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Revenues from Contracts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Sep. 28, 2019 | Jun. 29, 2019 | Mar. 30, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Sep. 29, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Jan. 01, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ 444.6 | $ 364.8 | $ 372.4 | $ 343.6 | $ 445.0 | $ 362.5 | $ 379.2 | $ 351.9 | $ 1,525.4 | $ 1,538.6 | $ 1,425.8 |
Contract accounts receivable | 260.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 260.8 |  |  | $ 263.9
Change in contract accounts receivable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (3.1) |  |  |
Contract assets | 63.4 |  |  |  | 91.2 |  |  |  | 63.4 | 91.2 |  | 91.2
Change in contract assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (27.8) |  |  |
Contract Liabilities - current | (100.8) |  |  |  | $ (79.5) |  |  |  | (100.8) | (79.5) |  | (79.5)
Change in contract liabilities - current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (21.3) |  |  |
Contract liabilities - non-current | (3.3) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (3.3) |  |  | (2.1)
Change in contract liabilities - non-current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1.2) |  |  |
Net contract balance | $ 220.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 220.1 |  |  | $ 273.5
Change in net contract balance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (53.4) |  |  |
Transferred at Point in Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,001.7 | 956.0 |  |
Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 523.7 | 582.6 |  |
Cooling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 284.2 | 281.7 |  |
Boilers, comfort heating, and ventilation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 309.0 | 300.4 |  |
Underground locators and inspection and rehabilitation equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 194.3 | 159.1 |  |
Signal monitoring, obstruction lighting, and bus fare collection systems |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 190.6 | 161.8 |  |
Power transformers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 403.4 | 373.8 |  |
Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 154.8 | 212.7 |  |
South African projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (10.9) | 49.1 |  |
HVAC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 593.2 | 582.1 | 511.0 |
HVAC | Transferred at Point in Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 593.2 | 582.1 |  |
HVAC | Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
HVAC | Cooling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 284.2 | 281.7 |  |
HVAC | Boilers, comfort heating, and ventilation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 309.0 | 300.4 |  |
HVAC | Underground locators and inspection and rehabilitation equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
HVAC | Signal monitoring, obstruction lighting, and bus fare collection systems |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
HVAC | Power transformers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
HVAC | Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
HVAC | South African projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Detection and Measurement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 384.9 | 320.9 | 260.3 |
Detection and Measurement | Transferred at Point in Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 357.1 | 307.3 |  |
Detection and Measurement | Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27.8 | 13.6 |  |
Detection and Measurement | Cooling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Detection and Measurement | Boilers, comfort heating, and ventilation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Detection and Measurement | Underground locators and inspection and rehabilitation equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 194.3 | 159.1 |  |
Detection and Measurement | Signal monitoring, obstruction lighting, and bus fare collection systems |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 190.6 | 161.8 |  |
Detection and Measurement | Power transformers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Detection and Measurement | Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Detection and Measurement | South African projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Engineered Solutions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 548.9 | 537.0 | 560.7 |
Engineered Solutions | Transferred at Point in Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 48.4 | 61.5 |  |
Engineered Solutions | Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500.5 | 475.5 |  |
Engineered Solutions | Cooling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Engineered Solutions | Boilers, comfort heating, and ventilation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Engineered Solutions | Underground locators and inspection and rehabilitation equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Engineered Solutions | Signal monitoring, obstruction lighting, and bus fare collection systems |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Engineered Solutions | Power transformers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 403.4 | 373.8 |  |
Engineered Solutions | Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 145.5 | 163.2 |  |
Engineered Solutions | South African projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
All Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1.6) | 98.6 | $ 93.8 |
All Other | Transferred at Point in Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.0 | 5.1 |  |
All Other | Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (4.6) | 93.5 |  |
All Other | Cooling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
All Other | Boilers, comfort heating, and ventilation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
All Other | Underground locators and inspection and rehabilitation equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
All Other | Signal monitoring, obstruction lighting, and bus fare collection systems |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
All Other | Power transformers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
All Other | Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.3 | 49.5 |  |
All Other | South African projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (10.9) | $ 49.1 |  |

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