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The DFI Educational Trust announces that the second annual Thomas J. Wysockey Scholarship Fundraising Dinner will be held on July 16, 2015, at the Union League Club of Chicago. The scholarship is named for Thomas J. Wysockey, chairman emeritus of Thatcher Foundations Inc., Gary, IN, who is an inspiration to young engineers throughout the construction […]

Several key international industry leaders have been tapped to speak at Deep Mixing 2015. The landmark event will be held June 2-5, 2015, at the Parc 55 San Francisco – a Hilton Hotel (formerly Wyndham). DFI is managing this event, the first of in the series to be presented in North America, which will provide […]

Victor Donald, P.E., of Terracon Consultants, has accepted the positon as the inaugural chair of DFI’s new Subsurface Characterization for Deep Foundations Committee. Donald is a professional engineer with 35 years of experience in private practice consulting specializing in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Donald has a diverse background as a consulting geotechnical engineer, with a […]

DFI is partnering with ABEF, SINABEF, ABMS and ABEG — all Brazilian geotechnical and foundation societies — to host the 8th Seminar on Special Foundations Engineering and Geotechnics. The seminar is being held June 23-25, 2015 in São Paulo, Brazil, in conjunction with the 2nd Exhibition of Industry Foundations and Geotechnics. Confirmed speakers representing DFI […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, is accepting online applications for its At-Large Scholarship program for academic year 2015-2016. The DFI Educational Trust will award eight At-Large Scholarships ranging from $2,000 – $5,000 each, which can be used for funding tuition, fees, books and/or living expenses. Applicants must be […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust announces that the first scholarship for the John O’Malley Scholarship Fund will be awarded in 2015. The John O’Malley Scholarship Fund was established with a generous donation and pledge of $100,000 from Case Foundation Company to fund a scholarship in honor of O’Malley, past president of the company, […]

The complete technical program for DFI’s SuperPile ’15 conference is available online at www.dfi-superpile.org. The conference is being held on May 6-8, 2015, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, FL. During the two-day conference, more than 30 invited and selected presentations will highlight exceptional performance and design of high-capacity deep foundations […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that S. Scot Litke, D.GE (Hon.), past editor of ADSC’s Foundation Drilling magazine, is the author of a new column for Deep Foundations, DFI’s flagship publication. The column, Beneath the Surface, shares useful insights and guidance on managing business and advancing careers in the deep foundations industry. The column will […]

Gerald Verbeek, of Allnamics Pile Testing Experts BV, has accepted the position of chair of DFI’s Testing and Evaluation Committee. Verbeek succeeds outgoing chair, Don Robertson of Applied Foundation Testing, who led the committee since 2013. In 2004, after 20 years in the oil and gas industry, Verbeek started VMS, a management consulting business. One […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting its eighth annual SuperPile conference on May 6-8, 2015, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, FL. SuperPile ’15, a collaboration of nine DFI Technical Committees, will include presentations on the latest developments in driven piles, augered cast-in-place/drilled displacement piles, micropiles, marine foundations, testing and […]