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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2014
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
Components of amortized intangible assets |
|  | September 27, 2014
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|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships |  | $ | 203,018 |  | $ | 86,175 |  | 13 years
Proprietary Software & Database |  |  | 3,872 |  |  | 2,983 |  | 6 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology |  |  | 12,694 |  |  | 8,258 |  | 8 years
Other |  |  | 4,499 |  |  | 2,584 |  | 3 years
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|  | $ | 224,083 |  | $ | 100,000 |  |
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|  | December 28, 2013
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|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships |  | $ | 177,495 |  | $ | 76,024 |  | 13 years
Proprietary Software & Database |  |  | 3,896 |  |  | 2,896 |  | 6 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology |  |  | 11,334 |  |  | 7,239 |  | 8 years
Other |  |  | 1,620 |  |  | 1,438 |  | 6 years
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|  | $ | 194,345 |  | $ | 87,597 |  |
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Amortization expense for intangible assets |
Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Thirty-nine Weeks Ended |
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2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
$ | 4,702 |  | $ | 3,750 |  | $ | 13,439 |  | $ | 11,446 |
Schedule of future estimated amortization expense |
|  | Estimated Amortization Expense |
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2014 |  | $ | 19,489 |
2015 |  |  | 17,182 |
2016 |  |  | 16,719 |
2017 |  |  | 16,519 |
2018 |  |  | 14,863 |
Non-amortized intangible assets |
|  | September 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013 |  | Year Acquired |
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Webforge |  | $ | 17,595 |  | $ | 17,787 |  |  | 2010 |
Valmont SM |  |  | 11,285 |  |  | — |  |  | 2014 |
Newmark |  |  | 11,111 |  |  | 11,111 |  |  | 2004 |
Ingal EPS/Ingal Civil Products |  |  | 9,286 |  |  | 9,387 |  |  | 2010 |
Donhad |  |  | 7,006 |  |  | 7,082 |  |  | 2010 |
Industrial Galvanizers |  |  | 4,073 |  |  | 4,117 |  |  | 2010 |
Other |  |  | 15,380 |  |  | 14,685 |  |  |  |
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|  | $ | 75,736 |  | $ | 64,169 |  |  |  |
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Carrying amount of goodwill |
|  | Engineered Infrastructure Products Segment |  | Utility Support Structures Segment |  | Coatings Segment |  | Irrigation Segment |  | Other |  | Total |
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Balance at December 28, 2013 |  | $ | 175,442 |  | $ | 75,404 |  | $ | 77,062 |  | $ | 2,420 |  | $ | 19,304 |  | $ | 349,632 |
Acquisitions |  |  | 14,317 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 17,343 |  |  | — |  |  | 31,660 |
Foreign currency translation |  |  | (6,194 | ) |  | — |  |  | (729 | ) |  | (18 | ) |  | (207 | ) |  | (7,148 | )
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Balance at September 27, 2014 |  | $ | 183,565 |  | $ | 75,404 |  | $ | 76,333 |  | $ | 19,745 |  | $ | 19,097 |  | $ | 374,144 |
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