OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income to Earnings) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2016	[1]	Sep. 30, 2016	[1]	Jun. 30, 2016	[1]	Mar. 31, 2016	[1]	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Interest expense														$ 134,076	$ 220,588	$ 243,367
Cost of revenues														2,591,850	2,564,648	2,406,587
Selling, administrative and general expenses														314,986	286,844	272,288
Benefit from income taxes														124,851	94,943	91,692
Net earnings		$ 112,600		$ 142,024		$ 124,709		$ 40,158		$ 88,888	$ 123,805	$ 48,162	$ (39,678)	419,491	221,177	204,923
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Net earnings														1,276	17,813	6,968
Reclassification Adjustment for Cash Flow Hedge Losses [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Interest expense														2,008	9,759	7,988
Benefit from income taxes														(814)	(3,931)	(3,132)
Net earnings	[2]													1,194	5,828	4,856
Amortization of Pension and Postretirement Plan Actuarial Loss and Prior Service Cost [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Cost of revenues														109	15,916	2,789
Selling, administrative and general expenses														25	3,608	688
Benefit from income taxes														(52)	(7,539)	(1,365)
Net earnings	[3]													$ 82	$ 11,985	$ 2,112

[1] 1Amounts are revised to reflect the early adoption of ASU 2016-09 (See Note 1, caption Accounting Standards Recently Adopted) in the fourth quarter of 2016 and presented as adopted as of the beginning of the year. Earnings from continuing operations and Net earnings were increased, as follows: March 31 - $21,234,000 ($0.16 per share); June 30 - $959,000 ($0.01 in diluted net earnings per share only); and September 30 - $2,259,000 ($0.02 per share basic and $0.01 per share diluted).

[2] Totals for 2015 and 2014 include the acceleration of a proportional amount of deferred losses on interest rate derivatives (see Note 5) referable to debt purchases (see Note 6).

[3] Total for 2015 includes a one-time settlement loss resulting from a lump sum payment to a former employee (see Note 10). Total for 2014 includes a one-time curtailment gain (see Note 10) resulting from the sale of our cement and concrete businesses in the Florida area (see Note 19).