PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):



	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Land	$	99,006	$	99,794
Asset retirement costs (non-landfill)	10,899		10,938
Landfill assets	109,114		100,983
Buildings and improvements	330,405		327,956
Camp equipment	178,221		187,831
Vehicles	466,726		425,296
Equipment	1,282,855		1,201,296
Furniture and fixtures	5,574		5,260
Construction in progress	62,548		58,010
	2,545,348		2,417,364
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	965,647		815,194
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,579,701	$	1,602,170

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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