Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Our first question comes from Michael Cox from Piper Jaffray. Please proceed.
Michael Cox - Piper Jaffray
Good morning.
Russ Huffer
Good morning, Mike.
Michael Cox - Piper Jaffray
My first question is, just looking for a little bit of additional color around the installation write-downs. I know you discussed it in your prepared comments, but I was wondering if you could comment on whether this has occurred before or if there is a risk of a similar occurrence as you look across the other Harmon businesses. I know it's a sort of a regional business for you in each different market. So, if you can just comment on that, I'd appreciate it.
Jim Porter
Yeah, we feel that these were isolated to a Project Manager and a General Manager in that area, it was tied, I think it's important to understand, it's not tied to a geographic event, it's tied to the people that were involved and we do feel that it’s very much isolated and we have worked very hard to make sure that we've looked at the balance of projects that were in this region, we'd look at the balance of projects through out the company, so we do not expect this to be a repeat.
Michael Cox - Piper Jaffray
Okay, that's very helpful. Turning to the backlog, if my numbers are correct that the mix of the backlog has changed somewhat since the beginning of the year, your office has moved from about 25% up to about 40% or as condo and hotel entertainment segments have dropped. I was wondering if that's a function of faster growth within the office segment or if it's some deterioration you're seeing in some of the condo's type of markets?
Russ Huffer
Well, I think the condo markets, the condo markets are function of a lot for us, there are few large projects, so that does come and go, so right now it’s down, I think, it’s probably reflecting some of the market but it could be more of just the number of projects that are showing up in our backlog right now. So, I wouldn't, we've always been careful to advise people that condominium work for us is not the same as the sort of the boom and bust work that was going on in the marketplace.
The office side, simply I think what we've seen simply reflects a very positive marketplace, where our absorption is still continuing to exceed certain place, new square footage put in place and the demand for the space is fundamentally there. It's a positive reason for this space being put in place. So that's it, Jim, if you want to add.
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