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SPECIAL CHARGES, NET (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of special charges, net | Special charges, net, for the three and nine months ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017 are described in more detail below:
| Three months ended |  | Nine months ended
| September 29, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 29, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017
HVAC segment | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |
Detection and Measurement segment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |
Engineered Solutions segment | 0.8 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 4.0 |  |  | 1.2 |
Corporate | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.1 |
Total | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 4.6 |  |  | $ | 2.0 |
Schedule of the analysis of the entity's restructuring liabilities | The following is an analysis of our restructuring liabilities for the nine months ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017:
| Nine months ended
| September 29, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |
Special charges (1) | 4.0 |  |  | 2.0 |
Utilization — cash | (2.4 | ) |  | (1.4 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 2.2 |  |  | $ | 1.5 |
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(1) | For the nine months ended September 29, 2018, excludes $0.6 of non-cash charges that impacted “Special charges” but not the restructuring liabilities.

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