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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Variable Interest Entities (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Variable Interest Entities (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Variable interest entity information
Revenue	$ 6,037,613,000	$ 5,511,488,000	$ 17,129,265,000	$ 15,582,464,000
Consolidated variable interest entities
Variable interest entity information
Carrying value of assets of consolidated VIEs	1,100,000,000		1,100,000,000		676,000,000
Carrying value of liabilities of consolidated VIEs	789,000,000		789,000,000		550,000,000
Fluor Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) joint venture
Variable interest entity information
Carrying value of assets of consolidated VIEs	121,000,000		121,000,000		106,000,000
Carrying value of liabilities of consolidated VIEs	135,000,000		135,000,000		130,000,000
Revenue	407,000,000	637,000,000	1,300,000,000	2,000,000,000
Unconsolidated variable interest entities
Variable interest entity information
Investment carrying value, unconsolidated VIEs	103,000,000		103,000,000		84,000,000
Future funding commitments	$ 36,000,000		$ 36,000,000