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Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2019
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
 
Defined Contribution Plan—The Company sponsors employee 401(k) savings plans for its employees, including certain union employees. The plans provide for various required and discretionary Company matches of employees’ eligible compensation contributed to the plans. The expense for the defined contribution plans was $11.7 million, $11.2 million and $9.3 million for the years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017, respectively.
 
Defined Benefit and Other Postretirement Benefits Plans—The Company’s subsidiary, Continental Cement, sponsors two noncontributory defined benefit pension plans for hourly and salaried employees. The plans are closed to new participants and benefits are frozen. As a result of the collective bargaining unit negotiations in 2017, the hourly defined benefit pension plan was amended to stop future benefit accruals for the Davenport employees effective December 31, 2017. Pension benefits for eligible hourly employees are based on a monthly pension factor for each year of credited service. Pension benefits for eligible salaried employees are generally based on years of service and average eligible compensation.
 
Continental Cement also sponsors two unfunded healthcare and life insurance benefits plans for certain eligible retired employees. Effective January 1, 2014, the plan covering employees of the Hannibal, Missouri location was amended to eliminate all future retiree health and life coverage for current employees. During 2015, Continental Cement adopted one new unfunded healthcare plan to provide benefits prior to Medicare eligibility for certain hourly employees of the Davenport, Iowa location. As a result of the collective bargaining unit negotiations in 2017, hourly Davenport employees hired on or after January 1, 2018 are no longer eligible for retiree medical benefits.
 
The funded status of the pension and other postretirement benefit plans is recognized in the consolidated balance sheets as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligations. For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation (“PBO”) and for the healthcare and life insurance benefits plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (“APBO”). The PBO represents the actuarial present value of benefits expected to be paid upon retirement based on estimated future compensation levels. However, since the plans’ participants are not subject to future compensation increases, the plans’ PBO equals the accumulated benefit obligation (“ABO”). The APBO represents the actuarial present value of postretirement benefits attributed to employee services already rendered. The fair value of plan assets represents the current market value of assets held by an irrevocable trust fund for the sole benefit of participants. The measurement of the benefit obligations is based on the Company’s estimates and actuarial valuations. These valuations reflect the terms of the plan and use participant-specific information, such as compensation, age and years of service, as well as certain assumptions that require significant judgment, including estimates of discount rates, expected return on plan assets, rate of compensation increases, interest-crediting rates and mortality rates.
 
The Company uses December 31 as the measurement date for its defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans.

Obligations and Funded Status—The following information is as of December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 and for the years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017:
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
Change in benefit obligations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
$
24,203

 
$
9,203

 
$
27,984

 
$
9,793

Service cost
 
60

 
166

 
67

 
170

Interest cost
 
928

 
321

 
898

 
317

Actuarial (gain) loss
 
2,571

 
165

 
(3,136
)
 
(173
)
Benefits paid
 
(1,581
)
 
(765
)
 
(1,610
)
 
(904
)
End of period
 
$
26,181

 
$
9,090

 
$
24,203

 
$
9,203

Change in fair value of plan assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
$
17,449

 
$

 
$
19,012

 
$

Actual return on plan assets
 
2,055

 

 
(551
)
 

Employer contributions
 
319

 
765

 
598

 
904

Benefits paid
 
(1,581
)
 
(765
)
 
(1,610
)
 
(904
)
End of period
 
$
18,242

 
$

 
$
17,449

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Funded status of plans
 
$
(7,939
)
 
$
(9,090
)
 
$
(6,754
)
 
$
(9,203
)
Current liabilities
 
$

 
$
(653
)
 
$

 
$
(687
)
Noncurrent liabilities
 
(7,939
)
 
(8,437
)
 
(6,754
)
 
(8,516
)
Liability recognized
 
$
(7,939
)
 
$
(9,090
)
 
$
(6,754
)
 
$
(9,203
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net actuarial (gain) loss
 
$
9,286

 
$
2,121

 
$
7,728

 
$
1,995

Prior service cost
 

 
(1,931
)
 

 
(2,172
)
Total amount recognized
 
$
9,286

 
$
190

 
$
7,728

 
$
(177
)


