GBA Releases Five More Case Histories: 26-30
GBA Releases Five More Case Histories: 26-30
Refreshed GBA Case Histories have been downloaded over 2,000 times since May 1, 2017 and they are being used by GBA members for loss prevention discussions in support of professional development and mentoring. Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeating mistakes of the past which is why GBA case histories are so valuable, and why GBA is updating them all, while adding new ones, too. Five more case histories have been issued.
CASE HISTORY NO. 26 (download) PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Client
A multi-disciplinary consulting-engineering firm retained by an electric utility
The Project
A 12,000kW, fast-tracked, power-generating facility comprising a 110-foot-high rockfill dam, powerhouse, transmission line, and associated structures
Assignment of the GBA-Member Firm
Perform 6,000 feet of seismic-refraction transverses in the dam, penstock, dike, and powerhouse areas; reduce and interpret geophysical data obtained
CASE HISTORY NO. 27(download) PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Client
A state-government agency
The Project
A 150-by-80-foot, single-story addition to a 100,000-square-foot educational building
Assignment of the GBA-Member Firm
Perform a geotechnical-engineering study and provide a report of findings and recommendations.
CASE HISTORY NO. 28(download) PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Client
During the design phase, a municipality constructing a new library. During the construction phase, the project’s constructor-in-charge.
The Project
A small municipal library
Assignment of the GBA-Member Firm
Perform a geotechnical-engineering study for the owner and perform constructor quality control for the constructor, per owner requirements.
CASE HISTORY NO. 29(download) PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Client
A manufacturer of corrugated metal pipe (CMP)
The Project
Installation of a flexible CMP culvert in a drainage ditch designed to bypass surface water around a power-plant-construction project.
Assignment of the GBA-Member Firm
Observe and test the compaction of fill beneath and on the sides of the CMP installation.
CASE HISTORY NO. 30(download) PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Client
The owner of a food-storage warehouse
The Project
An addition to the existing warehouse
Assignment of the GBA-Member Firm
Perform a geotechnical-engineering study and submit a report including confirmation-dependent foundation recommendations, settlement analysis and estimates, earthwork recommendations, and a detailed description of construction-phase observation and documentation services.
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