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The annual Hal Hunt Lecturer for DFI’s 39th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Atlanta this upcoming October, is Paul W. Mayne, Ph.D., P.E., professor of Geosystems Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The lecture is a highlight of the Annual Conference, and is named after Hal Hunt, […]

DFI announces the appointment of Professor Vern Schaefer of Iowa State University as chair of DFI’s Committee on Deep Foundations for Landslides and Slope Stabilization. He is succeeding Professor Erik Loehr of University of Missouri, who accepted a position on the DFI Board of Trustees. Schaefer is the Focus Group Leader of Geotechnical & Materials […]

DFI announces a call for entries for its major 2014 Awards. Submissions for the 2014 Awards are due by April 15, 2014. Information and nomination forms are available at archive.dfi.org/awardslectures.asp. The first three awards are presented at DFI’s Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, this year in Atlanta, GA, October 21-24, 2014. The Outstanding Project Award […]

Maney Publishing and the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) are pleased to announce the appointment of Anne Lemnitzer and Timothy C. Siegel as the new co-editors of DFI Journal: The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute. They will succeed lead editors Ali Porbaha and Dan Brown, who are stepping down after being editors since the Journal’s […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust (www.dfitrust.org), the charitable arm of DFI, announces the availability of scholarships for academic year 2014-2015 under its At-Large Scholarship Program. In 2014, the DFI Educational Trust will award five (5) $2,000 At-Large Scholarships, which can be used for tuition, fees, books and/or educational living expenses. Applicants must be […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting its 39th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, October 21-24, 2014 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, GA. The event draws more than 600 engineers, contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and academics in the deep foundations industry from around the world to share experiences, exchange ideas and learn about the […]

DFI announces the appointment of Andrew Verity of Gerdau Long Steel North America, as the new chair of DFI’s Driven Pile Committee, one of 15 DFI Technical Committees. He is succeeding Clayton Signor of TXPile. Verity is currently a product engineer-piling at Gerdau Long Steel North America. He has more than 20 years of experience […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting its seventh annual SuperPile conference on June 18-20, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA. SuperPile ’14 is a collaboration of seven DFI Technical Committees and is chaired by Les Chernauskas, P.E., Geosciences Testing & Research, Inc. (GTR) and member of the DFI Driven Pile Committee. The conference […]

Continuing its series of workshops on the best practices for seepage cut-off projects, the DFI Seepage Control Working Group is hosting a 2.5-day Levee and Coastal Rehabilitation workshop at the Hyatt Regency Miami, in Miami, Florida on February 12-13, 2014. Focusing on ground improvement and foundation strengthening for levee and coastal restoration, the workshop will […]

The Helical Piles and Tiebacks Committee of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) has developed an educational PowerPoint presentation on helical pile and tieback solutions. The presentation provides an overview of the history, materials, design, construction, and quality control and assurance of helical piles and tiebacks. The committee prepared this presentation as an educational tool for […]