The amount recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) is the actuarial loss (credit) and prior service cost, which has not yet been recognized in periodic benefit cost.
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
 
benefits 
 
& Life Ins.
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
Amounts recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net actuarial loss (gain)
 
$
1,760

 
$
165

 
$
(1,300
)
 
$
(172
)
 
$
1,068

 
$
(338
)
Prior service cost
 

 

 

 

 

 
(572
)
Amortization of prior year service cost
 

 
241

 

 
241

 

 
168

Curtailment benefit
 

 

 

 

 
(429
)
 

Amortization of gain
 
(202
)
 
(39
)
 
(312
)
 
(118
)
 
(547
)
 
(64
)
Adjustment to plan benefits
 

 

 

 

 

 
(414
)
Total amount recognized
 
$
1,558

 
$
367

 
$
(1,612
)
 
$
(49
)
 
$
92

 
$
(1,220
)

Components of net periodic benefit cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
60

 
$
166

 
$
67

 
$
170

 
$
285

 
$
184

Interest cost
 
928

 
321

 
898

 
317

 
998

 
365

Amortization of gain
 
202

 
39

 
312

 
118

 
547

 
64

Expected return on plan assets
 
(1,244
)
 

 
(1,284
)
 

 
(1,302
)
 

Amortization of prior service credit
 

 
(241
)
 

 
(241
)
 

 
(168
)
Net periodic (expense) benefit cost
 
$
(54
)
 
$
285

 
$
(7
)
 
$
364

 
$
528

 
$
445


 
Assumptions—Weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations as of year-end 2019 and 2018 are:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
    
 
    
Healthcare
    
 
    
Healthcare
 
 
Pension benefits 
 
& Life Ins. 
 
Pension benefits 
 
& Life Ins. 
Discount rate
    
2.78% - 2.96%
 
2.73% - 2.79%
 
3.90% - 4.02%
 
3.87% - 3.91%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets
 
7.00%
 
N/A
 
7.00%
 
N/A

 
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost for years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
 
    
 
    
Healthcare
    
 
    
Healthcare
 
 
 
Healthcare
 
 
Pension benefits 
 
& Life Ins.
 
Pension benefits 
 
& Life Ins. 
 
Pension benefits 
 
& Life Ins. 
Discount rate
    
3.90% - 4.02%
 
3.87% - 3.91%
 
3.23% - 3.37%
 
3.20% - 3.25%
 
3.61% - 3.81%
 
3.54% - 3.65%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets
 
7.00%
 
N/A
 
7.00%
 
N/A
 
7.00%
 
N/A

 
The expected long-term return on plan assets is based upon the Plans’ consideration of historical and forward-looking returns and the Company’s estimation of what a portfolio, with the target allocation described below, will earn over a long-term horizon. The discount rate is derived using the FTSE Pension Discount Curve.

Assumed health care cost trend rates were 8.0% grading to 8.0% as of year-end 2019 and 2018. Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the Company’s healthcare and life insurance benefits plans. A one percentage-point change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects as of year-end 2019 and 2018:
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
Increase
 
Decrease
 
Increase
 
Decrease
Total service cost and interest cost components
 
$
30

 
$
(26
)
 
$
31

 
$
(27
)
APBO
 
773

 
(678
)
 
765

 
(690
)

 
Plan Assets—The defined benefit pension plans’ (the “Plans”) investment strategy is to minimize investment risk while generating acceptable returns. The Plans currently invest a relatively high proportion of the plan assets in fixed income securities, while the remainder is invested in equity securities, cash reserves and precious metals. The equity securities are diversified into funds with growth and value investment strategies. The target allocation for plan assets is as follows: equity securities—30%; fixed income securities—63%; cash reserves—5%; and precious metals—2%. The Plans’ current investment allocations are within the tolerance of the target allocation. The Company had no Level 3 investments as of or for the years ended December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018.
 
