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Muhannad T. Suleiman, Ph.D. Wins PCI Nasser Award;Appointed Assoc. Editor of JGGE

Muhannad T. Suleiman, Ph.D., M. ASCE was recently selected as the winner of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s George D. Nasser Award for 2016.  He was selected for a paper titled: “Minimum Confinement Reinforcement for Prestressed Concrete Piles and a Rational Seismic Design Framework”.  The paper was published in the January-February 2016 issue […]

Mohamad Hussein, P.E. Receives 2016 PDCA Presidential Award for Distinguished Service

L to R: Marty Corchoran (PDCA President); Mohamad Hussein, P.E., M. ASCE; Eric Alberghini (PDCA Immediate Past President)

Mohamad Hussein, P.E., M. ASCE., was the 2016 recipient of the Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA) Presidential Award for Distinguished Service.  Mohamad received the award at the PDCA 20th Annual […]

Fall 2016 Conferences for Deep Foundations

 

The 41st Annual Conference on Deep Foundations for DFI will be October 12-15, 2016 in New York City.

DFI’s 41st Annual Conference will attract industry professionals from around the globe to gather and share experiences, exchange ideas and learn the current state-of-the-practice from various disciplines. Over 1,000 engineers, contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, owners, […]

DFI SuperPile ’16 – June 7-9 – Chicago

DFI’s annual conference on pile foundations, SuperPile, will be held June 7-9, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois at the Westin Michigan Avenue.   Registration opens Monday, February 8, 2016.  You can get a flyer here.  Some key aspects of the conference (from DFI):

This three-day conference will include presentations on the latest developments in […]

Bernie Hertlein Receives DFI Distinguished Award

The Deep Foundations Institute awarded committee member Bernie Hertlein, FACI, M.ASCE with its Distinguished Service Award (DSA) at the 40th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Oakland, California.  The DSA is the highest award that DFI bestows on an individual, recognizing those who “have made exceptionally valuable contributions to the advancement of the […]

PDCA 18th International Conference and Expo 2014

 

There is still time to register for the PDCA 18th International Conference and Expo in St. Louis, Missouri April 2-4.  The conference includes presentation on a variety of topics from the pile driving industry, exhibits, and networking opportunities.

Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 7 Professional Development Hours (PDH).  Presentations […]

LRFD Workshop for Driven Deep Foundations–Hosted by PDCA

Anyone in the Carolinas looking for a course in LRFD design for deep foundations, check out the workshop being held by the PDCA on September 17, 2013.  Both the NCDOT and SCDOT are cooperating sponsors along with the FHWA.  The instructor, Jerry DiMaggio, is well known to the deep foundations industry after his work […]

PDCA Update: Seeking Record Piles; Upcoming Educational Events

The PDCA is seeking help identifying what are some of the records for longest, biggest, etc. as far as driven piles are concerned.

 

What is the record for biggest, longest or most among PDCA members?  Who holds the records for superlative piles? 

We’d like to hear from you.  If you have […]

DFI Deep Foundations Research/Publication Efforts Need You!

The DFI has a few research or publication efforts underway.  The recent DFI July News listed two that are requesting input from DFI members and the industry.  One is a State of Practice Survey for helical piles.  The other is a collection of driven pile case histories.  More information from DFI is included […]

Pile Setup in Cohesive and Non-Cohesive Soils–Some Research

One of the goals/efforts of this blog is to try to encourage readers to find interesting papers, projects, and the like in our industry.  This post is one of those “look what is out there” posts. 

Author Note: The first pair of papers is on driven H-piles in cohesive soils and was […]