TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES MARY ELLEN BRUCE LARGE, P.E., D.GE, DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES New Technical Committee Chairs DFI announces chairs for three new technical committees expanding the number of technical committees to 24. The new Building Information Modeling (BIM)/Digitalisation Committee (DFI Europe) is being chaired by Jason Boddy, associate director at Arup, where he leads the geotech- nics team in the Newcastle office in the U.K. Boddy has 24 years of experience in the geotechnical field and has worked on projects all over the world, including the design of piled foundations, retain- ing walls, slopes and landslide stabilization, earthworks, ground improvement and bridge foundations. He has additional experience with extensive desk study and ground investigation, building foundation and basement design, brownfield site reclamation, and instrumentation and monitoring. Boddy is the global manager of Arup’s Geotechnical Skills Network, a member of Arup’s Global Digital Geotechnics Task Group, and has chaired national conferences on technical and digital innovation in geotechnics. The new Project Information Management Systems (PIMS) Committee is being chaired by Massimo Mucci, director of R&D, Bencor Global. Mucci is a professional IT engineer with a computer science degree focused on networking and cybersecurity. He has been providing consulting and design services to COMMITTEE CHAIR MORGAN NESMITH, P.E. Augered Cast-in-Place (ACIP) Pile Committee At the request of the FHWA, DFI’s ACIP Pile Committee is assisting with the development of a design specification on Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) piles for inclusion in the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications. A committee task force will work with AASHTO’s T-15 Committee to develop the spe c i f i c a t ion provi s ions . AASHTO specification updates are published every three years, and the next publication date is 2020. DFI representatives will attend the AASHTO Vermont meetings in June 2018 to liaise with the T-15 committee and learn the specification development process. The T- 15 Committee typically holds a mid-year meeting in the fall during which the detailed specification work is reviewed, discussed and debated. The members of the CFA AASHTO Task Force (from left to right) Kofi Acheampong of KCI Technologies; Matt Meyer, P.E., D.GE, of Langan Engineering and Environmental Services; Chris Shewmaker of Illini Drilled Foundations; Armin Steudlein, P.E., of Oregon State University; Andres Baquerizo, P.E., of HJ Foundation Company; Tim Siegel, P.E., G.E., D.GE, of Dan Brown and Associates, PC; and W. Morgan NeSmith, P.E., of Berkel and Company Contractors. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAY/JUNE 2018 • 117 the geotechnical industry for the past 15 years. His work includes the design of sophisticated computer software and hardware systems, such as the entire Ultimate Grouting Control (UGC) family of products used by Bencor for real-time and post-process monitoring activities required for various geotechnical construction services. In addition, he has high-level domain expertise in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) projects with special emphasis in big data and business intelligence analysis, cybersecurity and requirements analysis matters, along with the design and development of complex multiplatform information systems. Mucci is presenting a Keynote Lecture during the Project Information Management Systems/BIM session on Thursday June 7, 2018, at the DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement in Rome. The committee’s next meeting is Tuesday, June 5, 2018, during the conference at 3:30 p.m. local time. Visit www.dfi-effc2018.org for more information. The new Tunneling and Underground Systems Committee is being co-chaired by James Morrison, P.E., president of ILF-USA, and David R. Klug, president of David R. Klug and Associates. Morrison has more than 30 years of civil engineering experience covering a broad spectrum of large and complex underground and heavy construction working on bridges, dams, hydroelectric generating plants, highways, deep excavations, transportation and water/sewer tunneling projects. He has participated on some of the largest (continued on next page)
