Contingent Liabilities - Other (Details) - Threatened Litigation - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 27, 2015
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Demand for payment	$ 34.0	$ 26.0
Decline in contributions, percent (more than)		70.00%
Payments made in accordance with ERISA			$ 9.8
Payments made in current period			$ 5.3

Loss Contingency, Allegations, Percentage of Decline in Contribution to Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan

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Loss Contingency, Payments to Date

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The value (monetary amount) of the award the plaintiff seeks in the legal matter.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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The amount of loss pertaining to the specified contingency that was charged against earnings in the period, including the effects of revisions in previously reported estimates.

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