CONTINGENCIES	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2018
CONTINGENCIES
CONTINGENCIES	NOTE 12 — CONTINGENCIES In the normal course of business, the Company may have pending claims and legal proceedings. It is the opinion of management, based on information available at this time, that there are no current claims and proceedings that could have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements other than as described below. The material amounts of any legal fees expected to be incurred in connection with legal matters are accrued when such amounts are estimable. Legal Matters On February 1, 2016, TRC was sued in Person County, North Carolina, by a subcontractor, PPS Engineers, Inc. (“PPS”), in an attempt to force TRC to pay invoices for services rendered in the total amount of $2.3 million. PPS has placed liens on the property of the customers in several states where work was performed by PPS and it has also filed a claim against the bond issued on behalf of TRC relating to one significant project located in Tennessee in the amount of $2.5 million. On March 4, 2016, TRC filed responses to the claims of PPS. The positions of TRC are that PPS failed to deliver a number of items required by the applicable contract between the parties and that the invoices rendered by PPS covering the disputed services will not be paid until such deliverables are supplied. Further, TRC maintains that certain sums are owed to it by PPS for services, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and software that were supplied by TRC on behalf of PPS that total approximately $2.2 million. The amounts invoiced by PPS have been accrued by TRC and the corresponding liability amount was included in accounts payable in the consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017. TRC has not recorded an account receivable for the amounts it believes are owed to it by PPS. A mediation effort was attempted in 2016 but it was unproductive and an impasse was declared. In December 2017, an amended complaint was filed by the plaintiff and TRC filed an amended counterclaim. In anticipation of a trial, the discovery process has begun. The Company intends to continue to defend against these claims and to pursue its counterclaim with vigorous efforts. Due to the uncertainty of the ultimate outcomes of these legal proceedings, the Company cannot provide assurances that it will be successful in these efforts. However, management does not believe that resolution of the matters discussed above will result in additional loss with material negative effect on the Company’s consolidated operating results in a future reporting period. GPS has a dispute with a former subcontractor on one of its power plant construction projects that is scheduled for binding arbitration in the coming months. The subcontractor, terminated for cause by GPS, has claimed damages of approximately $11.0 million. GPS has submitted a counterclaim for an amount related to the value of the subcontract completed by GPS. Management cannot make an estimate of the amount or range of loss, if any, related to this matter. It is possible that resolution of the matter could result in a loss with a material negative effect on the Company’s consolidated operating results in a future reporting period. Self-Insurance TRC has elected to retain portions of future losses, if any, through the loss retention features of certain insurance policies and the use of self-insurance for exposures related to worker’s compensation and certain employee health insurance claims. Liabilities in excess of contractually limited amounts are the responsibility of an insurance carrier. To the extent that the Company retains the risks for these exposures, including claims incurred but not reported, liabilities have been accrued based upon the Company’s best estimates, with input from legal and insurance advisors. Changes in assumptions, as well as changes in actual experience, could cause these estimates to change in the near-term. Management believes that reasonably possible losses, if any, for these matters, to the extent not otherwise disclosed and net of recorded accruals, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future results of operations, financial position or cash flow. At January 31, 2018 and 2017, the aggregate amounts established to cover self-insured and other retained losses were included in the balances of accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets. Beginning in calendar year 2017, the employee health benefits for the employees of TRC were fully insured. Warranty Costs Many of the Company’s construction contracts contain warranty provisions covering defects in equipment, materials, design or workmanship that typically run from nine to twenty-four months after the completion of construction. Because of the nature of the Company’s projects, including project owner inspections of the work both during construction and prior to substantial completion, the Company has not experienced material unexpected warranty costs. However, provision for estimated warranty costs, if any, is made in the period in which such costs become probable and the corresponding liabilities are periodically adjusted to reflect actual experience. Warranty costs are estimated based on the Company’s experience with the type of work and any known risks relative to each completed project. At January 31, 2018 and 2017, the amounts established to cover future warranty costs under completed EPC contracts were included in the balances of accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets. Performance Bonds From time to time, GPS arranges for bonding to be issued by the Company’s surety firm for the benefit of an owner of an energy project for which GPS is generally not providing construction services. GPS collects fees from the project owner as consideration for the use of the Company’s bonding capacity. As of January 31, 2018 and 2017, the amounts of outstanding surety bonds issued under such arrangements were $11.1 million and $7.3 million, respectively.

