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Dreams of Outer Space Grounded in Earth Sciences My passion for science and engineering started in high school. I was a sci-fi fan and I was inspired by 2001 A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Cosmos and all books on space exploration. I dreamed of a career as an astronaut, working...
Working outdoors when it’s hot can create an array of safety challenges that firms and individuals need to be aware of and plan for. Some of the key issues include sun and UV-ray exposure, heat, Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases, West Nile Virus, and poison ivy and related plants. Each of...
GBA’s Contract Reference Guide, Fourth Edition, now is available to our members in e-book version. This searchable, flip-book allows you to read, bookmark, make notations, and take the Guide with you on any device for quick reference at your fingertips. This new edition not only provides significa...
In support of our 50-year commitment to be the preferred source of business-related resources for geoprofessional firms, the Geoprofessional Business Association is focused on helping our members understand the importance of equality, diversity, and inclusion to their employees, their clients, and i...
A GBA-Member Firm provided suggested changes to a sewer pipe design in order to keep construction moving forward on a five-story senior-living facility. Four years later, swelling clays caused the sewer line to back-up and the lower-level slab began showing heaving related distress. That good deed w...
GBA Publications Committee Learn from others. Don’t repeat the mistakes of the past! GBA Case Histories are being used by our members for loss prevention discussions in support of professional development and ...
Nominations Being Accepted for the 2020 Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award In 2005, GBA and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) instituted the Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award to promote and recognize civil engineering leadership in professional practice a...
Are you a dynamic and engaging individual who can present to a large group of people? Do you have valuable content to share with geoprofessional industry leaders? The Geoprofessional Business Association is accepting submissions for session abstracts for our upcoming Fall Conference scheduled for Oc...
GBA Council of Fellows Charles “Charlie” L. Head, P.E., P.G. (Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc.) and Woodward “Woody” L. Vogt, P.E., D.GE, F. ASCE, F.ACI, F. ASTM (Paradigm Consultants) have been appointed to the prestigious Council of Fellows of the Geoprofessional Business Association ...
Those that attended GBA’s 2020 Spring Education webinar series agreed that the presentations were educational, entertaining, and inspiring. Now you can watch, listen to, and learn from these speakers too, on your own schedule. Presentations included: The Return of the Economist: The Impact of an...
GBA announces the launch of its first podcast series titled COVID Concerns. This series captures conversations with industry leaders on important topics that will help you lead your geoprofessional consulting firm, large or small, in response to the global pandemic. GBA’s 4th Emerging Leaders Clas...
Diversity + Inclusion (D+I) is used frequently in business today but is often not well defined. The Geoprofessional Business Association’s (GBA’s) D+I Task Force joined forces with the Emerging Leaders Committee to survey its membership and the broader geoprofessional community to learn what D...
GBA Peer Review Committee Perspective: The interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed; the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance. Black Swan Event: A metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, is beyond what is normally expect...
A Road Less Traveled It will not take long to see that my path to the Geoprofessional Business Association is quite different from my fellow GBA Board Members. The first indication is that I don’t share the P.E, P. Eng, or P.G. designations that the majority of my GBA friends and business collea...
Please join us as we gather in sunny Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida for our annual Spring Conference at the Marriott Sawgrass Golf Resort and Spa. RESILIENCE: Preparing for the Next Downturn – Many economists are forecasting a downturn, if not a full-blown recession, over the next 12-24 months. We hav...