2021

December 17, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI is accepting nominations for its 2022 awards and lectures, which showcase and celebrate the achievements and contributions of individuals, teams and companies in the deep foundations industry.

December 14, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: 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 is January 14, 2022.

December 14, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Abstracts are being accepted until January 14 for original technical papers and panel sessions for the DFI’s 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (#DFI47), being held October 4-7, 2022, in National Harbor, Maryland.

December 1, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the availability of a new edition of the DFI Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of high-quality technical papers.

November 23, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the release of three new technical publications and an educational PowerPoint presentation available at no cost online at archive.dfi.org/publications/new-publications as well as several research reports by DFI technical committees.

November 18, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Registration is open for the 6th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing, being held February 13-16, 2022, at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans, Louisiana. This conference is being presented by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG), with support from Geo-Institute’s Grouting Committee.

October 27, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that Paul Axtell, P.E., D. GE, chief operating officer and a senior principal engineer for Dan Brown and Associates, has been elected to the DFI Board of Trustees.

October 27, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI President Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E., presented three President’s Awards at a luncheon during the DFI 46th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Las Vegas on October 14.

October 22, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Robert Stier of Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring is the new co-chair of DFI’s Tunneling and Underground Committee. He joins co-chair, Jim Morrison, P.E., P.Eng., COWI, and takes over for outgoing co-chair David Klug, David R. Klug & Associate.

October 6, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Salah Al Dilimi as the new chair of the DFI Middle East Regional Chapter. He previously served as a vice chair for the chapter.