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RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 24, 2016
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of liabilities recorded for the restructuring plan and changes | Liabilities recorded for the restructuring plans and changes therein for the first three quarters of fiscal 2016 were as follows:
|  | Balance at December 26, 2015 |  | Recognized Restructuring Expense |  | Costs Paid or Otherwise Settled |  | Balance at September 24, 2016
Severance |  | $ | 1,307 |  |  | $ | 1,449 |  |  | $ | (1,431 | ) |  | $ | 1,325 |
Other cash restructuring expenses |  | 1,426 |  |  | 2,998 |  |  | (2,999 | ) |  | 1,425 |
Total |  | $ | 2,733 |  |  | $ | 4,447 |  |  | $ | (4,430 | ) |  | $ | 2,750 |
2016 Plan |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of restructuring activities | During the last six months of fiscal 2016, the Company estimates it will incur the following pre-tax expenses from the 2016 Plan:
|  | Energy & Mining |  | Coatings |  | Other/ Corporate |  | TOTAL
Severance |  | $ | 365 |  |  | $ | 380 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 745 |
Other cash restructuring expenses |  | 1,588 |  |  | 285 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,873 |
Asset impairments/net loss on disposals |  | 815 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 815 |
Total cost of sales |  | 2,768 |  |  | 665 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,433 |
Severance |  | 240 |  |  | 715 |  |  | — |  |  | 955 |
Other cash restructuring expenses |  | 140 |  |  | — |  |  | 225 |  |  | 365 |
Total selling, general and administrative expenses |  | 380 |  |  | 715 |  |  | 225 |  |  | 1,320 |
Consolidated total |  | $ | 3,148 |  |  | $ | 1,380 |  |  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 4,753 |
Broad Restructuring Plan |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of restructuring activities | During the third quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company recognized the following pre-tax restructuring expenses:
|  | ESS |  | Energy & Mining |  | Utility |  | Coatings |  | Irrigation |  | Other/ Corporate |  | TOTAL
Severance |  | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 1,260 |  |  | $ | 204 |  |  | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,733 |
Other cash restructuring expenses |  | 284 |  |  | 500 |  |  | 674 |  |  | 138 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,596 |
Asset impairments/net loss on disposals |  | — |  |  | 890 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 548 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,481 |
Total cost of sales |  | 433 |  |  | 2,650 |  |  | 921 |  |  | 806 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,810 |
Severance |  | 1,201 |  |  | 284 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 52 |  |  | 400 |  |  | 1,937 |
Other cash restructuring expenses |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 238 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 238 |
Asset impairments/net loss on disposals |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,815 |  |  | 1,815 |
Total selling, general and administrative expenses |  | 1,201 |  |  | 284 |  |  | 238 |  |  | — |  |  | 52 |  |  | 2,215 |  |  | 3,990 |
Consolidated total |  | $ | 1,634 |  |  | $ | 2,934 |  |  | $ | 1,159 |  |  | $ | 806 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 2,215 |  |  | $ | 8,800 |

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