Author name: Deep Foundations Institute

DFI and the International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG), with support from Geo-Institute’s Grouting Committee, are presenting the 6th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing, January 15-18, 2023, in New Orleans. This legacy event celebrates 40 years of grouting technology and practices, covering all types of grouting for foundation projects. The conference program features […]

Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, recently awarded scholarships from the Stanley Merjan City College of New York (CCNY) Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund and the George J. Tamaro Manhattan College Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund. The students were recognized at the 15th DFI Educational Trust Gala in New York on November

DFI Europe, a regional chapter of Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), announces that Maurice Bottiau of Franki Foundations, Belgium, is the new president; Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E., University of California, Irvine, is the new vice president; and Valérie Bernhardt, managing director of Setec-Terrasol in France, is joining the board starting in 2023. DFI Europe President Maurice

DFI President Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E., presented three President’s Awards at a luncheon during the DFI 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in National Harbor on October 6. Established in 2016, the DFI President’s Awards are given at the discretion of the DFI president to recognize the outstanding contributions and service of DFI members who

Abstracts are being accepted until Friday, January 13, for original technical papers and panel sessions for DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (#DFI48), being held October 31-November 3, 2023, in Seattle. The theme is Embracing Change. This conference will look into the trends in industry advancements, changing policies and standards and incorporating resiliency in

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, announces that Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI) has donated $50,000 to its Goble Rausche Likins Scholarship Fund in honor of the company’s 50th anniversary. PDI President George Piscsalko presented the check to DFI Educational Trust Chair Rudy Frizzi, P.E., G.E., D. GE, of LANGAN,

Executive Director Theresa Engler Executive Director Theresa Engler discusses how DFI is making a difference in an interview with New Building Material & Construction World, India’s #1 magazine for construction and infrastructure. View the article online or read the NBM&CW September 2022 issue.

Jared Martinez Jared Martinez, a master’s degree candidate at Portland State University, is the winner of the DFI Educational Trust Student Paper Competition. His focus is on geotechnical engineering, with research topics including seismic load combinations and liquefaction susceptibility of low plasticity silts. Martinez has more than 5 years of geotechnical consulting experience in the

Three renowned experts are delivering keynote lectures at DFI’s 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, being held October 4-7, 2022, in National Harbor, Maryland. Giovanni Bonita, Ph.D., P.E., P.ENG, P.G. Sissy Nikolaou, Ph.D. Kris Zacny, Ph.D. Giovanni Bonita, Ph.D., P.E., P.ENG, P.G., GEI Consultants is presenting “An Underground Movement – Evolution of Ground Improvement Systems

DFI Educational Trust has awarded six Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Professional Development Grants of $1,750 each to women working in the deep foundations industry. The recipients are invited to attend DFI’s 47th Annual Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, October 4-7. The grant includes complimentary conference registration and covers related expenses for attending the conference.