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Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that Jerry A. DiMaggio, P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE, and principal at Jerry A. DiMaggio Consulting, LLC, will present the keynote address at the DFI 38th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, September 25-28 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, AZ. The title of the keynote address is “Load Resistance […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) is hosting an International Conference on Deep Foundations & Piling, May 21-23 in Stockholm, Sweden at Stockholmsmåssan. The conference, titled Global Perspective on Sustainable Execution of Deep Foundation Works, is expected to draw engineers, contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and academics in the foundations […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that the Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project is the 2013 Outstanding Project Award (OPA). The award will be presented to representatives of both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Treviicos-Soletanche Joint Venture (TSJV) at the Institute’s 38th Annual Conference, September 25-28, in Phoenix, Ariz. The […]

The European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) and the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) are urging the geotechnical sector to make immediate use of their jointly-developed, pioneering carbon calculator tool, the Geotechnical Carbon Calculator. Developed using internationally recognized standards, the Geotechnical Carbon Calculator is believed to be one of the construction industry’s first standardized and collaboratively […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting its 38th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, September 25-28 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, AZ. 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 Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust (www.trust.dfi.org), the charitable arm of DFI, recently appointed a new member to the Board of Trustees. Mark J. Rice was elected to serve as an at-large member for a two-year term ending December 2015. Rice has been a practicing attorney since 1986, and is currently a partner in […]

DFI Europe, a regional chapter of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), has published a combined Glossary/Lexicon that merges the DFI Glossary, which included industry definitions mainly used in North America, with a Lexicon of geotechnical terms based on the English language with translations into several European languages. The CEN (European Committee for Standardization) standard terms […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust (www.trust.dfi.org), the charitable arm of DFI, announces a new At-Large Scholarship program for the academic year of 2013-2014. The DFI Educational Trust will award three $2,000 At-Large Scholarships, which can be used for funding, tuition, fees, books and/or living expenses. Applicants must be enrolled full time in a […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting its sixth annual SuperPile conference on May 15-16, 2013 at the Hilton Minneapolis in Minneapolis, MN. SuperPile 2013 is a collaboration of seven DFI Technical Committees and is chaired by Jeff Gebhard, Braun Intertec, Minneapolis. The two-day event will offer more than 20 technical presentations on driven piles, […]

Four of the 16 DFI Technical Committees have new committee chairs. It is the role of the Technical Committees to focus on the unique issues of major methods and technologies within deep foundations and excavation, and to keep DFI members and the industry up to date with the state of practice through publications, guidance documents, […]