Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment

8.Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of (table in thousands):

	September 30,		December 31,
	2011		2010
Furniture and fixtures	$	166,214	$	156,644
Equipment		4,618,877		4,112,000
Buildings and improvements		1,728,750		1,617,154
Land		117,500		115,899
Building construction in progress		50,138		70,114
		6,681,479		6,071,811
Accumulated depreciation		(3,925,476)		(3,543,379)
	$	2,756,003	$	2,528,432

Building construction in progress at September 30, 2011 includes $65.8 million for facilities not yet placed in service that we are holding for future use.