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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,
Lunch & Learn: Risky Language
Words can kill, especially when a professional uses the wrong words. This well-crafted Lunch & Learn seminar focuses on a variety of taboo and other words and phrases that geoprofessionals should......
Lunch & Learn: Scope Definition
What do the project managers and project-manager "wannabes" at your firm need to know about effective mutual scope development? Use this Lunch & Learn as a platform to teach them what you want them......
Lunch & Learn: The Meeting Will Come to Order
Meetings are essential elements of what we do: They serve as a forum for sharing valuable information and give participants an opportunity to determine how to move forward together. But time spent......
MARKBOROUGH DECISION
A copy of the California Court of Appeals ruling denying the appeal of Markborough California, Inc. to overturn a lower court's ruling that enforced a limitation of liability provision. In the......
MINE-SCARRED LANDS (MSL) INITIATIVE TOOL KIT
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Mine-Scarred Lands (MSL) Initiative is an effort to improve federal agencies' coordination and collaboration for the clean-up and redevelopment of hard......
MISUNDERSTANDING: THE CRUX OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY EXPOSURES
Many words used in reports and other written materials are subject to misinterpretation that can lead to claims and losses. This article identifies many of these words in general, and the specific......
MODEL ACCESS AUTHORIZATION FORM
This form was created to help reduce a consultant's exposure to claims by a property owner when conducting environmental assessments for a potential buyer. The document stresses that such......
MODEL ADVISORY CLARIFYING THE ROLE OF CoMET FIRM, SECOND EDITION, JUNE 2008
GBA Member Firms provide construction materials engineering and testing (CoMET) services to owners......
MODEL DAILY FIELD REPORT FOR GEOTECHNICAL FIELD OBSERVATION
This 20-page guide provides innovative model daily field report (MDFR) forms that firms can tailor to meet their own individual needs, along with suggestions for developing your own materials to......
MODEL DEFINITIONS
Model definitions of important words and phrases developed by the GBA Practice Education Committee for use in contracts and proposals. Among the words and phrases defined are: agreement, certify......
MODEL REPORTING FORMS FOR GEOENVIRONMENTAL FIELD OBSERVATION
This booklet provides sample reporting forms for geoenvironmental field observation and suggestions for preparing similar forms for your own firm. Includes a model daily field report (DFR) form......
MOIST-CURING ROOM DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE
Published by GBA's Construction-Materials Engineering and Testing Business Council (CoMETBC), Moist-Curing Room Design, Construction, and Maintenance was authored by Woodward L. "Woody"......
NATIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER OF RECORD
The guideline delineates responsibilities of the geotechnical engineer of record (GER), the range and nature of basic services that should be included in the GER's scope of service, and additional......
PEER REVIEW: TEAM CAPTAIN HOME REFRESHER COURSE
Self-guided training for those interested in leading a Peer Review team, or even just being part of the team. The training is presented as a PowerPoint presentation with accompanying audio......
Phase 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS 2007-2010
This extraordinary survey report is based principally upon the in-depth review of 162 Phase I ESA reports submitted by 148 firms that prepared, in aggregate, almost 22,000 such reports annually......