At year-end 2019 and 2018, the Plans’ assets were invested predominantly in fixed-income securities and publicly traded equities, but may invest in other asset classes in the future subject to the parameters of the investment policy. The Plans’ investments in fixed-income assets include U.S. Treasury and U.S. agency securities and corporate bonds. The Plans’ investments in equity assets include U.S. and international securities and equity funds. The Company estimates the fair value of the Plans’ assets using various valuation techniques and, to the extent available, quoted market prices in active markets or observable market inputs. The descriptions and fair value methodologies for the Plans’ assets are as follows:
 
Fixed Income Securities—Corporate and government bonds are classified as Level 2 assets, as they are either valued at quoted market prices from observable pricing sources at the reporting date or valued based upon comparable securities with similar yields and credit ratings.
 
Equity Securities—Equity securities are valued at the closing market price reported on a U.S. exchange where the security is actively traded and are therefore classified as Level 1 assets.
 
Cash—The carrying amounts of cash approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity.
 
Precious Metals—Precious metals are valued at the closing market price reported on a U.S. exchange where the security is actively traded and are therefore classified as Level 1 assets.

The fair value of the Plans’ assets by asset class and fair value hierarchy level as of December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 are as follows:
 
 
 
2019
 
 
 
 
Quoted prices in active
 
 
 
 
Total fair
 
markets for identical
 
Observable
 
 
value
 
assets (Level 1)
 
inputs (Level 2)
Fixed income securities:
 
    
 
    
 
    
Intermediate—government
 
$
2,482

 
$
2,482

 
$

Intermediate—corporate
 
1,066

 

 
1,066

Short-term—government
 
1,387

 
1,387

 

Short-term—corporate
 
3,173

 

 
3,173

International
 
1,387

 

 
1,387

Equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Large cap value
 
1,225

 
1,225

 

U.S. Large cap growth
 
1,167

 
1,167

 

U.S. Mid cap value
 
581

 
581

 

U.S. Mid cap growth
 
578

 
578

 

U.S. Small cap value
 
583

 
583

 

U.S. Small cap growth
 
593

 
593

 

Managed Futures
 
340

 

 
340

International
 
1,174

 
386

 
788

Emerging Markets
 
394

 
394

 

Commodities Broad Basket
 
1,118

 
362

 
756

Cash
 
994

 
994

 

Total
 
$
18,242

 
$
10,732

 
$
7,510

 
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
Quoted prices in active
 
 
 
 
Total fair
 
markets for identical
 
Observable
 
 
value
 
assets (Level 1)
 
inputs (Level 2)
Fixed income securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Intermediate—government
 
$
3,547

 
$
3,547

 
$

Intermediate—corporate
 
3,437

 

 
3,437

Short-term—government
 
756

 
756

 

Short-term—corporate
 
957

 

 
957

International
 
1,143

 

 
1,143

Equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Large cap value
 
978

 
978

 

U.S. Large cap growth
 
976

 
976

 

U.S. Mid cap value
 
471

 
471

 

U.S. Mid cap growth
 
496

 
496

 

U.S. Small cap value
 
463

 
463

 

U.S. Small cap growth
 
474

 
474

 

Managed Futures
 
355

 

 
355

International
 
1,004

 
329

 
675

Emerging Markets
 
362

 
362

 

Commodities Broad Basket
 
1,048

 
388

 
660

Cash
 
982

 
982

 

Total
 
$
17,449

 
$
10,222

 
$
7,227


 
Cash Flows—The Company expects to contribute approximately $1.1 million in 2020 to both its pension plans and to its healthcare and life insurance benefits plans.

The estimated benefit payments for each of the next five years and the five-year period thereafter are as follows:
 
 
 
Pension
 
Healthcare and Life
 
 
benefits
 
Insurance Benefits
2020
 
$
1,718

 
$
653

2021
 
1,681

 
638

2022
 
1,680

 
628

2023
 
1,679

 
618

2024
 
1,635

 
630

2025 - 2029
 
7,671

 
3,211


 
Multiemployer Pension Plans— In 2018, The Company acquired Buildex, LLC and assumed its obligation to contribute to a number of multiemployer defined benefit pension plans under the terms of collective-bargaining agreements that cover its union-represented employees. The risks of participating in multiemployer pension plans are different from single-employer plans. Assets contributed to a multiemployer plan by one employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers. If a participating employer ceases contributing to the plan, the unfunded obligations of the plan are the responsibility of the remaining participating employers.

