Joint Venture and Consortium Arrangements - Summarized Balance Sheet Information for Proportionately Consolidated Consortiums (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Current assets		$ 3,033	$ 1,435
Current liabilities		4,217	$ 707
Proportionately Consolidated Joint Ventures [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Current assets	[1],[2]	299
Non-current assets	[1]	10
Current liabilities	[1]	992
Proportionately Consolidated Joint Ventures [Member] | Accounts Receivable-other [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Advances from ventures		44
Proportionately Consolidated Joint Ventures [Member] | Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Current assets		201
Non-current assets		10
Current liabilities		$ 897

[1] Approximately $201 million of current assets, $10 million of non-current assets and $897 million of current liabilities, respectively, resulted from the Combination and are subject to change when additional information is obtained during the measurement period.

[2] Our consortium arrangements allow for excess working capital of the consortium to be advanced to the consortium participants. Such advances are returned to the ventures for working capital needs as necessary. Accordingly, at a reporting period end a consortium may have advances to its participants which are reflected as an advance receivable within current assets of the consortium. As of December 31, 2018, Accounts receivable-other included $44 million related to our proportionate share of advances from the consortiums to the other consortium participants.