Other Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2018

Other Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities are summarized in the following table.

	Balance at
	April 28,  2018			July 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Allowance for project disallowances		$	687	$	687
Dividends payable to noncontrolling shareholders of majority-owned subsidiaries			410		517
Other accrued expenses			975		1,441
Total other accrued liabilities		$	2,072	$	2,645

Allowance for Project Disallowances

Activity within the allowance for project disallowances is summarized in the following table.

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	April 28, 2018		April 29,  2017			April 28, 2018		April 29, 2017
	(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	687	$	711		$	687	$	1,819
Reduction of settlement estimate recorded in prior periods		---		(24	)		---		(1,132	)
Balance at end of period	$	687	$	687		$	687	$	687