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The Third World Cup of Micropiles competition is being held at the 14th International Workshop on Micropiles, August 21-24, 2019, in Sofitel Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. This is an International Competition to seek out a micropile project that stands above all others. Five regions of the globe will compete to bring home the Micropile […]

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. The combined issue, Volume 11, Number 2–3 is a special Award issue that includes the following papers from DFI’s Young Professor Paper Competition and the Student Paper Competition. “The Effect of Slurry […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust recently awarded several scholarships to civil engineering students focusing on geotechnical and/or environmental engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The scholarships were awarded during the Annual Civil and Environmental Engineering Awards Convocation and Luncheon.  The 2018 recipients of the Charles J. Berkel Memorial Scholarship were University […]

DFI announces the formation of the Tunneling and Underground Systems Committee. The committee is focused on identifying and facilitating the advancement of new methods and technologies for design, construction, inspection, maintenance and operation of tunnels and underground systems. Technical focus areas include conventional and mechanized excavation methods, design practices for tunnel liners, the use of […]

The conference program and schedule is available for the 2018 DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement at Sapienza University, June 5-8, 2018. The conference explores the challenges of upcoming urban infrastructure megaprojects and highlights modern technologies and techniques available to overcome these challenges. The conference features a technical program providing opportunities to […]

The Call for Abstracts is now open for the 14th International Workshop on Micropiles on August 21-24, 2019, in Sofitel Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Papers are being accepted on all topics related to micropiles: state of practice and research, seismic design, applications, innovations, challenging subsurface conditions (karst, groundwater), historic renovation, load testing, numerical analysis, […]

Deep Foundations Institute of India (DFI of India), in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar and Indian Geotechnical Society Ahmedabad Chapter, will host DFI-India 2018: 8thConference on Deep Foundations Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India on November 15-17, 2018, at IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. This two-day conference follows seven successful DFI of India annual […]

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 43rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Anaheim, Calif., October 24-27, 2018. The grant includes free conference registration and covers related expenses for […]

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 2018-19. Several At-Large Scholarships ranging from $2,000 – $5,000 each are being awarded in 2018, which can be used for funding tuition, […]

DFI announces the formation of the BIM/Digitalisation (DFI Europe) Committee. The goal of this committee, which liaises with DFI’s Project Information Management Systems Committee, is to promote digitalization and BIM (Building Information Modeling) processes within the European membership and the wider geotechnical industry in Europe and DFI worldwide.  The committee will discuss and develop guidance in […]