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Operating Segments
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Operating Segments [Abstract]  
Operating Segments

11. OPERATING SEGMENTS

 

We manage and measure performance of our business in three distinct operating segments: Communications, Residential and Commercial & Industrial. These segments are reflective of how the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) reviews operating results for the purposes of allocating resources and assessing performance. The Company's CODM is its Chief Executive Officer. The Communications segment consists of low voltage installation, design, planning and maintenance for mission critical infrastructure such as data centers. The Residential segment consists of electrical installation, replacement and renovation services in single-family, condominium, townhouse and low-rise multifamily housing units.

 

The Commercial & Industrial segment provides electrical design, installation, renovation, engineering and maintenance and replacement services in facilities such as office buildings, high-rise apartments and condominiums, theaters, restaurants, hotels, hospitals and critical-care facilities, school districts, light manufacturing and processing facilities, military installations, airports, outside plants, network enterprises, switch network customers, manufacturing and distribution centers, water treatment facilities, refineries, petrochemical and power plants, and alternative energy facilities.

 

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. We evaluate performance based on income from operations of the respective business units prior to the allocation of Corporate office expenses. Transactions between segments are eliminated in consolidation. Our Corporate office provides general and administrative as well as support services to our three operating segments. Management allocates costs between segments for selling, general and administrative expenses and depreciation expense.

 

Segment information for the years ended September 30, 2011, 2010 and 2009 is as follows:

 

  Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011
         Commercial &      
   Communications Residential Industrial Corporate Total
Revenues $ 93,579 $ 114,732 $ 273,296 $ - $ 481,607
Cost of services   80,966   95,994   268,625   -   445,585
Gross profit   12,613   18,738   4,671   -   36,022
Selling, general and administrative   10,629   18,437   26,836   13,463   69,365
Loss (gain) on sale of assets   -   116   (61)   (6,638)   (6,583)
Asset Impairment   72   -   71   4,661   4,804
Restructuring charge   -   -   3,784   -   3,784
Income (loss) from operations $ 1,912 $ 185 $ (25,959) $ (11,486) $ (35,348)
Other data:               
 Depreciation and amortization expense $ 344 $ 514 $ 1,699 $ 3,799 $ 6,356
 Capital expenditures $ 928 $ 181 $ 431 $ 1,148 $ 2,688
 Total assets $ 23,073 $ 23,584 $ 80,136 $ 53,473 $ 180,266

  Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2010
         Commercial &      
   Communications Residential Industrial Corporate Total
Revenues $ 79,344 $ 116,012 $ 265,277 $ - $ 460,633
Cost of services   65,491   92,470   246,179   -   404,140
Gross profit   13,853   23,542   19,098   -   56,493
Selling, general and administrative   7,983   23,685   39,083   14,169   84,920
(Gain) Loss on sale of assets   (8)   23   (124)   (65)   (174)
Restructuring charge   16   -   698   49   763
Income (loss) from operations $ 5,862 $ (166) $ (20,559) $ (14,153) $ (29,016)
Other data:               
 Depreciation and amortization expense $ 431 $ 949 $ 2,377 $ 1,534 $ 5,291
 Capital expenditures $ 31 $ 178 $ 363 $ 352 $ 924
 Total assets $ 28,092 $ 27,164 $ 84,352 $ 65,497 $ 205,105

  Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2009
         Commercial &      
   Communications Residential Industrial Corporate Total
Revenues $ 78,724 $ 157,521 $ 429,752 $ - $ 665,997
Cost of services   66,868   120,743   368,858   -   556,469
Gross profit   11,856   36,778   60,894   -   109,528
Selling, general and administrative   6,643   33,519   51,943   16,223   108,328
Loss (gain) on sale of assets   -   37   (515)   13   (465)
Restructuring charge   138   2,662   3,219   1,388   7,407
Income (loss) from operations $ 5,075 $ 560 $ 6,247 $ (17,624) $ (5,742)
Other data:               
 Depreciation and amortization expense $ 376 $ 3,287 $ 3,378 $ 1,217 $ 8,258
 Capital expenditures $ 79 $ 502 $ 942 $ 3,217 $ 4,740
 Total assets $ 19,210 $ 39,277 $ 106,140 $ 103,798 $ 268,425