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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. To help, we have compiled a list of the top 10 GBA re...

Don Roberts’ experience as a consulting civil and environmental engineer, for over 60 years, was a great asset to the geoprofessionals. He was a past ASFE president (1985-1986) and contributed in many ways, for many years, to ASFE/GBA. Mr. Roberts was responsible for major geotechnical investigat...

Call for Abstracts: GBA 2021 Spring Conference If you are a dynamic, engaging speaker with valuable content to share with industry leaders, the  Geoprofessional Business Association invites you to submit an abstract for GBA’s 2020 Spring Conference. Our members gather at GBA conferences to networ...

This is a great honor for me to be on the Board of Directors for the Geoprofessional Business Association and share my background and why GBA is so important to me. I was born and raised in Quebec City, Province of Quebec, Canada. The history of Quebec City extends back thousands of years, with its ...

GBA AWARDS RECIPIENTS GBA is a volunteer organization. Almost all the resources we produce for our members, our contributions to the geoprofessional community, and these conferences are mostly driven by volunteer leaders. Each Spring, during our conference we recognize those that have contributed to...

During the 2020 Fall Conference, President Ken Johnston (GZA GeoEnvironmental) shared his review of the first 6-months of GBA’s fiscal year with our members. In his address, President Johnston shared his personal challenges and the challenges facing our members today. He highlighted GBA’s respo...

2020 Conference Videos Available Now: Those that attended GBA’s 2020 Fall  Conference agreed that the presentations were educational, entertaining, and inspiring. Now you can watch, listen to, and learn from these speakers too, on your own schedule. These videos are available for all GBA members ...

Case History #101, the last of the archived real-life stories of member-firms’ projects that went wrong and how they overcame problems is now available. When a GBA-Member Firm realized it had committed a serious error while conducting construction-materials engineering and testing (CoMET) services...

GBA is committed to promoting the value of geoprofessionals and for our 2020  photo contest we asked Members to share: “How do you depict the day in the life of a Geoprofessional?” The photos below capture our members in field activities, meeting with colleagues and clients, and observing safet...

GBA Publications Committee   Learn from others. Don’t repeat the mistakes  of the past! GBA Case Histories are being used by our members for loss prevention discussions in support of professional development and mentoring. That is why GBA case histories are so valuable, and why GBA is updati...

GBA Emerging Leaders Class GBA is legendary for engaging with amazing speakers at each of our conferences and in this series we reconnect with past keynotes that have become old friends of GBA to see where life has taken them and learn from their journey, they are American heroes, best-selling autho...

GBA has been a leader in documenting the professional conduct Phase I Environmental assessments since 1987. We have published many State of the Practice studies covering different time periods and these reports have been successfully used in court proceedings to defend professionals from accusations...

GBA Emerging Leaders Class GBA is legendary for engaging with amazing speakers at each of our conferences and in this series we reconnect with past keynotes that have become old friends of GBA to see where life has taken them and learn from their journey, they are American heroes, best-selling autho...

Do you support geoprofessional consulting services or know someone that does? This is an opportunity to highlight those companies that provide extended enterprise services to hundreds of the best geoprofessional consulting businesses. Through sponsorship of GBA’s 2020 Fall Conference, a Virtual Ev...

GBA’s Executive Director, Joel Carson has  been appointed to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Academy of Geo-Professionals’ Board of Trustees.  He will serve a three-year term as the Public Member of the Board representing the interests of the general public whom the members of A...