GBA News

Read the latest GBA news here. GBA frequently offers new resources, issues new publications, and announces new events. Check back here often for the latest updates on these and more from GBA.

GBA is happy to announce our continued collaboration with the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG), signified by the renewal of our organizations’ Memorandum of Understanding. GBA and AEG first signed an MOU in 2...

Jan 3, 2024

GBA Conference Program Committee Geoprofessionals from across North America will come together at GBA’s 2024 Annual Conference, taking place April 18-20, 2024 at the JW Marriott, Anaheim Resort in Anaheim, California. Registration is open...

Dec 22, 2023

Everyone who attended GBA’s 2023 Fall Conference agreed that the presentations were valuable and outstanding. Each was educational, entertaining, and inspiring. Now you can watch, listen to, and learn from these speakers, too – on your own schedu...

Dec 15, 2023

New GBA Business Brief: Opportunities at the Climate Crisis and Infrastructure Nexus Business Practices Committee Infrastructure disruption, damage, and destruction from increasingly extreme weather events is occurring at an alarming rate ...

Dec 14, 2023

We are wrapping up our three-part holiday gift guide for geoprofessionals. With more than 40 items included at a wide range of price points, there is truly something for everyone. From lighthearted stocking stuffers and clever task management solutio...

Dec 13, 2023

Are you still looking for that perfect gift for the geoprofessional in your life? It could be something to bring a smile during the workday, help them meet their professional development goals, take away work-related hassles, or perhaps help them tak...

Dec 7, 2023

Geoprofessionals are a diverse group of people who spend their working hours solving problems, creating unique solutions, and putting together puzzles that impact communities. The term geoprofessional describes individuals with a variety of ...

Dec 4, 2023

By: Dan Schaefer, P.E. (Froehling & Robertson, Inc.) I was born and raised in Rochester, New York. After reading the children’s book “Who Built the Highway” at an early age, I was hooked and knew that somehow, someway, I was going to be inv...

Nov 14, 2023

GBA started connecting people from different companies and similar job titles together to form Peer Groups in 2020. Since that time, there have been several long-standing, successful Peer Groups of CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and HR specialists....

Nov 7, 2023

Two GBA leaders contributed timely, thought-provoking articles to the  latest issue of the Geo-Institute’s GEOSTRATA magazine, which focuses on geo-business. Helen Pappas, CHMM, ENV SP (BEM Systems), Chair of GBA’s Emerging Issues and Trends Com...

Oct 26, 2023