PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

NOTE 5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

	September 30,			December 31,
$s in thousands	2013			2012

Cell development costs	$	65,708		$	64,994
Land and improvements	18,166			14,920
Buildings and improvements	56,605			55,177
Railcars	17,375			17,375
Vehicles and other equipment	42,985			39,689
Construction in progress	18,891			12,454
Total property and equipment	219,730			204,609
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(104,446		)	(94,817		)
Property and equipment, net	$	115,284		$	109,792

Depreciation and amortization expense for each of the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was $3.7 million and $3.4 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was $10.8 million and $10.2 million, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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