The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, announces the establishment of the Clyde N. Baker, Jr. Foundation Engineering Scholarship Fund.  The fund, which honors Baker’s contributions to the deep foundations industry, will provide scholarships to students enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate civil engineering program at any accredited college […]

DFI Technical Committees were as busy as ever preparing publications, seminars, workshops, and videos on all aspects of deep foundations. To showcase the initiatives and to invite more participation, DFI organized a Midyear Committee Week.

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, is accepting online applications for the Michael L. Condon Civil Engineering Scholarship for academic year 2020-21. Scholarships are available to full-time students pursuing a graduate or undergraduate degree in civil engineering and attending one of the following colleges: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, is accepting online applications for its At-Large Scholarship program for academic year 2020-21. Several At-Large Scholarships, ranging from $2,000 – $5,000 each, are being awarded in 2020. There is one universal application for scholarships from the following funds.  Each fund provides varying numbers […]

The DFI Educational Trust and the DFI Women in Deep Foundations Committee are awarding five grants of $1,750 each to women involved in design or construction of deep foundations to attend DFI’s 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in National Harbor, Maryland, October 13-16, 2020. The grant includes free conference registration and covers related expenses […]

Call for abstracts are being accepted for DFI-India 2020, 10th Anniversary Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, being held November 19-21, 2020, at IIT Madras in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. This event is organized by DFI of India in collaboration with Indian Geotechnical Society – Chennai Chapter and IIT Madras, Chennai. […]

Following recommendations from the State of New Jersey, the federal government of the United States and the World Health Organization, DFI headquarters is closed, and staff is working remotely. “The health and safety of our members and staff are of utmost importance,” says Theresa Engler, DFI executive director. “We have been focused on monitoring the […]

DFI of India (DFII) has conducted an ambitious technology initiative involving the installation and testing of continuous flight auger (CFA) piles. The goal of the initiative is to introduce and popularize the use of CFA piles and to address the growing fast track piling needs of India. Two trial piles and six test piles of […]

The presentation focused on how the development of more powerful and robust installation platforms has made it feasible to install cast-in-place piles into materials once considered too resistant for the system. This lecture reviewed current installation platforms and tooling and presented case histories for installation in soft limestone, partially weathered rock, shale and glacial till.

DFI and the DFI Educational Trust announce that the Call for Papers is open for the annual Student Paper Competition and Young Professor Paper Competition. The due date for abstract submissions has been extended until Monday, March 23. The winning authors are invited to attend DFI’s 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (#DFI45), October 13-16 in […]