Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Subsequent Events
Subsequent Events	16. Subsequent Events On January 30, 2017, CRA acquired substantially all of the business assets and assumed certain liabilities of C1 Consulting, LLC and its wholly owned Swiss subsidiary, C1 Associates GmbH. With this acquisition CRA welcomed 86 new colleagues and provided CRA with new offices in San Francisco, California; Summit, New Jersey; and Lucerne, Switzerland, and added staff to CRA's Boston and New York City locations. The transaction was paid for with a combination of cash and shares of CRA common stock. Depending on the achievement of certain milestones, CRA may pay additional consideration. The fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as part of the acquisition will be finalized as we receive other information relevant to the acquisition and complete our analysis of other transaction-related costs. The acquisition will be accounted for under the purchase method of accounting, and the results of operations will be included in the Company's statements of operations from the date of acquisition. On February 2, 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved the Long-Term Incentive Plan for 2017 and related grants. The 2017 LTIP provides participants with a mixture of time-vested restricted stock units, time-vested cash awards and/or performance-based cash awards. On February 15, 2017, CRA entered into an agreement to lease 5,578 square feet of office space in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The lease will commence on November 1, 2017 and is set to expire on October 31, 2027. The annual base rent is approximately $0.1 million for the first lease year, and is subject to annual increases of approximately 2% per annum. On February 16, 2017, CRA's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per common share, payable on March 17, 2017 to shareholders of record as of February 27, 2017.

16. Subsequent Events

On January 30, 2017, CRA acquired substantially all of the business assets and assumed certain liabilities of C1 Consulting, LLC and its wholly owned Swiss subsidiary, C1 Associates GmbH. With this acquisition CRA welcomed 86 new colleagues and provided CRA with new offices in San Francisco, California; Summit, New Jersey; and Lucerne, Switzerland, and added staff to CRA's Boston and New York City locations. The transaction was paid for with a combination of cash and shares of CRA common stock. Depending on the achievement of certain milestones, CRA may pay additional consideration. The fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as part of the acquisition will be finalized as we receive other information relevant to the acquisition and complete our analysis of other transaction-related costs. The acquisition will be accounted for under the purchase method of accounting, and the results of operations will be included in the Company's statements of operations from the date of acquisition.

On February 2, 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved the Long-Term Incentive Plan for 2017 and related grants. The 2017 LTIP provides participants with a mixture of time-vested restricted stock units, time-vested cash awards and/or performance-based cash awards.

On February 15, 2017, CRA entered into an agreement to lease 5,578 square feet of office space in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The lease will commence on November 1, 2017 and is set to expire on October 31, 2027. The annual base rent is approximately $0.1 million for the first lease year, and is subject to annual increases of approximately 2% per annum.

On February 16, 2017, CRA's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per common share, payable on March 17, 2017 to shareholders of record as of February 27, 2017.