The DFI Board of Trustees has elected a new president and new secretary to the board starting in 2023. Join us in welcoming incoming DFI President Gianfranco Di Cicco, president and CEO of Bauer Foundations. Serving with Di Cicco as officers of the DFI Board of Trustees are James O. Johnson, Condon-Johnson & Associates as vice president; Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E., University of Missouri as treasurer; and Lori Simpson, LANGAN, as secretary and the first woman on DFI’s executive committee. Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E., Thatcher Foundations, is now the immediate past president.
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Nominations for the 2023-2024 DFI Traveling Lecturer are due Wednesday, Feb. 1. The DFI Traveling Lecturer is a prominent industry expert selected annually to travel and present a series of lectures to university students, professional groups and industry associations.
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Latest Issue of Deep Foundations
Sustainability simply makes sense for the deep foundations industry. Find out why in this special issue of Deep Foundations magazine, brought to you by DFI’s Sustainability Committee. There are feature articles on energy foundations, the EFFC/DFI Carbon Calculator, foundation reuse and sustainability in academics.
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Interested in finding out more about what DFI’s technical committees are doing? Perhaps you’ve been thinking of joining one but you’re undecided? If so, mark your calendar for the 2023 Online Midyear Technical Committee Week — April 17-21. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Dec. 2: Abstracts are due for presentations to be delivered at S3: Slopes, Support and Stabilization, Aug. 8-10, 2023, in Boston.
Dec. 9: The deadline has been extended to submit abstracts for presentations to be delivered at SuperPile ‘23 being held June 7-9 in Atlanta.
Dec. 16: The EFFC/DFI Carbon Calculator Task Force has issued a Request for Proposal for one qualified and engaged student researcher to provide a detailed study, report, and conference presentation on the State of the Practice in Embodied Carbon Calculation Tools in Civil Engineering.
Jan. 13: Call for abstracts are due for technical presentations and panel sessions at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, 2023, in Seattle.
Jan. 13: Abstracts are due for the annual Student Paper Competition and Young Professor Paper Competition. Winners will present their papers at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, 2023, in Seattle.
Feb. 23: Abstracts are due for the International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo (IFCEE), May 7-10, 2024, in Dallas.
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After pursuing education for her undergraduate degree, find out in the Nov/Dec member profile of Deep Foundations magazine how Mary Pohlman of Drillers Choice found her way to the deep foundations industry.
The 2023 Media Planner is now available. Checkout advertising opportunities for Deep Foundations magazine, the DFI website and the DFI Journal.
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