Continuous Flight Auger Pile (India)
The DFI of India (DFII) Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Pile Technology Implementation Committee was formed in 2018 with the goal to introduce and popularize the use of CFA piles to address the growing fast track piling needs in India. The project, involving the installation and testing of CFA piles, was successfully conducted between November 2018 and November 2019. The Committee prepared a manual about the design, installation and testing of CFA piles, and is disseminating knowledge in Indian geotechnical professionals through seminars and workshops. The committee is working closely with the DFI Augered Cast-in-Place and Drilled Displacement Committee in the U.S.
Committee Chair
Sunil S. Basarkar, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer, S&R Geotechniques Pvt. Ltd.
Vice-Chair, DFI of India
Sunil Basarkar retired as head of geotechnical engineering at Afcons Infrastructure and is now the chief technology officer at S&R Geotechniques. He has more than 20 years in the field and 16 in academia. Basarkar is also a vice chair for DFI India, an IGS-nominated member of the International Committee for Land Reclamation and a fellow in multiple engineering societies.
Fundamentals
Our fundamentals lay the deep foundations for all our work.
- DFI Augered Cast-in-Place Piles Manual, Third Edition
- DFI Guideline for Interpretation of Nondestructive Integrity Testing of Augered Cast-in-Place and Drilled Displacement Piles
- Augered Cast-In-Place Piles Inspector’s Guide, Second Edition, 2010
- FHWA Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 8 Design and Construction of Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Piles.
- GeoConstructability – An Owner’s Guide to Obtaining Essential Geotechnical Information for Construction