Industry Working Groups
Collaboration is key within any project, especially within deep foundations. DFI collaborates with these industry working groups, who are themselves collectives of people and associations dedicated to safety and innovation within our industry.
Working Platforms Industry-Wide Working Group
The Working Platforms Industry-Wide Working Group is an industry-wide forum gathered to improve design and construction practices that ensure safe working platforms for equipment used to install deep foundations.
Working Group Chair
Scott A. Jacobs, P.E.
Keller
Scott A. Jacobs, P.E., BC.GE, senior engineer for Keller, supports the Northeast region and assists on projects nationwide. A registered engineer in seven East Coast states, Jacobs has over 20 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and contracting. He holds degrees in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering from University of Florida. Jacobs is a member of the DFI Drilled Shaft Committee and a voting member of the ACI 336 Drilled Shaft Committee.
Participating Groups
Group News and Events
Education and Outreach
Industry generated guidance and tools for safe design maintenance and administration of safe working platforms.
- 2020 ACWS Working Platforms Update
- Consensus Deep Foundation Industry Position on Working Platforms for Construction and Related Equipment in the United States of America and Canada
- Federation of Piling Specialists' Working Platform Guidance
- Proceedings: 2022 DFI/EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement: Smart Construction for the Future
- Recommended Industry Practices for Safe Working Platforms for Construction Equipment (December 2020)
- Safe Working Platforms for Construction Equipment
- Safety on Working Platforms
- Track Pressure Input Form
- UK Working Platform Initiative and Calculation of Rig Bearing Pressure
- Working Platforms - Concerns and the Requirement for an Industry-wide Effort to Implement Meaningful Change When It Comes to Higher Standards of Safety
- Working Platforms to EFFC/DFI Guide to Working Platforms Second Edition
- Working Platforms Industry-Wide Working Group Webinars
- Working Platforms for Tracked Piling Plant – Current Worldwide Practice and Guidance for the USA