Ground Improvement Committee
Tanner Blackburn, Ph.D., P.E., Chair
The Ground Improvement Committee addresses technologies for foundation improvement and liquefaction mitigation. The technologies include but are not limited to vibratory stone columns, vibrocompaction, vibro concrete columns, aggregate piers, dynamic compaction, wick drains and grouted inclusions.
The Ground Improvement Committee addresses technologies for foundation improvement and liquefaction mitigation. The technologies include but are not limited to vibratory stone columns, vibrocompaction, vibro concrete columns, aggregate piers, dynamic compaction, wick drains and grouted inclusions.
| Recent News | ||
| 10/22/2018 | Read the most recent committee report, included in the Technical Activities Update in the Sept/Oct 2018 issue of Deep Foundations. |  |
| 5/8/2017 | Please submit your abstract for the DFI Ground Improvement Committee Speaker Database by clicking here | |
| 3/13/2017 | Please view the committee’s Guidance for Drafting a Ground Improvement Specification (March-April 2016). | |
| 3/30/2015 | The DFI Ground Improvement Committee prepared a review of the selection, design, and specification of liquefaction mitigation methods. The Committee report is presented in the August 2013 DFI Journal (Volume 7, Issue 1). | |
| 4/18/2014 | The committee's wick drain guide specification is now available! It covers materials, installation and quality control and assurance for wick drain projects. It is available as an editable MS Word document to be tailored to specific project needs. | |
Related Publications:
- SuperPile 2019 Online Proceedings
- Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, 2018, Anaheim, CA, USA
- Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA
- DFI-PFSF Piled Foundations & Ground Improvement Technology for the Modern Building and Infrastructure Sector
- Guidelines for Soil Mixing
- Proceedings of DFI of India 2015 Conference, Bengaluru, India
- Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA
- WICK DRAIN GUIDE SPECIFICATION (METHOD) - First Edition
- Liquefaction Mitigation Synthesis Report
- Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, 2005, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, 2004, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada "Emerging Technologies"
- Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, 2003, Miami Beach, FL "Deep Foundations in Compressible Soil and Soft Rock"
- Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Members' Conference, 1997, Toronto, Canada "Ingenuity '97"
- Proceedings - First International Conference - Piling and Deep Foundations, 1986, Beijing, China
- Proceedings of DFI-India 2018: 8th Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India
- SuperPile 2018 Online Proceedings
- Proceedings of DFI-India 2017: 7th Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India
- SuperPile 2017 Online Proceedings
- Proceedings-DFI-India 2016: 6th Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India
- IFCEE 2015 - ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 256