2013 Fall Conference Proceedings
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1970
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1970
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1971
Limitation of Liability
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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ASFE Changes Its Name to Geoprofessional Business Association
Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) is the new name of the organization formerly known as ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association.
New Year Resolutions for Geoprofessionals
The start of a new year offers geoprofessionals the opportunity to set goals for professional
growth and excellence. These resolutions are the waypoints on the roadmap of personal and professional growth. They will help you excel as a consultant, community member, and colleague and contribute to the elevation of geoprofessional value as a whole.
Here are some suggestions as you prepare to learn, grow, and improve in 2024:
Believe that all injuries are avoidable (there is no such thing as an accident) and act accordingly.
Be involved in community service.
Share a project story with GBA as a Case History.
Practice continual teaching (mentor/train), transfer knowledge.
Share a link to an article of interest for possible inclusion in GBA’s NEWSlog.
Attend a GBA con...
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus, the fifth-century BC Greek researcher and storyteller, is generally recognized as the world’s first historian. In his book The Histories, as translated by A.D. Godley in 1924, he supposedly wrote,
2012 ASFE FALL MEETING PRESENTATIONS
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2012 ASFE SPRING MEETING PRESENTATIONS
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A LOOK INSIDE THE CRYSTAL BALL
(GBAs) Emerging Issues and Trends Committee (EIT Committee) has held a series of Crystal Ball Workshops (Workshops) to identify long-term emerging issues and business trends, and their potential impac...
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR TAILINGS STORAGE FACILITIES
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...
ADR: ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
A 134-page guide discussing more than 25 alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures and providing detailed contract language and/or implementation instructions in 18 appendices. Options......
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: A MESSAGE TO CLIENTS
This pamphlet explains why traditional dispute resolution methods, like litigation and arbitration, may not be best-suited for solving many problems. Most clients know the drawbacks of arbitration......
ALTERNATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION
The guide addresses alternative project delivery systems for hazardous waste remediation, separating them into three broad categories: owner-managed, design-construct, and construction management....
ASFE AND TERRA INSURANCE COMPANY: THE EARLY YEARS
A war veteran, attorney, author, and accomplished insurance executive, Edward B. Howell, J.D. was an innovator of management theory and a maverick of the "insurance game." He brought limitation of......
ASFE PEER REVIEW: THE GENESIS
Bramlette "Bram" McClelland, D.Eng., P.E., a pioneer of offshore geotechnics, was the founder of GBA's Peer Review program, designed to improve the business practices of professionals in private......
ASFE SITE-ACCESS AUTHORIZATION FOR PERFORMANCE OF GEOTECHNICAL-ENGINEERING SERVICES
Geotechnical-engineering firms commonly perform subsurface studies at sites whose purchase their clients are considering, but which are owned by others at the time the geotechnical studies are......
ASFE WHITE PAPER: ASFE VISION 2020
ASFE White Papers examine issues from an interpretive point of view, to relate "food for thought" as opposed to "how to."...
ASFE’S PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, PARTS 1-3
A highly effective three-hour, in-house ethics-training course that can be given as three-separate one-hour sessions or one half-day course. Materials include PowerPoint slides with extensive......
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC LOSS DOCTRINE CASES
The economic loss doctrine is an important protection for design professionals, who therefore need to know in which states it is and is not applied, and to what extent. The economic loss doctrine......
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC LOSS DOCTRINE INDEX
The economic loss doctrine is an important protection for design professionals, who therefore need to know in which states it is and is not applied, and to what extent. The economic loss doctrine......
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC-LOSS-DOCTRINE CASES
The economic loss doctrine is an important protection for design professionals, who therefore need to know in which states it is and is not applied, and to what extent. The economic loss doctrine......