DFI Technical Committee Chairs Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Mike Moran, Cajun Deep Foundations, LLC [email protected] Codes and Standards Lori Simpson, Langan Treadwell Rollo [email protected] Deep Foundations for Landslides/Slope Stabilization Prof. Vern Shaefer, Iowa State University [email protected] Drilled Shafts Paul Axtell, Dan Brown and Associates [email protected] Driven Pile Andrew Verity, Terracon [email protected] Ground Improvement Marty Taube, Menard [email protected] Helical Piles and Tiebacks Gary Seider Chance Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. [email protected] Manufacturer, Supplier and Service Provider Committee Mark Bryant MacLean Power Systems Civil Division [email protected] Marine Foundations Rick Ellman Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers [email protected] Micropiles Steve Davidow, Crux Subsurface, Inc. [email protected] Seismic and Lateral Loads Kwabena Ofori-Awuah KCI Technologies, Inc. [email protected] Slurry Walls Giovanni Bonita, GEI Consultants [email protected] Soil Mixing Dennis Boehm, Hayward Baker, Inc. [email protected] Subsurface Characterization for Deep Foundations Victor Donald, P.E., Terracon [email protected] Sustainability Carlos Englert, Schnabel Engineering [email protected] Testing and Evaluation Gerald Verbeek Allnamics Pile Testing Experts BV [email protected] Tiebacks and Soil Nailing Ed Laczynski, G.A. & F.C. Wagman, Inc. [email protected] Women in Deep Foundations Helen Robinson, Schnabel Engineering [email protected] 74 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAY/JUNE 2015 Matt Meyer, Bernie Hertlein and Morgan NeSmith COMMITTEE CHAIR HELEN ROBINSON, P.E. Women in Deep Foundations Committee The Women in Deep Foundations Committee is comprised of women and men who are advocates for retaining women in the deep foundations industry. Our goal is to foster greater success and interest of professional women in the industry by promoting networking events, endorsing outreach and building mentoring relation- ships. The committee vice chair is Marina Li, P.Eng., from Isherwood Associates. Johanna Simon, P.E., from Schnabel Engineering serves as secretary. The committee is being supported by a generous contribution from the DFI Educational Trust, allowing us to begin networking operations immediately and offer a professional development grant to a deserving woman in the industry to attend the 40th Annual Conference in Oakland. Please see www.dfitrust.org for the grant application. We are also seeking corporate and individual sponsors to make tax-deductible contributions to the DFI Educational Trust’s Women in Deep Foun- dations Fund, which helps fund the com- mittee’s activities. The committee web page at www.dfi.org has more details. We are planning a networking reception for Monday, October 12, at the Annual Conference. See http://www. deepfoundations2015.org for details. Committee conference calls are held on the third Thursday of every month at 11 a.m. EST. The next in-person committee meeting will take place at the Annual Conference. Contact DFI at [email protected] if you are interested in joining or have any questions, or visit www.dfi.org and see the Resources on the Technical Committees page. University of Minnesota Geotechnical Conference Members of the DFI Augered Cast-in-Place Pile Committee delivered a short course on design, construction and quality assurance of ACIP and drilled displacement (DD) piles at the 63rd Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus on February 19, 2015. The short course supported the con- ference on current topics in geotechnical engi- neering including organic soils, use of explosive compaction, soil nailing, subgrade stabilization using geosynthetics, urban landslides, ACIP piles, and recent case histories. Committee mem- bers, Bernie Hertlein from GEI Consultants, Matthew Meyer, P.E., of Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, and Morgan NeSmith, P.E., of Berkel and Co. Con- tractors, taught the course. Topics included the history of ACIP and DD pile methods in North America and Europe, the evolution of the state of practice, equipment and materials, design methods, and quality control and assurance practices.
