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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...
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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. 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...
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 89
Case History No. 89. A major health-maintenance organization (HMO) engaged the GBA-Member Firm to conduct a geotechnical-engineering study for a new office building to be constructed on a site underla...
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 90
Case History No. 90. The Member Firm’s project manager studied a problem site that the owner purchased at a discount and developed an economic means of making the land usable for a new factory. The ow...
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 91
Case History No. 91. An assisted-living facility owner who accepted the general contractor's ill-advised "value-engineering" suggestions that led to a serious and costly mold......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 92
Case History No. 92. The bizarre tale of a politically well-connected civil engineer who retains a geotechnical engineer to provide support services on a municipal airport project. The airport......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 93
Case History No. 93. A geotechnical engineer engaged to serve as the owner's representative during earthwork operations on a five-city-block cluster of high-profile, mixed-use, high-rise......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 94
Case History No. 94. An archaeological firm that was far more astute about technical issues than business issues. It accepted a one-sided contract for a major project that ran into a variety......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 95
Case History No. 95. A rack-system supplier retained the GBA Member Firm to test the welds of a preproduction rack assembly. The welds failed to meet specs and the Member Firm reported......
GBA CASE HISTORY NO. 96
Case History No. 96. A Member Firm made the mistake of agreeing to work for both the owner (a school board) and its retained architect. Complicating matters, the architect refused to sign......