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Bernie Hertlein Receives DFI Distinguished Award

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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 deep foundations industry.”  Here is a bit from the DFI press release announcing this honor:

Hertlein, currently senior consultant and head of the nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and geophysics group at GEI Consultants in Vernon Hills, Ill., has specialized in inspection and nondestructive testing methods for structures and deep foundations and construction-related vibration issues for more than 30 years. In addition to performing and analyzing the tests, he has been involved in developing new applications for nondestructive testing (NDT) methods, designing or building the required hardware, and writing appropriate software to improve the state of the art. Hertlein was part of the team that introduced crosshole sonic logging (CSL) and impulse response testing to North America in the mid-1980s, and has participated in several research projects for the Federal Highway Administration, using NDT methods on all types of deep foundations.

His work experience includes drilled shafts, ACIP piles, driven piles and slurry wall projects throughout the U.S., and in several European countries as well as Algeria, Hong Kong and Venezuela. He is the author of a book entitled Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2006. Hertlein is currently a trustee of DFI, serving as trustee liaison to the Testing and Evaluation Committee, of which he is past chair. He is also secretary of American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committee 228 Nondestructive and In-place Testing; chairman of ACI Committee 336 Footings, Mats and Drilled Piers; past chair of ASTM Committee C-09.64 Nondestructive Testing of Concrete; and a member of the ASCE Geo-Institute, where he serves on the Deep Foundations Committee. Hertlein is a past director of ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling. He was elected a Fellow of the ACI in 2012 and was awarded the ADSC’s Outstanding Service Award in 2009.

This is a well-deserved recognition of all Bernie has contributed to the deep foundations industry over his career.  He has been a great contributor to the G-I Deep Foundations Committee over the years.  Congratulations, Bernie!

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