WANTED: GBA Case Histories
GBA has a tradition of collaborating on issues that impact the geoprofessions. One of the ways we work together is by providing lessons learned through GBA Case Histories. GBA Case Histories provide unprecedented real-world learning examples related to project and business management.
Here is your chance to share with others what went wrong, how you handled the problems, and how others can learn from your experiences so everyone can avoid the same problems in the future.
Here is how to get started:
Step 1. Share your idea for a Case History using one of the appropriate GBA template(s):
• Case History Project Management
• Case History Practice Management
Step 2. Send your i...
2012 ASFE FALL MEETING PRESENTATIONS
Recorded presentations from the 2012 Fall Meeting in Denver...
2012 ASFE FALL MEETING PRESENTATIONS
Recorded presentations from the 2012 Fall Meeting in Denver...
2012 ASFE SPRING MEETING PRESENTATIONS
Recorded presentations from the 2012 Spring Meeting in Orlando...
A LOOK INSIDE THE CRYSTAL BALL
(GBAs) Emerging Issues and Trends Committee (EIT Committee) has held a series of Crystal Ball Workshops (Workshops) to identify long-term emerging issues and business trends, and their potential impac...
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR TAILINGS STORAGE FACILITIES
Geoprofessional Business Association’s (GBA) Tailings Engineer-of-Record (EOR) Task Force published a Business Brief to inform and educate Member-Firms of the ever-increasing levels of risk associated...
ADR: ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
A 134-page guide discussing more than 25 alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures and providing detailed contract language and/or implementation instructions in 18 appendices. Options......
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: A MESSAGE TO CLIENTS
This pamphlet explains why traditional dispute resolution methods, like litigation and arbitration, may not be best-suited for solving many problems. Most clients know the drawbacks of arbitration......
ALTERNATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION
The guide addresses alternative project delivery systems for hazardous waste remediation, separating them into three broad categories: owner-managed, design-construct, and construction management....
ASFE AND TERRA INSURANCE COMPANY: THE EARLY YEARS
A war veteran, attorney, author, and accomplished insurance executive, Edward B. Howell, J.D. was an innovator of management theory and a maverick of the "insurance game." He brought limitation of......
ASFE PEER REVIEW: THE GENESIS
Bramlette "Bram" McClelland, D.Eng., P.E., a pioneer of offshore geotechnics, was the founder of GBA's Peer Review program, designed to improve the business practices of professionals in private......
ASFE SITE-ACCESS AUTHORIZATION FOR PERFORMANCE OF GEOTECHNICAL-ENGINEERING SERVICES
Geotechnical-engineering firms commonly perform subsurface studies at sites whose purchase their clients are considering, but which are owned by others at the time the geotechnical studies are......
ASFE WHITE PAPER: ASFE VISION 2020
ASFE White Papers examine issues from an interpretive point of view, to relate "food for thought" as opposed to "how to."...
ASFE’S PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, PARTS 1-3
A highly effective three-hour, in-house ethics-training course that can be given as three-separate one-hour sessions or one half-day course. Materials include PowerPoint slides with extensive......
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC LOSS DOCTRINE CASES
The economic loss doctrine is an important protection for design professionals, who therefore need to know in which states it is and is not applied, and to what extent. The economic loss doctrine......
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC LOSS DOCTRINE INDEX
The economic loss doctrine is an important protection for design professionals, who therefore need to know in which states it is and is not applied, and to what extent. The economic loss doctrine......