Silver Spring, MD: Vancouver, Washington Mayor Timothy D. “Tim” Leavitt, P.E., director of civil engineering services for PBS Engineering + Environmental, and INC. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year Larry Taylor will keynote the upcoming Fall Meeting of ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association, October 7-9, at The Nines hotel, Portland, OR. Leavitt will address engineering leadership through public service. Taylor, well-known author of Be an Orange, will provide guidance to help already-successful companies get to “the next level” by focusing on strategy, culture, and people.
Also on tap, “Hunt It, Kill It, Cook It, Eat It,” a presentation about techniques ASFE-Member Firms have used to identify and acquire the Brownfield-redevelopment grants local jurisdictions need to pay for the firms’ services, while the firms also foster new client relationships and gain access to even more potential clients.
In a session titled “Joint Ventures – An Alternative Teaming Strategy,” several representatives of a highly successful joint venture will discuss the pros and cons of joint ventures, the keys to maintaining a successful relationship, what to look for in joint-venture partners, and means of structuring a viable management structure within a sustainable legal framework.
Other programs include: legal aspects of social networking; business roundtables where member-firm representatives share information about various business practices and experiences; and a panel of client representatives and others who will convey their sentiments about construction materials engineering and testing services. The meeting will offer a variety of additional programs and networking opportunities.
More information about ASFE and its Fall Meeting is available at www.asfe.org or by contacting ASFE staff at info@asfe.org or 301/565-2733.
Established in 1969, ASFE’s purpose is to “maximize the geoprofessions’ importance and value to the marketplace,” said ASFE President James W. “Jay” Martin, P.E., vice president and principal of AMEC’s Earth & Environmental Division (Nashville, TN). He explained that ASFE achieves its purpose by “reaching out to public- and private-sector owners, design professionals, contractors, and others to inform them about the time- and money-saving benefits derived by relying on qualified geoprofessionals, and developing programs, services, and materials geoprofessional firms use to enhance their business and professional practices in order to become their clients’ trusted professional advisors.”
Geoprofessional firms provide geotechnical, geologic, environmental, construction materials engineering and testing, and related professional services. All ASFE-member firms’ technical activities are under the full-time control of an individual who is legally and/or ethically bound to hold paramount public health, safety, and welfare. ASFE’s associate membership comprises geoprofessional educators; geoprofessionals employed by government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and industry; and attorneys and other consultants to ASFE-member firms.
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