Apply refactor to gcp.py

[nweires]

Apply the refactoring from NREL#422 to gcp.py.

Tested by doing a test run.

Also includes a couple fixes that are in NREL#424.

[github-actions]

File	Coverage
All files	86%	✅
base.py	90%	✅
exc.py	57%	✅
hpc.py	78%	✅
local.py	70%	✅
postprocessing.py	83%	✅
utils.py	91%	✅
cloud/docker_base.py	89%	✅
sampler/base.py	79%	✅
sampler/downselect.py	33%	✅
sampler/precomputed.py	93%	✅
sampler/residential_quota.py	61%	✅
test/shared_testing_stuff.py	85%	✅
test/test_docker.py	33%	✅
test/test_validation.py	97%	✅
workflow_generator/base.py	90%	✅
workflow_generator/commercial.py	53%	✅
workflow_generator/residential_hpxml.py	86%	✅

Minimum allowed coverage is 33%

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