The Company's participation in these plans for the annual period ended December 31, 2019, is outlined in the table below. The ''EIN/Pension Plan Number" column provides the Employer Identification Number (EIN) and the three-digit plan number, if applicable. Unless otherwise noted, the most recent Pension Protection Act (PPA) zone status available in 2019 and 2018 is for the plan 's year end at December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively. The zone status is based on information the Company received from the plan and is certified by the plan's actuary. Among other factors, plans in the red zone are generally less than 65% funded, plans in the yellow zone are less than 80% funded and plans in the green zone are at least 80% funded. The "FIP/RP Status Pending/Implemented" column indicates plans for which a financial improvement plan (FIP) or a rehabilitation plan (RP) is either pending or has been implemented. The "Surcharge Imposed" column indicates
whether a surcharge has been imposed on contributions to the plan. The last column lists the expiration date(s) of the collective-bargaining agreement(s) to which the plans are subject. There have been no significant changes that affect the comparability of 2018 and 2017 contributions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Expiration Date of
 
 
Pension Protection Act
FIP/RP Status
Contributions of Company
 
Collective-
Pension
EIN/ Pension
Zone Status
Pending/
($ in thousands)
Surcharge
Bargaining
Trust Fund
Plan Number
2019
2018
Implemented
2019
2018
Imposed
Agreement
Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund
43-6060737/001
Green - as of December 31, 2018
Green - as of December 31, 2017
None
$
112

$
115

No
3/31/2021
Operating Engineers Local 101 Pension Plan
43-6059213/001
Green - as of December 31, 2018
Green - as of December 31, 2017
None
23

26

No
3/31/2021
Total Contributions
 
 
 
$
135

$
141

 
 

The Company was not listed as providing more than 5% of the total contributions for the Operating Engineers Local 101 Pension Plan for the plan years 2018 and 2017 per the plan's Form 5500. The Company did not provide over 5% of total contributions in 2018 or 2017 for the Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund per the plan's Form 5500. As of the date of the filing of this annual report on Form 10-K, Forms 5500 were not available for the plan year ending December 31, 2019.
Summit Materials, LLC  
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
 
Defined Contribution Plan—The Company sponsors employee 401(k) savings plans for its employees, including certain union employees. The plans provide for various required and discretionary Company matches of employees’ eligible compensation contributed to the plans. The expense for the defined contribution plans was $11.7 million, $11.2 million and $9.3 million for the years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017, respectively.
 
Defined Benefit and Other Postretirement Benefits Plans—The Company’s subsidiary, Continental Cement, sponsors two noncontributory defined benefit pension plans for hourly and salaried employees. The plans are closed to new participants and benefits are frozen. As a result of the collective bargaining unit negotiations in 2017, the hourly defined benefit pension plan was amended to stop future benefit accruals for the Davenport employees effective December 31, 2017. Pension benefits for eligible hourly employees are based on a monthly pension factor for each year of credited service. Pension benefits for eligible salaried employees are generally based on years of service and average eligible compensation.
 
Continental Cement also sponsors two unfunded healthcare and life insurance benefits plans for certain eligible retired employees. Effective January 1, 2014, the plan covering employees of the Hannibal, Missouri location was amended to eliminate all future retiree health and life coverage for current employees. During 2015, Continental Cement adopted one new unfunded healthcare plan to provide benefits prior to Medicare eligibility for certain hourly employees of the Davenport, Iowa location. As a result of the collective bargaining unit negotiations in 2017, hourly Davenport employees hired on or after January 1, 2018 are no longer eligible for retiree medical benefits.
 
The funded status of the pension and other postretirement benefit plans is recognized in the consolidated balance sheets as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligations. For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation (“PBO”) and for the healthcare and life insurance benefits plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (“APBO”). The PBO represents the actuarial present value of benefits expected to be paid upon retirement based on estimated future compensation levels. However, since the plans’ participants are not subject to future compensation increases, the plans’ PBO equals the accumulated benefit obligation (“ABO”). The APBO represents the actuarial present value of postretirement benefits attributed to employee services already rendered. The fair value of plan assets represents the current market value of assets held by an irrevocable trust fund for the sole benefit of participants. The measurement of the benefit obligations is based on the Company’s estimates and actuarial valuations. These valuations reflect the terms of the plan and use participant-specific information, such as compensation, age and years of service, as well as certain assumptions that require significant judgment, including estimates of discount rates, expected return on plan assets, rate of compensation increases, interest-crediting rates and mortality rates.

