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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,
PROJECT QUALITY ASSURANCE: A MESSAGE TO CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS FROM ASFE/GBA
"Done right, quality assurance (QA) can save time and money; prevent claims and disputes; and reduce risks. Many owners don't do QA right because they follow bad advice." And when that happens, a......
PROJECT QUALITY ASSURANCE: A MESSAGE TO OWNERS FROM ASFE/GBA
"Done right, quality assurance (QA) can save time and money; prevent claims and disputes; and reduce risks. Many owners don't do QA right because they follow bad advice." This GBA "message"......
PROJECT-DELIVERY SYSTEMS
A review of project delivery systems focusing on design-build, construction management, partnering, privatization, and traditional design-then-build. The report reviews the three......
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AND SCIENTISTS….TESTIMONY IN PUBLIC FORUM
A number of prominent organizations have endorsed this document's 13 recommendations to help enhance ethical performance by design professionals and scientists. Some of the recommendations are......
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS….CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DISPUTES
Forty-two prominent organizations have unanimously endorsed 13 recommendations developed to enhance ethical performance by design professionals on the witness stand, at depositions, and in their......
REVITALIZING AMERICA’S MILLS: A REPORT ON BROWNFIELDS MILL PROJECTS
Creative communities throughout the United States have developed innovative approaches to revitalizing abandoned and potentially contaminated mills. Revitalizing America's Mills: A Report on......
TESTING WATER… AND ETHICS VIDEO AND WORKBOOK
Testing Water…and Ethics depicts a realistic ethical problem in engineering within an organizational setting. Porter/Rodman Engineering Co. has been retained to drill water test wells on a property......
Testing Water… and Ethics Video and Workbook
Testing Water…and Ethics depicts a realistic ethical problem in engineering within an organizational setting. Porter/Rodman Engineering Co. has been retained to drill water test wells on a property th...
THE ASFE COUNCIL OF FELLOWS: IN THE BEGINNING
GBA established its Council of Fellows to provide guidance for GBA's direction, and to pursue whatever other activities its members deemed appropriate. Harl P. Aldrich, Sc.D., P.E. is one of......
THE ASFE POCKET GUIDE TO OSHA EXCAVATION REGULATIONS
A 19-page reference guide highlighting requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standards for excavation and trenching operations. The guide supplements......
THE BROWNFIELDS TAX INCENTIVE
The Brownfields Tax Incentive is a compilation of three publications originally developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: a brownfields tax-incentive fact sheet, guidelines for using......
THE EVOLUTION OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
This DVD comprises a high-quality, edited video of the presentation made by Elio D'Appolonia, Ph.D., P.E., during GBA's national meeting in Monterey, California, on October 11, 2003. A 50-year......
THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE’S REFERENCE GUIDE
Developed by GBA's Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) Business Council, this do-it-yourself field representative's guide makes it easy for firms to prepare a marvelous reference......
THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STANDARDS OF CARE
What were geotechnical engineers and environmental consultants doing about mold from 1998 to 2003? What should they have been doing? Those were the questions that were answered by GBA....
THE NEW EXCAVATION REGULATIONS
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) trenching and shoring regulations as published in the Federal Register of Tuesday, October 31, 1989....