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Segment Reporting (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting Information, by Segment | Segment information is presented for selected data from the statements of income and statements of cash flows for 2020, 2019 and 2018. Segment information for selected data from the balance sheets is presented for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2021 and January 3, 2020. The Company’s CEO, the chief operating decision maker, does not review total assets in her evaluation of segment performance and capital allocation. Revenues
|  | Fiscal Years |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Engineering and Other Scientific |  | $ | 319,346 |  |  | $ | 339,796 |  |  | $ | 306,265 |
Environmental and Health |  |  | 80,554 |  |  |  | 77,403 |  |  |  | 73,258 |
Total revenues |  | $ | 399,900 |  |  | $ | 417,199 |  |  | $ | 379,523 |
Operating Income
|  | Fiscal Years |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Engineering and Other Scientific |  | $ | 100,616 |  |  | $ | 110,822 |  |  | $ | 100,307 |
Environmental and Health |  |  | 26,728 |  |  |  | 26,589 |  |  |  | 23,824 |
Total segment operating income |  |  | 127,344 |  |  |  | 137,411 |  |  |  | 124,131 |
Corporate operating expense |  |  | (44,095 | ) |  |  | (52,300 | ) |  |  | (32,675 | )
Total operating income |  | $ | 83,249 |  |  | $ | 85,111 |  |  | $ | 91,456 |
Capital Expenditures
|  | Fiscal Years |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Engineering and Other Scientific |  | $ | 2,237 |  |  | $ | 4,675 |  |  | $ | 4,528 |
Environmental and Health |  |  | 102 |  |  |  | 104 |  |  |  | 199 |
Total segment capital expenditures |  |  | 2,339 |  |  |  | 4,779 |  |  |  | 4,727 |
Corporate capital expenditures |  |  | 2,768 |  |  |  | 17,511 |  |  |  | 12,654 |
Total capital expenditures |  | $ | 5,107 |  |  | $ | 22,290 |  |  | $ | 17,381 |
Certain capital expenditures associated with the Company's corporate cost centers and the related depreciation are excluded from the Company's segment information. The high level of corporate capital expenditures during 2018 and 2019 was due to the land purchase and construction costs associated with the Company’s office and laboratory facilities in Natick, Massachusetts. Depreciation and Amortization
|  | Fiscal Years |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Engineering and Other Scientific |  | $ | 4,239 |  |  | $ | 4,827 |  |  | $ | 4,435 |
Environmental and Health |  |  | 196 |  |  |  | 206 |  |  |  | 171 |
Total segment depreciation and amortization |  |  | 4,435 |  |  |  | 5,033 |  |  |  | 4,606 |
Corporate depreciation and amortization |  |  | 2,436 |  |  |  | 1,773 |  |  |  | 1,686 |
Total depreciation and amortization |  | $ | 6,871 |  |  | $ | 6,806 |  |  | $ | 6,292 |
Operations In Different Geographical Areas | Information regarding the Company’s operations in different geographical areas: Property, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements, net
|  | Fiscal Years |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
United States |  | $ | 58,900 |  |  | $ | 60,074 |
Foreign Countries |  |  | 923 |  |  |  | 1,513 |
Total |  | $ | 59,823 |  |  | $ | 61,587 |
Revenues (1)
|  | Fiscal Years |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
United States |  | $ | 353,565 |  |  | $ | 351,856 |  |  | $ | 334,422 |
Foreign Countries |  |  | 46,335 |  |  |  | 65,343 |  |  |  | 45,101 |
Total |  | $ | 399,900 |  |  | $ | 417,199 |  |  | $ | 379,523 |
(1) | Geographic revenues are allocated based on the location of the client.
Schedule of Goodwill | Below is a breakdown of goodwill, reported by segment as of January 1, 2021 and January 3, 2020:
(In thousands) |  | Environmental and Health |  |  | Engineering and Other Scientific |  |  | Total |
Goodwill |  | $ | 8,099 |  |  | $ | 508 |  |  | $ | 8,607 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 22 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8736-108599 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 25 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8813-108599 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121556970&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 4: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8906-108599 + Details
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