Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 30, 2016

Contractors [Abstract]

Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings, Net

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings (“CIEB”) includes revenue for services performed under contracts using the units-of-delivery method of accounting and the cost-to-cost measure of the percentage of completion method of accounting. Amounts consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

	July 30, 2016			July 25, 2015
Costs incurred on contracts in progress	$	307,826		$	240,077
Estimated to date earnings	92,226			72,446
Total costs and estimated earnings	400,052			312,523
Less: billings to date	(42,637		)	(54,689		)
	$	357,415		$	257,834
Included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets under the captions:
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings	$	376,972		$	274,730
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings	(19,557		)	(16,896		)
	$	357,415		$	257,834