• OSHA Online Safety Training
  Ongoing 
  Online training courses, including the OSHA 10/30 hour courses, are now available through DFI. Members receive a 10% discount - contact staff@dfi.org for your discount code!
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• DFI/CSCE 13th Annual Geotechnical Seminar: Earth Slope Engineering
  September 17, 2010 Berlin, CT
  This year's seminar topic is earth slope engineering.
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• 35th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations
  October 12-15, 2010 Hollywood, California
  Schedule Posted for sessions on Deep Foundations, Ground Improvement/Earth Retention, Infrastructure/Local Projects and Innovative/Sustainable Design and Modeling.
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• Ground Improvement Technology and Applications
  October 12, 2010 Hollywood, CA
  This one-day educational session will cover ground improvement techniques such as but not limited to vibratory stone columns, vibrocompaction, dynamic compaction, etc., most commonly used in the United States. The presentations will be application oriented rather than research oriented.
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• Practical Deep Foundation Design and Construction for Seismic and Lateral Loads Short Course
  October 12, 2010 Hollywood, CA
  This one-day event will present state-of-the-practice in analysis, design, construction and testing of deep foundations subject to seismic and lateral loads.
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• Sustainability Seminar: Save Money and Save the Planet
  October 12, 2010 Hollywood, CA
  This first seminar presented by the DFI Sustainability Committee will have a morning session that will cover saving materials, environmental geotechnics and ground storage systems/energy piles; the afternoon session will include lean design, embodied energy calculations/use of recycled materials and re-use of foundations. Each session will comprise two presentations that demonstrate how tangible economic benefits have been achieved from sustainability. Presentations will be by industry experts from both the U.S. and Europe.
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• DFI Educational Trust & ACE Mentor Program Golf Outing
  October 25, 2010 Pleasanton, CA
  Support the Trust and Enjoy a Day of Golf and Networking.
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• 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing
  February 15-18, 2012 New Orleans, LA
  DFI is managing ICOG's 4th Conference on the topic of Grouting and Deep Mixing - Abstracts being accepted until AUGUST 31!
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• DFI Board of Trustees Voting Access
  
• DFI Journal Vol. 4. No. 1 Released! Members check your email inboxes for your electronic link to the Journal. If you want to order a print copy, click here.
• NASSPA is holding a technical seminar on steel sheet piling applications on September 28th in Arlington, VA. Learn more...
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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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