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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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,
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...
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...
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 82
Case History No. 82. A client planning to purchase a site said "enough is enough" after contamination was discovered. The site's owner was willing to pay for additional services, however, so the......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 83
An optimistic scope of service should be implemented by highly qualified staff, not junior employees. A Member Firm submitted the lowest bid for a project, assuming it could rely on its experience......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 84
Case History No. 84. A Member Firm's preliminary estimate did not bring in the anticipated engagement, so it just forgot about it. But not only had the estimate been used as a final report, it......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 85
Case History No. 85. A firm, retained on an on-call basis, conducted 282 moisture and density tests during backfilling of utility lines in a housing subdivision. Ten months after completion......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 86
Case History No. 86.A "dream home" built on expansive soil and nonexpansive sandstone began to move about eight months after construction. The original geotechnical engineering report warned......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 87
Case History No. 87. A long-term, significant client - a regional grocery store chain - was replacing an existing outlet in a somewhat remote area. The store was one of the client's less......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 88
Case History No. 88. A GBA-Member Firm performed a geotechnical-engineering study for a 35-lot subdivision. The developer – a long-time client of the Member Firm – sold the land and...