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Multiemployer Plan, Pension, Number Of Plans

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Number Of Defined Contribution Plans

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Number of Savings Plans

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Increase (decrease) in employer's contractual contribution rate to multiemployer plan.

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands				12 Months Ended
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Aug. 30, 2022 plan	Jun. 21, 2022 plan	Jan. 01, 2021 plan	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) plan	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of savings plan			1
401(k) contributions \| $				$ 4,381	$ 4,363	$ 4,142
Number of unfunded plans				2
Number of multiemployer benefit pension plans				1
Contribution rate increase				4.00%	4.00%
Deferred compensation liability \| $				$ 10,188	$ 8,543
Kappa
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of defined contribution plans		1
Bergstrom
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of defined contribution plans	1