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!
Find a Resource
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.
SAFE SOILS AND URBAN GARDENING – SWAHILI
This publication combines four popular Practice Guides from the University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management. The guides are available in six languages: English, as well......
TESTING WATER… AND ETHICS VIDEO AND WORKBOOK
Testing Water…and Ethics depicts a realistic ethical problem in engineering within an organizational setting. Porter/Rodman Engineering Co. has been retained to drill water test wells on a property......
Testing Water… and Ethics Video and Workbook
Testing Water…and Ethics depicts a realistic ethical problem in engineering within an organizational setting. Porter/Rodman Engineering Co. has been retained to drill water test wells on a property th...
THE ASFE COUNCIL OF FELLOWS: IN THE BEGINNING
GBA established its Council of Fellows to provide guidance for GBA's direction, and to pursue whatever other activities its members deemed appropriate. Harl P. Aldrich, Sc.D., P.E. is one of......
THE ASFE POCKET GUIDE TO OSHA EXCAVATION REGULATIONS
A 19-page reference guide highlighting requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standards for excavation and trenching operations. The guide supplements......
THE BROWNFIELDS TAX INCENTIVE
The Brownfields Tax Incentive is a compilation of three publications originally developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: a brownfields tax-incentive fact sheet, guidelines for using......
THE EVOLUTION OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
This DVD comprises a high-quality, edited video of the presentation made by Elio D'Appolonia, Ph.D., P.E., during GBA's national meeting in Monterey, California, on October 11, 2003. A 50-year......
THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE’S REFERENCE GUIDE
Developed by GBA's Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) Business Council, this do-it-yourself field representative's guide makes it easy for firms to prepare a marvelous reference......
THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STANDARDS OF CARE
What were geotechnical engineers and environmental consultants doing about mold from 1998 to 2003? What should they have been doing? Those were the questions that were answered by GBA....
THE NEW EXCAVATION REGULATIONS
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) trenching and shoring regulations as published in the Federal Register of Tuesday, October 31, 1989....
THE OBSERVATIONAL METHOD IN CONSTRUCTION: A MESSAGE TO OWNERS
This brochure is designed to help clients understand the observational method that forms the basis of geoprofessional services, and the liability and other problems that can result when the firm......
THE OBSERVATIONAL METHOD IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION: A MESSAGE TO OWNERS
This brochure is designed to help clients understand the observational method that forms the basis of environmental remediation services, and the liability and other problems that can result......
UNIONIZATION TALKING POINTS
Unionization Talking Points is a "backgrounder" resource Member Firm leaders can use to help debunk myths about the benefits of union membership. The document addresses issues of higher......
UNKNOWN IN THE UNDERGROUND
Reprint of an article authored by Alfred C. Maevis, then-Assistant Postmaster General for Real Estate and Buildings. The article stresses the importance of selecting the most qualified......
Voluntary Guidelines for Methamphetamine Laboratory Cleanup
EPA-530-R-08-008...