WASTECON 2024

Meet Senior Vice President Jim Kelsey, PG; Vice President Gundar Peterson, PE; Vice President and Regional Solid Waste Manager, Douglas Junk; Landfill Gas Operations Specialist, Daniel Sawyer; Director of Business Development Janet Wolfe, CPSM; and Senior Engineer Tom Golden, PE, of GLA subsidiary Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc. (DBS&A) at the Solid Waste Association…

Top International Design Firm

For the first time in company history, GLA has ranked on the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 225 International Design Firms list. GLA’s international work comprised nearly 20% of GLA’s revenue in 2023 with projects in Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Turkey, and of course, Peru, where we have a full-service office location. GLA’s successful application of an…

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference

The 2024 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Environmental Trade Fair and Conference (TCEQ ETFC) is taking place in Austin, Texas, on May 14 and 15, 2024. GLA’s Solid Waste Market Leader Doug Junk will be present at exhibit #811 along with scientists, geologists, engineers, and hydrogeologists from DBS&A’s Austin and Lubbock offices to discuss solutions…

Effective-Stress Site Response Analysis Published

Seismic site response analysis is an analysis performed to evaluate the behavior of soil deposits and/or earthfill facilities such as landfills and dams when subjected to strong ground shaking.  The most advanced version of this analysis is called effective-stress site response analysis because it includes seismically-induced pore water pressure generation and dissipation.  Effective-stress analysis is…

ENR Top Design Firm

GLA jumped up the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms rankings to #245. GLA and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including  Clear Creek Associates, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Kunkel Engineering Group, Geo-Logic Perú, Summit Water Resources, and The MINES Group had our best year yet with a wide range of successful projects—especially, the highly effective…

Global Waste Management Symposium

Douglas Junk, GLA Vice President and Regional Solid Waste Manager, will be moderating the Landfill Operations I Session at the 2024 Global Waste Management Symposium (GWMS) taking place on February 25 through 28, 2024, in Indian Wells, California. GLA is a Waste360 Sponsor. The technical conference for research and case studies on waste management is…

Sparks, Nevada Office Relocation

GLA has relocated its Reno area office to accommodate the growth of our Nevada operations. Robert Valceschini, PE, Vice President and Mining Market Leader, will continue to serve as the Reno area office manager. The new office is located at 4960 Vista Boulevard, Unit 100, Sparks, Nevada 89436. The phone remains (775) 284‐5500. The Reno…