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Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces new chairs for four of its 26 Technical Committees.  Tim Siegel, P.E., G.E., D.GE, of Dan Brown and Associates (DBA), is the new chair of the Ground Improvement Committee succeeding Tanner Blackburn, P.E., Ph.D., of Hayward Baker. As senior principal engineer at DBA, Siegel serves as managing principal of its […]

For the fifth year, the DFI Educational Trust is participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that connects diverse groups of individuals, communities and organizations around the world for one common purpose: to celebrate and encourage giving. Occurring this year on December 3, #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (in the […]

DFI announces the release of a new white paper titled “Terminology and Evaluation Criteria of Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) as applied to Deep Foundations.” The paper was produced by a CSL Task Force comprised of members of the DFI Codes and Standards Committee, Drilled Shaft Committee and Testing and Evaluation Committee. The CSL Task Force […]

Registration is open for DFI’s ITS Money Webinar Series organized by the DFI Testing & Evaluation Committee. The webinars are streaming on October 2, 2019; December 4, 2019; and February 5, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST. The webinars demonstrate how foundation testing conducted during the design phase can provide data that optimizes […]

TITAN POLSKA, representing Europe, was selected as the winner of the Third World Cup of Micropiles by the delegates of the 14th International Workshop for Micropiles, hosted by the International Society for Micropiles (ISM) August 21-24, 2019, in Sofitel Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.  TITAN POLSKA was selected for its project, the Museum of the […]

More than 100 ISM members attended the 14th International Workshop for Micropiles (IWM) on August 21-23, 2019, at the Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach Hotel on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.  “The workshop was a great opportunity for members to meet, present and exchange data, and share experiences and developments on a relatively informal basis,” said […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust is accepting applications for the 2019 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 2019. The deadline to apply is October 31, 2019. […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust is accepting applications for the 2019 George P. Kelley Memorial Scholarship, which provides scholarships to civil engineering students attending Drexel University. One $5,000 scholarship will be awarded in 2019. The deadline to apply is October 31, 2019. The George P. Kelley Memorial Scholarship was established in 2019 as part […]

More than 150 deep foundation professionals attended DFI’s S3: Slope-Support-Stabilization conference, August 6-9, at The Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot, Minnesota. This two-day technical conference, organized by eight DFI Technical Committees, focused on the effective application of deep foundations, ground improvement and soil mixing for stabilization of slopes and excavation support. The technical program featured […]

 Abstracts are being accepted for presentations at SuperPile ’20, a piling design and construction conference being hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC. Abstracts are due September 27, 2019, and can be submitted at archive.dfi.org/SuperPile20. The 13th annual SuperPile Conference is taking place at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark in Missouri. This three-day […]