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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Estimated Useful Lives and Residual Values of Company's Rental Equipment | The estimated useful lives and residual values of the Company’s rental equipment used for financial reporting purposes are as follows:
Relocatable modular buildings |  | 18 years, 50% residual value
Relocatable modular accessories |  | 3 to 18 years, no residual value
Portable storage containers |  | 25 years, 62.5% residual value
Electronic test equipment and accessories |  | 1 to 8 years, no residual value
Liquid and solid containment tanks and boxes and accessories |  | 3 to 20 years, no residual value
Property, Plant and Equipment | Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:
(dollar amounts in thousands) |  | Estimated useful life |  |  | December 31, |
|  | in years |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Land |  | Indefinite |  |  | $ | 50,689 |  |  | $ | 45,928 |
Land improvements |  | 20 – 50 |  |  |  | 43,337 |  |  |  | 42,677 |
Buildings |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 26,862 |  |  |  | 26,105 |
Furniture, office and computer equipment |  | 3 – 10 |  |  |  | 32,118 |  |  |  | 35,215 |
Vehicles and machinery |  | 5 – 25 |  |  |  | 34,597 |  |  |  | 30,416 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 187,603 |  |  |  | 180,341 |
Less accumulated depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |  | (70,034 | ) |  |  | (68,854 | )
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 117,569 |  |  |  | 111,487 |
Construction in progress |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,601 |  |  |  | 703 |
|  |  |  |  |  | $ | 119,170 |  |  | $ | 112,190 |
Weighted-Average Common Stock Used to Calculate Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share | The table below presents the weighted-average common stock used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share:
(in thousands) |  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Weighted-average common stock for calculating basic earnings per share |  |  | 23,999 |  |  |  | 23,900 |  |  |  | 25,369 |
Effect of potentially dilutive securities from equity-based compensation |  |  | 270 |  |  |  | 76 |  |  |  | 88 |
Weighted-average common stock for calculating diluted earnings per share |  |  | 24,269 |  |  |  | 23,976 |  |  |  | 25,457 |
Securities Not Included in Computation of Diluted Earnings Per Share | The following securities were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive:
(in thousands) |  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Options to purchase common stock |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 661 |  |  |  | 746 |
Summary of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Activity | The allowance for doubtful accounts activity was as follows:
(in thousands) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Beginning balance, January 1 |  | $ | 2,087 |  |  | $ | 2,087 |
Provision for doubtful accounts |  |  | 1,480 |  |  |  | 1,892 |
Write-offs, net of recoveries |  |  | (1,647 | ) |  |  | (1,892 | )
Ending balance, December 31 |  | $ | 1,920 |  |  | $ | 2,087 |

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