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Property, Plant and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Nov. 30, 2014
May 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $ 208,362us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 203,621us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Capitalized ERP system development costs    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $ 8,357us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= tisi_CapitalizedSoftwareDevelopmentCostsMember
$ 4,655us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= tisi_CapitalizedSoftwareDevelopmentCostsMember