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Costs, Estimated Earnings and Billings on Uncompleted Contracts - Aggregate Amounts of Costs Incurred and Earnings Accrued on Uncompleted Contracts Compared with Billings for Contracts (Detail) (USD $) | Jul. 31, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2014
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Contractors [Abstract] |  |
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts | $ 283,935,000 | $ 162,137,000
Estimated accrued earnings | 49,187,000 | 21,961,000
Contracts Receivables, Gross | 333,122,000 | 184,098,000
Less - Billings to date | (514,276,000) | (318,307,000)
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, net | (181,154,000) | (134,209,000)
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings | 430,000 | 527,000
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings | (181,584,000) | (134,736,000)
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, net | $ (181,154,000) | $ (134,209,000)

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