RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION COSTS AND TRANSACTION COSTS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]
RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION COSTS AND TRANSACTIONS COSTS	NOTE 11—RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION COSTS AND TRANSACTION COSTS Restructuring and Integration Costs Restructuring and integration costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 were $14 million and $103 million, respectively, and included change-in-control, severance, professional fees and costs of settlement of litigation, as well as costs to achieve our combination profitability initiative (“CPI”) program. We launched the CPI program in the second quarter of 2018, with the goal of realizing transformative cost savings across our business. The program incorporates the activities of our Fit 2 Grow program previously announced in the fourth quarter of 2017 and targets a significant improvement in cost controls across five main opportunity areas: (1) procurement and supply chain; (2) systems, applications and support; (3) assets and facilities; (4) perquisites, travel and other; and (5) workforce efficiency. Restructuring and integration costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 were $31 million and $106 million, respectively, and primarily related to costs associated with CPI. These costs are recorded within our Corporate operating results. Transaction Costs Transaction costs were $14 million and $29 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and primarily related to legal fees associated with the sale process for the pipe fabrication business and the now-terminated effort to sell our industrial storage tanks business, as well as fees to external advisors retained to help us evaluate strategic and capital structure alternatives. Transaction costs were $5 million and $45 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, and primarily related to professional service fees (including accounting, legal and financial advisory services) incurred in connection with the Combination. Transaction costs are recorded within our Corporate operating results.

RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION COSTS AND TRANSACTION COSTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]

RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION COSTS AND TRANSACTIONS COSTS

NOTE 11—RESTRUCTURING AND INTEGRATION COSTS AND TRANSACTION COSTS

Restructuring and Integration Costs

Restructuring and integration costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 were $14 million and $103 million, respectively, and included change-in-control, severance, professional fees and costs of settlement of litigation, as well as costs to achieve our combination profitability initiative (“CPI”) program. We launched the CPI program in the second quarter of 2018, with the goal of realizing transformative cost savings across our business. The program incorporates the activities of our Fit 2 Grow program previously announced in the fourth quarter of 2017 and targets a significant improvement in cost controls across five main opportunity areas: (1) procurement and supply chain; (2) systems, applications and support; (3) assets and facilities; (4) perquisites, travel and other; and (5) workforce efficiency. Restructuring and integration costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 were $31 million and $106 million, respectively, and primarily related to costs associated with CPI. These costs are recorded within our Corporate operating results.

Transaction Costs

Transaction costs were $14 million and $29 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, and primarily related to legal fees associated with the sale process for the pipe fabrication business and the now-terminated effort to sell our industrial storage tanks business, as well as fees to external advisors retained to help us evaluate strategic and capital structure alternatives. Transaction costs were $5 million and $45 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, and primarily related to professional service fees (including accounting, legal and financial advisory services) incurred in connection with the Combination. Transaction costs are recorded within our Corporate operating results.