Acquisition Agreement, Fair Value of Acquired Entity

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Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Intangible Asset Amortization

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Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Interest Expense

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Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree from Settlement Related to Shareholding Plan Provisions

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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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The expenses and losses recorded for each transaction with the acquiree that was recognized separately from the acquisition of assets and assumptions of liabilities in the business combination.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Business Combinations (Details) (Sinclair Knight Merz [Member], USD $)	0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 13, 2013	Mar. 28, 2014	Mar. 29, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business	$ 1,200,000,000
Enterprise value plus adjustments for cash, debt and other items.	1,100,000,000
Acquisition-related costs		16,400,000
Acquired receivables	304,600,000
Adjustment to pro forma earnings		183,000,000	220,000,000
Pro forma intangible asset amortization		11,900,000	13,300,000
Pro forma interest expense		2,600,000	3,200,000
Loss from settlement related to shareholding plan provisions		24,000,000
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition-related costs		9,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of intangibles		3 years
Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful life of intangibles		12 years
Acquisition-related Costs [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Adjustment to pro forma earnings		21,100,000	(22,700,000)
Interest Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Adjustment to pro forma earnings		600,000	2,300,000
Intangible Asset Amortization [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Adjustment to pro forma earnings		$ 3,500,000	$ 10,400,000