The Company uses December 31 as the measurement date for its defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans.
 
Obligations and Funded Status—The following information is as of December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 and for the years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
Change in benefit obligations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
$
24,203

 
$
9,203

 
$
27,984

 
$
9,793

Service cost
 
60

 
166

 
67

 
170

Interest cost
 
928

 
321

 
898

 
317

Actuarial (gain) loss
 
2,571

 
165

 
(3,136
)
 
(173
)
Benefits paid
 
(1,581
)
 
(765
)
 
(1,610
)
 
(904
)
End of period
 
$
26,181

 
$
9,090

 
$
24,203

 
$
9,203

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in fair value of plan assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
$
17,449

 
$

 
$
19,012

 
$

Actual return on plan assets
 
2,055

 

 
(551
)
 

Employer contributions
 
319

 
765

 
598

 
904

Benefits paid
 
(1,581
)
 
(765
)
 
(1,610
)
 
(904
)
End of period
 
$
18,242

 
$

 
$
17,449

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Funded status of plans
 
$
(7,939
)
 
$
(9,090
)
 
$
(6,754
)
 
$
(9,203
)
Current liabilities
 
$

 
$
(653
)
 
$

 
$
(687
)
Noncurrent liabilities
 
(7,939
)
 
(8,437
)
 
(6,754
)
 
(8,516
)
Liability recognized
 
$
(7,939
)
 
$
(9,090
)
 
$
(6,754
)
 
$
(9,203
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net actuarial (gain) loss
 
$
9,286

 
$
2,121

 
$
7,728

 
$
1,995

Prior service cost
 

 
(1,931
)
 

 
(2,172
)
Total amount recognized
 
$
9,286

 
$
190

 
$
7,728

 
$
(177
)


The amount recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) is the actuarial loss (credit) and prior service cost, which has not yet been recognized in periodic benefit cost.
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
Pension
 
Healthcare
 
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
 
benefits
 
& Life Ins.
Amounts recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net actuarial loss (gain)
 
$
1,760

 
$
165

 
$
(1,300
)
 
$
(172
)
 
$
1,068

 
$
(338
)
Prior service cost
 

 

 

 

 

 
(572
)
Amortization of prior year service cost
 

 
241

 

 
241

 

 
168

Curtailment benefit
 

 

 

 

 
(429
)
 

Amortization of gain
 
(202
)
 
(39
)
 
(312
)
 
(118
)
 
(547
)
 
(64
)
Adjustment to plan benefits
 

 

 

 

 

 
(414
)
Total amount recognized
 
$
1,558

 
$
367

 
$
(1,612
)
 
$
(49
)
 
$
92

 
$
(1,220
)
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
60

 
$
166

 
$
67

 
$
170

 
$
285

 
$
184

Interest cost
 
928

 
321

 
898

 
317

 
998

 
365

Amortization of gain
 
202

 
39

 
312

 
118

 
547

 
64

Expected return on plan assets
 
(1,244
)
 

 
(1,284
)
 

 
(1,302
)
 

Amortization of prior service credit
 

 
(241
)
 

 
(241
)
 

 
(168
)
Net periodic (expense) benefit cost
 
$
(54
)
 
$
285

 
$
(7
)
 
$
364

 
$
528

 
$
445


 
Assumptions—Weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations as of year-end 2019 and 2018 are:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
Healthcare
 
 
 
Healthcare
 
 
Pension benefits
 
& Life Ins.
 
Pension benefits
 
& Life Ins.
Discount rate
 
2.78% - 2.96%
 
2.73% - 2.79%
 
3.90% - 4.02%
 
3.87% - 3.91%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets
 
7.00%
 
N/A
 
7.00%
 
N/A

 
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost for years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017:
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
Healthcare
 
 
 
Healthcare
 
 
 
Healthcare
 
 
Pension benefits
 
& Life Ins.
 
