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Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 29, 2017
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 performed under contracts using the units-of-delivery method of accounting and the cost-to-cost measure of the percentage of completion method of accounting. Amounts consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
| July 29, 2017 |  | July 30, 2016
Costs incurred on contracts in progress | $ | 327,312 |  |  | $ | 307,826 |
Estimated to date earnings | 92,781 |  |  | 92,226 |
Total costs and estimated earnings | 420,093 |  |  | 400,052 |
Less: billings to date | (40,091 | ) |  | (42,637 | )
| $ | 380,002 |  |  | $ | 357,415 |
Included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets under the captions: |  |  |  |  |
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings | $ | 389,286 |  |  | $ | 376,972 |
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings | (9,284 | ) |  | (19,557 | )
| $ | 380,002 |  |  | $ | 357,415 |
As of July 29, 2017, 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 July 29, 2017 or July 30, 2016.

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