DFC Supporters
Thanks to Terracon for providing WebEx support for committee meetings.
Auburn University provides our email ListServe.
Dan Brown and Associates hosts this blog!
|
By Robert Thompson, on August 19th, 2016
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 […]
By Robert Thompson, on August 12th, 2016
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 […]
By Robert Thompson, on January 28th, 2016
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 […]
By Robert Thompson, on November 6th, 2015
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 […]
By Robert Thompson, on May 19th, 2015
For the first time, the DFI Deep Mixing Conference will be held in North America. The conference will be June 2-5, 2015 in San Francisco, California. From DFI:
Important advances in materials, equipment, system design, and project delivery mechanisms have occurred since 2009. Deep Mixing 2015 will provide a forum for international exchange […]
By Robert Thompson, on March 27th, 2014
Preparations are ramping up for the DFI 39th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations to be held Tuesday, October 21, 2014 – Friday, October 24, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference site is the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel in downtown.
DFI’s 39th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations is the event for industry professionals from […]
By Robert Thompson, on March 13th, 2014
Now that the 2014 GeoCongress is over, time to look ahead to the big show in San Antonio, TX in February 2015: IFCEE 2015.
IFCEE 2015 is the premier "must-attend" event for professionals in the foundation industry. The conference will include presentations of reviewed technical papers, panel discussions and debates, indoor exhibits, […]
By Robert Thompson, on February 2nd, 2014
DFI is still accepting abstract submissions for our the 39th Annual Conference coming up this October (21-24) in Atlanta. Please follow this link to submit or get more information: www.dfi2014submissions.org.
Also, the registration website is open at the same link above, along with hotel information, etc.
By Robert Thompson, on January 28th, 2014
A lot of deep foundations events coming up to kick-off the new year – plenty of opportunities to learn and network, covering a variety of deep foundations systems. With so many email notices coming in, we may miss one or two, but here is the list with links (mostly in chronological order). Below the […]
By Robert Thompson, on November 27th, 2013
Some news tidbits from DFI, courtesy of the November Newsletter.
New DFI Website
The DFI website has been updated to provide better access, more powerful search features, easier access to publications, improved technical committee features, and more. Make sure to check it out.
SuperPile 2014
Make sure to mark you calendars for SuperPile 2014 […]
|
|