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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0243c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dan Brown and Associates PC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bafd0a remove-elem-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bafd0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: #da291c;\" href=\"mailto:tim@dba.world\">tim@dba.world<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca0558c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca0558c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"ui-provider cef ceg bfi ceh cei cej cek cel cem cen ceo cep ceq cer ces cet ceu cev cew cex cey cez cfa cfb cfc cfd cfe cff cfg cfh cfi cfj cfk cfl cfm\" dir=\"ltr\">Tim Siegel serves as CEO and Senior Principal Engineer at Dan Brown and Associates PC.\u00a0 Tim has over 25 years of experience in foundation design and construction.\u00a0 He is active in the industry by serving on committees within the Deep Foundation Institute, Geo-Institute, and the Transportation Research Board.\u00a0 He is also currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of the DFI Journal.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fdccf5 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Committee News &amp; Events<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa060a center-list elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"0fa060a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/dfi\/DEEP-FOUNDATIONS\/november-december-2023\/index.php#\/p\/74\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas 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elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0687052\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9db85e\" data-id=\"e9db85e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b22856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b22856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fundamentals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e16ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63e16ba\" 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