2018

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, is accepting online applications for its At-Large Scholarship program and for the Michael L. Condon Civil Engineering Scholarship for academic year 2018-19. Several At-Large Scholarships ranging from $2,000 – $5,000 each are being awarded in 2018, which can be used for funding tuition, […]

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 and/or construction of deep foundations to attend DFI’s 43rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Anaheim, Calif., October 24-27, 2018. The grant includes free conference registration and covers related expenses for […]

DFI announces the formation of the BIM/Digitalisation (DFI Europe) Committee. The goal of this committee, which liaises with DFI’s Project Information Management Systems Committee, is to promote digitalization and BIM (Building Information Modeling) processes within the European membership and the wider geotechnical industry in Europe and DFI worldwide.  The committee will discuss and develop guidance in […]

DFI announces the formation of the Project Information Management Systems Committee. This new technical committee was formed in response to a trend in the industry towards digitalization of data and the increase in use of data management and geospatial tools including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Information Management (BIM).  The committee’s mandate is to […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust (www.dfitrust.org), the charitable arm of DFI, announces the establishment of the Fred H. Kulhawy Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund, which honors Professor Kulhawy’s contribution to the deep foundations industry, will provide At-Large Scholarships to students enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate civil engineering program at any accredited […]

Keynote lecturers and invited speakers are confirmed for the 2018 DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement at Sapienza University, June 5-8, 2018. Eight industry experts are presenting Keynote Lectures during parallel sessions at the conference. Session on Deep Foundations Technologies Codes, New Technologies and Quality in Deep Foundations, Maurice Bottiau, Franki Foundations […]

The International Society for Micropiles (ISM), ADSC and DFI are hosting the 14th International Workshop on Micropiles on August 21-24, 2019, in Sofitel Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Workshop provides an opportunity for members to meet, present and exchange data, and share experiences and developments on a relatively informal basis. The Workshop includes technical […]

The complete technical program for SuperPile ’18 is available online at www.dfi-superpile.org. The conference, hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC, is being held on June 27-29, 2018, at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City.  Pre-conference activities on Wednesday, June 27, include DFI Technical Committee meetings and the DFI Women in Deep […]

DFI and the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University have joined forces to host a Deep Mixing and Sand Compaction Piles Technical Seminar on April 24 at Rutgers University – Busch Campus in Piscataway, N.J.  This one-day seminar covers detailed design procedures and construction of these two foundation techniques highlighted with […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, recently appointed Helen Robinson, P.E., to the Board of Trustees.  Robinson, of GEI Consultants, is serving as an At-Large Trustee for a period of two years starting January 1, 2018. Robinson is currently the chair of DFI’s Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Committee. Under […]