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Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 29, 2017
Contractors [Abstract] |
Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings, Net | 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):
| April 29, 2017 |  | July 30, 2016
Costs incurred on contracts in progress | $ | 373,504 |  |  | $ | 307,826 |
Estimated to date earnings | 100,814 |  |  | 92,226 |
Total costs and estimated earnings | 474,318 |  |  | 400,052 |
Less: billings to date | (48,308 | ) |  | (42,637 | )
| $ | 426,010 |  |  | $ | 357,415 |
Included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets under the captions: |  |  |  |  |
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings | $ | 440,895 |  |  | $ | 376,972 |
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings | (14,885 | ) |  | (19,557 | )
| $ | 426,010 |  |  | $ | 357,415 |

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