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Note 16 - Concentration of Risk and Enterprise Wide Disclosures (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member] | Foursquare Properties, Inc [Member]
Receivables, Long-term Contracts or Programs		$ 8,500,000
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member] | TxDOT [Member]
Receivables, Long-term Contracts or Programs		7,600,000
Receivables, Long-term Contracts or Programs	$ 82,112,000	$ 78,896,000

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- Definition

Amount to be collected within one year of the balance sheet date (or one operating cycle, if longer) from customers in accordance with the contractual provisions of long-term contracts or programs including amounts billed and unbilled as of the balance sheet date.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3(c))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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