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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,
PHASE I AND II ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS: NATIONAL PROCEDURES REVIEW
The survey report covers both Phase I and Phase II ESA procedures used in 1994. The first survey to delineate Phase II ESA practices, it reveals relatively little consensus......
PHASE I AND PHASE II ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS: RECOMMENDED MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR…
This guide presents an overview of Phase I and Phase II ESAs in an effort to help consultants and clients agree on the scope of services needed. It addresses basic issues that help clients......
PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS: THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE
An update of the Phase I ESA standard of practice, based on 1992 data derived from questionnaire responses and a review of actual reports. Information reviewed in prior reports is covered here......
PRACTICE ALERT 11: RETAINING FIELD PERSONNEL
Retaining field personnel has become an increasingly important concern for GBA-Member Firms that experience seasonal slowdowns, most commonly during winter months. The lay-off-then-rehire-later......
PRACTICE ALERT 12: BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT: AN INTRODUCTION
Urban decay and sprawl are long-term national problems that have been seriously exacerbated by federal and state laws that have created significant risks for those who own or are otherwise......
PRACTICE ALERT 23: SITE SAFETY AND THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
Construction sites are among the most hazardous of all U.S. workplaces. The accidents involved, many fatal, have led to a proliferation of lawsuits and increased scrutiny by the U.S. Occupational......
PRACTICE ALERT 25: OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT IDENTIFIED THROUGH ASFE…
Participating in GBA Peer Review does not necessarily make a firm better than its competitors, but it can make a firm better than it was before, by identifying opportunities for improvement and......
PRACTICE ALERT 33: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE
GBA introduced the limitation of liability (LoL) concept to engineering and environmental consultants in 1969. By applying the concept, the consultants and their clients agree to limit the......
PRACTICE ALERT 41: DEALING WITH AGC 630, STANDARD FORM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CONTRACTOR…
Contractors retain GBA-Member Firms to perform construction materials engineering and testing (CoMET) services for one of two reasons: To obtain quality control (QC) services the contractors are......
PRACTICE ALERT 53: THE CRYSTAL BALL WORKSHOP: TEN CERTAIN TRENDS TO CONSIDER NOW
GBA's Emerging Issues and Trends Committee, joined by GBA's leadership, industry experts, and strategic-planning facilitators comprised the "Crystal Ball Workshop" held in July 2011 to identify and......
PRACTICE ALERT 55: PLANNING FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
GBA's Emerging Issues and Trends Committee, joined by GBA's leadership, industry experts, and strategic-planning facilitators, comprised the "Crystal Ball Workshop" held in July 2011 to identify......
PRACTICE ALERT 58: THE CRYSTAL BALL WORKSHOP: FOUR TRENDS TO CONSIDER NOW
Fulfilling its mission "to identify long-term emerging issues and trends and their impact on...GBA-Member Firms," GBA's Emerging Issues and Trends Committee conducted its biennial Crystal Ball......
PRACTICE GUIDE #01: PUBLIC STRATEGIES FOR COST-EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT
Brownfields, which are land that is either contaminated or perceived as having some sort of contamination, are an increasingly important focus for economic redevelopment. This Guide will assist......
PRACTICE GUIDE #02: MANAGING GROWTH WITH FAIRNESS: THE REGULATORY TAKINGS TEST OF SMART GROWTH…
Government officials, developers, and residents all identify some growth issues that they claim need to be addressed. However, many parties are concerned that land use policies, such as smart......
PRACTICE GUIDE #03: CLOSING THE BROWNFIELD INFORMATION GAP: SOME PRACTICAL METHODS FOR…
Communities have had a difficult time determining the scope and breadth of their brownfield situation. Brownfields are properties which either are contaminated or are perceived as contaminated from......