2023

November 30, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI’s membership voted to elect two new members to the DFI Board of Trustees. Their terms begin on January 1, 2024. Members also re-elected four trustees for new 3-year terms.

November 27, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Abstracts are being accepted until Monday, January 8, for original technical papers and panel sessions for DFI’s 49th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (DFI49), being held October 7-10, in Aurora, Colorado.

November 27, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI President Gianfranco Di Cicco presented three President’s Awards at a luncheon during the DFI 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Seattle on November 2.

Dubai, UAE | 9 October 2023:  Big 5 Global, the largest and most-influential construction industry event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) is set to take place at Dubai World Trade Centre from 4 – 7 December 2023. With registrations open for participants who wish to attend the annual gathering of the […]

September 28, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Mary Ellen Large has  been named co-chair of DFI’s Structural Slurry Wall and Seepage Control Committee.

August 31, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Every four years, DFI and the DFI Educational Trust present the Legends Award to three practitioners — an engineer, contractor and manufacturer/supplier — who have made significant contributions and advancements to the research, design, construction, manufacturing and use of deep foundations.

July 24, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: John R. Wolosick, P.E., S.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, Life Member ASCE, of Keller North America, 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.

June 28, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: The winner of the DFI’s 2023 Outstanding Project Award is the Climate Pledge Arena project in Seattle by Thornton Tomasetti. A presentation on the project is being delivered and the award presented at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, October 31 – November 3 in Seattle.

May 23, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Ken Jennings, the greatest Jeopardy! player of all time, Jeopardy! co-host and best-selling author, is presenting the Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, being held October 31–November 3, in Seattle.

March 10, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Join more than 1,000 geotechnical professionals this fall at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (#DFI48), being held October 31–November 3, in Seattle.  Registration is open to attend, exhibit and sponsor the conference at www.dfi.org/Annual2023. The theme of the conference is Embracing Change, and the technical program explores the […]