DFI Events in the Past Few Years

DFI Europe, in collaboration with the DFI Testing and Evaluation Committee, is organizing a one-day seminar regarding existing and innovative methods in pile integrity testing. Topics included in the program:

• What do we expect from integr...

This 2.5-day course covers engineering, mix designs, materials, equipment, ACI Codes and specifications, construction, inspection, QA/QC, and field demonstrations used for civil and geotechnical, underground construction, shaft/tunnel, and mining proje...

The ACE Mentor Program of New Jersey and the DFI Educational Trust will host their ninth annual golf outing fundraiser at Royce Brook Golf Club. Proceeds from the outing funded scholarships for students studying toward careers in the deep foundations, ...

Technical Committees of Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) are combining their industry expertise to organize a two-day seminar on the effective application of deep foundations, ground improvement, and soil mixing for stabilization of landslides and slo...

Celebrating its 14^th year, the Pittsburgh Golf Outing benefits the DFI Educational Trust's scholarship funds at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University.

DFII and NAC jointly planned to hold a one-day seminar at NAC campus on 20th July 2019 to present the benefits organizations can accrue by participating in DFII programs. As a part of this seminar, few interesting case studies will be presented by r...

Helical Pile World (HPW) and Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) are teaming up to showcase the helical pile and tieback industry's dedication to producing high-quality, safe, reliable and cost-effective foundation solutions for a variety of foundation an...

Impact testing methods have been applied in civil engineering practice worldwide for centuries. Usage of these techniques continues to play a key role in assessing the potential behavior of geologic materials in situ for engineering purposes. The ...

For a 12^th year, several DFI technical committees combined their industry expertise with ADSC to focus on the latest developments in augered cast-in-place/ drilled displacement piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, ground improvement, helical...

The Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Committee of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting the April NYC event featuring Jamie Lee, a leadership coach dedicated to helping ambitious people unlock value through strategic conversation. Lee has wor...

The DFI Middle East Conference is the region's leading technical conference in the field of foundation engineering. The fourth edition of the conference provides an opportunity for the region’s geotechnical engineering practitioners, academics, and sup...

DFI and the ASCE COPRI Met Section hosted a full day of learning and networking in Brooklyn, N.Y. This joint seminar focused on a variety of topics including rehabilitation of existing bulkheads, berth deepening, noise mitigation for marine pile diving...

The 2018-2019 DFI Traveling Lecturer John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE will be delivering his presentation to the DFI student chapter of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Topic TBD

The North Jersey Chapter of ASCE's Geo-Institute (G-I) and Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) will partner to present a short course on augered cast-in-place and drilled displacement piles. Access to the course, registration materials, a networking break...

The 2018-2019 DFI Traveling Lecturer John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE will be delivering his presentation on Repair of National Corvette Museum Sinkhole Using Micropiles, Bowling Green, Kentucky

In 2014, a deep sinkhole opened ...

The 2018-2019 DFI Traveling Lecturer John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE will be delivering his presentation on Stabilization work from Normandy Beach in France at Pointe du Hoc.

During World War II, after the occupation of France,...

The 2018-2019 DFI Traveling Lecturer John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE will be delivering his presentation on Foundation Remediation Using Micropiles and Low Mobility Grouting (LMG) at Sandy Cove Condominiums, Barbados. This case study d...

The 2018-2019 DFI Traveling Lecturer John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE will be delivering his presentation on
Micropile Foundations for Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The U.S. De...

DFI of India, in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar and Indian Geotechnical Society Ahmedabad Chapter, hosted DFI-India 2018: 8^th Conference on Deep Foundations Technologies for Infrastructure Development, November...

The DFI Annual Conference on Deep Foundations took place on October 24-27 in Anaheim, California. The theme of the 43^rd conference was Mastering the Challenge: Engineering for Complex Loading Conditions in the 21^st Century....

The DFI Educational Trust will host the annual golf outing fundraiser at the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, Calif. Proceeds from the outing fund scholarships for students studying toward careers in the deep foundations, engineering and construc...

The Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarship fund was created by the DFI Educational Trust in recognition of Manny’s contribution to the Ontario foundation industry. The scholarship was conceived and endowed by members of the southern Ontario foundati...

This NEW seminar set out good practice guidelines for designing and installing a ground sourced heat pump solution that uses geothermal loops installed within energy foundations and structures. It discussed the importance and benefits of long term mana...

Let's Play Golf! Celebrating our 13^th year, the Pittsburgh Golf Outing benefits the DFI Educational Trust's scholarship funds at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University. Since 2006, this Golf Outing has raised over $440,000 i...

Technical committees of DFI and ADSC combined their industry expertise to provide presentations on the latest developments in augered cast-in-place/ drilled displacement piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, ground improvement, helical piles and tieba...

This conference explored the industry’s challenges presented by owners and owners' representatives (consultant/construction managers) who were associated with building the infrastructure systems that met modern demands. Also, the event was a forum for ...

DFI in partnership with the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University, joined forces to bring to you this one-of-a-kind Deep Mixing and Sand Compaction Piles Seminar. Recognized experts in these technologies cov...

The Maryland Chapter of ASCE's Geo-Institute (G-I) and the Deep Foundation Institute (DFI) are partnering to present a short course on augered cast-in-place and drilled displacement piles.

As part of the 60th Anniversary of the Mexican Society for Geotechnical Engineering, the Deep Foundations Institute, the Geo-Institute of ASCE, the Technical Committee TC-214 of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering ...

Our 42^nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations was held in the Big Easy where attendees networked with the largest gathering of practitioners specializing in the deep foundation industry; attended special lectures featuring our world-renowne...

DFI-India held its 7th Annual Conference in Chennai in collaboration with IIT Madras and the Chennai Chapter of the Indian Geotechnical Society, the site of their 2012 conference. This two day conference focused on emerging technology developments a...

The Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarship fund was created by the DFI Educational Trust in recognition of Manny’s contribution to the Ontario foundation industry. The scholarship was conceived and endowed by members of the southern Ontario foundati...