Property and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

	July 1, 2018			October 1, 2017
	(in thousands)
Equipment, furniture and fixtures	$	129,954		$	150,026
Leasehold improvements	29,911			27,689
Land and buildings	594			3,680
Total property and equipment	160,459			181,395
Accumulated depreciation	(115,740		)	(124,560		)
Property and equipment, net	$	44,719		$	56,835

The depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $4.9 million and $15.1 million for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2018, respectively, compared to $5.3 million and $16.4 million for the prior-year periods. Our land and buildings declined $3.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 due to the actual and planned divestitures of certain non-core assets. Additionally, our net property and equipment declined $4.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 as a result of the divestiture of our non-core utility field services operations in our CIG reportable segment.