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• Summary
• Mission/Scope
• Call for Papers

The DFI Journal is the periodic publication of the Deep Foundations Institute and the Deep Foundations construction industry. The Institute will publish 2-3 Journals per year.

Mission/Scope

The DFI Journal publishes practice-oriented, high quality papers related to broad area of "Deep Foundations Engineering". Papers are welcome on topics of interest to geo-professional community related to, all systems designed and constructed for the support of heavy structures and excavations, but not limited to, different piling systems, drilled shafts, ground modification geosystems, soil nailing and anchors Authors are also encouraged to submit papers on new and emerging topics related to innovative construction technologies, marine foundations, innovative retaining systems, cutoff wall systems, and seismic retrofit. Case histories, state of the practice reviews, and innovative applications are particularly welcomed and encouraged.

Type of Papers

The five principal types of papers to be published in the DFI Journal are:

• Practice oriented papers: contributed and solicited.
• opinion papers/Forums
• technical notes,
• discussions, response to discussions, and
• book reviews.

Open Call for papers