DFI Events in the Past Few Years

The DFI Educational Trust’s Annual Gala Dinner brings together individuals and companies who are committed to supporting our efforts to help young students discover the rewards of a career in the deep foundations industry. Proceeds from this event bene...

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...

Celebrating our 12th year, the Pittsburgh Golf Outing benefited the DFI Educational Trust's scholarship funds at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University. Since 2006, this Golf Outing has raised over $400,000 in net proceeds for the DFI E...

This inaugural joint conference with the Piling and Foundation Specialists Federation (PFSF) covers piling and ground improvement works associated with building and infrastructure developments, including foundation works and retention requirements for...