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In 2018, DFI introduced the DFI Traveling Lecturer program to promote the field of geotechnical engineering and deep foundation construction by encouraging students to explore a career in the deep foundations industry, providing information on topics of interest to members of the industry, and raising awareness of how DFI and its activities support the industry.   […]

Linda Alvarado, president of Alvarado Construction and a limited partner in the ownership group of the Colorado Rockies, is presenting the 2019 Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications during the DFI 44th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, in Chicago, October 14-18, 2019. Her talk is titled, Embracing Change: It is Brains, Not Just Brawn. As the first […]

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.  The 2019 recipients of this prestigious award are:  Engineering Legend: Bengt H. Fellenius Bengt […]

The winner of the 2019 DFI Outstanding Project Award (OPA) is the team of HDR (engineer), PCL Civil Constructors (general and foundation contractor) and North Carolina Department of Transportation (owner) for the innovative foundation design of the 2.8 mi (4.5 km) long Marc Basnight Bridge in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. The award is being […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust recently awarded 14 scholarships to civil engineering students focusing on geotechnical and/or environmental engineering at the University of Illinois and Auburn University. The recipient of the Langan/Dennis J. Leary Memorial Scholarship was University of Illinois junior, Eleftherios Monaxios. The scholarship is named for Dennis J. Leary, a partner […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the availability of the most recent edition of the DFI Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of high-quality technical papers. Volume 12, Number 3, an international issue with a practical focus on foundation design and a collection of great case studies, includes the following papers: “Statistical Evaluation of Design Methods for Micropiles […]

More than 500 deep foundation professionals attended SuperPile ’19 on May 1-3 at the Sheraton Grand Seattle, Washington. This annual conference, hosted in partnership with ADSC, was organized by nine DFI Technical Committees including Augered Cast-in-Place (ACIP) Piles, Drilled Shafts, Driven Piles, Ground Improvement, Helical Piles and Tiebacks, Marine Foundations, Micropile, Seismic and Lateral Loads […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that Robert Mast, P.E., S.E., senior principal, BergerABAM, and Arthur R. Anderson, ScD, Concrete Technology Corporation (posthumous), were awarded the 2019 Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations at DFI’s SuperPile ’19 held May 1-3, 2019, in Seattle.  Mast and Anderson were recognized […]

DFI’s recently established Tunneling and Underground Committee has formed eight Technical Groups to address specific areas of interest associated with the tunnel industry. “The goal of each Technical Group is to have a team of individuals who work together to improve the industry through collaboration and the sharing of information,” says David R. Klug, committee […]

DFI announces the formation of its 26th technical committee — the DFI Risk and Contracts Committee.  The goal of the committee is to raise awareness of risk management through programs and promotion. Key objectives for the committee are to: Establish the fundamental requirements for geotechnical risk management for all entities involved in the geotechnical project’s […]