• Progression in Urban Micropile Construction
  October 14, 2008 New York, NY
  Course will address the latest developments in the state-of-the-practice on micropile design, procurement, QA/QC, and construction.
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• Soil Mixing Specialty Seminar
  October 14, 2008 New York, NY
  Seminar will introduce the recently completed DFI Soil Mixing Recommendations and present information regarding design, construction and inspection of deep soil mixing work.
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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
  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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• Helical Foundations and Tiebacks
  November 7, 2008 Los Angeles, CA
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• DFI Educational Trust has the following upcoming fundraisers. To learn how to support the Trust by participating, contact DFI HQ.
  • - Oct 27: 4th Annual Golf Outing, Castlewood Country Club, Pleasanton, CA
  • - Nov 13: 3rd Annual "NYC" Gala Fundraising Dinner, The Chart House in Weehawken, NJ
• The ASCE Geo-Institute is soliciting abstracts for technical papers to be considered for inclusion in the Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) honoring Clyde N. Baker, Jr., P.E., S.E. Hon.M.ASCE.

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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