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Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 25, 2015
Contractors [Abstract] |
Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings | Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings ("CIEB") includes revenue for services from contracts based both on the units-of-delivery and the cost-to-cost measures of the percentage of completion method. Amounts consisted of the following:
| April 25, 2015 |  | July 26, 2014
| (Dollars in thousands)
Costs incurred on contracts in progress | $ | 228,683 |  |  | $ | 234,766 |
Estimated to date earnings | 65,324 |  |  | 57,335 |
Total costs and estimated earnings | 294,007 |  |  | 292,101 |
Less: billings to date | (60,299 | ) |  | (75,414 | )
| $ | 233,708 |  |  | $ | 216,687 |
Included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets under the captions: |  |  |  |  |
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings | $ | 247,979 |  |  | $ | 230,569 |
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings | (14,271 | ) |  | (13,882 | )
| $ | 233,708 |  |  | $ | 216,687 |
As of April 25, 2015, the Company expects that substantially all of its CIEB will be billed to customers and collected in the normal course of business within the next twelve months. Additionally, there were no material CIEB amounts representing claims or other similar items subject to uncertainty as of April 25, 2015 or July 26, 2014.

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