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Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023 Plant Facility Location Terminal Sector Segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of sectors | Sector	2
Number of reportable business segments | Segment	4
Cement plant locations | Location	8
Slag grinding facility | Facility	1
Cement distribution terminals | Terminal	30
Readymix concrete batch plants	30
Aggregates processing plants	5
Gypsum wallboard plants	5
Proportionate consolidation of share of joint venture revenues and operating earnings	50.00%

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Cement distribution terminals.

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Cement plant locations.

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Gypsum wallboard plants.

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Readymix plants.

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Segment reporting information proportionate consolidation of joint ventures revenues and operating earnings.

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Slag grinding facility.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-18

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