EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UPDATE HAPPY NEW YEAR! ¡Feliz año nuevo! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Bonne année! Frohes neues Jahr! Felice Anno Nuovo! नव वरष् की शभु कामनाए!ँ 新年快乐！ DFI has always strived to communicate with our members. And now, with a growing membership — not only in numbers but also in locations around the world — we are taking steps to communicate more often and in new ways with this first of six bimonthly issues of the magazine, as well as an enhanced digital version. Since DFI’s incorporation in 1976, a printed communication has been distributed to the membership, but it has certainly evolved over the years. From a stapled one to two page announcement called Deep Foundation News to a newsletter called Fulcrum, which went from black and white to two color to full color, to our current Deep Foundations Magazine, which has been through design, editorial and production changes in order to bring you the news of the ﺪﻴﻌﺳ ﺪﻳﺪﺟ مﺎﻋ! Feliz Ano Novo! Institute, as well the industry. I am sure that many of you can remember it in all its manifestations. From an in-house production, designed and published by suc- cessive executive directors, to a more polished product, the magazine has been transformed much as you have transformed deserts into cities —think Las Vegas or Dubai! You build bridges in the physical world and we want to connect industry members through the virtual world of media! Essentially our purpose is one. Besides being available in print for those of you who love the feel of paper in your hands, we hope to appeal to our younger members who, with their familiarity and comfort with technology, are more likely to gravitate to the new New DFI Award, New Deadlines DFI’s Bermingham Innovation Award April 15 is the deadline for nominations for a new award named for C. William Bermingham, DFI’s president 1986-87. The first winner will be announced later this year at the DFI’s 37th Annual October 16-19, 2012 in Houston. The successful candidate will receive $10,000. The Bermingham Award recognizes innovation in deep foundation technology. Nominees can include new practices in mean and methods, design procedures, and innovations in equipment or materials. The nominees should also exhibit sustainability and must have been used in the past three years. The initial commercial application of the innovation can be no more than 10 years prior to the date of the submission. Outstanding Project Award The April 15 deadline also applies to OPA candidate projects. This process is starting earlier than usual to accommodate the jurors and to allow more time for winning project nominators to prepare the Deep Foundations magazine cover story. For more information and submission forms, please contact [email protected]. online flipbook version. Also the online version will have features such as videos and links to more information that cannot be accommodated in print. It is our hope to engage, influ- ence, connect, appeal, stimulate and educate everyone involved in Theresa Rappaport Executive Director [email protected] the design and construction of deep foundations and excavations. By producing our magazine more often we are able to bring you news of deep foundation projects and DFI activities in a more timely fashion and by enhancing our online version we will reach more people and provide a more interactive experience. Enjoy the increased membership benefit and let us know what you think as you receive our news every other month in 2012. Introducing the Digital Edition of Deep Foundations DFI is proud to introduce the inau- gural issue of the digital edition of Deep Foundations magazine. By distributing our flagship print magazine as a companion electronic version, we provide a more inter- active experience, deliver more timely information and reach more people – outside of DFI and internationally. The digital edition has several interactive features. You can flip the pages, zoom in for a closer look, bookmark pages, add sticky notes, email a page to a colleague, print, share and easily search the maga- zine. You can even translate any part of the magazine into one of 52 languages! And to learn more about an advertiser, click on the ad and go directly to their website. The digital edition is available at www.dfi.org. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JAN/FEB 2012 • 7
