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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS - Assets Acquired - Tabular Disclosure (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 03, 2025	Mar. 03, 2025	Jan. 31, 2025	Dec. 27, 2024	Oct. 23, 2024
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Goodwill	$ 177,506			$ 140,991
Alternative Power Generation, Inc.
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Current assets		$ 10,606
Non-current assets		12
Liabilities		(12,549)
Non-current lease liability		(240)
Goodwill		31,613
Net assets acquired		36,829
Alternative Power Generation, Inc. \| Backlog
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets		2,561
Alternative Power Generation, Inc. \| Customer Relationships
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets		3,402
Alternative Power Generation, Inc. \| Tradename
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets		$ 1,424
Alpha Inspections, Inc.
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Current assets			$ 1,135
Non-current assets			34
Liabilities			(247)
Goodwill			4,902
Net assets acquired			12,086
Alpha Inspections, Inc. \| Backlog
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets			157
Alpha Inspections, Inc. \| Customer Relationships
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets			5,967
Alpha Inspections, Inc. \| Tradename
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets			$ 138
Enica Engineering, PLLC
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Current assets					$ 2,358
Non-current assets					69
Right-of-use assets					652
Liabilities					(658)
Lease liability					(652)
Goodwill					9,847
Net assets acquired					16,271
Enica Engineering, PLLC \| Backlog
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets					576
Enica Engineering, PLLC \| Customer Relationships
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets					3,892
Enica Engineering, PLLC \| Tradename
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Other intangible assets					$ 187