2023

November 30, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI’s membership voted to elect two new members to the DFI Board of Trustees. Their terms begin on January 1, 2024. Members also re-elected four trustees for new 3-year terms.

November 29, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI Europe, a regional chapter of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), announces that Kevin Hague of Aarsleff Ground Engineering in the U.K. has joined its Board of Trustees.

November 27, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Abstracts are being accepted until Monday, January 8, for original technical papers and panel sessions for DFI’s 49th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (DFI49), being held October 7-10, in Aurora, Colorado.

November 27, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI President Gianfranco Di Cicco presented three President’s Awards at a luncheon during the DFI 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Seattle on November 2.

November 21, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI Europe is organizing a webinar series, “Geotechnical Performance of Deep Foundations Under Hazard Loading.” This series features webinars focused on how deep foundation elements and systems perform under different natural and man-made hazard loading.

Dubai, UAE | 9 October 2023:  Big 5 Global, the largest and most-influential construction industry event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) is set to take place at Dubai World Trade Centre from 4 – 7 December 2023. With registrations open for participants who wish to attend the annual gathering of the […]

September 28, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Mary Ellen Large has  been named co-chair of DFI’s Structural Slurry Wall and Seepage Control Committee.

September 22, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students for several scholarships being awarded this fall. The applications are all online and are open now. The deadline to apply for all scholarships listed below is October 31, 2023.

August 31, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Every four years, DFI and the DFI Educational Trust present the Legends Award to three practitioners — an engineer, contractor and manufacturer/supplier — who have made significant contributions and advancements to the research, design, construction, manufacturing and use of deep foundations.

August 16, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI Educational Trust has awarded five Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Professional Development Grants of $1,750 each to women working in the deep foundations industry. The recipients are invited to attend DFI’s 48th Annual Conference in Seattle, October 31-November 3. The grant includes complimentary conference registration and covers related expenses for attending the conference.