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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,
THE OBSERVATIONAL METHOD IN CONSTRUCTION: A MESSAGE TO OWNERS
This brochure is designed to help clients understand the observational method that forms the basis of geoprofessional services, and the liability and other problems that can result when the firm......
THE OBSERVATIONAL METHOD IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION: A MESSAGE TO OWNERS
This brochure is designed to help clients understand the observational method that forms the basis of environmental remediation services, and the liability and other problems that can result......
UNIONIZATION TALKING POINTS
Unionization Talking Points is a "backgrounder" resource Member Firm leaders can use to help debunk myths about the benefits of union membership. The document addresses issues of higher......
UNKNOWN IN THE UNDERGROUND
Reprint of an article authored by Alfred C. Maevis, then-Assistant Postmaster General for Real Estate and Buildings. The article stresses the importance of selecting the most qualified......
Voluntary Guidelines for Methamphetamine Laboratory Cleanup
EPA-530-R-08-008...
Voluntary Guidelines for Methamphetamine Laboratory Cleanup
EPA-530-R-08-008 Published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in August 2009....
WORDS CAN KILL: THE “CERTIFICATION” ISSUE
Reprinted from the August 1984 issue of Baltimore Engineer, the article explains what can go wrong when "certify" and its derivatives are used carelessly....