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Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 23, 2016
Contractors [Abstract] |
Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings, Net | Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings ("CIEB") include 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:
| January 23, 2016 |  | July 25, 2015
| (Dollars in thousands)
Costs incurred on contracts in progress | $ | 281,479 |  |  | $ | 240,077 |
Estimated to date earnings | 74,757 |  |  | 72,446 |
Total costs and estimated earnings | 356,236 |  |  | 312,523 |
Less: billings to date | (68,146 | ) |  | (54,689 | )
| $ | 288,090 |  |  | $ | 257,834 |
Included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets under the captions: |  |  |  |  |
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings | $ | 302,393 |  |  | $ | 274,730 |
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings | (14,303 | ) |  | (16,896 | )
| $ | 288,090 |  |  | $ | 257,834 |

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