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Registration is open for ISM’s 14th International Workshop on Micropiles (IWM) taking place August 21-23, 2019, at the Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach hotel on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, one hour south of Brisbane. The workshop includes lectures, discussions and panel sessions on all aspects of micropile technology including: Local case histories Load testing Innovative […]

A unique program is planned for the Helical Piles-Tiebacks-Anchors Tradeshow and Educational Seminar organized by DFI and Helical Pile World (HPW), June 4-5, 2019, at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Cincinnati, Ohio.  The event includes a structured indoor technical education program each morning followed by an outdoor equipment exhibition and live installation and testing demonstrations […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), in conjunction with leaders in the international deep mixing community, is hosting the 7th conference in a series on deep mixing, June 15-18, 2020, in Gdańsk, Poland.  Deep Mixing 2020 — Best Practice and Legacy is aimed at defining the future of deep mixing and transferring the charge of advancing the […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) are pleased to announce the release of the EFFC/DFI Guide to Support Fluids for Deep Foundations, Edition 1.  The guide represents the state of the art of support fluid practice and aims to improve existing design, testing and practices for deep foundation elements […]

DFI’s SuperPile ’19, hosted in partnership with ADSC, is taking place May 1-3 at the Sheraton Grand Seattle, Washington. The event focuses on the latest developments in augered cast-in-place/drilled displacement piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, ground improvement, helical piles and tiebacks, marine foundations, micropiles, testing and evaluation of foundation systems, and seismic and lateral loads. […]

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 44th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Chicago, October 15-18, 2019. The grant includes free conference registration and covers related expenses for attending […]

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 2019-20. Several At-Large Scholarships ranging from $2,000 – $5,000 each are being awarded in 2019, which can be used for funding tuition, […]

Theresa Engler, executive director of Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), has been named Outstanding Association Executive by the New York Society of Association Executives (NYSAE). The award is being presented at the NYSAE Synergy Awards Luncheon on April 17 in New York City.  The Outstanding Association Executive Award recognizes a current executive who has contributed significantly […]

The International Society of Micropiles (ISM) is hosting its 14th International Workshop on Micropiles on August 21-23, 2019, at the Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach hotel one hour south of Brisbane. A highlight of the workshop is a presentation by special lecturer Dr. Stephen Buttling. With a career spanning 45 years as a geotechnical engineer working in […]

Samuel Paikowsky, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell and president of GeoDynamica, is presenting the DFI 2019 Osterberg Memorial Lecture during the opening plenary session at SuperPile ’19 on Thursday, May 2 , 10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. The presentation is also being broadcast as a live webinar. SuperPile […]