Fair Value - Carrying Value and Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Financial Instruments
Current portion of debt	$ 6,500	$ 6,500
Summit Materials, LLC
Financial Instruments
Current portion of debt	6,500	6,500
Level 2
Financial Instruments
Current portion of debt	6,500	6,500
Level 2 \| Fair Value.
Financial Instruments
Long-term debt	1,913,052	1,586,102
Level 2 \| Carrying Value
Financial Instruments
Long-term debt	1,831,754	1,536,065
Level 2 \| Summit Materials, LLC
Financial Instruments
Current portion of debt	6,500	6,500
Level 2 \| Summit Materials, LLC \| Fair Value.
Financial Instruments
Long-term debt	1,913,052	1,586,102
Level 2 \| Summit Materials, LLC \| Carrying Value
Financial Instruments
Long-term debt	1,831,754	1,536,065
Level 3 \| Fair Value.
Financial Instruments
Current portion of deferred consideration and noncompete obligations	24,226	14,874
Long term portion of deferred consideration and noncompete obligations	21,330	30,287
Level 3 \| Carrying Value
Financial Instruments
Current portion of deferred consideration and noncompete obligations	24,226	14,874
Long term portion of deferred consideration and noncompete obligations	21,330	30,287
Level 3 \| Summit Materials, LLC \| Fair Value.
Financial Instruments
Current portion of deferred consideration and noncompete obligations	21,726	12,375
Long term portion of deferred consideration and noncompete obligations	15,648	22,784
Level 3 \| Summit Materials, LLC \| Carrying Value
Financial Instruments
Current portion of deferred consideration and noncompete obligations	21,726	12,375
Long term portion of deferred consideration and noncompete obligations	$ 15,648	$ 22,784

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Deferred consideration and noncompete obligations noncurrent fair value.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt, classified as current. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19,20)
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