NOTE 7 - SEGMENT INFORMATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 7 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (“EPCM”) segment provides services relating to the development, management and execution of projects requiring professional engineering and related project services primarily to the midstream and downstream sectors throughout the United States. Services provided by the EPCM segment include feasibility studies, engineering, design, procurement and construction management. The EPCM segment includes the government services group, which provides engineering, design, installation, operation and maintenance of various government, public sector and international facilities. Our Automation segment provides services related to the design, fabrication and implementation of process distributed control and analyzer systems, advanced automation, information technology projects to all of the oil and gas sectors throughout the United States as well as specific projects in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Sales, operating income, identifiable assets, capital expenditures and depreciation for each segment are set forth in the following table. The amount identified as Corporate includes those activities that are not allocated to the operating segments and include costs related to business development, executive functions, finance, accounting, health, safety, and environmental, human resources and information technology. The Corporate function supports both business segments and therefore cannot be specifically assigned to either segment.

Segment information for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 is as follows (dollars in thousands):

For the three months ended March 29, 2014:	EPCM		Automation		Corporate			Consolidated
Revenue	$	12,763	$	14,135	$	—		$	26,898
Gross profit		2,344		3,740		—			6,084
SG&A		1,051		698		2,370			4,119
Operating income (loss)		1,293		3,042		(2,370	)		1,965
Other income									(41	)
Interest expense, net									(32	)
Tax expense									(75	)
Discontinued operations - net of taxes									—
Net income								$	1,817

For the three months ended March 30, 2013:	EPCM Operations Sold		EPCM		Automation		Corporate			Consolidated
Revenue	$	29,568	$	10,544	$	9,651	$	—		$	49,763
Gross profit		2,593		1,231		1,975		—			5,799
SG&A		1,087		723		1,021		3,381			6,212
Operating income (loss)		1,506		508		954		(3,381	)		(413	)
Other expense											122
Interest expense, net											(614	)
Tax benefit											(93	)
Discontinued operations - net of taxes											2,935
Net income										$	1,937

Total Assets by Segment	As of March 29, 2014		As of December 28, 2013
	(dollars in thousands)
EPCM	$	10,580	$	12,311
Automation		12,003		23,029
Corporate		24,882		10,461
Consolidated	$	47,465	$	45,801