NOTE 14 - SEGMENT INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 14 - 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 energy industry throughout the United States. The EPCM segment includes the government services group, which provides engineering, design, installation and operation and maintenance of various government, public sector and international facilities. The Automation segment provides services related to the design, fabrication and implementation of process distributed control and analyzer systems, advanced automation, information technology and electrical projects primarily to the upstream and downstream sectors throughout the United States as well as a specific project in Central Asia.

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, safety, human resources and information technology that are not specifically identifiable with the segments.Segment information for the years ended December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013 is as follows (dollars in thousands):

For the year ended December 27, 2014:	EPCM		Automation		Corporate			Consolidated
Operating revenues	$	50,437	$	57,463	$	—		$	107,900
Operating income		4,364		12,385		(9,869	)		6,880
Depreciation and amortization		498		937		891			2,326
Tangible assets		11,452		24,164		12,794			48,410
Goodwill		720		2,086		—			2,806
Other intangible assets		—		440		—			440
Total assets		12,172		26,690		12,794			51,656
Capital expenditures		16		60		1,120			1,196

For the year ended December 28, 2013:	EPCM		Automation		Corporate			Consolidated
Operating revenues	$	123,740	$	45,223	$	—		$	168,963
Operating income (loss)		5,300		5,854		(11,932	)		(778	)
Depreciation and amortization		660		1,191		218			2,069
Tangible assets		11,511		20,053		10,369			41,933
Goodwill		720		2,086		—			2,806
Other intangible assets		80		890		92			1,062
Total assets		12,311		23,029		10,461			45,801
Capital expenditures		612		431		859			1,902

During the year ended December 28, 2013, the Company sold a substantial portion of their continuing operations and a small portion of discontinued operations included in the EPCM segment. The following table presents the portion of operating revenues and operating income retained in the EPCM segment to provide a more meaningful comparison to the 2014 EPCM operations:

For the year ended December 28, 2013:	EPCM Operations Retained		EPCM Operations Sold		Total EPCM
Operating revenues	$	43,901	$	79,839	$	123,740
Operating income		1,465		3,835		5,300

 Financial information by geographic area and segments

Revenue from the Company's Caspian Pipeline Consortium Project in Russia and Kazakhstan contributed $17.7 million and $20.4 million in revenues in our Automation segment for the years ended December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013, respectively. Company assets, other than trade receivables, located in this region are insignificant.