Defined Contribution Plans (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) employee
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution, percentage of employees' pay	4.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, contributions paid	$ 11,400,000	$ 10,100,000	$ 13,600,000
Multiemployer Defined Contributory Trust Plan [Member]
Defined Contributory Trust [Abstract]
Number of employees in plan \| employee	1,369	1,431	1,378
Required employer's contribution per hour per active employee	$ 0.80	$ 0.75	$ 0.50
Required defined contributory trust contribution, percent of earnings	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Period Contributions	$ 2,800,000	$ 2,800,000	$ 2,100,000
Defined Contribution Savings Plan [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage Contributed for Additional Performance Target			1.00%
Defined Contribution Savings Plan [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage Contributed for Additional Performance Target			2.00%

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Represents the number of employees in multiemployer plans.

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Percentage contributed for additional performance target determined by company performance and the employee's years of service

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Represents the required employer's contribution per hour per active employee.

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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Amount of contributions made to multiemployer plans by the employer. A multiemployer plan is a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Percentage of contributions required by a collective bargaining arrangement to contributions required by all collective bargaining arrangements related to a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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