DFI Europe News

July 27, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: The winner of the DFI’s 2022 Outstanding Project Award is the Mosul Dam Rehabilitation Project, in Iraq, submitted by Trevi, S.p.A., service foundation division of Trevi Group. The award is being presented at DFI’s 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, October 4-7 in National Harbor, Maryland.

July 21, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: Steph Davis, an iconic name in climbing, is presenting the 2022 Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications during DFI’s 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, being held October 4-7, 2022, in National Harbor, Maryland. The lecture is being presented by the DFI Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Committee.

July 19, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: Hawthorne, N.J. (July 19, 2022):  Registration is open for the 6th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing, being held January 15-18, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana. This conference, initially planned for 2022, is being presented by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG), with support from Geo-Institute’s Grouting Committee.

July 7, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: Jerry A. DiMaggio, P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE, senior principal engineer − associate at Applied Research Associates (ARA), is the recipient of DFI’s highest award bestowed to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). This award recognizes individuals who have made exceptionally valuable contributions to the advancement of the deep foundations industry. The award is being presented at the Awards Banquet during DFI’s 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, October 4-7 in National Harbor, Maryland.

July 7, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: Nicole Robinson has joined the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) team as the new editor for Deep Foundations. She has more than a decade of experience writing for and editing trade magazines in the construction and engineering field, including Tunnels & Tunnelling North America and Cranes Today.

June 8, 2022, Hawthorne, New Jersey: Registration is open for the 2nd DFI-PFSF Piling & Ground Improvement Conference taking place November 16-18, 2022, at International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney in Australia.

May 5, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: Harry Poulos, Ph.D., D.Sc. Eng., seniorconsultant, Tetra Tech Coffey, and emeritus professor of civil engineering, University of Sydney, has been invited to present the DFI Osterberg Memorial Lecture at SuperPile ’22. The annual SuperPile conference, hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC, is taking place at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark in Missouri on June 15-17.

May 5, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust recently awarded two $5,000 scholarships to civil engineering students focusing on geotechnical and/or environmental engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

March 24, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: Registration is open for DFI’s S3: Slopes, Slides and Stabilization Conference, July 26-28, at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Tennessee. The event is led by DFI’s Deep Foundations for Landslides/Slope Stabilization Committee and the DFI-ADSC Anchored Earth Retention Committee with contributions from six additional DFI committees that support the subject matter.

March 2, 2022, Hawthorne, NJ: The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, recently awarded the first Clyde N. Baker, Jr. Foundation Engineering Scholarship.