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The DFI Educational Trust announces the establishment of the Thomas Wysockey Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, which will provide scholarships to civil engineering students attending any U.S. college or university. The fund was established through a generous $50,000 donation from Thatcher Foundations, Inc., Gary, IN. The company has pledged an additional $50,000 over the next five […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that DFI Member Crux Subsurface, Inc. is the recipient of both DFI’s 2014 Outstanding Project Award (OPA) and the 2014 C. William Bermingham Innovation Award. The OPA jury selected the Sunrise Powerlink Project in California as the winner. The Bermingham Award, which recognizes innovative contributions to deep foundation technology, […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the availability of the April 2014 edition of the DFI Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of high-quality papers related to the broad area of deep foundations engineering and construction. Volume 8, Issue 1, includes the following papers: Cross-hole Sonic Logging and Frequency Tomography Analysis of Drilled Shaft Foundations to Better […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust (www.dfitrust.org), the charitable arm of DFI, recently appointed a new member to the Board of Trustees. Lars Richter was elected to serve as an at-large trustee for a two-year term. Richter is the general manager of AECON Foundations (Canada). Prior to AECON, Richter was business unit leader at […]

DFI announces the formation of a new, 16th technical committee focusing on site investigation for deep foundation design and construction. The Subsurface Characterization for Deep Foundations Committee was formed to increase awareness of the importance of complete and competent site investigation in deep foundation practices. The specific goals of the committee will be defined by […]

The Ground Improvement Committee of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the availability a new wick drain specification and two papers published in the DFI Journal. The DFI Wick Drain Guide Specification covers materials, installation and quality control and assurance for wick drain projects. It is available as an editable MS Word document to be […]

The DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations & Piling, May 21-23 in Stockholm, Sweden features 23 technical presentations in five sessions: Harmonization of Execution Standards, Bored and Driven Piles, Deep Mixing – Wet and Dry Methods, Walls – In-situ and Preformed, and New Trends in Foundation Practice. Sessions 1-4 feature keynote lectures by leading industry […]

DFI announces the appointment of Carlos Englert of Schnabel Engineering as chair of DFI’s Sustainability Committee. He is succeeding Marine Lasne of Entroprose Contracting, who accepted a position on the DFI Board of Trustees. Englert is a senior engineer at Schnabel Engineering. He has over 15 years of design and construction experience in geotechnical projects […]

The International Society for Micropiles (ISM), in alliance with ADSC and DFI, will host the 12th International Workshop on Micropiles in Kraków, Poland, June 11–14, 2014. The 2.5-day workshop includes technical presentations on innovations and advancements in all aspects of micropile design, construction and use. Highlights of the workshop include: Introduction of the Lizzi Lecturer […]

DFI has elected the following new members to its Board of Trustees, and expanded the membership from 18-21 trustees to include DFI’s three regional chapter chairs. Frank Haehnig, Dipl. Ing., leads the international ground engineering division within Zueblin Spezialtiefbau, Germany, and is also CEO for the North American operations. Since 2012 he has been the […]