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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 26, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of amortized intangible assets | The components of amortized intangible assets at September 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014 were as follows:
| September 26, 2015
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships | $ | 202,199 |  |  | $ | 98,523 |  |  | 13 years
Proprietary Software & Database | 3,534 |  |  | 2,929 |  |  | 8 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology | 12,659 |  |  | 9,211 |  |  | 8 years
Other | 3,833 |  |  | 3,764 |  |  | 3 years
| $ | 222,225 |  |  | $ | 114,427 |  |  |
| 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
| $ | 228,027 |  |  | $ | 103,050 |  |  |
Schedule of amortization expense for intangible assets | Amortization expense for intangible assets for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 26, 2015 and September 27, 2014, respectively was as follows:
Thirteen Weeks Ended
2015 |  | 2014
$ | 4,507 |  |  | $ | 4,702 |
| Thirty-nine Weeks Ended
| 2015 |  | 2014
| $ | 14,157 |  |  | $ | 13,439 |
Schedule of future estimated amortization expense | Estimated annual amortization expense related to finite‑lived intangible assets is as follows:
| Estimated Amortization Expense
2015 | $ | 18,154 |
2016 | 15,944 |
2017 | 15,898 |
2018 | 14,261 |
2019 | 13,434 |
Schedule of non-amortized intangible assets | The carrying values of trade names at September 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014 were as follows:
| September 26, 2015 |  | December 27, 2014 |  | Year Acquired
Webforge | $ | 11,477 |  |  | $ | 16,801 |  |  | 2010
Valmont SM | 9,284 |  |  | 10,818 |  |  | 2014
Newmark | 11,111 |  |  | 11,111 |  |  | 2004
Ingal EPS/Ingal Civil Products | 8,668 |  |  | 8,867 |  |  | 2010
Donhad | 6,539 |  |  | 6,689 |  |  | 2010
Shakespeare | 4,000 |  |  | 4,000 |  |  | 2014
Industrial Galvanizers | 2,713 |  |  | 3,889 |  |  | 2010
Other | 13,567 |  |  | 14,852 |  |  |
| $ | 67,359 |  |  | $ | 77,027 |  |  |
Schedule of carrying amount of goodwill | The carrying amount of goodwill by segment as of September 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014 was as follows:
| 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 | — |  |  | — |  |  | (9,100 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (9,100 | )
Foreign currency translation | (8,840 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,145 | ) |  | (196 | ) |  | (410 | ) |  | (11,591 | )
Divestiture of business | (1,737 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,737 | )
Balance at September 26, 2015 | $ | 186,497 |  |  | $ | 75,404 |  |  | $ | 63,617 |  |  | $ | 19,340 |  |  | $ | 17,825 |  |  | $ | 362,683 |

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