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NV5 Global, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 7/2/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 8/5/22, at 11:41am ET   ·   For:  7/2/22   ·   Accession #:  1628280-22-21277   ·   File #:  1-35849

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/05/22  NV5 Global, Inc.                  10-Q        7/02/22   82:7.9M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.57M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
10: R1          Cover                                               HTML     76K 
11: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    127K 
12: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     40K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
13: R4          Consolidated Statements of Net Income and           HTML    105K 
                Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                                 
14: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     82K 
                Stockholders? Equity (Unaudited)                                 
15: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    122K 
16: R7          Organization and Nature of Business Operations      HTML     36K 
17: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     35K 
18: R9          Recent Accounting Pronouncements                    HTML     35K 
19: R10         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     41K 
20: R11         Business Acquisitions                               HTML     72K 
21: R12         Billed and Unbilled Receivables                     HTML     33K 
22: R13         Property and Equipment, net                         HTML     34K 
23: R14         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     61K 
24: R15         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     33K 
25: R16         Notes Payable and Other Obligations                 HTML     45K 
26: R17         Contingent Consideration                            HTML     35K 
27: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     28K 
28: R19         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     34K 
29: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML     28K 
30: R21         Reportable Segments                                 HTML    192K 
31: R22         Leases                                              HTML    172K 
32: R23         Employee Benefit Plan                               HTML     28K 
33: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R25         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     37K 
35: R26         Business Acquisitions (Tables)                      HTML     68K 
36: R27         Billed and Unbilled Receivables (Tables)            HTML     33K 
37: R28         Property and Equipment, net (Tables)                HTML     33K 
38: R29         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     66K 
39: R30         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     32K 
40: R31         Notes Payable and Other Obligations (Tables)        HTML     37K 
41: R32         Contingent Consideration (Tables)                   HTML     33K 
42: R33         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     30K 
43: R34         Reportable Segments (Tables)                        HTML    194K 
44: R35         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    116K 
45: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     34K 
                Revenue Recognition (Details)                                    
46: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     27K 
                Contract Balances (Details)                                      
47: R38         Earnings per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     42K 
48: R39         Earnings per Share - Schedule of Earnings Per       HTML     47K 
                Share, Basic and Diluted (Details)                               
49: R40         Business Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)         HTML     44K 
50: R41         Business Acquisitions - Summary of the Fair Values  HTML     68K 
                of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed                       
                (Details)                                                        
51: R42         Business Acquisitions - Results of Operations From  HTML     26K 
                any Business Acquired (Details)                                  
52: R43         Business Acquisitions - Pro Forma Consolidated      HTML     32K 
                Results of Operations (Details)                                  
53: R44         Billed and Unbilled Receivables (Details)           HTML     36K 
54: R45         Property and Equipment, net (Details)               HTML     39K 
55: R46         Property and Equipment, net - Narrative (Details)   HTML     27K 
56: R47         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     39K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
57: R48         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     57K 
                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Details)                         
58: R49         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R50         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     37K 
60: R51         Notes Payable and Other Obligations - Summary of    HTML     42K 
                Notes Payable and Other Obligations (Details)                    
61: R52         Notes Payable and Other Obligations - Narrative     HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R53         Contingent Consideration (Details)                  HTML     36K 
63: R54         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     51K 
64: R55         Stock-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards  HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R56         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     26K 
66: R57         Reportable Segments - Narrative (Details)           HTML     26K 
67: R58         Reportable Segments - Summarized Financial          HTML     53K 
                Information (Details)                                            
68: R59         Reportable Segments - Revenue From Contracts With   HTML     47K 
                Customers by Geographic Location (Details)                       
69: R60         Reportable Segments - Revenue by Customer Type      HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R61         Reportable Segments - Revenue by Contract Type      HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R62         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     26K 
72: R63         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Balance Sheet     HTML     56K 
                Information (Details)                                            
73: R64         Leases - Schedule of Lease Term and Discount Rate   HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R65         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow         HTML     31K 
                Information (Details)                                            
75: R66         Leases - Schedule of Lease Cost (Details)           HTML     34K 
76: R67         Leases - Schedule of Maturities of Lease            HTML     62K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
77: R68         Employee Benefit Plan (Details)                     HTML     35K 
80: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    147K 
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79: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    133K 
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 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- nvee-20220702_lab                     XML   1.43M 
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82: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-22-021277-xbrl      Zip    351K

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