Australian and New Zealand Membership
If you are interested in being part of a member-driven organization where members from around the world are involved, knowledgeable and committed to promoting the advancement of the deep foundations industry, you’ve found common ground. DFI is an international association of contractors, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, academics and owners involved in the design and construction of deep foundations. For almost 50 years, we have provided industry professionals a platform for networking, education, communication and collaboration.
When you join our multidisciplinary membership, you have the opportunity to help create a consensus voice and a common vision for continual improvement in the planning, design and construction of deep foundations and excavations. As a member, you can actively participate in technical committees, educational programs and conferences, publications, research, government relations and outreach — and find common ground with 4,000 involved, knowledgeable and committed members worldwide.
Why Join DFI?
Here are just a few reasons:
- Network with thousands of members and industry professionals worldwide.
- Get involved locally through DFI’s active presence in Europe, India and the Middle East.
- Strengthen your knowledge base and obtain practical information at seminars, short courses, workshops and conferences and gain access to DFI publications
- Collaborate with colleagues by joining one of DFI’s Technical Committees, industry-wide Working Groups, Regional Chapters or a DFI group.
- Gain visibility with a corporate member listing on the DFI website, which has 32,000 views each month.
Membership Benefits
Here are just a few ways DFI provides benefits for all its members involved in the deep foundations industry:
- Attend free Webinars (ex. ITS Money).
- Serve on various Technical Committees – great exposure and potential career growth.
- Purchase copies of DFI publications at discounted rates, some are free to members!
- Receive Deep Foundations magazine and DFI Journal.
- Register for DFI seminars, short courses and conferences at discounted member rates.
- Receive monthly e-newsletters keeping you in the loop with the latest DFI and industry news.
- Access OneMine.org and download up to 125,000 articles, technical papers and books from DFI and organizations all over the world — at no cost.
Individual Memberships
Practitioners can join DFI as Independent Individual Members to keep abreast of developments in deep foundations and play an important role in contributing to the consensus voice of DFI. In addition, several discounted individual memberships are offered. Click here to view the Individual Membership prices.
- Corporate Member Employee Individual Membership allows employees of registered Corporate Member organizations to join DFI at a discounted rate.
- Government Employee Individual Membership allows public sector employees including federal, state and municipal agencies to join DFI at a reduced rate.
- University Employee Individual Membership allows full-time faculty members to join DFI at a reduced rate.
- Emeritus Individual Membership is reserved for individuals who have been members of DFI, either as Representatives of Corporate Members or as Individual Members for a minimum of 10 continuous years, and who have reached the age of 65 years and have retired from full-time employment.
Corporate Membership
Corporate Memberships are available in varying classes based on the type, location and size of organization. Each DFI Corporate Member organization, regardless of class, is represented by two employees, designated as DFI Corporate Member Representatives. Some Corporate Member organizations can also name additional employees as representatives in proportion to their size. If other employees of a Corporate Member organization wish to join DFI as an individual member, we offer a discounted rate (15% below independent individual member rate) and they will also be listed in the Corporate Member organization’s Directory listing. All Corporate Member organization employees who are representatives or discounted individual DFI members receive all member benefits. Corporate Member organizations are also asked to designate administrative, marketing, and billing reps who may or may not be official DFI members.
- Affiliate Corporate Membership allows multiple-office Corporate Member organizations to illustrate their geographical diversity by registering branch and/or affiliate offices as Corporate Members with their own corporate directory listing and representatives on archive.dfi.org. The Affiliate must share the same name as the parent Corporate Member organization.
- Non-Commercial Corporate Membership allows non-commercial organizations such as government agencies, associations, societies, universities and union organizations to join DFI with their own corporate directory listing and representatives on archive.dfi.org.
- Sustaining Membership Status is reserved for Corporate Members who contribute to a special Sustaining Membership Fund managed by the DFI Educational Trust, for the purpose of furthering DFI’s educational goals.
Corporate Members also receive:
- Listing in Corporate Member Directory on DFI website.
- Exclusive ability to exhibit at the Annual Conference on Deep Foundations as well as many other DFI Events.
- Exclusive ability to advertise in Deep Foundations magazine and on the DFI website.
- One free new member ad (1/4 page ad or discount on larger ad) in Deep Foundations.
- The ability to purchase of reprints of DFI technical manuals imprinted with the member’s logo and address at the lowest per-copy price.
- Free copies of all new DFI Technical Committee manuals.
- Employees can join as Individual voting members of DFI at discounted rates.
Student Memberships
As a student, you can become a DFI member for free and benefit from all the opportunities DFI offers:
- Network with thousands of members and industry professionals.
- Expand your knowledge at conferences, seminars and workshops.
- Join one of DFI’s Technical Committees.
- Receive the online version of Deep Foundations magazine six times a year and the DFI Journal 2 times per year, and always be up to date.
- Access OneMine.org and download up to 125,000 articles, technical papers and books from DFI and organizations all over the world — at no cost.
- Connect and communicate with industry peers through social media such as DFI’s Facebook page and LinkedIn Groups.