GBA Written History
SYNOPSIS The Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers (ASFE) is an association of consulting geotechnical engineering firms. Established in 1969, ASFE has developed a variety of professional liability loss prevention programs and materials. By using these programs and materials, members of ASFE have gained what reportedly is the best professional liability loss prevention record of all U.S. design professionals. In the year of ASFE’s formation, geotechnical engineers had the worst liability record of all U.S. design professionals, a situation which threatened the continuance of consulting soil and foundation engineering as a distinct practice.
INTRODUCTION
The Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers (ASFE) is, perhaps, the most successful of ...
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Principles for Building a High-Performance Culture
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GBA TOP 10 2017 DOWNLOADS
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GBA’s Most Downloaded Resources in 2017
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 compiled a list of the top 10 GBA resources by numbers ordered in 2017. This is a great place to start your exploration of GBA’s resources, or to get acquainted with a publication loved by your peers and “new to you”.
GBA’s CASE HISTORIES were very popular downloads with over 1,100 downloads of updated Case Histories during the year.
The list below is the top 10 GBA resources, in order by popularity, with the most ordered resource at the t...
2013 Fall Conference Proceedings
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These videos were produced when the Geoprofessional Business Association was known as ASFE.
GBA Timeline
Year
1969
GBA is launched as ASFE
1969
Loss-Prevention Seminars
Now incorporated into GBA Conference content
1970
Standard Clauses
1970
Free Publications
All materials are available free to all members
1971
Limitation of Liability
The most significant AE contract provision of the past 40 years
1972
Fundamentals of Professional Practice
A unique six-month program for firms' rising stars
1972
Case Histories
101 cases of geoprofessional mistakes, presented to help others learn
1972
Report Review
An early sharing/self-help program
1972
Loss Prevention Manual
Since replaced by a variety of specific, in-depth guides and manuals
1972
Audio Education Prog...
Member Benefits
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Top 10
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 compiled a list of the top 25 GBA resources by numbers ordered over the last two years.
Environmental Business Committee
Welcome to the Environmental Business Council Portal, your one-stop shop for information to help you in your environmental practice!
Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) Committee
Welcome to the Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) Business Council portal, your one-stop shop for CoMET-related information!
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There are many ways to find GBA resources that have been developed to satisfy the unique needs of geoprofessionals, giving members essential tools for achieving success.
Geotechnical Business Committee
Welcome to the Geotechnical Business Council Portal, your one-stop shop for information to help you in your geotechnical practice!
Publications
GBA publications are at the core of how GBA provides its members with the unique business tools that geoprofessionals need to succeed.
Reinbold Addresses GBA Leaders on the Year Ahead
Welcome to the GBA Winter Leadership Conference.
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.
GBA MEMBERSHIP BROCHURE: FACULTY
Membership in GBA can be particularly beneficial for geoprofessional faculty. This brief brochure explains why....
GBA PROPOSED BEST PRACTICES: FOR ENGINEER OF RECORD (EOR) FOR TAILINGS DAMS
This document was prepared with input from the workshop and additional contributions of the Alberta Dam Integrity Advisory Committee (DIAC), Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), Canadian...
GEOPROFESSIONALS’ VALUE PROPOSITION (Download)
This brochure will help you understand and explain the value of geoprofessionals and the benefits of demonstrating wise deployment....
GETTING PAID
This brief but comprehensive 19-page guide comprises 21 chapters, each focused on a specific technique to achieve prompt payment while avoiding some clients' efforts to avoid payment altogether......
GROWING PAINS OF A NEW PROFESSION: SOIL MECHANICS 1925-1940
The 11-page text of the presentation made by Ralph Peck at the GBA Annual Meeting in Boston, April 12, 1988. One of the best-known and most honored of all the nation's geotechnical engineering......
GUIDE TO ACHIEVING QUALITY IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (edition 4)
This booklet was designed and developed by the Peer Review Committee to help all firms help themselves, by presenting more than 150 best management practices addressed in terms of the eight core......
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT QUALITY ASSURANCE (MS Word Version)
Important Information about Quality Assurance was developed in MSWord to permit GBA-Member Firms to modify the GBA wording and develop their own for insertion into CoMET proposals and reports to......
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT QUALITY ASSURANCE (PDF Version)
Important Information about Quality Assurance is a client advisory that relates a variety of important information to those with a need to know. Designed for inclusion in construction materials......
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS COMET QUALITY-ASSURANCE PROPOSAL (MS Word Version)
Developed for insertion into CoMET proposals to help prevent misunderstandings and the disputes misunderstandings can lead to....
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS COMET QUALITY-ASSURANCE PROPOSAL (PDF Version)
Developed for insertion into CoMET proposals to help prevent misunderstandings and the disputes misunderstandings can lead to....
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GEOENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
Important Information about This Geoenvironmental Report has been prepared exclusively for geoenvironmental applications, for various types of reports, including Phase I ESAs, Phase IIs, and others......
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GEOENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PROPOSAL
Important Information about This Geoenvironmental Services Proposal is a proposal insert sheet that points out a number of key issues to clients. It stresses that standard practices and guides......
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING PROPOSAL
Many GBA Member Firms use this sample cover sheet "as is," submitting it with proposals to advise clients to have realistic expectations about the services provided by consulting geotechnical......
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GEOTECHNICAL-ENGINEERING REPORT
This report transmittal cover sheet identifies limitations in geotechnical engineering reports and stresses the need for the geotechnical engineer's involvement throughout the course of the project......
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TAILINGS STORAGE FACILITY DESIGN REPORT
This report transmittal cover sheet identifies limitations in geotechnical engineering reports and stresses the need for the geotechnical engineer's involvement throughout the course of the project......