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PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [ABSTRACT]  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

(5)PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

    

2019

    

2018

 

Land and buildings

 

$

32,942

 

$

33,286

 

Computer equipment and software

 

 

447,260

 

 

411,653

 

Telephone equipment

 

 

49,447

 

 

45,351

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

 

85,191

 

 

74,538

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

186,083

 

 

161,960

 

Motor vehicles

 

 

260

 

 

90

 

Construction-in-progress and other

 

 

 -

 

 

1,131

 

Property, plant and equipment, gross

 

 

801,183

 

 

728,009

 

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(624,550)

 

 

(566,486)

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

$

176,633

 

$

161,523

 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $57.5 million, $58.4 million and $57.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2019,  2018 and 2017, respectively.

Included in the computer equipment and software is internally developed software of $15.3 million net and $11.2 million net as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.