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Disposal group, including discontinued operation, consideration, escrow deposit.

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Disposal group including discontinued operation, consideration, period of escrow for indemnification obligations.

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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities of discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets.

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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of operating activities of discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities.

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Date the entity disposed of a business or a group of assets, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period of all assets and liabilities used in operating activities.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)			9 Months Ended
	Nov. 14, 2018	Aug. 12, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations			$ 834,000	$ 795,000
Cash provided by (used) in investing activities of discontinued operations			$ 11,643,000	$ (128,000)
M&I Electric US Operations \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total cash purchase price of the assets sold		$ 12,400,000
Assumed indebtedness		12,800,000
Escrow deposit		$ 740,000
Period of escrow deposit secured for certain indemnification obligations		6 months
Disposal transaction closing date		Aug. 12, 2018
M&I Electric US Operations \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Subsequent Event
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Decrease in net working capital	$ (4,300,000)
M&I Electric US Operations \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Senior Secured Term Note
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pay off of Senior Secured Term Note and related interest		$ 6,500,000