Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Goodwill And Intangibles

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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, that lack physical substance, having a projected indefinite period of benefit, acquired at the acquisition date.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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ACQUISITIONS (Details) - Summary of Goodwill and Intangible Asset Classifications (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	May 21, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	358,695us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 371,846us-gaap_Goodwill
Customer relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization Period (Years)	25 years
Recent Acquirees [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	22,576
Total Goodwill and Intangibles	46,951
Recent Acquirees [Member] \| Customer relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets	17,706
Recent Acquirees [Member] \| Tradenames [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite life intangible assets	6,669
Cyclone [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			11,322
Indefinite life intangible assets			3,548
Amortizable intangible assets			11,608
Total Goodwill and Intangibles			26,478
Cyclone [Member] \| Customer relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets			11,608
Cyclone [Member] \| Tradenames [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite life intangible assets			3,548
Northcote [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				11,254
Indefinite life intangible assets				3,121
Amortizable intangible assets				6,098
Total Goodwill and Intangibles				20,473
Northcote [Member] \| Customer relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets				6,098
Northcote [Member] \| Tradenames [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite life intangible assets				$ 3,121