Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Monthly payments under non-cancelable operating lease agreements	$ 200,000
Percentage increase per annum in monthly lease payments under non-cancelable operating lease agreements (in hundredths)	3.00%
Lease expense under non-cancelable operating lease agreements	2,300,000	2,300,000	2,300,000
O&G Industries, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Company's share of revenues of joint ventures where the joint venture partner is a related party	19,300,000	5,500,000	0
Maximum percentage of revenues earned from joint ventures where the joint venture partner is a related party (in hundredths)	1.00%	1.00%
Number of Company's shares of common stock held by related party joint venture partner (in shares)	600,000	600,000
Percentage of common stock held by related party (in hundredths)	1.26%	1.27%
JF Aviation, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Expenses incurred with related party	$ 400,000	$ 300,000

Number of Company's shares of common stock held by a related party joint venture partner.

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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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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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Percentage increase per annum in the monthly payments under non-cancelable operating lease agreements with the Company's chairman and chief executive officer and an affiliate owned by the Company's chairman and chief executive office, beginning August 1, 2009 and expiring on July 31, 2016.

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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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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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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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