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Capital Stock (Details) (USD $)
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 25, 2015
Apr. 26, 2014
Jul. 26, 2014
Aug. 27, 2013
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Number of Shares Repurchased 763,768us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares   360,900us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares  
Average Price Per Share (in dollars per share) $ 40.18dy_AveragePricePerShareRepurchaseOfCommonStock   $ 27.71dy_AveragePricePerShareRepurchaseOfCommonStock  
Total Consideration (Dollars in thousands) $ 30,687,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock $ 9,999,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock $ 10,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock  
Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation 138,535us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation 130,195us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation    
Value of Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation 4,300,000dy_ValueofSharesPaidforTaxWithholdingforShareBasedCompensation 3,600,000dy_ValueofSharesPaidforTaxWithholdingforShareBasedCompensation    
Common Stock        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Remaining authorized repurchase amount 26,500,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember
     
Common stock authorized repurchase amount       $ 40,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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= us-gaap_CommonStockMember