Business Combinations, Divestitures, Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions						12 Months Ended
		Apr. 05, 2024 USD ($) Facility	Feb. 09, 2024 USD ($) Plant	Jan. 12, 2024	Oct. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) Plant	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues						$ 6,536	$ 6,777	$ 6,161
Pretax earnings						2,707	1,596	1,207
Charges for selling acquired inventory						20
Pretax loss on divestiture					$ (26)		$ (24)	0
Business combination number of south texas ready mix operations | Plant							20
Pretax gain						1,300
Business combination periods for production level				60 years
Goodwill acquired						3,767	$ 3,389	3,649
Revenues			$ 2,100		$ 315	0	$ 0
Divestitures number of south texas ready mix operations | Plant			20
Colorado and Central Texas
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pretax gain								$ 152
Albert Frei & Sons, Inc. and Youngquist Brothers Rock, LLC and R.E. Janes Gravel Co.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, total consideration						1,600
Property, plant and equipment acquired						1,500
Goodwill acquired						115
Intangible assets acquired						27
Deferred income taxes						92
Albert Frei & Sons, Inc. and Youngquist Brothers Rock, LLC and R.E. Janes Gravel Co. | Mineral reserves
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment acquired						1,300
Blue Water Industries LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues						261
Pretax earnings						38
Acquisition related expenses						23
Charges for selling acquired inventory						20
Number of active aggregates operations | Facility		20
Payments to acquire businesses gross		$ 2,050
Increase in fair value of property, plant and equipment						91
Reduction in goodwill						$ 82
Property, plant and equipment acquired	[1]	2,052
Goodwill acquired		263
Intangible assets acquired		19
Deferred income taxes		$ 234

[1] 1 Includes mineral reserves of $1.9 billion