2017

Richard J. Finno, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, civil engineering professor at Northwestern University, is presenting the DFI 2017 Osterberg Memorial Lecturer at DFI’s SuperPile ’17 conference being held June 14-16 at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in Coronado Bay, Calif. The lecture, “Lessons (Re)learned from Geotechnical Failures,” ties back to Professor Osterberg’s Terzaghi Lecture titled “Necessary […]

DFI announces that the Call for Papers is open for the annual Student Paper Competition and Young Professor Paper Competition. Abstracts are due on Friday, March 10. The winners are invited to attend DFI’s 42nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, October 24-27 in New Orleans to present their papers. Winners also receive free conference registration, […]

DFI and the Testing and Evaluation Committee announce the release of a video on Static Load Testing of Deep Foundations Elements: Top-Down and Bi-Directional Static Load Testing. The 24-minute tutorial presentation provides a brief summary of the current state of the practice for axial Static Load Testing. It shows how static load tests for various […]

Four students at City College of New York (CCNY) have received scholarship awards from the DFI Educational Trust Stanley Merjan Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund.  Nahla Ali is an undergraduate student studying civil engineering, with a concentration in structure. She is the treasurer of the ASCE Chapter at CCNY and works as a research assistant in the […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust has awarded the first Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarships to Patrick Marquis, a graduate student pursuing an M.S. in civil engineering at the University of Toronto, and Daniel Currie, an undergraduate civil engineering student at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada. The awards are in the amount of […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust has awarded two of three 2017 Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Legacy Scholarships. The fund was established in 2015 with a $200,000 donation from Langan Engineering & Environmental Services and an additional contribution of $102,000 generously made by many principals of Langan. The fund, which provides scholarships to […]

Registration is open for the inaugural DFI-PFSF (Piling and Foundation Specialists Federation) conference on Piling and Ground Improvement Technology for the Modern Building and Infrastructure Sector. This international event is being held on March 21-22, 2017, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia.  Presentations at the conference will be on the following […]

Registration is open for the DFI 42nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, October 24-27, 2017, at the New Orleans Marriott in Louisiana.  The conference will feature technical presentations focusing on deep foundations and ground improvement, and associated risks and mitigation practices.  Topics include: Critical Infrastructure (e.g., flood protection system) Innovative Techniques for Soft Soils Laterally […]

DFI announces a call for entries for its 2017 Awards, which showcase and celebrate the achievements and contributions of individuals, teams and companies in the deep foundations industry. Submissions for the 2017 Awards are due by April 17, 2017; with the exception of the Gerwick Award that has a deadline of February 1, 2017. Information […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that 4 of its 18 Technical Committees have new committee chairs starting in 2017. Daniel Stevenson, P.E., of Berkel and Company Contractors, is the new chair of the Codes and Standards Committee, following Lori A. Simpson of Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, who has joined the DFI Board of Trustees. […]