PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

NOTE 10 — PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following at January 31, 2016 and 2015:

	2016		2015
Land and improvements	$	863	$	473
Building and improvements	5,111		2,800
Furniture, machinery and equipment	8,510		3,546
Trucks and other vehicles	2,906		1,437
Construction project costs of variable interest entity	—		2,658
	17,390		10,914
Less - accumulated depreciation	5,082		4,396
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	12,308	$	6,518

Depreciation for property, plant and equipment was $779,000, $551,000 and $549,000 for the years ended January 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The costs of maintenance and repairs were $826,000, $304,000 and $250,000 for the years ended January 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, including amounts charged to costs of revenues in each year.