The years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 excluded $0.0, $3.6 and $0.3, respectively, of non-cash charges that impacted special charges but not the restructuring liabilities.

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