Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Chairman [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Non-cancelable operating lease transaction, monthly payments			$ 0.2
Increase in percentage per annum in monthly lease payments (in hundredths)			3.00%
Lease expense	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.8
O&G Industries, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from transactions with related party joint venture partner	4.8	2.4	13.3	4.3
Maximum percentage of revenues earned from joint ventures in current period (in hundredths)	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Number of shares held by related party (in shares)	600,000	600,000	600,000	600,000
Percentage of common stock held by related party (in hundredths)	1.26%	1.27%	1.26%	1.27%
JF Aviation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses incurred with related party	$ 0	$ 0.1	$ 0.4	$ 0.3

Number of shares of common stock held by a related party.

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Expenses incurred with a related party for flight services.

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Percentage increase in the monthly rental payments due under the lease entered into in connection with the leasing transactions. The increase becomes effective each annual period.

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Represents the maximum percentage of revenues earned from the joint venture transactions as a percentage of the Company's consolidated revenues for the reporting period.

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Related party's cumulative holdings, in percentage, of the entity's stock on the date of balance sheet.

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Amount of contract revenues earned from a construction joint venture project. The vice chairman of that partner Company is a related party to the Company as he is also a director of the Company.

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Rental expense incurred for leased assets including furniture and equipment which has not been recognized in costs and expenses applicable to sales and revenues; for example, cost of goods sold or other operating costs and expenses.

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This element represents the payments that the lessee is obligated to make or can be required to make in connection with a property under the terms of an agreement classified as an operating lease, excluding contingent rentals and a guarantee by the lessee of the lessor's debt and the lessee's obligation to pay (apart from the rental payments) executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes.

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