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GBA Publishes Business Brief – A Look Inside the Crystal Ball Over the past 15-years, the Geoprofessional Business Association’s (GBA’ s) Emerging Issues and Trends Committee (EIT Committee) has held a series of Crystal Ball Workshops (Workshops) to identify long-term emerging issues an...
GBA Case Histories #1 through #5 Are Refreshed Possibly the most important of all GBA loss-prevention/risk-confrontation resources is its unique series of case histories; 101 examples of how projects begun with optimism can unexpectedly end in dispute. Each provides details of the project, its back...
Charles L. Head, P.E., P.G. (Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc.) is the new president of the Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA), a not-for-profit association of geoprofessional firms. Accepting office during ceremonies at GBA’s annual meeting in Washington D.C. Mr. Head is th...
Over the past 15 years, the Geoprofessional Business Association’s (GBA) Emerging Issues and Trends Committee has held a series of Crystal Ball Workshops (Workshops) to identify long-term emerging issues and business trends, and their potential impacts on the organization’s member firms. Like ot...
GBA is a great organization, with great people, and a great legacy. For the entirety of GBA’s almost 50-year history, it has thrived under the tenets of openness and sharing so that all may understand the risks that face our businesses and learn from others how to mitigate them. The founders o...
Tailings Engineer of Record Workshop a Big Success The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) hosted over 50 industry leaders, including subject matter experts, regulators, owners, and practitioners for a Tailings Engineer of Record (EoR) Workshop on January 26, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. The ...
One-Day Seminar in the Boston Area April 28, 2017 ~ Boston, MA The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) and Lee James & Associates have teamed up to present a one-day seminar titled: Project Financials Management to be taught on April 28, 2017 in Boston, MA. This training program will arm...
Head, Vogt, Morrison Lead GBA’s 2017-18 Board of Directors Slate GBA’s Nominating Committee has announced its slate of officers and directors for the May 1, 2017-April 30, 2018 fiscal year. GBA President-Elect Charles L. “Charlie” Head, P.E., P.G. (Sanborn, Head & Associ...
GBA and AEG Ink a Memorandum of Understanding The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) and the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding which establishes a foundation for collaboration and mutual support for both organizations...
President-Elect Charles Head Addresses Winter Leadership Conference Emphasizes the Future is Bright GBA President-Elect Charles L. Head, P.E., P.G. (Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc.) addressed attendees of GBA’s 2017 Winter Leadership Conference, held on January 28, 2017 in Denver, Col...
Sign Up Now! Register your staff attend the Geoprofessional Business Association’s newest industry leading training and development program. GOLD: Geoprofessional Operational Leadership Development Providing advanced business leadership for the geoprofessional community The Geoprofessional Bus...
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 overwhelming to sort through them all. So to help, we’ve c...
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 in the Geoprofessional Operational Leadership Devel...
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, with support of member-firm volunteers, a Project Man...
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 Reviews since 1983, moving from a two-office organizati...