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EQUITY (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Sep. 22, 2014
Jan. 05, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
May 29, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) 25,369,260us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding       23,813,085us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding  
Preferred Stock, shares outstanding (in shares) 54,500us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding       41,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding  
Common stock, shares issued (in shares) 25,400,886us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued       23,844,711us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued  
Convertible common shares $ 500,000us-gaap_ConversionOfStockAmountConverted1 $ 0us-gaap_ConversionOfStockAmountConverted1        
Schuff International, Inc [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)           1,500,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Preferred stock cumulative cash dividend rate (in hundredths) 7.50%us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePercentage
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Preferred stock dividend payment description The accrued value of the Preferred Stock will accrete quarterly at an annualized rate of 4% that will be reduced to 2% or 0% if the Company achieves specified rates of growth measured by increases in its net asset value.          
Preferred stock dividend rate (in hundredths) 4.00%hchc_PreferredStockAccretingDividendsAccruingRate
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Preferred stock redemption description Upon a change of control, holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cause HC2 to redeem their Preferred Stock at a price per share equal to the greater of (i) the accrued value of the Preferred Stock, which amount would be multiplied by 150% in the event of a change in control occurring on or prior to the third anniversary of the issue date of the Series A Preferred Stock plus and accrued but unpaid dividends and (ii) the value that would be received if the share of Preferred Stock were converted into common stock immediately prior to the change of control. At any time after the third anniversary of the issue date of the Series A Preferred Stock, HC2 may redeem the Preferred Stock, in whole but not in part, at a price per share generally equal to 150% of the accrued value per share plus accrued but unpaid dividends. After the third anniversary of the issue date of the Series A Preferred Stock, HC2 may force conversion of the Preferred Stock into common stock if the common stock’s thirty-day volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) exceeds 150% of the then-applicable conversion price and the common stock’s daily VWAP exceeds 150% of the then-applicable conversion price for at least twenty trading days out of the thirty trading day period used to calculate the thirty-day VWAP.          
Preferred stock redemption price per share on accrued and unpaid dividends, percentage (in hundredths) 150.00%hchc_PercentageOfPreferredStockRedemptionPricePerShareOnAccruedAndUnpaidDividends
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Convertible preferred stock volume weighted average price percentage (in hundredths) 150.00%hchc_PercentageOfVolumeWeightedAveragePriceWithRespectToConversionPrice
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= hchc_SchuffInternationalIncMember		          
Volume weighted average price threshold percentage (in hundredths) 150.00%hchc_VolumeWeightedAveragePriceThresholdPercentage
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= hchc_SchuffInternationalIncMember		          
Preferred stock force conversion, trading days to calculate volume weighted average price 30 days          
Preferred stock trading days to calculate volume weighted average price 20 days          
Schuff International, Inc [Member] | Minimum [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Preferred stock dividend rate (in hundredths) 0.00%hchc_PreferredStockAccretingDividendsAccruingRate
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Schuff International, Inc [Member] | Maximum [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Preferred stock dividend rate (in hundredths) 2.00%hchc_PreferredStockAccretingDividendsAccruingRate
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Series A Preferred Stock [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Beneficial conversion feature 400,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalOther
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Convertible common shares 30,000,000us-gaap_ConversionOfStockAmountConverted1
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Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | Minimum [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Intrinsic value (in dollars per share) $ 4.00hchc_IntrinsicValuePerShare
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Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | Maximum [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Intrinsic value (in dollars per share) $ 4.05hchc_IntrinsicValuePerShare
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= us-gaap_MaximumMember
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Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | Schuff International, Inc [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)           30,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Beneficial conversion feature 300,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalOther
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Convertible common shares $ 11,000,000us-gaap_ConversionOfStockAmountConverted1
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Conversion of stock, shares converted (in shares) 500us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1
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= hchc_SeriesAOnePreferredStockMember		          
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Minimum [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Intrinsic value (in dollars per share) $ 4.25hchc_IntrinsicValuePerShare
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= us-gaap_MinimumMember
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= hchc_SeriesAOnePreferredStockMember		          
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Maximum [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Intrinsic value (in dollars per share) $ 4.36hchc_IntrinsicValuePerShare
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= us-gaap_MaximumMember
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= hchc_SeriesAOnePreferredStockMember		          
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Schuff International, Inc [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)     11,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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= hchc_SchuffInternationalIncMember
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Preferred stock conversion price (in dollars per share)     $ 4.25hchc_ConvertiblePreferredStockConversionPricePerShare
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= hchc_SchuffInternationalIncMember
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= hchc_SeriesAOnePreferredStockMember		      
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Schuff International, Inc [Member] | Amendment [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Preferred stock conversion price (in dollars per share)     $ 4.00hchc_ConvertiblePreferredStockConversionPricePerShare
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= hchc_SeriesAOnePreferredStockMember
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Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | Schuff International, Inc [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)       14,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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= hchc_SchuffInternationalIncMember
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= hchc_SeriesATwoPreferredStockMember		    
Preferred stock conversion price (in dollars per share)       $ 8.25hchc_ConvertiblePreferredStockConversionPricePerShare
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= hchc_SchuffInternationalIncMember
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= hchc_SeriesATwoPreferredStockMember		    
Common Stock [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Conversion of stock, shares issued (in shares) 117,763us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesIssued1
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