Irrigation consultant Jim Barrett, FASIC, president of James Barrett Associates LLC, (JBA) in Roseland, NJ, was awarded the American Society of Irrigation Consultants 2013 Sam Tobey Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s annual conference in Scottsdale, AZ.
Barrett, a Past President of ASIC and a current member of the Society’s certification and bylaws committees, founded his independent irrigation consulting company in 1985 after 13 years with Robert Trent Jones, Inc. as a design associate and irrigation designer. Specializing in golf course irrigation systems, JBA was one of the first independent irrigation consulting firms in the country. He has worked on more than 350 golf courses both in the U.S. and abroad, including at one time a majority of the top-10 rated golf courses in the country. He holds certifications in golf irrigation design and landscape auditing, and is a recipient of the Irrigation Association (IA) Industry Achievement Award; a member of the IA Board of Directors, and its history, standards and technical committees.