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Property, Plant and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2018
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment | Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):
| August 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Land and improvements | $ | 144,136 |  |  | $ | 120,574 |
Buildings | 849,975 |  |  | 804,861 |
Leasehold improvements | 1,013,428 |  |  | 877,752 |
Machinery and equipment | 3,983,025 |  |  | 3,680,881 |
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment | 192,243 |  |  | 178,603 |
Computer hardware and software | 601,955 |  |  | 583,569 |
Transportation equipment | 17,215 |  |  | 22,080 |
Construction in progress | 42,984 |  |  | 85,748 |
| 6,844,961 |  |  | 6,354,068 |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | 3,646,945 |  |  | 3,125,390 |
| $ | 3,198,016 |  |  | $ | 3,228,678 |
Depreciation and maintenance and repair expenses were as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Depreciation expense | $ | 735,213 |  |  | $ | 724,856 |  |  | $ | 659,542 |
Maintenance and repair expense | $ | 266,691 |  |  | $ | 234,332 |  |  | $ | 197,373 |
As of August 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company had $253.6 million and $242.2 million, respectively, included in accounts payable for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, which is considered a non-cash investing activity in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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