• Slurry Wall Technical Lectures: Innovative Geotechnical Construction Techniques on the WTC Redevelopment Project and Projects in NYC Vicinity
  June 10, 2008 New York, NY
  **Back by Popular Demand** Six lectures will be presented that will provide information on the construction of Slurry and Secant Pile Walls and other interesting projects that involve deep construction in urban areas.
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• Drilled Shafts Specialty Seminar
  June 24, 2008 Oakland, CA
  An opportunity to learn from experts on the latest developments in drilled shaft design and construction, including: LRFD and seismic designing dealing with anomalies and obstruction. Exhibit space is also available.
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• DFI Educational Trust 3rd Annual Golf Outing
  July 14, 2008 Pittsburgh, PA
  The Educational Trust will hold it's 3rd fundraiser at Chartiers Country Club. Learn more and register today.
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• 33rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations & 11th International Conference on Piling and Deep Foundations
  October 15-17, 2008 New York, NY 10019
  Every Fall, the Engineers, Contractors, Academics, and Suppliers and Manufacturers from the deep foundations construction industry have gathered to learn from each other and discuss the state of the practice and the state of the art within our field at the DFI annual conference. In 2008, the event will be held in New York City in cooperation with DFI-Europe and EFFC.
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• Call for Journal Papers
  • The inaugural issue of the DFI Journal was released in November 2007. The editors are working on Vol. 2 for a tentative release this summer. To keep the DFI Journal coming we need your papers!
• Deadline: May 31, 2008 for Nominations for DFI's 2008 Outstanding Project Award
• A Call for Presentation Proposals has been issued by the Helical Foundations & Tiebacks committee for their upcoming November 7, 2008 seminar in Los Angeles. Learn more...
• DFI NY2008 Conference Exhibition Floorplan Posted. Reserve your space today!

DFI Educational Trust
Established by DFI in 2006, the DFI Educational Trust
is an independent charitable foundation.

Its creation will enable better industry-academia
communications, build appeal of the construction industry to
students, and allow better professional education opportunities to persons in the geotechnical engineering and deep foundations construction fields. Learn more...

The Deep Foundations Institute is a not-for-profit association of contractors, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, owners and academia. DFI's membership promotes understanding and advancement of the deep foundations & excavations construction industry through conferences, publications, and community. The technical committees, Augered Cast-In-Place Pile, Codes & Standards, Drilled Shaft, Driven Pile, Ground Improvement, Helical Foundations & Tiebacks, Marine Foundation, Micropiles, Slurry Wall, Soil Mixing, Testing and Evaluation, and Tiebacks & Soil Nailing provide industry leadership for these foundation systems, through the publication of Guides, Specifications and References and by providing educational programs.
The membership is international.

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