P R E S E N T I N G Deep Foundations Institute Technical Activities Mary Ellen Bruce Large, P.E., D.GE. DFI Director of Technical Activities April 27, 2018
DFI Mission To bring together multi-disciplined individuals and organizations to find common ground and create a shared vision and a consensus voice for continual advancement in the deep foundations industry. Finding Common Ground
GeoInstitute-DFI MOU Memo of Understanding signed (2015) Cooperation on projects with mutual benefit Joint events Committee collaboration Providing Student Chapter speakers Compiling slates of speaker abstracts for GI sections Dedicated liaisons Engaging practice-oriented researchers in DFI committees Collaboration
Free DFI Membership for 2018 New DFI members Attendees of KC Geotechnical Conference Electronic version of DFI magazine All other member benefits Business card to Mary Ellen Collaboration
Augered Cast-in-Place Piles BIM/Digitalisation (Europe) Codes and Standards Deep Foundations for Landslides and Slope Stabilization Driven Piles Drilled Shafts Electric Power System Foundations Energy Foundations Ground Improvement Helical Foundations and Tiebacks Manufacturers, Suppliers and Service Providers Marine Foundations Micropiles International Society for Micropiles Technical Committees and Working Groups Project Management Information Systems Seepage Control Seismic and Lateral Loads Slurry Walls Soil Mixing Subsurface Characterization for Deep Foundations Sustainability Testing and Evaluation Tiebacks and Soil Nailing Tunneling and Underground Systems Women in Deep Foundations Technical Activities
NEW - Project Information Management Systems Committee Electronic tools, means and methods to organize and disseminate data Guidelines to ensure proper collection, storage, management and interconnection of the data Enhance QC/QA and acceptance criteria procedures DFI's mission to continually advance the geo-foundation industry Technical Activities
NEW - Tunneling and Underground Systems Committee Advance new methods and technologies Design, construction, inspection, maintenance, and operation of tunnels and underground systems Committee Leadership Jim Morrison, P.E., ILF Consultants David Klug, David R. Klug & Associates, Inc. Conrad Felice, Ph.D., P.E., C.W. Felice, LLC Technical Activities
NEW - Industry-Wide Working Group Working Platforms Safe working platform for tracked equipment International effort Safe practices Design methods Contractual language Certificate program Responsibilities Awareness Chairs Paul Gildea, P.E., Langan Terry Holman, Ph.D, P.E., Turner Construction Free webinar SuperPile 2018 See www.dfi.org Technical Activities
NEW - Industry-Wide Working Group on Risk Industry wide agreement All stakeholder viewpoints Agreed practices to identify and mitigate risk Geo-Engineering and Geo-Construction Chair: Victor Donald, P.E., Terracon www.dfi.org Alliances page Technical Activities
Webinars DFI offering webinars Peek into live events E-learning Innovations Journal papers Note invitations via email PDH certificates
ACIP Verification Project Report Fully monitored ACIP Piles installation program Encourage DOTs to consider ACIP piles on bridge projects Testing program Instrumented ACIP piles Automated monitoring equipment (AME) Thermal Integrity Profiling (TIP) methods Full-scale Load Testing (compression, tension, lateral) Extraction program Technical Activities
Publications in Progress Recommended Practices for Tremie Concrete (2 nd Edition) Soil mixing strength/stiffness correlations for confined samples Structural Reinforcing for Diaphragm Walls in Seismic Conditions Guidelines for Slurry Support Fluids (drilled shafts and slurry walls) (in progress) Cutoff Walls Selection Guide Helical Piles Design Guide Free download from www.dfi.org Technical Activities
DFI Women in Deep Foundations Committee Networking and mentoring group men and women Retention of women in deep foundations careers Five Professional Development Grants for 2018 43rd Annual Conference (Anaheim, October 24-27, 2018) $1750 each + free full annual conference registration Application deadline May 15, 2018 Please see www.dfitrust.org Networking events SuperPile Networking Reception, NYC, June 2018 43rd Annual Conference Reception, Anaheim, October 2018 Technical Activities
DFI Committee Project Fund Funded > $832,000 since inception in 2012 In-kind contributions double funding awarded Projects introduced and endorsed through DFI technical committees Benefits membership Practical, usable deliverables Proposals due December 1, 2018 Technical Activities
2018 Committee Project Fund Awards COMMITTEE PROJECT RESEARCHER AWARD Drilled Shaft Seismic and Lateral Loads Soil Mixing ACIP Piles Helical Piles Ground Improvement, Seismic and Lateral Loads, and ACIP and DD Pile Committee Correlation of parameters of soil resistance functions and statistical assessment of variability of p-y formulations Numerical analyses to develop design guidelines for pile foundations subjected to liquefaction-induced lateral spreading Data collection and statistical analysis to derive empirical correlation for strength and permeability with soil confining stress Conduct thermal integrity profiling on ACIP test piles and analyze to assess in place diameter Numerical study of performance of helical pile connections under cyclic load reversals Numerical parametric study on performance of rigid inclusions Kyle Rollins, Ph.D. (Brigham Young) and Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E. (University of California Irvine) Arash Khosravifar, Ph.D., P.E. (Portland State University) $ 29,000 $ 29,999 GEI Consultants, Inc. $ 28,500 Gray Mullins, Ph.D., University of South Florida Serhan Guner, Ph.D., P.Eng. The University of Toledo Armin W. Stuedlein, Ph.D., P.E., Oregon State University $ 10,000 $ 27,210 $ 30,000
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Publications Bi-Monthly Magazine Bi-Annual Journal Committee guidance documents, manuals and white papers Conference and seminar proceedings www.onemine.org DFI Resources
DFI Educational Trust www.dfitrust.org Free Student Memberships School-Specific Scholarships At-large Scholarships Deadline May 15, 2018 $2,000 to 5,000 Scholarships
Fred H. Kulhawy, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. (1943-2015) Memorial Scholarship Honors Fred s many contributions Professor Emeritus Cornell Donate at www.dfitrust.org Applications due May 15, 2018
My Contact Details Mary Ellen Bruce Large, P.E., D.GE Director of Technical Activities Deep Foundations Institute (724) 924-4220 phone (412) 997-4829 cell melarge@dfi.org Resources