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,
GBA CASE HISTORY # 15
After footings for a housing project went unprotected over the winter, the developer blamed the Member Firm for failing to provide an adequate warning....
GBA CASE HISTORY # 16
The Member Firm's client decided that it was not necessary for the firm to observe construction. Problems occur because the firm's recommendations were......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 17
Personal conflicts lead to problems at a processing plant. Because of improper professional etiquette, communications channels went cold, causing......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 18
The GBA Member Firm narrowly avoided responsibility for damages that occurred when recommendations for a flood control pump station were not followed....
GBA CASE HISTORY # 19
The Member Firm decided to fight a frivolous suit filed by a housing developer client. The Member was found not negligent, but it cost $89,000 in......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 20
Risks relating to a chemical terminal were not properly defined. As a result, the Member Firm experienced a severe loss for actions it took on its......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 21
Case History No. 21 . Inadequate client selection, failure to notice subtle problems, and a lack of construction observation forced the Member Firm to pay for problems......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 22
After a condominium's retaining structure failed, a Member Firm took aggressive action to prevent the firm from becoming victim of a frivolous suit....
GBA CASE HISTORY # 23
. A sole proprietor was retained orally to perform a single-family home inspection. After experiencing "buyer's remorse," the owners claimed that the......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 24
The Member Firm developed an innovative design approach that the client decided to use. But then the client began cutting corners and serious problems......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 25
The project manager of a Member Firm assumed, incorrectly, that his mistaken judgment led to severe settlement of an elementary school. Subsequent......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 26
Case History No. 26 . Failure to warn its client - an electric utility - and failure to react quickly to a discrepancy resulted in problems on this fast-track......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 27
A member's ability to keep lines of communication open permitted a relatively small settlement cost after problems developed on an addition to an......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 28
When a geotechnical engineer's recommendations were ignored, the contractor made a ten-foot error in laying out the building. The engineer documented......
GBA CASE HISTORY # 29
Case History No. 29 . A corrugated metal pipe fabricator retained the GBA Member Firm to observe the installation of a culvert pipe. The manufacturer changed specs and......