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Information Related to Multi-Employer Pension Plans (Parenthetical) (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Minimum |
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items] |
Contributions made by the Company as percentage of total contributions | 5.00%
13-6130178 |
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items] |
Total plan assets as percentage of accumulated benefit obligation | Less than 65 percent

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- Definition Multiemployer Plan Contributions Percentage + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Indicate whether the multiemployer plan is less than 65 percent funded, between 65 and less than 80 percent funded, or at least 80 percent funded. The acceptable values are: (1) "less than 65 percent", (2) "between 65 and less than 80 percent", (3) "at least 80 percent", and (4) "NA". A multiemployer plan is a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 80 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14450570&loc=SL14450657-114947 + Details
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- Details
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