Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(In thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Revenue
West	$	136,906	$	133,519	$	381,368	$	362,641
East	128,358		111,556		319,313		325,224
Southeast	89,407		69,364		217,181		161,378
Total revenue	$	354,671	$	314,439	$	917,862	$	849,243

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Operating income
West	$	18,754		$	15,313		$	48,854		$	33,716
East	10,438			7,714			21,667			24,215
Southeast	8,235			7,644			18,025			12,024
Segment total	37,427			30,671			88,546			69,955
Corporate and unallocated (a)	(22,339		)	(22,199		)	(56,309		)	(64,773		)
Total operating income	$	15,088		$	8,472		$	32,237		$	5,182

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(In thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Depreciation and amortization
West	$	1,427	$	1,263	$	4,113	$	3,470
East	890		750		2,138		2,333
Southeast	521		411		1,270		1,068
Segment total	2,838		2,424		7,521		6,871
Corporate and unallocated (a)	562		529		1,617		1,890
Depreciation and amortization - continuing operations	$	3,400	$	2,953	$	9,138	$	8,761

	Nine Months Ended
	June 30,
(In thousands)	2014		2013
Capital Expenditures
West	$	3,891	$	2,979
East	1,827		881
Southeast	1,498		1,087
Corporate and unallocated	1,768		1,625
Consolidated total	$	8,984	$	6,572

(In thousands)	June 30, 2014		September 30, 2013
Assets
West	$	746,336	$	680,346
East	462,266		369,937
Southeast	311,059		228,814
Corporate and unallocated (b)	457,733		707,692
Consolidated total	$	1,977,394	$	1,986,789

(a) Corporate and unallocated includes amortization of capitalized interest and numerous shared services functions that benefit all segments, the costs of which are not allocated to the operating segments reported above including information technology, national sourcing and purchasing, treasury, corporate finance, legal, branding and other national marketing costs.

(b) Primarily consists of cash and cash equivalents, consolidated inventory not owned, deferred taxes, capitalized interest and other items that are not allocated to the segments.