CONTENTS FEATURES I DFI Executive Director Theresa Engler [email protected] Executive Editor Helen Robinson, P.E. [email protected] Managing Editor Emeritus Manuel A. Fine, P.E. [email protected] Advertising Manager Karol Paltsios, [email protected] DFI Executive Committee President John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE Vice President Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE Secretary Michael H. Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E. Treasurer Matthew Janes, P.Eng. Past President: Robert B. Bittner, P.E. Other Trustees Patrick Bermingham David Borger, P.E. Gianfranco Di Cicco Rudolph P. Frizzi, P.E., G.E., D.GE Frank Haehnig Bernard H. Hertlein, FACI, M.ASCE Gerry Houlahan, P.E. James O. Johnson K.S. Rama Krishna, Ph.D. Marine Lasne J. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E. Matthew E. Meyer, P.E. James A. Morrison, P.E. Thomas D. Richards, P.E., D.GE Alan Roach Stefano Valagussa COVER STORY 12 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: OPA Winner Gerry Houlahan, P.E. ® DEEP FOUNDATIONS The Magazine of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is published bimonthly by DFI. 326 Lafayette Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506, USA T: 973.423.4030 | F: 973.423.4031 Email: [email protected] A bridge across the bay between San Francisco and Oakland was proposed as early as 1872, but it took until 1936 for it to become a reality. In 1989, the magnitude 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span (East Span), which was completed and opened to traffic on September 2, 2013, carries 300,000 vehicles each day and consists of four interrelated components. 69 Member Profile: Benjamin Dutton — Icon of the Equipment Industry 75 Below-Grade in Miami: An Innovative Foundation Design James D. Hussin, P.E., Curtis R. Cook, P.E., and Andres M. Baquerizo, P.E. Real estate developer Consultatio USA had the dream and challenge to build Oceana at Bal Harbour, a 28-story luxury condo with 2 stories of below-grade parking (below water table), in the Miami-area community of Bal Harbour Village, Florida. A Keller Foundations team of HJ Foundation and Hayward Baker provided the owner with a complete scope of work for shoring, excavation, groundwater control and deep foundations. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • NOV/DEC 2015 • 3 SPECIAL ISSUE : THE FUTURE OF DEEP FOUNDATIONS O T N A S D I N N S U T O I T F U E P T E E D