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...
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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
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Reinbold Addresses GBA Leaders on the Year Ahead
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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.
LOSS PREVENTION THROUGH PROJECT MANAGEMENT
A comprehensive guide to establishing a project management program designed to reduce professional liability exposures, improve project quality, and increase profitability and client loyalty......
Lunch & Learn Workplace Harassment Training
What do the folks in your firm need to know about workplace harassment and what should and should not be done about it? Chances are the key points you need to make have been made for you by the......
Lunch & Learn: Electronic Delivery of Documents
Electronic documents are not all that new, but so many people who deal with them just don't get it! This hard-hitting Lunch & Learn seminar focuses on a variety of baseline electronic......
Lunch & Learn: Ethics
What are ethics? Why are ethics important? How do I incorporate ethics into my daily life and work? Use this Lunch & Learn as a platform to answer these questions and, in the process, teach staff......
Lunch & Learn: Risky Language
Words can kill, especially when a professional uses the wrong words. This well-crafted Lunch & Learn seminar focuses on a variety of taboo and other words and phrases that geoprofessionals should......
Lunch & Learn: Scope Definition
What do the project managers and project-manager "wannabes" at your firm need to know about effective mutual scope development? Use this Lunch & Learn as a platform to teach them what you want them......
Lunch & Learn: The Meeting Will Come to Order
Meetings are essential elements of what we do: They serve as a forum for sharing valuable information and give participants an opportunity to determine how to move forward together. But time spent......
MARKBOROUGH DECISION
A copy of the California Court of Appeals ruling denying the appeal of Markborough California, Inc. to overturn a lower court's ruling that enforced a limitation of liability provision. In the......
MAXIMIZING GEOPROFESSIONAL VALUE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TEMPLATES
Use these three PowerPoint presentation templates in explaining the value of geoprofessional services - and how to maximize that value - to clients, colleagues, and others with a need to know, as......
MINE-SCARRED LANDS (MSL) INITIATIVE TOOL KIT
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Mine-Scarred Lands (MSL) Initiative is an effort to improve federal agencies' coordination and collaboration for the clean-up and redevelopment of hard......
MISUNDERSTANDING: THE CRUX OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY EXPOSURES
Many words used in reports and other written materials are subject to misinterpretation that can lead to claims and losses. This article identifies many of these words in general, and the specific......
MODEL ACCESS AUTHORIZATION FORM
This form was created to help reduce a consultant's exposure to claims by a property owner when conducting environmental assessments for a potential buyer. The document stresses that such......
MODEL ADVISORY CLARIFYING THE ROLE OF CoMET FIRM, SECOND EDITION, JUNE 2008
GBA Member Firms provide construction materials engineering and testing (CoMET) services to owners......
MODEL DAILY FIELD REPORT FOR GEOTECHNICAL FIELD OBSERVATION
This 20-page guide provides innovative model daily field report (MDFR) forms that firms can tailor to meet their own individual needs, along with suggestions for developing your own materials to......
MODEL DEFINITIONS
Model definitions of important words and phrases developed by the GBA Practice Education Committee for use in contracts and proposals. Among the words and phrases defined are: agreement, certify......