DFI ACTIVITIES 2017 DFI Committee Project Fund – Awards Announced The DFI Committee Project Fund (CPF) was established in 2011 to fund DFI committee projects that advance the state of practice and the understanding of deep foundations and that produce a usable deliverable. Since its inception, the DFI CPF has awarded more than $675,000 in funding for committee initiatives. Each project includes significant in-kind contributions from the researchers and associated groups, and are estimated to be in excess of $1.5 million. Dr. Jesús Gómez, P.E., D.GE, of GEI Consultants, chairs the CPF Review Committee, a multi-disciplinary and geographically diverse group of 11 active DFI members. Based on the proposals received, the Review Committee ranked and recommended proposals for award based on the following criteria, as appropriate to the scope of the project: • Benefits to deep foundations industry (broad impact) • Innovation • Timeliness/relevance/immediacy of impact from results • Quality of proposal (clarity, focus) • Value of deliverable • Probability of achieving goal The following projects were approved for funding in 2017 for a collective total of $125,327, not including any in-kind contribu- tions. Deliverables from previously completed projects are available for download from the DFI website under the ‘Awards’ tab and the ‘Publications’ tab. Please contact Mary Ellen Bruce Large, P.E., D.GE, DFI director of technical activities, at [email protected] for more information. Committee ACIP Piles Project Scope Evaluate lateral stresses due to installation of small-scale drilled displacement piles DFI of India Implementation of CFA/ACIP pile technology in India including full-scale demonstration program; and design, development of construction and testing guidelines for CFA/ACIP Piles Helical Piles and Tiebacks, Driven Piles, and Seismic and Lateral Loads Small-scale shake table testing to validate large-scale shake table tests, and conduct parametric study to quantify behavior of helical piles in liquefied soils Landslides and Slope Stabilization and Tiebacks and Soil Nailing Seismic and Lateral Loads Evaluate probabilistic stability analysis for factoring structural resistance affects system reliability and develop consensus guidance for structural resistance for slope stabilization Develop design recommendations for laterally loaded rock-socketed shafts to develop a simple approach to address brittle response of rock mass Deliverable Final report, DFI Journal article, magazine articles and/or conference papers Final report, video, photographs of demo, guideline manual Funding Award $ 26,100 Researcher(s) Dr. Antonio Marinucci, P.E., MBA, V2C Strategists, LLC Dr. Anne Lemnitzer, Assistant Professor, Univ. of California, Irvine $ 30,000 DFI of India Regional Committee, Dr. K.S. Rama Krishna, Chair Dr. Jeyson Samuel, Deputy General Manager, L&T Geostructure Final report and DFI Journal paper $ 20,000 Dr. Ramin Motamed, Assistant Professor, Univ. of Nevada at Reno Guidance document, DFI Journal article and presentation at DFI Annual Conference Technical report and DFI Journal article $ 29,650 Dr. Erik Loehr, P.E., Professor, Univ. of Missouri Columbia $ 19,577 Dr. Arash Khosravifar, Assistant Professor, Portland State Univ. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAY/JUNE 2017 • 25
