2018

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust is accepting applications for the 2018 Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarship, which provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students attending schools in the Province of Ontario. Two scholarships, in the amount of US$2,500 each, will be awarded in 2018. The deadline to apply is October 31, 2018. […]

The DFI Educational Trust has awarded five Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) professional Development Grants of $1,750 each to women involved in design and/or construction of deep foundations to attend DFI’s 43rd Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., October 24-27. The grant includes free conference registration and covers related expenses for attending the conference.  The recipients […]

DFI Europe, a regional chapter of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), announces two new members to its Board of Trustees.  Ate Konkka is the director, piling rig technologies, at Junttan Oy in Finland and has rejoined the DFI Europe Board. Konkka works with clients to find cost-effective and modern solutions for their deep foundation work. […]

In July, Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, awarded 20 scholarships totaling $52,500 to students pursuing careers in civil, and geotechnical engineering.  Thomas J. Wysockey Civil Engineering Scholarship ($5,000 each) Rocky Howard, senior, Texas A&M University Martin Wallace, graduate student, University of Missouri-Columbia  John O’Malley Civil Engineering Scholarship ($5,000) Nicolet […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the “Soil Nail Launcher™” as the winner of the 2018 C. William Bermingham Innovation Award.  The award will be presented at DFI’s 43rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Anaheim, Calif., October 24-27, 2018, to Al Ruckman, P.E., and Bob Barrett, P.G., founders of GeoStabilization International, a leading geohazard mitigation […]

Carl Lewis, one of the greatest Olympians of all time, is presenting the 2018 Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications, during the DFI 43rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, being held in Anaheim, Calif., October 24-27, 2018. His presentation, “Taking Command: You Can Do That,” will focus on communications.  Lewis, a former American track and field athlete, […]

More than 550 deep foundation professionals attended SuperPile ’18 on June 27-29, 2018, at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. This conference, hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC, was supported by 10 DFI Technical Committees: Augered Cast-in-Place Piles, Drilled Shafts, Driven Piles, Ground Improvement, Helical Piles and Tiebacks, Marine Foundations, Micropiles, […]

Garland E. Likins Jr., P.E., cofounder, past president and consultant of Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), is the recipient of DFI’s highest award to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). This award recognizes individuals who have made exceptionally valuable contributions to the advancement of the deep foundations industry. The award will be presented at the […]

More than 400 people from 37 countries attended the DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement at Sapienza University, June 5-8, 2018.  The conference explored the challenges of upcoming urban infrastructure megaprojects and highlighted modern technologies and techniques available to overcome these challenges. The technical program included keynote lectures on deep foundations technologies, […]

Registration is open for the new DFI Energy Foundations Seminar being held on September 18 at the University of Illinois – Chicago.  This one-day seminar focuses on Practical Construction Aspects of Designing, Installing and Operating a Ground-Sourced Heat Pump Solution Connected to Energy Foundations. Speakers will detail good practice guidelines for designing and installing a […]