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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets $ 15,186,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance $ 15,644,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance $ 9,300,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
(Increase) decrease in total valuation allowance 400,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (6,300,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (500,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Tax effect of state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards 21,511,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 20,828,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards  
2015 100,000pwr_ExpirationAmountOfStateAndForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsYearOne    
2016 0pwr_ExpirationAmountOfStateAndForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsYearTwo    
2017 700,000pwr_ExpirationAmountOfStateAndForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsYearThree    
2018 100,000pwr_ExpirationAmountOfStateAndForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsYearFour    
2019 0pwr_ExpirationAmountOfStateAndForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsYearFive    
Thereafter 24,400,000pwr_ExpirationAmountOfStateAndForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsThereafter    
Valuation allowance foreign and state net operating loss carryforwards 13,900,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance    
Not provided U.S. income taxes of unremitted foreign earnings 344,500,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Reduction due to expiration of certain federal and state statutes of limitations 9,376,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 11,479,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 11,965,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
Interest and penalties expense (income) in the provision for income taxes 500,000pwr_InterestAndPenaltiesExpenseIncomeInProvisionForIncomeTaxes (300,000)pwr_InterestAndPenaltiesExpenseIncomeInProvisionForIncomeTaxes (1,100,000)pwr_InterestAndPenaltiesExpenseIncomeInProvisionForIncomeTaxes
Gross Amount Before Balance Sheet Presentation Netting [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Tax effect of state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards $ 25,300,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
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Minimum [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Income Tax Examination, Year under Examination 2011    
Open Tax Year 2013    
Maximum [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Income Tax Examination, Year under Examination 2012    
Open Tax Year 2014