Pension benefits
 
& Life Ins.
 
Pension benefits
 
& Life Ins.
Discount rate
 
3.90% - 4.02%
 
3.87% - 3.91%
 
3.23% - 3.37%
 
3.20% - 3.25%
 
3.61% - 3.81%
 
3.54% - 3.65%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets
 
7.00%
 
N/A
 
7.00%
 
N/A
 
7.00%
 
N/A

 
The expected long-term return on plan assets is based upon the Plans’ consideration of historical and forward-looking returns and the Company’s estimation of what a portfolio, with the target allocation described below, will earn over a long-term horizon. The discount rate is derived using the FTSE Pension Discount Curve.
 
Assumed health care cost trend rates were 8.0% grading to 8.0% as of year-end 2019 and 2018. Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the Company’s healthcare and life insurance benefits plans. A one percentage-point change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects as of year-end 2019 and 2018:
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
Increase
 
Decrease
 
Increase
 
Decrease
Total service cost and interest cost components
 
$
30

 
$
(26
)
 
$
31

 
$
(27
)
APBO
 
773

 
(678
)
 
765

 
(690
)

 
Plan Assets—The defined benefit pension plans’ (the “Plans”) investment strategy is to minimize investment risk while generating acceptable returns. The Plans currently invest a relatively high proportion of the plan assets in fixed income securities, while the remainder is invested in equity securities, cash reserves and precious metals. The equity securities are diversified into funds with growth and value investment strategies. The target allocation for plan assets is as follows: equity securities—30%; fixed income securities—63%; cash reserves—5%; and precious metals—2%. The Plans’ current investment allocations are within the tolerance of the target allocation. The Company had no Level 3 investments as of or for the years ended December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018.
 
At year-end 2019 and 2018, the Plans’ assets were invested predominantly in fixed-income securities and publicly traded equities, but may invest in other asset classes in the future subject to the parameters of the investment policy. The Plans’ investments in fixed-income assets include U.S. Treasury and U.S. agency securities and corporate bonds. The Plans’ investments in equity assets include U.S. and international securities and equity funds. The Company estimates the fair value of the Plans’ assets using various valuation techniques and, to the extent available, quoted market prices in active markets or observable market inputs. The descriptions and fair value methodologies for the Plans’ assets are as follows:
 
Fixed Income Securities—Corporate and government bonds are classified as Level 2 assets, as they are either valued at quoted market prices from observable pricing sources at the reporting date or valued based upon comparable securities with similar yields and credit ratings.
 
Equity Securities—Equity securities are valued at the closing market price reported on a U.S. exchange where the security is actively traded and are therefore classified as Level 1 assets.
 
Cash—The carrying amounts of cash approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity.
 
Precious Metals—Precious metals are valued at the closing market price reported on a U.S. exchange where the security is actively traded and are therefore classified as Level 1 assets.

The fair value of the Plans’ assets by asset class and fair value hierarchy level as of December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 are as follows:
 
 
 
2019
 
 
 
 
Quoted prices in active
 
 
 
 
Total fair
 
markets for identical
 
Observable
 
 
value
 
assets (Level 1)
 
inputs (Level 2)
Fixed income securities:
 
    
 
    
 
    
Intermediate—government
 
$
2,482

 
$
2,482

 
$

Intermediate—corporate
 
1,066

 

 
1,066

Short-term—government
 
1,387

 
1,387

 

Short-term—corporate
 
3,173

 

 
3,173

International
 
1,387

 

 
1,387

Equity securities:
 


 


 


U.S. Large cap value
 
1,225

 
1,225

 

U.S. Large cap growth
 
1,167

 
1,167

 

U.S. Mid cap value
 
581

 
581

 

U.S. Mid cap growth
 
578

 
578

 

U.S. Small cap value
 
583

 
583

 

U.S. Small cap growth
 
593

 
593

 

Managed Futures
 
340

 

 
340

International
 
1,174

 
386

 
788

Emerging Markets
 
394

 
394

 

Commodities Broad Basket
 
1,118

 
362

 
756

Cash
 
994

 
994

 

Total
 
$
18,242

 
$
10,732

 
$
7,510

 
 
