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Retirement Benefits - Participation in Multiemployer Defined Benefit Pension Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions	$ 18,847	$ 14,905	$ 14,980
Multiemployer Plans, Pension
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions	12,928	9,885	10,333
Heavy And General Construction Laborers Local 472 and Local 172 | Multiemployer Plans, Pension
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions	5,119	3,343	3,417
International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 825 | Multiemployer Plans, Pension
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions	4,381	2,734	3,610
Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers Pension Plan [Member] | Multiemployer Plans, Pension
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions	1,265	1,411	1,458
All other funds | Multiemployer Plans, Pension
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions	$ 2,163	$ 2,397	$ 1,848
Red Zone
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Multiemployer plan, collective-bargaining arrangement, percentage of contributions required for multiple collective-bargaining arrangements	65.00%
Orange Zone
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Multiemployer plan, collective-bargaining arrangement, percentage of contributions required for multiple collective-bargaining arrangements	80.00%
Yellow Zone
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Multiemployer plan, collective-bargaining arrangement, percentage of contributions required for multiple collective-bargaining arrangements	80.00%
Green Zone
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Multiemployer plan, collective-bargaining arrangement, percentage of contributions required for multiple collective-bargaining arrangements	80.00%

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Amount of cost for employer contribution to multiemployer plan. Multiemployer plan includes, but is not limited to, pension plan determined to be individually significant and insignificant and other postretirement benefit plan.

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