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Minimum Qualified Service Required To Participate In Savings And Retirement Plan

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement Plan Expiration

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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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Amount of contributions made to multiemployer plans by the employer. A multiemployer plan is a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013	Mar. 02, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for grants	3.0
Multi-employer plan contribution expense	$ 0.3	$ 0.1	$ 0.1
Two Thousand Twelve Equity Compensation Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares that may be granted			2.0
Number of shares available for grants	1.9
Two Thousand Twelve Equity Compensation Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration of Stock option under the plan	10 years
401 (k) Retirement Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Minimum age for retirement saving plan	18 years
Minimum days of service required to participate in retirement savings plan	30 days
Maximum percentage of eligible compensation by employee	50.00%
Maximum employer match on employee's contribution	33.00%
Employer matching contribution on employee's salary percentage	6.00%
Employer discretionary contribution	$ 1.1	$ 0.9	$ 0.9
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Two Thousand Twelve Equity Compensation Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for grants					0.3
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period				1.6