Equipment financing noncurrent.

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Number of Tranches in Revolving Credit Facility

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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-Section S99
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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Amount after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs of long-term debt classified as noncurrent and excluding amounts to be repaid within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Borrowings - Revolving Credit Facility (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) tranche	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 07, 2014 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total Long-term debt, net	$ 2,146,877,000	$ 235,000,000
Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Facility fee percentage	0.10%
Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Facility fee percentage	0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,100,000,000
Total Long-term debt, net	149,129,000	235,000,000
Letter of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	300,000,000
Direct borrowings on credit facility	2,500,000
Sub Facility Of Swing Line Loans
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 50,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Number of tranches in revolving credit facility (in tranches) \| tranche	2
Term Loan Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total Long-term debt, net	$ 1,500,000,000	$ 0
Senior Notes As Amended Note Purchase Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total Long-term debt, net	500,000,000
Long-term debt fair value	491,700,000
$1.6 Billion Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			$ 1,600,000,000
Available borrowing capacity	1,400,000,000
Committed And Uncommitted Letter Of Credit Facility \| Letter of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Direct borrowings on credit facility	444,100,000
Line of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding	446,600,000
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Equipment financing	$ 2,700,000
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. \| Equipment Financing \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	0.22%
CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. \| Equipment Financing \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	3.29%