DFII News

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 […]

March 9, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Registration is open for SuperPile ’23, a piling design and construction conference hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC. The annual SuperPile conference is taking place at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis on June 7-9. This three-day event includes presentations and panel discussions on the latest developments in piling foundations, highlighting […]

February 8, 2023, Chennai, India: DFI of India announces the appointment of a new chair and new vice chair. Mohan Ramanathan has been named as chair of DFI of India after serving as vice chair. He succeeds I.V. Anirudhan. In addition, Sunil S. Basarkar, Ph.D., has been appointed as vice chair of DFI of India after serving on the executive committee.

February 8, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the availability of a new edition of the DFI Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of high-quality technical papers.

January 23, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces Gregory A. Canivan, P.E., and Seth Hamblin, P.E., have been named co-chairs of DFI’s Driven Pile Committee. They take the helm from Pollyanna Cunningham of ICE® – International Construction Equipment, Inc.

January 3, 2023, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI is accepting nominations for its 2023 awards and lectures, which showcase and celebrate the achievements and contributions of individuals, teams and companies in the deep foundations industry.

Hawthorne, N.J. (December 1, 2022): The DFI Board of Trustees has elected a new president and a new secretary starting in 2023. Incoming DFI President Gianfranco Di Cicco is president and CEO of Bauer Foundations, responsible for the Bauer Group on all U.S. construction operations. Di Cicco joined the DFI Board of Trustees in 2010 […]

July 19, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: Hawthorne, N.J. (July 19, 2022):  Registration is open for the 6th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing, being held January 15-18, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana. This conference, initially planned for 2022, is being presented by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the International Conference Organization for Grouting (ICOG), with support from Geo-Institute’s Grouting Committee.

October 28, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces new chairs for three of its technical committees and an industry-wide working group.

October 28, 2022, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI President Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E., presented three President’s Awards at a luncheon during the DFI 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in National Harbor on October 6.