#103 - Case History - Nuked in the Bud!

March 9th, 2021  |  16 mins

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GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. GBA Case Histories are unique because our members share real-life stories of problems that impacted their businesses. They also include the outcomes of corrective action, and lessons learned.

This episode in the series explores Case History #103. After three destroyed gauges and numerous other violations, a Member-Firm was facing civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation and revocation of their license to own and/or operate nuclear gauges. They paid a $150,000 settlement but more importantly developed a compliance program hailed as “a model for the industry”. Learn from their mistakes and from their commitment to change their culture through immediate action to create, test, launch, and monitor sustainable, institutional controls to address the underling causes of the violations, as well as specific regulatory compliance issues. Every Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) must hear this!

#108 - Case History - Out of Scope Assistance Causes Problem

February 23rd, 2021  |  46 mins 49 secs

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GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. This episode in the series explores Case History #108, where a GBA-Member Firm provided suggested changes to a sewer pipe design in order to keep construction moving forward on a five-story senior-living facility. Four years later, swelling clays caused the sewer line to back-up and the lower-level slab began showing heaving related distress. That good deed with other project related complications resulted in a $25 million claim that required an extensive defense of contract limitations of liability, standards of care, and project documentation.

#61 - Case History - Don't lie to yourself about the risk of small projects

February 9th, 2021  |  31 mins 33 secs

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GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. This episode in the series explores Case History #61, which stems from an environmental site assessment conducted as part of a property transfer, and that highlights the importance of strong contract language, report limitations, diligent information gathering, professional liability insurance, adequate training, and much more.

#11 - Encore Performances - Val Ries

September 29th, 2020  |  15 mins 49 secs

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GBA is known for engaging with amazing speakers at 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 authors, business leaders, executive coaches, all experts in their fields and brilliantly engaging.

#10 - Encore Performances - Jeff Tobe

September 22nd, 2020  |  19 mins 15 secs

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GBA is known for engaging with amazing speakers at 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 authors, business leaders, executive coaches, all experts in their fields and brilliantly engaging.

#09 - Encore Performances - Bob Kelleher

September 15th, 2020  |  35 mins 58 secs

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GBA is known for engaging with amazing speakers at 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 authors, business leaders, executive coaches, all experts in their fields and brilliantly engaging.

#08 - Encore Performances - Nancy Watt

September 8th, 2020  |  30 mins

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GBA is known for engaging with amazing speakers at 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 authors, business leaders, executive coaches, all experts in their fields and brilliantly engaging.

#07 - Encore Performances - Brent Gleeson

September 1st, 2020  |  28 mins 29 secs

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GBA is known for engaging with amazing speakers at 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 authors, business leaders, executive coaches, all experts in their fields and brilliantly engaging.

#06 - Encore Performances - Jonathan Edison

August 25th, 2020  |  30 mins 1 sec

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GBA is known for engaging with amazing speakers at 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 authors, business leaders, executive coaches, all experts in their fields and brilliantly engaging.

#05 - Encore Performances - Patrick Schwerdtfeger

August 18th, 2020  |  22 mins 6 secs

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GBA is known for engaging with amazing speakers at 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 authors, business leaders, executive coaches, all experts in their fields and brilliantly engaging.