XML 55 R6.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v2.4.0.8

Nature of Business | 6 Months Ended
--- | ---
Jun. 30, 2013
Nature of Business |
Nature of Business | Note 1—Nature of Business Organization and operations— Primoris Services Corporation is a holding company of various subsidiaries which, collectively, are engaged in various construction and product engineering activities. The Company’s underground and directional drilling operations install, replace and repair natural gas, petroleum, telecommunications and water pipeline systems, including large diameter pipeline systems. The Company’s industrial, civil and engineering operations build and provide maintenance services to industrial facilities including power plants, petrochemical facilities, and other processing plants; construct multi-level parking structures; and engage in the construction of highways, bridges and other environmental construction activities. The Company is incorporated in the State of Delaware and its corporate headquarters are located at 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1500, Dallas, Texas 75201. The wholly-owned subsidiaries of Primoris include ARB, Inc. (“ARB”), ARB Structures, Inc., All Day Electric Company, Inc., OnQuest, Inc. (parent of OnQuest Canada, ULC, prior to January 1, 2013 Born Heaters Canada, ULC), Cardinal Contractors, Inc., Stellaris, LLC, James Construction Group LLC (“JCG”), Rockford Corporation (“Rockford”) and Primoris Energy Services Corporation (“PES”). Primoris has been acquisitive over the last several years expanding both service capabilities and geographic footprint. The acquisitions in 2012 included the purchase of Sprint Pipeline Services, L.P. (“Sprint”), the purchase of certain assets of Silva Contracting Company, Inc., Tarmac Materials, LLC and C3 Interest, LLC (collectively “Silva”), The Saxon Group (“Saxon”) and the acquisition of Q3 Contracting, Inc. (“Q3C”). The Company is a party to the Blythe Power Constructors joint venture for the installation of a parabolic trough solar field and steam generation system in California. On March 11, 2013, the Company’s subsidiary, PES, purchased the assets of Force Specialty Services Inc. (“FSSI”) which specializes in turn-around work at refineries and chemical plants in the Gulf Coast area. Unless specifically noted otherwise, as used throughout these consolidated financial statements, “Primoris”, “the Company”, “we”, “our”, “us” or “its” refers to the business, operations and financial results of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

X
- Definition The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 94-6 -Paragraph 10 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_NatureOfOperations
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration