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Geotechnical Business Committee
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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.
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...
DR. ENGLISH: Neither
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
Recorded presentations from the 2012 Fall Meeting in Denver...
2012 ASFE SPRING MEETING PRESENTATIONS
Recorded presentations from the 2012 Spring Meeting in Orlando...
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......
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."...
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 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......
CAN’T YOU COME UP WITH A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE?
"Can't you come up with a cheaper alternative?" is not an unreasonable question. However, in an effort to accommodate client representatives' preferences, geotechnical engineers of record (GERs)......
CASE HISTORY NO. 39
Commercial developer hires member-firm for geotechnical engineering study with recommendations on foundation design and to observe foundation construction. When the constructor in charge placed additional fill within the building area, against the recommendation of the member-firm's report, a year later extensive differential settlement happens in several piles of the structure. Member-firm takes a very proactive role in investigating and fixing the problem....
CE NEWS RISKY BUSINESS” NO. 1″
GBA sponsors magazine columns and articles in periodicals such as CE News “Risky Business†these articles are available in manuscript form....
CHARLES A. BRAGG MEMORIAL LECTURE
Presented by Harl P. Aldrich at GBA's October 1981 meeting, the lecture honors the memory of Charles A. Bragg. Titled "The New Technology," it traces the roots of modern soil and foundation......
CLAIMS 101: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CLAIMS DETECTION AND RESPONSE
Prepared by GBA's Legal Affairs Committee, CLAIMS 101: The Fundamentals of Claims Detection and Response is an 18-page guide that provides an overview of the claim-resolution process, from initial......
CLIENT-SATISFACTION SURVEY TOOL FOR FIRMS PROVIDING COMET SERVICES
GBA's Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) Business Council has developed this example Client-Satisfaction Survey Tool for Firms Providing CoMET Services as a tool CoMET firms can......
COMET TALE 1: INITIAL CURING OF CONCRETE CYLINDERS IN THE FIELD
CoMET Tales will show you where other CoMET professionals have been and what they've learned along the way....