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Granite Construction Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘XML’

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 2/23/24  Granite Construction Inc.         10-K       12/31/23  125:32M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.61M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     98K 
 3: EX-10.13    Material Contract                                   HTML    102K 
 4: EX-19       Report Furnished to Security Holders                HTML     62K 
 5: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     35K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
10: EX-95       Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML    253K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 9: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
16: R1          Cover                                               HTML     98K 
17: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     37K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    160K 
19: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     73K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    140K 
21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     73K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML    136K 
23: R8          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     38K 
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24: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    181K 
25: R10         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     39K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
26: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    122K 
27: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML     79K 
28: R13         Revisions in Estimates                              HTML     69K 
29: R14         Disaggregation of Revenue                           HTML     61K 
30: R15         Unearned Revenue                                    HTML     41K 
31: R16         Contract Assets and Liabilities                     HTML     51K 
32: R17         Receivables, net                                    HTML     47K 
33: R18         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     96K 
34: R19         Construction Joint Ventures                         HTML     81K 
35: R20         Investments in Affiliates                           HTML     70K 
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38: R23         Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities      HTML     44K 
39: R24         Long-term Debt                                      HTML     64K 
40: R25         Leases                                              HTML     43K 
41: R26         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     61K 
42: R27         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     61K 
43: R28         Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Net Income  HTML     56K 
                Per Share                                                        
44: R29         Income Taxes                                        HTML    166K 
45: R30         Contingencies - Legal Proceedings                   HTML     44K 
46: R31         Reportable Segment Information                      HTML    104K 
47: R32         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     44K 
48: R33         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     38K 
49: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    198K 
                (Policies)                                                       
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51: R36         Revisions in Estimates (Tables)                     HTML     66K 
52: R37         Disaggregation of Revenue (Tables)                  HTML     61K 
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64: R49         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     57K 
65: R50         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     52K 
66: R51         Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Net Income  HTML     56K 
                Per Share (Tables)                                               
67: R52         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    173K 
68: R53         Reportable Segment Information (Tables)             HTML    104K 
69: R54         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    118K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R55         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML    102K 
71: R56         Acquisitions - Schedule of Purchase Price and       HTML     81K 
                Assumed Liabilities (Details)                                    
72: R57         Acquisitions - Schedule of Acquired                 HTML     57K 
                Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Details)                     
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                (Details)                                                        
74: R59         Revisions in Estimates (Details)                    HTML     42K 
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                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
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                (Details)                                                        
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83: R68         Fair Value Measurement - Significant Assets and     HTML     81K 
                Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Details)                     
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                Fair Value Amounts (Details)                                     
85: R70         Construction Joint Ventures (Details)               HTML    100K 
86: R71         Construction Joint Ventures - Unconsolidated        HTML     51K 
                Construction Joint Ventures Financial Information                
                (Details)                                                        
87: R72         Construction Joint Ventures - Schedule of           HTML     68K 
                Unconsolidated Construction Joint Ventures Revenue               
                and Costs (Details)                                              
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89: R74         Investments in Affiliates - Equity Method           HTML     42K 
                Investments (Details)                                            
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                Sheet Information for Equity Method Investments                  
                (Details)                                                        
91: R76         Investments in Affiliates - Summarized Statement    HTML     69K 
                of Operations for Equity Method Investments                      
                (Details)                                                        
92: R77         Property and Equipment, Net (Details)               HTML     50K 
93: R78         Property and Equipment, Net - Property, Plant, and  HTML     52K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
94: R79         Property and Equipment, Net - Reconciliation of     HTML     43K 
                Asset Retirement Obligations (Details)                           
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                (Details)                                                        
98: R83         Long-term Debt (Details)                            HTML    192K 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Liabilities Outstanding (Details)                                
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103: R88         Employee Benefit Plans - Multi-employer Pension     HTML     47K  
                Plans (Details)                                                  
104: R89         Shareholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     90K  
105: R90         Shareholders' Equity - Changes in RSUs (Details)    HTML     57K  
106: R91         Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Net Income  HTML     47K  
                Per Share (Details)                                              
107: R92         Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Net Income  HTML     68K  
                Per Share - Reconciliation of the Weighted Average               
                Shares (Details)                                                 
108: R93         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     53K  
109: R94         Income Taxes - Summary of Income Before Provision   HTML     42K  
                for Income Taxes (Details)                                       
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                (Details)                                                        
111: R96         Income Taxes - Schedule of Effective Income Tax     HTML    110K  
                Rate Reconciliation (Details)                                    
112: R97         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     69K  
                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
115: R100        Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax   HTML     48K  
                Benefits (Details)                                               
116: R101        Contingencies - Legal Proceedings (Details)         HTML     46K  
117: R102        Reportable Segment Information (Details)            HTML     53K  
118: R103        Reportable Segment Information - Segment Reporting  HTML     72K  
                Information (Details)                                            
119: R104        Reportable Segment Information - Reconciliation of  HTML     53K  
                Segment Gross (Loss) Profit to Consolidated Loss                 
                (Details)                                                        
120: R105        Reportable Segment Information - Reconciliation of  HTML     69K  
                Segment Assets to Total Consolidated Assets                      
                (Details)                                                        
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