Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consisted of the following amounts as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):



	2014			2013
Machinery and equipment	$	120,528		$	116,376
Vehicles	45,036			49,296
Furniture and fixtures	20,693			22,036
Computer hardware/software	89,638			86,624
Land, buildings and leasehold improvements	81,206			77,923
Construction in progress	6,926			3,774
	364,027			356,029
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(241,849		)	(232,615		)
	$	122,178		$	123,414

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property, plant and equipment, including capital leases, was $36.5 million, $36.3 million and $31.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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