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.

Top GBA Downloaded Resources in 2016 GBA provides hundreds of highly effective resources developed to satisfy the unique needs of geoprofessionals, giving members essential tools for achieving success. However, we also know that it can be overwhelmi...

Jan 5, 2017

GBA has teamed up with the McMahon|Siegel Group, to provide a uniquely-GBA professional development program for emerging leaders and managers of geographic locations and business units. Only employees of GBA member firms will be able to participate i...

Dec 6, 2016

Effective Project Managers are key to the success of all geoprofessional businesses.  GBA recognizes development of highly effective Project Managers requires training, experience, and mentorship in numerous areas.  GBA has developed, wit...

Nov 9, 2016

GBA Publishes New Monograph Chronicling a Member Firm’s Peer Review Experiences How valuable is Peer Review? GBA’s newest publication – GAI’s Peer Review Experience – illustrates the answer. The firm has undergone seven Peer Revie...

Oct 27, 2016

  GBA’s 2016 Fall Conference Videos – Available Now! If you attended GBA’s 2016 Fall Conference you experienced a conference packed with dynamic, informative, and educational presentations by a variety of subject matter experts.  If ...

Oct 27, 2016

Seattle, Washington, Mayor Edward B. Murray has proclaimed October 14, 2016 to be his city’s Geoprofessionals’ Day, because “the Geoprofessional Business Association highlights that the quality of our environment is a fundamental concern of our...

Oct 10, 2016

Geoprofessional Business Association’s (GBA) Tailings Engineer-of-Record (EOR) Task Force published a Business Brief to inform and educate Member-Firms of the ever-increasing levels of risk associated with tailings-related work. The Task Force ill...

Sep 28, 2016

The newest GBA Business Brief — available only to members and free of charge – comprises the GBA Business Practices Committee’s 2015-16 Financial-Performance Survey report, covering key financial-performance issues surveyed ...

Aug 26, 2016

By Laura Reinbold, GBA President (Terracon) “Let’s Work Together. GBA and Geo-Institute are collaborating for our profession.” That was the message GBA President Laura Reinbold took to the first-ever Geo-Institute (G-I) Summit for Loc...

Aug 24, 2016

Leadership is a hot topic of late, with hundreds of writers providing do’s and don’ts for making it to the top. GBA looked into this issue decades ago, and leaders at the time came up with one, fundamental axiom for leadership developme...

Jul 19, 2016