Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Jan. 26, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

The following is a summary of property and equipment:

(in thousands)	Estimated Useful Lives	January 26, 2020			January 27, 2019
Land		$	12,143		$	11,314
Buildings	7 to 39 years	35,801			32,229
Leasehold improvements	5 to 12 years	10,148			9,863
Machinery and equipment	3 to 8 years	196,270			185,045
Computer hardware and software	3 to 13 years	68,748			67,746
Furniture and office equipment	5 to 7 years	5,236			5,364
Construction in progress		10,859			2,960
Property, plant and equipment, gross		339,205			314,521
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(214,787		)	(196,033		)
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	124,418		$	118,488

As of January 26, 2020, and January 27, 2019, construction in progress consisted primarily of machinery and equipment awaiting completion of installation and being placed in service.

Depreciation expense was $23.4 million, $23.0 million, and $21.1 million in fiscal years 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.