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December 1, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the availability of a new edition of the DFI Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of high-quality technical papers.

November 23, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the release of three new technical publications and an educational PowerPoint presentation available at no cost online at archive.dfi.org/publications/new-publications as well as several research reports by DFI technical committees.

November 18, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Registration is open for the 6th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing, being held February 13-16, 2022, at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans, Louisiana. This conference is being presented by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG), with support from Geo-Institute’s Grouting Committee.

October 27, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that Paul Axtell, P.E., D. GE, chief operating officer and a senior principal engineer for Dan Brown and Associates, has been elected to the DFI Board of Trustees.

October 27, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI President Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E., presented three President’s Awards at a luncheon during the DFI 46th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Las Vegas on October 14.

October 22, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Robert Stier of Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring is the new co-chair of DFI’s Tunneling and Underground Committee. He joins co-chair, Jim Morrison, P.E., P.Eng., COWI, and takes over for outgoing co-chair David Klug, David R. Klug & Associate.

October 6, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Salah Al Dilimi as the new chair of the DFI Middle East Regional Chapter. He previously served as a vice chair for the chapter.

September 14, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: Jim Abbott, Retired MLB Pitcher Jim Abbott, retired Major League Baseball pitcher, is presenting the 2021 Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications during DFI’s 46th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, being held October 12-15, 2021 in Las Vegas. The lecture is on Thursday, October 14 at 1:30 p.m.  Born in Flint, Michigan, […]

September 1, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Kathleen Bensko, P.G., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC], U.S., and Raffaella Granata, Trevi, Italy, as the new co-chairs of its International Grouting Committee. They take the helm in October from inaugural chairs Paolo Gazzarrini, P.Eng., Sea to Sky Geotech, Canada, and Piero Roberti, Bauer Foundation […]

August 19, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: Dale Biggers, P.E., a vice president at Boh Bros. Construction in New Orleans, is the recipient of DFI’s highest award bestowed to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). This award recognizes individuals who have made exceptionally valuable contributions to the advancement of the deep foundations industry. The award is being presented […]