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Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Estimated Useful Lives By Class of Assets) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022
Building and Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life	10 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life	5 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life	10 years
Vehicles, Dozers, And Other Light Operating Equipment And Systems [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life	3 years
Vehicles, Dozers, And Other Light Operating Equipment And Systems [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life	5 years
Heavy Operating Equipment (Dredges And Barges) [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life	10 years
Heavy Operating Equipment (Dredges And Barges) [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life	30 years

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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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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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