Seismic and Lateral Loads
This committee focuses on the unique issues of seismic design and construction as well as related concerns of other lateral load issues that apply in marine applications, ice and permafrost regions.
Committee Chair
Jon Sinnreich, P.E.
GRL Engineers
JSinnreich@grlengineers.com
Jon Sinnreich earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering at the University of Florida (UF), and previously worked for Fugro Loadtest. He has participated in hundreds of international bi-directional test projects and led R&D efforts on various technologies, including ultrasonic shaft profiling. Sinnreich is a registered professional engineer in Florida and current chair of ASTM Subcommittee D18.23 (Field Instrumentation Subcommittee under D18 Soil and Rock). He is also active in DFI as an editorial board member for DFI Journal and serves on multiple technical committees.
Upcoming Events
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DFI Midyear Committee Meetings 2024
April 22-26, 2024
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8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
May 7-10, 2024 – Osaka, Japan
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18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
June 30-July 5, 2024 – Milan Italy
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DFI Europe Webinar Series on Deep Foundation Performance Under Hazard Loading
February 7, 2024 – Online – 4:00 p.m. CET
Initiatives
Completed Research
Raise awareness and encourage adoption of sustainability tools and processes applied by DFI corporate members.
- Literature review and development of online database of previous large scale pile experiments.
- Development of a Design Guideline for Pile Foundations Subjected to Liquefaction Induced Lateral Spreading
- Design Recommendations for Rock-Socketed Pile Shafts When Performing Check on Minimum Required Length for Lateral Stability
- Combined Effects of Lateral Spreading and Superstructure Inertia
What’s Shaking Webinar
DFI’s Seismic and Lateral Loads Committee hosted its inaugural What’s Shaking webinar on August 15, 2023. This webinar series is designed for researchers in the seismic and lateral load topic to present their latest findings.
Lateral Thinking
Segment at every committee meeting for an informal member presentation on an interesting project, case history or problem.
In progress.
Fundamentals
DFI Seismic and Lateral Load Design and Testing Guidelines – discusses the background of different analytical and testing procedures and presents the recommended methods for analysis, design and testing of piles for lateral loads