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NV5 Global, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/27/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 8/6/20, at 11:37am ET   ·   For:  6/27/20   ·   Accession #:  1628280-20-11917   ·   File #:  1-35849

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

 8/06/20  NV5 Global, Inc.                  10-Q        6/27/20   81:9.4M                                   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   1.12M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     76K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    112K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     39K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Net Income and           HTML     97K 
                Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                                 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     71K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    115K 
17: R7          Organization and Nature of Business Operations      HTML     35K 
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     39K 
19: R9          Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     50K 
20: R10         Business Acquisitions                               HTML    104K 
21: R11         Billed and Unbilled Receivables                     HTML     36K 
22: R12         Property and Equipment, net                         HTML     38K 
23: R13         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     96K 
24: R14         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     36K 
25: R15         Notes Payable and Other Obligations                 HTML     82K 
26: R16         Contingent Consideration                            HTML     36K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     25K 
28: R18         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     37K 
29: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
30: R20         Reportable Segments                                 HTML    238K 
31: R21         Leases                                              HTML    237K 
32: R22         Subsequent Events Subsequent Events                 HTML     26K 
33: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R24         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     47K 
35: R25         Business Acquisitions (Tables)                      HTML     91K 
36: R26         Billed and Unbilled Receivables (Tables)            HTML     36K 
37: R27         Property and Equipment, net (Tables)                HTML     36K 
38: R28         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     91K 
39: R29         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     36K 
40: R30         Notes Payable and Other Obligations (Tables)        HTML     46K 
41: R31         Contingent Consideration (Tables)                   HTML     36K 
42: R32         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     33K 
43: R33         Reportable Segments (Tables)                        HTML    239K 
44: R34         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    154K 
45: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     30K 
                Revenue Recognition (Details)                                    
46: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     27K 
                Leases (Details)                                                 
47: R37         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     27K 
48: R38         Earnings Per Share - Schedule of Earnings Per       HTML     43K 
                Share, Basic and Diluted (Details)                               
49: R39         Business Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)         HTML    119K 
50: R40         Business Acquisitions - Summary of the fair values  HTML     91K 
                of assets acquired and liabilities assumed                       
                (Details)                                                        
51: R41         Business Acquisitions - Results of operations from  HTML     26K 
                any business acquired (Details)                                  
52: R42         Business Acquisitions - Pro forma consolidated      HTML     31K 
                results of operations (Details)                                  
53: R43         Billed and Unbilled Receivables (Details)           HTML     37K 
54: R44         Property and Equipment, net (Details)               HTML     39K 
55: R45         Property and Equipment, net - Narrative (Details)   HTML     27K 
56: R46         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     34K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
57: R47         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)            HTML     59K 
58: R48         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     66K 
                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Details)                         
59: R49         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     41K 
60: R50         Notes Payable and Other Obligations - Summary of    HTML     42K 
                notes payable and other obligations (Details)                    
61: R51         Notes Payable and Other Obligations - Narrative     HTML    261K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Notes Payable and Other Obligations Notes Payable   HTML     35K 
                and Other Obligations - Schedule of Consolidated                 
                Leverage Ratio (Details) (Details)                               
63: R53         Contingent Consideration (Details)                  HTML     36K 
64: R54         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     47K 
65: R55         Stock-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock Awards  HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R56         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     26K 
67: R57         Reportable Segments - Narrative (Details)           HTML     27K 
68: R58         Reportable Segments - Summarized Financial          HTML     59K 
                Information (Details)                                            
69: R59         Reportable Segments - Revenue from contracts with   HTML     47K 
                customers by geographic location (Details)                       
70: R60         Reportable Segments - Revenue by Customer Type      HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Reportable Segments - Revenue by Contract Type      HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R62         Leases - Schedule of supplemental balance sheet     HTML     59K 
                information (Details)                                            
73: R63         Leases - Schedule of lease term and discount rate   HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R64         Leases - Schedule of supplemental cash flow         HTML     31K 
                information (Details)                                            
75: R65         Leases - Schedule of lease cost (Details)           HTML     38K 
76: R66         Leases - Schedule of maturities of lease            HTML     62K 
                liabilities (Details)                                            
77: R67         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     48K 
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    146K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- nvee-2020x06x27x10q_htm             XML   2.87M 
78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    100K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- nvee-20200627_cal               XML    256K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- nvee-20200627_def                XML    497K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- nvee-20200627_lab                     XML   1.50M 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- nvee-20200627_pre              XML    890K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- nvee-20200627                         XSD    169K 
80: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              352±   502K 
81: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-20-011917-xbrl      Zip    249K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — nvee-20200627_pre

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