Business Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Business Segments [Abstract]

Business Segments

(11)     Business Segments

The Company offers general contracting, pre-construction planning and comprehensive project management services, including planning and scheduling of the manpower, equipment, materials and subcontractors required for the timely completion of a project in accordance with the terms and specifications contained in a construction contract. The Company also offers self-performed construction services: site work, concrete forming and placement, steel erection, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and HVAC. As described further below, our business is conducted through three segments: Civil, Building and Specialty Contractors. These segments are determined based on how the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (chief operating decision maker) aggregates business units when evaluating performance and allocating resources.

The Civil segment specializes in public works construction and the replacement and reconstruction of infrastructure. The civil contracting services include construction and rehabilitation of highways, bridges, mass-transit systems, and water management and wastewater treatment facilities.

The Building segment has significant experience providing services to a number of specialized building markets for private and public works customers, including the high-rise residential, hospitality and gaming, transportation, health care, commercial and government offices, sports and entertainment, education, correctional facilities, biotech, pharmaceutical, industrial and high-tech markets.

The Specialty Contractors segment specializes in electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection systems and pneumatically placed concrete for a full range of civil and building construction projects in the industrial, commercial, hospitality and gaming, and mass-transit end markets. This segment provides the Company with unique strengths and capabilities, which allow the Company to position itself as a full-service contractor with greater control over scheduled work, project delivery and risk management.

The following table sets forth certain reportable segment information relating to the Company’s operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015:

	Reportable Segments
					Specialty							Consolidated
(in thousands)	Civil			Building	Contractors		Totals		Corporate			Total
Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Total revenue	$	367,501	$	487,994	$	281,773	$	1,137,268	$	—		$	1,137,268
Elimination of intersegment revenue		(31,643)		(20,256)		—		(51,899)		—			(51,899)
Revenue from external customers	$	335,858	$	467,738	$	281,773	$	1,085,369	$	—		$	1,085,369
Income from construction operations	$	33,665	$	12,450	$	9,413	$	55,528	$	(15,406)	(a)	$	40,122
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
Total revenue	$	392,876	$	416,063	$	293,017	$	1,101,956	$	—		$	1,101,956
Elimination of intersegment revenue		(18,202)		(17,233)		(56)		(35,491)		—			(35,491)
Revenue from external customers	$	374,674	$	398,830	$	292,961	$	1,066,465	$	—		$	1,066,465
Income from construction operations	$	30,593	$	(2,279)	$	10,524	$	38,838	$	(18,754)	(a)	$	20,084

(a) Consists primarily of corporate general and administrative expenses.

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company recorded net favorable adjustments totaling $3.0 million in income from construction operations ($0.04 per diluted share) for various Five Star Electric projects in New York in the Specialty Contractors segment. The net impact included material adjustments related to two electrical subcontract projects: a favorable adjustment of $14.0 million for a completed project ($0.17 per diluted share) and an unfavorable adjustment of $13.8 million for a project that is nearly complete ($0.17 per diluted share).

There were no material changes in contract estimates at completion that impacted income from construction operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Income from construction operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 includes depreciation and amortization of $8.1 million for the Civil segment,  $0.6 million for the Building segment,  $1.3 million for the Specialty Contractorssegment and $2.9 million for Corporate. Income from construction operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 includes depreciation and amortization of $5.5 million for the Civil segment,  $0.7 million for the Building segment,  $1.4 million for the Specialty Contractorssegment and $2.5 million for Corporate.

A reconciliation of segment results to the consolidated income before income taxes is as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2016		2015
Income from construction operations	$	40,122	$	20,084
Other income (expense), net		682		(754)
Interest expense		(14,080)		(11,125)
Income before income taxes	$	26,724	$	8,205

Total assets by segment are as follows:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Civil	$	1,947,787	$	1,964,038
Building		902,669		795,851
Specialty Contractors		843,379		860,285
Corporate and other (a)		437,647		416,503
Total Assets	$	4,131,482	$	4,036,677

(a) Consists principally of cash and cash equivalents as well as corporate transportation and other equipment.