NOTE 12 — CONTINGENCIES

In the normal course of business, the Company may have pending claims and legal proceedings. It is the opinion of management, based on information available at this time, that there are no current claims and proceedings that could have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements other than as described below. The material amounts of any legal fees expected to be incurred in connection with legal matters are accrued when such amounts are estimable.

Legal Matters

On February 1, 2016, TRC was sued in Person County, North Carolina, by a subcontractor, PPS Engineers, Inc. (“PPS”), in an attempt to force TRC to pay invoices for services rendered in the total amount of $2.3 million. PPS has placed liens on the property of the customers in several states where work was performed by PPS and it has also filed a claim against the bond issued on behalf of TRC relating to one significant project located in Tennessee in the amount of $2.5 million. On March 4, 2016, TRC filed responses to the claims of PPS. The positions of TRC are that PPS failed to deliver a number of items required by the applicable contract between the parties and that the invoices rendered by PPS covering the disputed services will not be paid until such deliverables are supplied. Further, TRC maintains that certain sums are owed to it by PPS for services, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and software that were supplied by TRC on behalf of PPS that total approximately $2.2 million. The amounts invoiced by PPS have been accrued by TRC and the corresponding liability amount was included in accounts payable in the consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2018 and January 31, 2017. TRC has not recorded an account receivable for the amounts it believes are owed to it by PPS. A mediation effort was attempted in 2016 but it was unproductive and an impasse was declared. In December 2017, an amended complaint was filed by the plaintiff and TRC filed an amended counterclaim. In anticipation of a trial, the discovery process has begun. The Company intends to continue to defend against these claims and to pursue its counterclaim with vigorous efforts. Due to the uncertainty of the ultimate outcomes of these legal proceedings, the Company cannot provide assurances that it will be successful in these efforts. However, management does not believe that resolution of the matters discussed above will result in additional loss with material negative effect on the Company’s consolidated operating results in a future reporting period.

GPS has a dispute with a former subcontractor on one of its power plant construction projects that is scheduled for binding arbitration in the coming months. The subcontractor, terminated for cause by GPS, has claimed damages of approximately $11.0 million. GPS has submitted a counterclaim for an amount related to the value of the subcontract completed by GPS. Management cannot make an estimate of the amount or range of loss, if any, related to this matter. It is possible that resolution of the matter could result in a loss with a material negative effect on the Company’s consolidated operating results in a future reporting period.

Self-Insurance

TRC has elected to retain portions of future losses, if any, through the loss retention features of certain insurance policies and the use of self-insurance for exposures related to worker’s compensation and certain employee health insurance claims. Liabilities in excess of contractually limited amounts are the responsibility of an insurance carrier. To the extent that the Company retains the risks for these exposures, including claims incurred but not reported, liabilities have been accrued based upon the Company’s best estimates, with input from legal and insurance advisors. Changes in assumptions, as well as changes in actual experience, could cause these estimates to change in the near-term. Management believes that reasonably possible losses, if any, for these matters, to the extent not otherwise disclosed and net of recorded accruals, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future results of operations, financial position or cash flow. At January 31, 2018 and 2017, the aggregate amounts established to cover self-insured and other retained losses were included in the balances of accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets. Beginning in calendar year 2017, the employee health benefits for the employees of TRC were fully insured.

Warranty Costs

Many of the Company’s construction contracts contain warranty provisions covering defects in equipment, materials, design or workmanship that typically run from nine to twenty-four months after the completion of construction. Because of the nature of the Company’s projects, including project owner inspections of the work both during construction and prior to substantial completion, the Company has not experienced material unexpected warranty costs. However, provision for estimated warranty costs, if any, is made in the period in which such costs become probable and the corresponding liabilities are periodically adjusted to reflect actual experience. Warranty costs are estimated based on the Company’s experience with the type of work and any known risks relative to each completed project. At January 31, 2018 and 2017, the amounts established to cover future warranty costs under completed EPC contracts were included in the balances of accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets.

Performance Bonds

From time to time, GPS arranges for bonding to be issued by the Company’s surety firm for the benefit of an owner of an energy project for which GPS is generally not providing construction services. GPS collects fees from the project owner as consideration for the use of the Company’s bonding capacity. As of January 31, 2018 and 2017, the amounts of outstanding surety bonds issued under such arrangements were $11.1 million and $7.3 million, respectively.