Other Accrued Liabilities (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2019

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities consists of:

	September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018
Contract reserves	$	60,914	$	48,818
Employee benefits	37,040		38,538
Warranty accrual	28,061		25,537
Accrued income taxes	26,532		16,737
Other	36,178		40,132
Other accrued liabilities	$	188,725	$	169,762

Activity in the warranty accrual is summarized as follows:

	2019			2018			2017
Warranty accrual at beginning of period	$	25,537		$	25,848		$	21,363
Additions from acquisitions	—			184			448
Warranties issued during current period	20,024			15,705			17,021
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties	(952		)	(806		)	(509		)
Reductions for settling warranties	(16,083		)	(15,101		)	(12,747		)
Foreign currency translation	(465		)	(293		)	272
Warranty accrual at end of period	$	28,061		$	25,537		$	25,848