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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 27, 2015
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
Components of amortized intangible assets |
|  | June 27, 2015
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships |  | $ | 206,053 |  | $ | 96,178 |  | 13 years
Proprietary Software & Database |  |  | 3,676 |  |  | 2,985 |  | 8 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology |  |  | 13,029 |  |  | 9,290 |  | 8 years
Other |  |  | 3,858 |  |  | 3,486 |  | 3 years
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|  | $ | 226,616 |  | $ | 111,939 |  |
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|  | December 27, 2014
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships |  | $ | 207,509 |  | $ | 88,538 |  | 13 years
Proprietary Software & Database |  |  | 3,769 |  |  | 2,977 |  | 8 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology |  |  | 12,394 |  |  | 8,537 |  | 8 years
Other |  |  | 4,355 |  |  | 2,998 |  | 3 years
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|  | $ | 228,027 |  | $ | 103,050 |  |
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Amortization expense for intangible assets |
Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Twenty-six Weeks Ended |
2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
$ | 4,737 |  | $ | 4,634 |  | $ | 9,650 |  | $ | 8,737 |
Schedule of future estimated amortization expense |
|  | Estimated Amortization Expense |
2015 |  | $ | 18,124 |
2016 |  |  | 16,322 |
2017 |  |  | 16,276 |
2018 |  |  | 14,622 |
2019 |  |  | 13,795 |
Non-amortized intangible assets |
|  | June 27, 2015 |  | December 27, 2014 |  | Year Acquired |
Webforge |  | $ | 16,997 |  | $ | 16,801 |  |  | 2010 |
Valmont SM |  |  | 9,294 |  |  | 10,818 |  |  | 2014 |
Newmark |  |  | 11,111 |  |  | 11,111 |  |  | 2004 |
Ingal EPS/Ingal Civil Products |  |  | 8,971 |  |  | 8,867 |  |  | 2010 |
Donhad |  |  | 6,767 |  |  | 6,689 |  |  | 2010 |
Shakespeare |  |  | 4,000 |  |  | 4,000 |  |  | 2014 |
Industrial Galvanizers |  |  | 3,935 |  |  | 3,889 |  |  | 2010 |
Other |  |  | 14,140 |  |  | 14,852 |  |  |  |
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|  | $ | 75,215 |  | $ | 77,027 |  |  |  |
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Carrying amount of goodwill |
|  | Engineered Infrastructure Products Segment |  | Utility Support Structures Segment |  | Coatings Segment |  | Irrigation Segment |  | Other |  | Total |
Balance at December 27, 2014 |  | $ | 197,074 |  | $ | 75,404 |  | $ | 74,862 |  | $ | 19,536 |  | $ | 18,235 |  | $ | 385,111 |
Impairment |  |  | (1,737 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,737 | )
Foreign currency translation |  |  | (2,789 | ) |  | — |  |  | (634 | ) |  | (78 | ) |  | 213 |  |  | (3,288 | )
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Balance at June 27, 2015 |  | $ | 192,548 |  | $ | 75,404 |  | $ | 74,228 |  | $ | 19,458 |  | $ | 18,448 |  | $ | 380,086 |
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