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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 25, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of amortized intangible assets | he components of amortized intangible assets at June 25, 2016 and December 26, 2015 were as follows:
| June 25, 2016
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships | $ | 198,175 |  |  | $ | 107,359 |  |  | 13 years
Proprietary Software & Database | 3,632 |  |  | 3,031 |  |  | 8 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology | 6,922 |  |  | 3,687 |  |  | 11 years
Other | 3,856 |  |  | 3,790 |  |  | 3 years
| $ | 212,585 |  |  | $ | 117,867 |  |  |
(4) GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Continued)
| December 26, 2015
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Weighted Average Life
Customer Relationships | $ | 201,801 |  |  | $ | 101,614 |  |  | 13 years
Proprietary Software & Database | 3,571 |  |  | 2,966 |  |  | 8 years
Patents & Proprietary Technology | 6,815 |  |  | 3,421 |  |  | 11 years
Other | 3,752 |  |  | 3,671 |  |  | 3 years
| $ | 215,939 |  |  | $ | 111,672 |  |  |
Schedule of amortization expense for intangible assets | Amortization expense for intangible assets for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 25, 2016 and June 27, 2015, respectively was as follows:
Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Twenty-six Weeks Ended
2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
$ | 4,078 |  |  | $ | 4,737 |  |  | $ | 8,073 |  |  | $ | 9,650 |
Schedule of future estimated amortization expense | Estimated annual amortization expense related to finite‑lived intangible assets is as follows:
| Estimated Amortization Expense
2016 | $ | 15,906 |
2017 | 15,624 |
2018 | 13,990 |
2019 | 13,209 |
2020 | 12,158 |
Schedule of non-amortized intangible assets | The carrying values of trade names at June 25, 2016 and December 26, 2015 were as follows:
| June 25, 2016 |  | December 26, 2015 |  | Year Acquired
Webforge | $ | 9,545 |  |  | $ | 10,430 |  |  | 2010
Valmont SM | 9,246 |  |  | 8,919 |  |  | 2014
Newmark | 11,111 |  |  | 11,111 |  |  | 2004
Ingal EPS/Ingal Civil Products | 7,781 |  |  | 8,504 |  |  | 2010
Donhad | 5,870 |  |  | 6,415 |  |  | 2010
Shakespeare | 4,000 |  |  | 4,000 |  |  | 2014
Industrial Galvanizers | 2,436 |  |  | 2,662 |  |  | 2010
Other | 14,107 |  |  | 13,889 |  |  |
| $ | 64,096 |  |  | $ | 65,930 |  |  |
Schedule of carrying amount of goodwill | The carrying amount of goodwill by segment as of June 25, 2016 and December 26, 2015 was as follows:
| Engineered Support Structures Segment |  | Energy & Mining Segment |  | Utility Support Structures Segment |  | Coatings Segment |  | Irrigation Segment |  |  | Total
Gross goodwill at December 26, 2015 | $ | 101,275 |  |  | $ | 99,829 |  |  | $ | 75,404 |  |  | $ | 75,941 |  |  | $ | 19,359 |  |  |  | $ | 371,808 |
Accumulated impairment losses | — |  |  | (18,670 | ) |  | — |  |  | (16,222 | ) |  | — |  |  |  | (34,892 | )
Balance at December 26, 2015 | $ | 101,275 |  |  | $ | 81,159 |  |  | $ | 75,404 |  |  | $ | 59,719 |  |  | $ | 19,359 |  |  |  | $ | 336,916 |
Foreign currency translation | (2,589 | ) |  | (3,200 | ) |  | — |  |  | 411 |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | (5,313 | )
Balance at June 25, 2016 | $ | 98,686 |  |  | $ | 77,959 |  |  | $ | 75,404 |  |  | $ | 60,130 |  |  | $ | 19,424 |  |  |  | $ | 331,603 |

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