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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.
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Geotechnical Business Committee

Welcome to the Geotechnical Business Council Portal, your one-stop shop for information to help you in your geotechnical practice!
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Publications

GBA publications are at the core of how GBA provides its members with the unique business tools that geoprofessionals need to succeed.
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Reinbold Addresses GBA Leaders on the Year Ahead 

Welcome to the GBA Winter Leadership Conference.
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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.
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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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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,
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 104

Case History No 104. Read the real-life saga of a landowner’s tenant who tries to swindle a member-firm for medical costs for his horse and for lost breeding opportunities....
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 105

Case History No 105 An experienced project manager assigned an experienced field representative to be on site full time to observe construction of the building pad and MSE wall. Confident in the fie...
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 106

Case History No 106 The GBA-Member Firm was retained by Client 1 to conduct a Phase I ESA on a 1000-acre tract of undeveloped land prior to the property sale. To save money, the client did not want...
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 107

After terminating an employee for attendance and poor job performance, a member firm is faced with alleged violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 108

A GBA-Member Firm provided suggested changes to a sewer pipe design in order to keep construction moving forward on a five-story senior-living facility. Four years later, s...
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 109

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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 110

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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 111

which chronicles the member firm, working as an expert consultant found evidence of incomplete geotechnical and environmental characterization of the subsurface conditions at a site adjacent to a rive...
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 112

The Member Firm provided field support for a mining client drilling two holes to characterize the subsurface and install instrumentation. After installation, the instrumentation was found to be partia...
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 114

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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 77

Case History No. 77. What happens when a disgruntled homeowner sues a housing developer for mold-induced illnesses? The homeowner and her attorney walk away with a large......
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 78

Case History No. 78. After years of working for larger firms, this GBA Member Firm sole proprietor ventured out on his own, taking on a UST project as his first major......
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 79

Case History No. 79. Be careful what you wish for, GBA Case History 79 points out, documenting a Member Firm's first (and almost last) attempt to lead a design/build project: removal......
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 80

Case History No. 80. Knowing how "tricky" serving a housing developer can be, this GBA member took pains in contract formation, dotting every "I" and crossing every "T." The firm was also pretty......
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GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 81

Case History No. 81. Not knowing your client's preferences and expectations can be expensive, as one member learned on a nuclear power plant project. The client orally authorized the Member Firm......
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