MARY ELLEN BRUCE LARGE, P.E., D.GE, DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES Technical Activities Update and Pollyanna Cunningham, M.B.A., of International Construction Equipment (ICE ). Huff succeeds Morgan NeSmith, P.E., of Berkel and Company Contractors as the chair of DFI’s Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Committee. We extend our gratitude to NeSmith for his successful tenure as chair and are pleased that he has continued his commitment to DFI by serving as a trustee. Huff is a design engineer/project manager and estimator for Goettle in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his responsi- bilities include engineering design, estimating, project management and relationship building. His areas of expertise include augered cast-in-place piles, drilled displacement piles, micropiles, caissons and tied back earth retention systems. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from the University of COMMITTEE CHAIR DAN STEVENSON Codes and Standards Committee The DFI Codes and Standards Committee continues its active role in the codes development process. Most commercial and residential building projects in the U.S. are required to use a version of the International Building Code (IBC), as published by the International Code Council. The IBC is revised and reissued every three years. For each issue, the IBC code undergoes a comprehensive process to evaluate and revise the code, known as the Code Development Process. The code development process is open to public participation. Any individual or organization can propose changes to the building code, known as Code Change Proposals (CCP). A public hearing is held in which members of the public are given the opportunity to testify for or against a CCP. A committee of building professionals will then vote on the CCPs. After the initial hearing, there is another hearing where public comments related to the prior committee action can be expressed. The CCPs can be modified during this process, and the actions of the previous committee vote can be over- turned. Finally, there is an online vote conducted by building officials. Once a CCP makes it through all stages of the code develop- ment process, it becomes part of the next edition of the IBC Code. The deadline for submission of CCPs for the 2021 code cycle was January 7, 2019. The DFI Codes and Standards Committee, in association with the GeoCoalition, submitted 16 CCPs for this code cycle. The purpose of these CCPs is to improve the code and improve industry practices for the deep foundations industry. Several members of the Codes and Standards Committee will travel to Albuquerque, N.M. in May 2019 to testify at the IBC public hearings in support of our CCPs. The Codes and Standards Committee will also be reviewing CCPs submitted by others that pertain to the deep foundations industry. If we conclude that a CCP would have an overall negative impact on the deep foundations industry, we will testify against it. In addition, we will bring such code change proposals to the attention of the respective DFI Committees most likely to be impacted. The Codes and Standards Committee continues to seek new initiatives, and we are committed to improving the standards of practice for all deep foundations industries. If anyone has issues or questions regarding current building code requirements, please do not hesitate to contact the committee. Kentucky, whi le pi tching for the university’s D1 baseball team. Huff is a member of DFI, ADSC, PDCA and a former chair of the Cincinnati Section of the ASCE Geotechnical Group. Cunningham, marketing and brand communications director at ICE in Matthews, N.C., has been appointed as the We are pleased to welcome two new chairs to the DFI leadership team this year — Jonathan Huff, P.E., of Goettle ® new chair of the DFI Driven Pile Committee. She succeeds Benjamin Vance of Strata Geotech. We are grateful for Vance’s leadership of the committee and wish him continued success. Cunningham received her M.A. in human resources and M.B.A. in organizational development from Webster University and a B.A. from Penn State University in Middle Eastern Studies. In her position at ICE, she has helped the company gain s t rong recognition in the construction industry, particularly in technology use and advocacy. Cunningham has actively supported the driven pile industry through her involvement as the secretary of the PDCA executive board and serving on its Communications Committee. TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JAN/FEB 2019 • 89
