See You at SuperPile ’18 SuperPile ’18 is just a few weeks away. The event focuses on the latest developments in augered cast- in-place/ drilled displacement piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, ground improvement, helical piles and tiebacks, marine foundations, micropiles, testing and evaluation of foundation systems, and seismic and lateral loads. This year’s confer- ence, hosted in partnership with ADSC, is taking place June 27-29, at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. Here is a brief overview of the schedule. For the in-depth program, visit www.dfi-superpile.org. Wednesday, June 27 • DFI Executive Committee and DFI Educational Trust Board Meetings • DFI Technical Committee Meetings • DFI Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Networking Reception Thursday, June 28 • Conference Opening and Plenary Session Presentations • Conference Welcome Reception Friday, June 29 • Parallel Technical Sessions in Two Tracks and Closing Plenary Session Keynote Lectures The keynote speaker leading the opening plenary session on Thursday, June 28, is Jerry DiMaggio, P.E., D.GE. His presentation, Risk in Geoconstruction and Geoengineering, provides a general and high-level summary of risks and risk management related to their importance to the geoconstruction and geoengi- neering communities. The term “project” is used throughout the presentation, but it is intended to reflect risks that may occur at all levels within an agency or organization. See DiMaggio’s article on this topic featured in the Jan/Feb 2018 issue of Deep Foundations. DiMaggio, senior principal civil engineer at Applied Research Associates, specializes in civil engineering and construction services related to strategic planning, innovation deployment/ implementation, and business plan development. He is internationally recognized for his accomplishments related to design, construction, monitoring, forensic assessment, disputes resolution and innovation mainstreaming/deployment. DiMaggio has provided consulting services on approximately 1,000 projects in all 50 states, throughout the Americas, several Middle Eastern countries and Australia. DiMaggio has received numerous recognitions and awards including: the 2016 ASCE OPAL Award, the U.S. DOT Administrator Award, the International Geosynthetics Society Achievement Medal, Federal Highway Administration’s “Engineer for the Year”. He received both his M.S. and B.S. degrees in civil engineering from Clarkson University. 42 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAY/JUNE 2018 The keynote speaker for the closing plenary session is John S. Lizzo, P.E., chief geotechnical engineer for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Lizzo’s presentation is titled Assignment of Geotechnical Risk in Public-Private- Partnership (P3) Contracts. Due to the demand to complete larger and more expensive projects with tighter sche- dules and reduced staff, owners are now more frequently using Design-Build and P3 contract formats as compared to the standard Design-Bid-Build format. This presentation will provide a brief overview of how the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey assigns geotechnical risk during construction in each contract format. Lizzo has worked at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey for the last 34 years and has held the position of chief geotechnical engineer for the last three years. He has worked on projects for all Port Authority aviation, rail, tunnel bridges and terminals, and port facilities such as, the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site, the deepening of berths and increasing bridge clearance for new and larger container ships, modernizing aviation terminal facilities, and flood resiliency protection for aviation and rail facilities. Lizzo is a licensed engineer in New York and New Jersey. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Panel Discussions discussion titled, Bringing Concrete Specs Into the 21 Century. In the last several decades, high-performance concrete has The plenary session on Thursday, June 28, features a panel st become increasingly sophisticated through the development and use of new materials and practices. These materials are meeting increas- ingly demanding project requirements for aesthetics, longer pumping distances, and high temperatures. Yet concrete quality in drilled shaft construction is still challenging and could attribute for half of the remedial costs and claims related to drilled shaft construc- tion. Technical issues include mix design formulation and approval, concrete placement and quality control/verification. Resolving these technical issues starts with recognizing how outdated specifications and code language can interfere with the use of modern practices and materials and considering how reliable quality can be best achieved. All foundation stakeholders share a common goal of mitigating the risks associated with poor quality concrete. This panel discussion is designed to bring stakeholders with various viewpoints together to discuss ways to improve concrete specifications to mitigate drilled shaft concrete quality control issues. John Turner, Ph.D., P.E., of Dan Brown and Associates, is facilitating the discussion.
