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Property, Plant And Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2014
Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant And Equipment | H. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
|  | August, 31
$ in thousands |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Operating property, plant and equipment: |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  | $ | 3,315 |  | $ | 3,342
Buildings |  |  | 38,573 |  |  | 34,066
Equipment |  |  | 91,254 |  |  | 85,689
Other |  |  | 14,946 |  |  | 9,037
Total operating property, plant and equipment |  |  | 148,088 |  |  | 132,134
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (83,674) |  |  | (76,508)
Total operating property, plant and equipment, net |  | $ | 64,414 |  | $ | 55,626
Property held for lease: |  |  |  |  |  |
Machines |  |  | 4,395 |  |  | 3,965
Barriers |  |  | 17,213 |  |  | 17,323
Total property held for lease |  | $ | 21,608 |  | $ | 21,288
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (13,565) |  |  | (11,850)
Total property held for lease, net |  | $ | 8,043 |  | $ | 9,438
Property, plant and equipment, net |  | $ | 72,457 |  | $ | 65,064
Depreciation expense was $10.8 mi llion, $9.8 million and $9.6 million for the years ended August 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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