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EBP, Distributions to Participants, Flexible Installments, Period, Maximum

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EBP, Distributions To Participants, Requested Prior To Year End But Not Paid

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Amount Credited To Participant Accounts

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Amount Credited To Participant Accounts, Accrued But Not Paid

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Service Period

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- Definition

EBP, Investment, Elected Contribution Percentage Increment

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- Definition

EBP, Minimum Age of Participant

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- Definition

EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Annual Increase Deferral Rate

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- Definition

EBP, Participant Contribution, Maximum Contribution to Eligible Compensation, Percentage

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- Definition

Amount of net asset available for benefit transferred to (from) employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from (to) external plan.

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-Topic 962
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- Definition

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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-Topic 962
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- Definition

Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of decrease in forfeited nonvested account of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from employer contribution.

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-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
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- Definition

Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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- Definition

Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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Amount of minimum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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- Definition

Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)(i)(D)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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Description of the Plan (Details)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Description of the Plan (Details)	Oct. 31, 2024	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff \| Everus
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Stock split, conversion ratio	0.25
EBP 004
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Plan transfers		$ 1,800	$ 1,795
Minimum age to be eligible to participate			18 years
Maximum annual compensation to total compensation, percentage			75.00%
Automatic deferral rate, annual increase			1.00%
Amount credited to participant accounts			$ 11,600,000
Amount credited to participant accounts, accrued but not paid			$ 7,300,000
Elected contribution percentage increment			0.01
Flexible installment period, maximum			9 years
Distributions to participants, requested prior to year end but not paid			$ 97,000	$ 68,000
Minimum borrowing amount			1,000
Maximum borrowing amount			$ 50,000
Maximum borrowing, percentage			50.00%
Forfeited nonvested account, balance			$ 1,000	$ 39,000
Forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution			$ 141,000
EBP 004 \| EBP, Discretionary Profit Sharing Contribution
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			100.00%
Vesting period			3 years
EBP 004 \| EBP, Dividends Paid
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			100.00%
EBP 004 \| Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Automatic deferral rate			15.00%
Participant loan, interest rate			9.50%
EBP 004 \| Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant loan, interest rate			4.25%