Upcoming Events SuperPile 2012 – Just Days Away! – May 16-17, 2012 If you haven’t registered to attend this major event, it’s not too late. Here are some highlights: • Kristine Edwards, P.E., NYSDOT-TZHRC will present, Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Pile Installation Demonstration Project: Why, What, When, and How. • Frank Green, P.E., Columbia River Crossing, Structures Manager will discuss a key project in Portland, The Columbia River Crossing Project: A Project of National Significance. • Mark J. Rice, Esq., McNeil, Silveira, Rice & Wiley will deliver SuperPile’s first legal presentation, Legal Aspects of Deep Foundation Construction – OR, How to Stay Out of Court, Win Before You Get There, and Win When You Get Stuck There. • There will be a tour of Skyline Steel Manufacturing Facility. The plant manufactures large diameter rolled and welded pipe, spiralweld pipe and threaded bar. • DFI is offering a young professional rate for this seminar. • The Hilton Portland & Executive Tower is right in the center of downtown! Register at http://www.cvent.com/events/superpile-2012/event- summary-66ca29ed270e461598ed02f37fc8117b.aspx CGS-DFI-PDCA: Driven Pile Technologies For the 21st Century – June 28, 2012 The Calgary Geotechnical Society, DFI and PDCA have joined forces to host this informative one-day seminar on June 28 at the Royal Executive Inn in Calgary, AB, Canada. The seminar is designed for structural, civil and geotechnical engineers; contractors and other firms or individuals in the pile driving industry. There will be presentations on driven pile design, construction and quality control, as well as projects in the Calgary area. Exhibitors will be on hand to demonstrate and explain their products and services. Confirmed speakers include: • Matthew Janes, Resonance Technology, Resonant Pile Driving Adjacent to a Sensitive Rail Trestle • Kyle Rollins, BYU, Lateral Resistance of Piles Near Vertical MSE Walls from Full-scale Tests • American Piledriving Equipment (APE), TBD • Tom Nichols, Geothermal International North America, Energy Piles: Integrating Ground Source Heat in Deep Foundations • Mike Justason, Bermingham Foundation Solutions, Noise and Vibration Challenges on a Large Piling Project: A Case History of the West Toronto Diamond Rail Grade Separation • Pat Hannigan, GRL Engineers, Quantification and Application of Time Effects in Pile Foundation Design • Chris Workman, Thurber Eng, Static vs. Dynamic Design of Driven Piles • Aaron Budge, Professor, Minnesota State University, Negative Skin Friction – Downdrag Register for the event at www.dfi.org Slurry Wall Seminar: Diaphragm Wall in Urban Environment – July 26, 2012 Helical tiebacks Current Topics in Helical Foundations And Tiebacks Technologies – June 14, 2012 Join us in Denver, Colo., this June for a seminar sponsored by the Helical Foundations and Tiebacks Committee. The one-day seminar will cover the proper design, application and installation of Helical Foundations and Helical Tiebacks with topics of specific local interest. The event is intended for engineers, architects and contrac- tors. Exhibit space is available. For more information visit www.dfi.org. Join us in Detroit, Mich., this July for a one-day Slurry Wall seminar. The event features lectures by industry experts on the design, construction and maintenance of diaphragm walls for top- down, cut-and-cover, access shafts and deep basement projects in urban environment. There will be presentations on challenging projects, new or recent techniques, design, and case histories. Exhibit space will be available. Visit www.dfi.org for details. The Use of Deep Foundations for Landslides/Slope Stabilization – August 15-16, 2012 Plan to be in Nashville, Tenn., in August for this 1.5 day seminar being held by DFI in cooperation with the Geo-Institute. There will be presentations on current technologies, as well as key design concepts and several case histories that illustrate effective application of deep foundations for stabilization of landslides/ slopes. Exhibit space is available. Visit www.dfi.org for details. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAY/JUNE 2012 • 37
