by Mike Holloway, P.E., Ph.D., D. Michael Holloway Consulting Engineers, and Gerald Verbeek, Allnamics USA and chair of the Testing and Evaluation Committee. In addition, DFI’s Women in Deep Foundations Committee hosted a social networking reception on Wednesday evening at the Space Needle, which provided breathtaking views of Seattle and the Sound to the nearly 130 attendees. The proceeds from the event benefit the DFI Educational Trust Women in Deep Foundations Fund. Keynote Speakers Dawn Lehman, Ph.D., University of Washington, and Amy Leland, Washington State Department of Transportation Event Chair Domenic Parmantier, P.E., Condon-Johnson & Associates and DFI Executive Director Theresa Engler Day One of the conference featured four plenary sessions, including an Industry-Owner Collaborative Forum, which was streamed as a live webinar along with the Osterberg Lecture. Professor Samuel Paikowsky, University of Mass- achusetts Lowell, delivered the Osterberg Lecture on “Capacity Testing of Deep Foundations: Successes and Pitfalls.” Robert Mast, P.E., S.E., BergerABAM, and Arthur R. Anderson, Sc.D., Concrete Technology Corp. (posthumous), were presented with the Ben C. Gerwick for Innovation in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations for the dev- elopment and use of precast concrete piles for marine foundations. Day two of the technical program Osterberg Lecturer Professor Samuel Paikowsky consisted of two parallel sessions on augered cast-in-place piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, micropiles, seismic and lateral loading, and helical piles and tiebacks. The conference concluded with a panel discussion on Foundation Test Methods, WiDF Networking Reception 26 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAY/JUNE 2019 Speaker Bengt H. Fellenius, Dr. Tech., P.Eng.
