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Debt - Narrative (Details) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Notes and deferred payments to sellers, Tealstone acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred payments |  |  | $ 2,400,000 |  |
Promissory notes issued to the sellers |  |  | 5,000,000 |  |
Deferred cash payments due | $ 7,500,000 |  | 7,500,000 |  |
Notes and deferred payments to sellers |  |  | 11,600,000 |  |
Accretion expense | $ 300,000 | $ 300,000 | $ 800,000 | $ 900,000 |
Notes and deferred payments to sellers, Tealstone acquisition | Measurement Input, Discount Rate |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Fair value inputs, discount rate | 0.12 |  | 0.12 |  |
Notes and deferred payments to sellers, Tealstone acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notes Payable | $ 11,967,000 |  | $ 11,967,000 |  | $ 13,572,000
Notes payable for transportation and construction equipment and other |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notes Payable | 900,000 |  | 900,000 |  | 600,000
Senior secured term loans | Oaktree facility | Equipment-based facility |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Oaktree Facility | 67,088,000 |  | $ 67,088,000 |  | $ 74,571,000
Debt instrument, term |  |  | 5 years |  |
Senior secured term loans | Term loan | Loan and security agreement |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument face amount | $ 85,000,000 |  | $ 85,000,000 |  |
Loan prepayment offer required to make quarterly, percentage | 75.00% |  | 75.00% |  |
Debt instrument, financial covenants, maximum ratio of secured indebtedness to EBITDA, period one |  |  | 1.8 |  |
Debt Instrument, financial covenants, minimum daily cash collateral, period two | $ 15,000,000 |  | $ 15,000,000 |  |
Debt Instrument, financial covenants, minimum rolling four quarter gross margin in contract backlog, period two |  |  | 70,000,000 |  |
Debt instrument, financial covenants, maximum incurrence of net capital expenditures during each of four consecutive fiscal quarters |  |  | 15,000,000 |  |
Debt instrument, financial covenants, minimum bonding capacity | $ 1,000,000,000 |  | 1,000,000,000 |  |
Debt instrument, financial covenants, minimum EBITDA during each four consecutive fiscal quarters |  |  | $ 12,000,000 |  |
Senior secured term loans | Term loan | Loan and security agreement | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate |  |  | 8.75% |  |
Notes payable for transportation and construction equipment and other | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, term |  |  | 3 years |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 2.99% |  | 2.99% |  |
Notes payable for transportation and construction equipment and other | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, term |  |  | 5 years |  |
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage | 6.92% |  | 6.92% |  |

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