CO-CHAIRS ED LACZYNSKI, P.E., AND JEFF SEGAR, P.E. DFI and ADSC have formed a joint committee called the Anchored Earth Retention Commit- tee. This newly-formed committee is a combi- nation of DFI’s Tiebacks and Soil Nail Committee and ADSC’s Anchored Earth Reten- tion Committee, which both having similar membership and research goals. The new joint committee is committed to the mission of supporting and improving the ground anchor industry and other related technologies. The co-chairs of this committee are Jeff Segar, P.E., Joint ADSC-DFI Anchored Earth Retention Committee The committee continues to look for research ideas and is committed to being heavily involved in reviewing and commenting on specifications and guidelines. The joint committee would like to take the opportunity to thank all contributing members and looks forward to an exciting future of collaboration. COMMITTEE CHAIR TONY AMIS Energy Foundations Committee with Braun Intertec, for the ADSC side, and Ed Laczynski, P.E., with Wagman for DFI. The committee continues to be assisted by Vaughn Godet with Berkel as the DFI committee vice chair and Tom Richards with Nicholson as the committee’s DFI trustee liaison. The ADSC side continues to be assisted by Pete Speier with Williams Form Engineering Corp. as the ADSC committee vice chair. The joint committee is excited to finish existing research, begin new research and plan future educational events. Currently the committee is finishing a study on green and purple epoxy coating, developing guidance on use of load factors for passive anchors in slope stability applications, and in the beginning stages of preparing a temporary soil nail guide based on the new FHWA GEC 7. Additionally, the committee is planning for another seminar around August of 2019 in Minneapolis, Minn. DFI Technical Committee Chairs Anchored Earth Retention Ed Laczynski, P.E. G.A.& F.C. Wagman Jeff Segar, P.E. Braun Intertec Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Morgan NeSmith, P.E. Berkel and Company Contractors BIM/Digitalisation (DFI Europe) Jason Boddy Arup Codes and Standards Daniel Stevenson, P.E. Berkel and Company Contractors Deep Foundations for Landslides/Slope Stabilization Chris Ramsey, P.E. Amec Foster Wheeler Environmental & Infrastructure Drilled Shaft Paul Axtell, P.E., D.GE Dan Brown and Associates Driven Pile Ben Vance, P.E. Strata Electric Power Systems Foundations Peter Kandaris, P.E. DiGioia Gray & Associates Steve Davidow. P.E., S.E. Quanta Subsurface 106 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JULY/AUG 2018 Energy Foundations Tony Amis GI Energy Guney Olgun, Ph.D. Virginia Tech Ground Improvement Tanner Blackburn, Ph.D., P.E. Hayward Baker Helical Piles and Tiebacks Gary Seider, P.E. Hubbell Power Systems/Chance Manufacturers, Suppliers and Service Providers Mark Bryant, EIT MacLean Power Systems Civil Division Marine Foundations Rick Ellman, P.E. Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Micropile Steve Davidow, P.E., S.E. Quanta Subsurface Terence P. Holman, Ph.D., P.E. Turner Construction Company Project Information Management Systems Massimo Mucci Bencor Global Seepage Control Michael Kynett, P.E. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sustainable, resilience, carbon reduction, net- zero, renewable energy. These are words and phrases that are increasingly being used to describe the requirements of new construction today, coupled with the goals of federal and state requirements to reduce carbon emissions by 2050. The only answer in achieving these goals is a move away from using the traditional molecular solutions such as gas, coal and oil to provide heating and electricity to a cleaner electron world, that uses solar photovoltaics, wind turbines and hydropower for electricity generation combined with battery storage and powering heat pump technology to deliver both heating and cooling solutions to buildings. Only when these technologies are combined do we start to get close to a net-zero building. Seismic and Lateral Loads Kwabena Ofori-Awuah, P.E. KCI Technologies Slurry Wall Giovanni Bonita, Ph.D., P.E., P.G. GEI Consultants Soil Mixing David Miller, P.E. ADM Consulting Subsurface Characterization for Deep Foundations Victor Donald, P.E. Terracon Sustainability Currently Unchaired Testing and Evaluation Gerald Verbeek Allnamics Pile Testing Experts Tunneling and Underground Systems James Morrison, P.E. ILF-USA David R. Klug David R. Klug and Associates Women in Deep Foundations Maysill Pascal, P.E. USW, a Menard Group USA Company
