2016

The DFI Educational Trust has launched Scrap for Scholars, a fundraising initiative targeted at companies with construction sites and manufacturing plants that produce metal waste such as used tools, excess rebar and steel templates. Companies are encouraged to donate the proceeds received from the recycled waste to the general fund of the DFI Educational Trust […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that the Traylor-Massman-Weeks Joint Venture is the recipient of the 2016 Ben C. Gerwick Award for The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that the Traylor-Massman-Weeks Joint Venture is the recipient of the 2016 Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in Design and Construction of Marine Foundations. The group is […]

The DFI Educational Trust and the DFI Women in Deep Foundations Committee will be awarding two grants of $1,750 each to women involved in design and/or construction of deep foundations to attend DFI’s International Conference on Deep Foundations, Seepage Control and Remediation (41st Annual Conference) in New York City, October 12-15. The grant includes free […]

The complete technical program for SuperPile ’16 is available online at www.dfi-superpile.org. The conference, hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC, is being held on June 7-9, 2016, at the Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago. Pre-conference activities on Tuesday, June 7, include DFI Technical Committee and Working Group meetings, a complimentary tour of the Atlas Pipe […]

David K. Crapps, Ph.D., P.E., principal for GPE, Inc. and David K. Crapps, Inc., both of Gainesville, Fla., is presenting the DFI 2016 Osterberg Memorial Lecturer at DFI’s SuperPile ’16 conference being held June 7-9 at the Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago. The lecture is titled, “Lessons Learned from Dr. Jorj O. Osterberg and His Inventions.” […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) have released a free download of the recently published Best Practice Guide to Tremie Concrete for Deep Foundations. The guide is the result of the initial study efforts of the joint DFI and EFFC Concrete Task Group, which was established in 2014 […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting the International Conference on Deep Foundations, Seepage Control and Remediation — DFI’s 41st Annual Conference, October 12-15, 2016, at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. The conference introduces a new technical track featuring seepage control and remediation for dam and levee projects worldwide, in addition […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that new officers have been elected for the DFI Middle East Regional Chapter. Chair Emad Sharif is the Dubai and Muscat manager for ACES – Arab Center for Engineering Studies in Dubai, UAE. He joined ACES in 1994 as general manager of the ACES Palestine Branch and transferred to Dubai […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the availability of the most recent edition of the DFI Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of high-quality papers. Volume 9, Issue 2, includes the following papers: “Response of a drilled shaft foundation constructed in a redrilled shaft excavation following collapse” “Discussion of ‘Interpretation of augered cast in place pile capacity […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that 2 of its 18 Technical Committees have new committee chairs starting in 2016. Morgan NeSmith, P.E., of Berkel & Company Contractors, is the incoming chair of the Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Committee, following Mike Moran of Cajun Deep Foundations. NeSmith is a long-standing member of the committee and the chief […]