Outstanding Project Award

The Outstanding Project Award (OPA) was established in 1997 to recognize the superior work of DFI members. Each year, a project is chosen from several geotechnical projects submitted for consideration by DFI members.
Deadline: April 15, 2024
| 2023 | |
| Thornton Tomasetti | Climate Pledge Arena |
| 2022 | |
| Trevi, S.p.A. service foundation division of Trevi Group | Mosul Dam Rehabilitation Project |
| 2021 | |
| Stantec, Ames Construction, Case-Bencor Jv, Missouri River Energy Services, Rembco Geotechnical Contractors, and Schnabel Geostructural Design & Construction | Red Rock Hydroelectric Facility |
| 2020 | |
| Langan Engineering And Environmental Services, Malcolm Drilling Company, and Condon-Johnson & Associates | Chase Center |
| 2019 | |
| HDR, PCL Civil Constructors And North Carolina Department of Transportation | Marc Basnight Bridge |
| 2018 | |
| Malcolm Drilling, Arup, and Brierley Associates | 181 Fremont Tower |
| 2017 | |
| Berkel & Company Contractors | 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, Nw |
| 2017 | |
| Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) And Advact | Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation |
| 2016 | |
| Hayward Baker, Inc. | International Market Place |
| 2015 | |
| T.Y. Lin International and Moffatt & Nichol Joint Venture | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span |
| 2014 | |
| Crux Subsurface, Inc. | Sunrise Powerlink Project |
| 2013 | |
| U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers (USACE) and The Treviicos-Soletanche Joint Venture (TSJV) | Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project |
| 2012 | |
| Port Authority of NY & NJ | Route 9A Pedestrian Tunnel at The World Trade Center |
| 2011 | |
| Traylor-Massman-Weeks, LLC | The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Floodwall |
| 2010 | |
| Brasfond Fundações Especiais S/A | Estaleiro Atlântico Sul |
| 2009 | |
| Case Foundation Company | Chicago Trump International Tower and Hotel |
| 2008 | |
| Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers | Creating the opening for The New South Ferry Station |
| 2007 | |
| Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Pc | Rion Antirion Bridge |
| 2006 | |
| Schnabel Foundation Company | Reno ReTRAC |
| 2005 | |
| Arup | Moorhouse Redevelopment |
| 2005 | |
| Massman Construction Company | Olmsted Approach Walls, Ohio River, USA |
| 2004 | |
| Treviicos Corporation | The Deep Cut-Off at the Walter F. George Dam |
| 2003 | |
| Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers | Waterfront Foundation Design and Construction in Variable Rock |
| 2002 | |
| Case Foundation Company | River East Center, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2001 | |
| Wagner Komurka Geotechnical Group | Miller Park Stadium |
| 2000 | |
| Kvaerner Cementation Foundations | Geotechnical Works at Harrods of Knightsbridge, London |
| 2000 | |
| Richard Goettle Inc. | Kentucky Route 9 – Licking Pike Widening |
| 2000 | |
| TDCI – A Division Of Hayward Baker | Shedd Aquarium Amazon Project |
| 2000 | |
| Wagstaff Piling Pty. Ltd. | Yarra River Crossing, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1998 | |
| Deep Foundations Contractors Inc. and Isherwood Associates | Tbm Rescue Shaft – St. Clair River Tunnel |
| 1997 | |
| Richard Goettle Inc. | Underpinning & Earthquake Isolation Project |
