Operations by Business Segment and Geographic Information Operations by business segment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Schedule of segment reporting information, by segment [Table Text Block]

Information on reportable segments and reconciliation to the consolidated financial statements follows:


	Utility Services		Residential Commercial Services		Total Reportable Segments		All Other			Consolidated
Fiscal Year 2025
Revenues	$	1,067,171	$	877,538	$	1,944,709	$	3,260		$	1,947,969
Less:
Payroll expense	456,754		368,360
Equipment and fuel expense	73,105		58,378
Subcontractor expense	110,803		73,204
Other segment expenses (a)	349,523		299,611				65,565
Income (loss) from operations, reportable segments	$	76,986	$	77,985	$	154,971	$	(62,305)		92,666
Unallocated costs (b)										(20,473)
Income from operations										72,193
Interest expense										(21,764)
Interest income										2,733
Other income (expense), net										(5,441)
Income before income taxes										$	47,721

Depreciation	$	27,207	$	34,507	$	61,714	$	11,654	(c)	$	73,368
Amortization	1,421		3,663		5,084		—			5,084
Capital expenditures	33,996		43,686		77,682		41,346		(d)	119,028
Segment assets, total	397,086		408,240		805,326		691,474		(e)	1,496,800


	Utility Services		Residential Commercial Services		Total Reportable Segments		All Other			Consolidated
Fiscal Year 2024
Revenues	$	1,012,957	$	820,375	1,833,332		$	8,355		$	1,841,687
Less:
Payroll expense	436,080		345,797
Equipment and fuel expense	67,297		55,539
Subcontractor expense	95,406		64,355
Other segment expenses (a)	335,800		276,749				30,641
Income (loss) from operations, reportable segments	$	78,374	$	77,935	$	156,309	$	(22,286)		134,023
Unallocated costs (b)										(19,339)
Income from operations										114,684
Interest expense										(20,331)
Interest income										3,216
Other income (expense), net										(8,378)
Income before income taxes										$	89,191

Depreciation	$	23,140	$	32,366	$	55,506	$	9,056	(c)	$	64,562
Amortization	1,536		3,896		5,432		—			5,432
Capital expenditures	28,817		66,157		94,974		50,543		(d)	145,517
Segment assets, total	409,554		372,041		781,595		625,956		(e)	1,407,551

Fiscal Year 2023
Revenues	$	934,977	$	754,455	$	1,689,432	$	4,049		$	1,693,481
Less:
Payroll expense	419,242		323,325
Equipment and fuel expense	69,105		53,151
Subcontractor expense	68,491		58,805
Other segment expenses (a)	314,725		247,352				16,260
Income (loss) from operations, reportable segments	$	63,414	$	71,822	$	135,236	$	(12,211)		123,025
Unallocated costs (b)										(8,818)
Income from operations										114,207
Interest expense										(13,745)
Interest income										1,894

Other income (expense), net										(5,120)
Income before income taxes										$	97,236

Depreciation	$	21,565	$	29,843	$	51,408	$	2,163	(c)	$	53,571
Amortization	1,873		3,199		5,072		—			5,072
Capital expenditures	21,716		43,147		64,863		22,459		(d)	87,322
Segment assets, total	399,059		367,745		766,804		514,256		(e)	1,281,060

Reconciling adjustments from segment reporting to consolidated external financial reporting include unallocated corporate items:

(a)Other segment expenses include occupancy costs, travel, insurance, depreciation and amortization, selling expenses and all other operating expenses.

(b)Unallocated costs include unallocated corporate expenses.

(c)Adjustments to declining-balance method depreciation expense from straight-line method and depreciation and amortization of corporate assets.

(d)Capital expenditures for corporate facilities and enterprise-wide information systems.

(e)Corporate assets include cash, prepaid expenses, corporate facilities, enterprise-wide information systems and other nonoperating assets.

Schedule of revenue from external customers and long-lived assets attributed to foreign countries by geographic area [Table Text Block]

Geographic Information--The following presents revenues, based on where the service was performed, and long-lived assets by geographic territory:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2025		2024		2023
Revenues
United States	$	1,838,806	$	1,741,143	$	1,594,546
Canada	109,163		100,544		98,935
	$	1,947,969	$	1,841,687	$	1,693,481

	December 31,
	2025		2024		2023
Long-lived assets, net
United States	$	940,563	$	835,648	$	741,294
Canada	36,530		32,950		33,086
	$	977,093	$	868,598	$	774,380

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