Note 5 - Excess Billings Over Costs and Estimated Earnings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Costs incurred and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts	$ 1,741,070	$ 1,566,831
Billings on uncompleted contracts	(1,744,721)	(1,559,077)
(Excess of billings over costs incurred and estimated earnings) excess of costs incurred and estimated earnings over billings on uncompleted contracts	$ (3,651)	$ 7,754

Liability attributable to (i) billings in excess of costs under the percentage of completion contract accounting method representing the difference between contractually invoiced amounts (billings) and revenue recognized based, for example, on costs incurred to estimated total costs at period end or (ii) contractually invoiced amounts (billings) in excess of costs incurred and accumulated under the completed contract accounting method.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 605
-SubTopic 35
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51671739&loc=d3e57807-111642

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 605
-SubTopic 35
-Section 45
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51671739&loc=d3e57788-111642

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 605
-SubTopic 35
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51671739&loc=d3e57795-111642

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