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,

SAFE SOILS AND URBAN GARDENING – SWAHILI

This publication combines four popular Practice Guides from the University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management. The guides are available in six languages: English, as well......

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....

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......