Best Practices
The GBA Best Practices series of monographs, available to members only, provides guidance on geoprofessional business-practice issues.
Note: GBA used to offer a series of Practice Alerts. Many of those have been updated and turned into GBA Best Practices. However, some Practice Alerts remain, and they are listed below.
GBA BEST PRACTICES: STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION INVOLVEMENT
Many associations and societies are worthy of supp...
GBA BEST PRACTICES: TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CLIENT REPRESENTATIVES
"80% of your business is likely to come from 20% o...
GBA BEST PRACTICES: VOICE-MAIL GREETINGS
Callers may use a geoprofessional's voice-mail gre...
GBA BEST PRACTICES: WORKING SAFELY OUTDOORS IN WARM CLIMATES
Working outdoors when it's hot can create an array...
GBA PROPOSED BEST PRACTICES FOR ENGINEER OF RECORD (EOR) FOR TAILINGS DAMS
This document was prepared with input from the wor...
PRACTICE ALERT 01: SOFTWARE PIRACY
Engineering firms have had to pay huge fines ($50,...
PRACTICE ALERT 03: OUTSOURCING RISKS AND REWARDS
Providing client-outsourced services presents sign...
PRACTICE ALERT 05: TABOO WORDS
This is the first of a series of ASFE Practice Ale...
PRACTICE ALERT 06: DESIGN AND DELIVERY IN AN ELECTRONIC WORLD
Automated systems are powerful tools that require ...
PRACTICE ALERT 08: CHANGE ORDER MANAGEMENT
A number of design and environmental professionals...
PRACTICE ALERT 09: INJURED WORKER CLAIM PROTECTION
The Illinois Supreme Court has rendered an importa...
PRACTICE ALERT 11: RETAINING FIELD PERSONNEL
Retaining field personnel has become an increasing...
PRACTICE ALERT 12: BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT: AN INTRODUCTION
Urban decay and sprawl are long-term national prob...
PRACTICE ALERT 13: DEALING WITH ABSOLUTES
Absolutes are words that connote an extreme condit...