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Pension and Profit Sharing Plans - Additional information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
CompensationPlan
Employee
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Mar. 31, 2016
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]        
Amendment of pension plan service cost $ 805,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanPlanAmendments      
Amendment in pension plan We amended one of our pension plans during March 2015, which increased our prior service cost by approximately $0.8 million. This amount is included in other comprehensive income and will be recognized in our statement of earnings as pension expense over the next three fiscal years.      
Current actuarial estimates contributions 200,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansEstimatedFutureEmployerContributionsInCurrentFiscalYear 200,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansEstimatedFutureEmployerContributionsInCurrentFiscalYear 100,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansEstimatedFutureEmployerContributionsInCurrentFiscalYear  
Costs relating to employer discretionary contributions 5,300,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized 4,500,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized 3,300,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized  
Number of employees covered under multi-employer pension plans 60exp_MultiemployerPensionPlansNumberOfEmployeesCovered      
Number of multi-employer plans 5exp_MultiEmployerPensionPlansNumberOfPlans      
Collective bargaining agreement for employer covered under multi-employer plans, Expiration beginning date Jun. 30, 2015      
Collective bargaining agreement for employer covered under multi-employer plans, Expiration ending date Mar. 31, 2017      
Expenses related to Multi employer plans 1,000,000us-gaap_MultiemployerPlansPlanContributions 1,000,000us-gaap_MultiemployerPlansPlanContributions 200,000us-gaap_MultiemployerPlansPlanContributions  
Scenario, Forecast [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]        
Expenses related to Multi employer plans       1,000,000us-gaap_MultiemployerPlansPlanContributions
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Salaried Employees [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]        
Employees fully vesting in employer's contributions made beginning in 2007, requirement years 6 years      
Hourly Employees [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]        
Employees fully vesting in employer's contributions made beginning in 2007, requirement years 3 years      
Minimum [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]        
Current actuarial estimates contributions 500,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansEstimatedFutureEmployerContributionsInCurrentFiscalYear
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Maximum [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]        
Current actuarial estimates contributions $ 1,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansEstimatedFutureEmployerContributionsInCurrentFiscalYear
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