Top 10
GBA provides hundreds of highly effective resources developed to satisfy the unique needs of geoprofessionals, giving members essential tools for achieving success. However, we also know that it can be overwhelming to sort through them all. So to help, we’ve compiled a list of the top 25 GBA resources by numbers ordered over the last two years.
Environmental Business Committee
Welcome to the Environmental Business Council Portal, your one-stop shop for information to help you in your environmental practice!
Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) Committee
Welcome to the Construction Materials Engineering and Testing (CoMET) Business Council portal, your one-stop shop for CoMET-related information!
Find a Resource
There are many ways to find GBA resources that have been developed to satisfy the unique needs of geoprofessionals, giving members essential tools for achieving success.
Geotechnical Business Committee
Welcome to the Geotechnical Business Council Portal, your one-stop shop for information to help you in your geotechnical practice!
Publications
GBA publications are at the core of how GBA provides its members with the unique business tools that geoprofessionals need to succeed.
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,
INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: FOUNDERS PANEL DISCUSSION 1
In one-on-one interviews, and during panel discussions, Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA, formerly ASFE) founders respond to questions posed by then-GBA Executive Vice President John Bachner....
INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: FOUNDERS PANEL DISCUSSION 2
In one-on-one interviews, and during panel discussions, Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA, formerly ASFE) founders respond to questions posed by then-GBA Executive Vice President John Bachner....
INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: THE FOUNDERS – ALFRED C. ACKENHEIL, PhD., P.E.
In one-on-one interviews, and during panel discussions, Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA, formerly ASFE) founders respond to questions posed by then-GBA Executive Vice President John Bachner....
INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: THE FOUNDERS – BRAMLETTE MCCLELLAND, D.Eng., P.E.
In one-on-one interviews, and during panel discussions, Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA, formerly ASFE) founders respond to questions posed by then-GBA Executive Vice President John Bachner....
INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: THE FOUNDERS – EDWARD B. HOWELL, J.D.
In one-on-one interviews, and during panel discussions, Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA, formerly ASFE) founders respond to questions posed by then-GBA Executive Vice President John Bachner....
INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: THE FOUNDERS – ELIO D’APPOLONIA, PhD., P.E.
In one-on-one interviews, and during panel discussions, Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA, formerly ASFE) founders respond to questions posed by then-GBA Executive Vice President John Bachner....
INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: THE FOUNDERS – HARL P. ALDRICH, ScD., P.E.
In one-on-one interviews, and during panel discussions, Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA, formerly ASFE) founders respond to questions posed by then-GBA Executive Vice President John Bachner....
INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS: THE FOUNDERS – JAMES J. SCHNABEL, P.E.
In one-on-one interviews, and during panel discussions, Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA, formerly ASFE) founders respond to questions posed by then-GBA Executive Vice President John Bachner....
IPM CASE HISTORY NO. 2
ASFE Issues in Practice Management Case History 2: One of a major firm's newest employees discovered that he had a curable form of cancer. His short tenure made him ineligible for additional......
LEOPOLD HIRSCHFELDT AND JAMES ROBERT DAVIS MEMORIAL LECTURE
Presented by Elio D'Appolonia at GBA's April 1983 Annual Meeting, this lecture honors the memories of Leopold Hirschfeldt and James Robert Davis. Titled Reflections on the Growth......
LIMITATION OF LAIBILITY CASE INDEX
An index of cases contesting the validity of limitation of liability provisions. GBA introduced the limitation of liability concept to the design and environmental professions in 1970......
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: A HANDBOOK FOR DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS, SECOND EDITION
A comprehensive "how-to" that provides in-depth discussion of limitation of liability provisions. Topics include: an overview of risk management and specific guidance on the benefits of seeking......
LIMITATION OF LIABILTY CASE INDEX
An index of cases contesting the validity of limitation of liability provisions. GBA introduced the limitation of liability concept to the design and environmental professions in 1970......
LOSS PREVENTION TEST KIT
Designed to help firms assess the loss prevention knowledge of prospective employees, new hires, and others on staff, the kit - in book form - consists of five case histories each of which is......