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Acquisitions (Identifiable Intangible Assets Acquired) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended
Jan. 13, 2015
Dec. 30, 2014
Oct. 29, 2014
Jul. 07, 2014
Tew Holdings, LTD [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired $ 14,048us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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Tew Holdings, LTD [Member] | Trade name [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired 870us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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Tew Holdings, LTD [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired 10,035us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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Tew Holdings, LTD [Member] | Technology [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired 2,480us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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Tew Holdings, LTD [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired 663us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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Chemtec Energy Services, LLC [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired   33,130us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fstr_ChemtecEnergyServicesLlcMember
   
Chemtec Energy Services, LLC [Member] | Trade name [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired   3,149us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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= fstr_ChemtecEnergyServicesLlcMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
   
Chemtec Energy Services, LLC [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired   23,934us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fstr_ChemtecEnergyServicesLlcMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
   
Chemtec Energy Services, LLC [Member] | Technology [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired   4,930us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fstr_ChemtecEnergyServicesLlcMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TechnologyBasedIntangibleAssetsMember
   
Chemtec Energy Services, LLC [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired   1,117us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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= fstr_ChemtecEnergyServicesLlcMember
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= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
   
FWO [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired     419us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fstr_FwoMember
 
FWO [Member] | Trade name [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired     0us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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FWO [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired     34us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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FWO [Member] | Technology [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired     341us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fstr_FwoMember
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FWO [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired     44us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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Carr Concrete [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired       1,348us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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= fstr_CarrConcreteMember
Carr Concrete [Member] | Trade name [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired       613us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fstr_CarrConcreteMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
Carr Concrete [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired       524us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= fstr_CarrConcreteMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Carr Concrete [Member] | Technology [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired       87us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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= us-gaap_TechnologyBasedIntangibleAssetsMember
Carr Concrete [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]        
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]        
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired       $ 124us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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