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Business Segments - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020 Location Facility Terminal Plant Sector Segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Number of sectors | Sector | 3
Number of reportable business segments | Segment | 5
Cement plant locations | Location | 8
Slag grinding facility | Facility | 1
Cement distribution terminals | Terminal | 29
Gypsum wallboard plants | Plant | 5
Readymix concrete batch plants | Plant | 26
Aggregates processing plants | Plant | 5
Number of frac sand processing facilities | Facility | 2
Number of frac sand drying facilities | Facility | 4
Number of frac sand trans-load locations | Location | 2
Proportionate consolidation of share of joint venture revenues and operating earnings | 50.00%

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