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
Quoted prices in active
 
 
 
 
Total fair
 
markets for identical
 
Observable
 
 
value
 
assets (Level 1)
 
inputs (Level 2)
Fixed income securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Intermediate—government
 
$
3,547

 
$
3,547

 
$

Intermediate—corporate
 
3,437

 

 
3,437

Short-term—government
 
756

 
756

 

Short-term—corporate
 
957

 

 
957

International
 
1,143

 

 
1,143

Equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Large cap value
 
978

 
978

 

U.S. Large cap growth
 
976

 
976

 

U.S. Mid cap value
 
471

 
471

 

U.S. Mid cap growth
 
496

 
496

 

U.S. Small cap value
 
463

 
463

 

U.S. Small cap growth
 
474

 
474

 

Managed Futures
 
355

 

 
355

International
 
1,004

 
329

 
675

Emerging Markets
 
362

 
362

 

Commodities Broad Basket
 
1,048

 
388

 
660

Cash
 
982

 
982

 

Total
 
$
17,449

 
$
10,222

 
$
7,227


 
Cash Flows—The Company expects to contribute approximately $1.1 million in 2020 to both its pension plans and to its healthcare and life insurance benefits plans.
    
The estimated benefit payments for each of the next five years and the five-year period thereafter are as follows:
 
 
 
Pension
 
Healthcare and Life
 
 
benefits
 
Insurance Benefits
2020
 
$
1,718

 
$
653

2021
 
1,681

 
638

2022
 
1,680

 
628

2023
 
1,679

 
618

2024
 
1,635

 
630

2025 - 2029
 
7,671

 
3,211



Multiemployer Pension Plans— In 2018, The Company acquired Buildex, LLC and assumed its obligation to contribute to a number of multiemployer defined benefit pension plans under the terms of collective-bargaining agreements that cover its union-represented employees. The risks of participating in multiemployer pension plans are different from single-employer plans. Assets contributed to a multiemployer plan by one employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers. If a participating employer ceases contributing to the plan, the unfunded obligations of the plan are the responsibility of the remaining participating employers.

The Company's participation in these plans for the annual period ended December 31, 2019, is outlined in the table below. The ''EIN/Pension Plan Number" column provides the Employer Identification Number (EIN) and the three-digit plan number, if applicable. Unless otherwise noted, the most recent Pension Protection Act (PPA) zone status available in 2019 and 2018 is for the plan 's year end at December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively. The zone status is based on information the Company received from the plan and is certified by the plan's actuary. Among other factors, plans in the red zone are generally less than 65% funded, plans in the yellow zone are less than 80% funded and plans in the green zone are
at least 80% funded. The "FIP/RP Status Pending/Implemented" column indicates plans for which a financial improvement plan (FIP) or a rehabilitation plan (RP) is either pending or has been implemented. The "Surcharge Imposed" column indicates whether a surcharge has been imposed on contributions to the plan. The last column lists the expiration date(s) of the collective-bargaining agreement(s) to which the plans are subject. There have been no significant changes that affect the comparability of 2018 and 2017 contributions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Expiration Date of
 
 
Pension Protection Act
FIP/RP Status
Contributions of Company
 
Collective-
Pension
EIN/ Pension
Zone Status
Pending/
($ in thousands)
Surcharge
Bargaining
Trust Fund
Plan Number
2019
2018
Implemented
2019
2018
Imposed
Agreement
Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund
43-6060737/001
Green - as of December 31, 2018
Green - as of December 31, 2017
None
$
112

$
115

No
3/31/2021
Operating Engineers Local 101 Pension Plan
43-6059213/001
Green - as of December 31, 2018
Green - as of December 31, 2017
None
23

26

No
3/31/2021
Total Contributions
 
 
 
$
135

$
141

 
 


The Company was not listed as providing more than 5% of the total contributions for the Operating Engineers Local 101 Pension Plan for the plan years 2018 and 2017 per the plan's Form 5500. The Company did not provide over 5% of total contributions in 2018 or 2017 for the Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund per the plan's Form 5500. As of the date of the filing of this annual report on Form 10-K, Forms 5500 were not available for the plan year ending December 31, 2019.