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 […]
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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 […]
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, […] The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) will be serving as host for the 46th Annual Southeastern Transportation Geotechnical Engineering Conference (STGEC) in Greenville, South Carolina on October 19 – 23, 2015. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in downtown Greenville. This annual conference draws DOT and consultant engineers […] PDCA is hosting a “Pile Load Testing Options Course” in Sacramento, California on August 21, 2014.
The course will begin with a presentation by Van E. Komurka, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE of Wagner Komurka Geotechnical Group, Inc. titled: Driven Pile Test Programs – Paying Off with More Than Just Information. Van’s presentation will […] 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 […] The ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC), Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), Geo-Institute of the ASCE (G-I), and Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA) will join together to host the 2015 International Foundations Congress and Equipment Exposition (IFCEE 2015) at the JW Marriott in San Antonio, Texas from 17 to 21 March 2015. The […] 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 […] 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 […] As the temperatures start warming across the U.S., the business of conferences, short courses, and seminars starts to heat up as well. Opportunities for education, professional networking, and professional development abound. Here are some recent newsletters and a link to updated events calendars of the G-I and other groups. Geo-Institute Industry Event Calendar Deep […] |
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