Intangible assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are comprised of the following: 

	January 31, 2013			October 31, 2012
Amortizable intangible assets
Non-compete agreements (estimated life 5 years)	$	200,000		$	200,000
Accumulated amortization		(65,000	)		(55,000	)
		135,000			145,000
Customer relationships (estimated life 9.6 years)		1,730,000			1,730,000
Accumulated amortization		(292,838	)		(247,787	)
		1,437,162			1,482,213
Backlog (estimated life 6 months)		75,000			75,000
Accumulated amortization		(75,000	)		(75,000	)
		-			-
Total	$	1,572,162		$	1,627,213
Non-amortizable intangible assets
Trademarks	$	410,000		$	410,000