Represents the increase (decrease) in the estimated project cost based on forecast revisions.

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Represents the increase (decrease) in estimated petrochemical project cost based on forecast revisions, in dollars per diluted share.

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Cash Transferred

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Proceed from Sale of Financed Ownership

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Reduction in cash due to no longer including the former subsidiary's cash in the consolidated entity's cash.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) in the disposal group, including discontinued operation, recognized in the statement of income as a result of the sale or complete or substantially complete liquidation of an investment in a foreign entity.

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The difference between the carrying value and the sale price of an investment. A loss would be recognized when the sale price of the investment is less than the carrying value of the investment. This element refers to the Loss included in earnings and not to the cash proceeds of the sale.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Amount of cash inflow from a noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, purchase of additional shares or other increase in noncontrolling interest ownership.

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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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Operating Information by Segment and Geographic Area - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Apr. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of NuScale interest			$ 0	$ 107	$ 0
Capital contributions by NCI			10	$ 21	$ 202
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of NuScale interest		$ 107
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations \| Stork
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cash transferred	$ 31		31
Loss on sale of investments	93
Divestiture, negative impact on earnings from foreign currency translation	$ 33
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations \| AMECO
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses			144
Loss on sale of investments			60
Divestiture, negative impact on earnings from foreign currency translation			35
Cash divestiture			17
Japan NuScale Innovation \| NuScale \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Entity's interest in partnership or joint venture (percent)		5.00%
Energy Solutions \| Upstream Project
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost			$ 91
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost (in dollars per share)			$ 0.53
Energy Solutions \| Pemex \| Consolidated revenue \| Customer concentration
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk (as a percentage)			10.00%
Energy Solutions \| Shell \| Consolidated revenue \| Customer concentration
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk (as a percentage)			10.00%
Energy Solutions \| Single customer \| Consolidated revenue \| Customer concentration
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk (as a percentage)				14.00%	13.00%
Urban Solutions \| International Bridge Project
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost				$ 54	$ 138
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost (in dollars per share)				$ 0.23	$ 0.72
Urban Solutions \| LAX Automated People Mover project
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost			$ 59
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost (in dollars per share)			$ 0.34
Urban Solutions \| Highway Project
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost				$ 86
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost (in dollars per share)				$ 0.50
Urban Solutions \| Automated People Move Project
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost				$ 35
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost (in dollars per share)				$ 0.20
Government Segment \| Consolidated revenue \| Customer concentration
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk (as a percentage)			9.00%	16.00%	21.00%
Mission Solutions \| Weapons Facility Project
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost			$ 30
Effect of forecast revision on estimated project cost (in dollars per share)			$ 0.17
Other \| JGC Holdings Corporation, GS Energy And IHI Corporation \| Reportable segments \| NuScale
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Capital contributions by NCI				$ 193	$ 9