Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Apr. 29, 2017

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):

	April 29, 2017			July 30, 2016
Costs incurred on contracts in progress	$	373,504		$	307,826
Estimated to date earnings	100,814			92,226
Total costs and estimated earnings	474,318			400,052
Less: billings to date	(48,308		)	(42,637		)
	$	426,010		$	357,415
Included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets under the captions:
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings	$	440,895		$	376,972
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings	(14,885		)	(19,557		)
	$	426,010		$	357,415