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Registration is open for DFI’s S3: Slope-Support-Stabilization Conference, August 6-8, at The Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot, Minnesota. This two-day technical conference, organized by eight DFI Technical Committees, focuses on the effective application of deep foundations, ground improvement and soil mixing for stabilization of slopes and excavation support. The state-of-the-practice technical program features presentations on […]

Call for abstracts are being accepted for DFI-India 2019, 9th Annual Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, being held November 15-16, 2019, at the National Academy of Construction (NAC), Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This event is being organized by DFI of India in collaboration with NAC and Indian Geotechnical Society Hyderabad Chapter. […]

DFI Europe, a regional chapter of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), announces a new member to its Board of Trustees.  Bjoern Boehle is head of the technical office of Keller Grundbau, Business Unit Central Europe. He has been involved in several major projects in Europe, including the city ring around Copenhagen (compensation grouting, jet grouting, […]

Allen W. Cadden, P.E., D.GE, is presenting the Lizzi Lecture at ISM’s 14th International Workshop on Micropiles (IWM) on August 21-23, 2019, in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast of Australia. His presentation, titled Micropiles: World Wide Evolution Trends, is the 10th annual Lizzi Lecture delivered since inauguration of the series in 2008. The Lizzi Lecturer […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust and Langan Engineering & Environmental Services announce a new scholarship in the Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Legacy Scholarship Fund, and 2018 scholarship awards.  The George P. Kelley Memorial Scholarship  The George P. Kelley Memorial Scholarship has been established and is planned to provide scholarships to civil engineering […]

Registration is open for the Helical Pile World (HPW) -DFI Helical Piles-Tiebacks-Anchors Tradeshow and Educational Seminar, taking place June 4-5, 2019, at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Cincinnati, Ohio. The event is being hosted by DFI and HPW to showcase the helical pile and tieback industry’s dedication to producing high-quality, safe, reliable and cost-effective foundation […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust has awarded two Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarships each in the amount of US$2,500.  Zachary Gerber is a senior civil engineering and management student at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Gerber developed his interest in the deep foundation industry working in co-op positions at Bermingham Foundation Solutions, noting […]

Three students at City College of New York (CCNY) have received scholarship awards from the DFI Educational Trust Stanley Merjan Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund.  Adeel Butt is a senior civil engineering student with a specialization in structures. He is currently an intern at Perfetto Contracting, preparing daily field activities, four week look ahead schedules, quantity take […]

Tracy Brettmann, P.E., D.GE, executive vice president of A.H. Beck Foundation Company, has been elected chair of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust Board of Trustees. He succeeds Dan Dragone, chief sales officer of BAUER Equipment America, who remains a trustee.  Working in the Houston office, Brettmann is responsible for business development and overseeing […]

Registration is now open for SuperPile ’19 taking place May 1-3 at the Sheraton Grand Seattle, Washington. This three-day event includes presentations 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. […]