• Highlighting achievements of women in Deep Foundations magazine, the DFI website and PileBuck magazine. • Holding conference calls on the third Thursday of month at 11:00 a.m. EST. Women in Deep Foundations Committee Chair: Helen Robinson, P.E., Schnabel Engineering, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E., Thatcher Engineering Corporation, [email protected] Advisor: Mary Ellen Bruce Large, P.E., D.GE, DFI Technical Activities Manager, [email protected] • Held a highly-successful Women in Con- struction Panel Discussion in conjunc- tion with EERI in March 2016 in New York City. • Organized Boat Cruise Fundraiser in Chicago during SuperPile ’16 with over 150 guests in attendance. • Held a networking event in Denver in August 2016 sponsored by HDR Engineering during the S3 Seminar. • Held second annual reception at 41 Annual Conference for women and men in the deep foundations industry. st • Solicited sponsorships to fund guest speaker, Dr. Mae Jemison as the 2016 Hal Hunt lecturer. • Awarded professional development grants funded by the DFI Educational Trust and committee fundraising attend the 41 Annual Conference. efforts to sponsor two women to st • Selling beaded lanyards as a fund- raiser for the Women in Deep Foundations fund. • Developing regional networking and mentoring activities and events to encourage retention of women in deep foundations careers. • Outreaching to other groups to increase female attendance at industry events. Energy Foundations Working Group Co-Chairs: Tony Amis, GI Energy, [email protected] and Guney Olgun, Virginia Tech, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Gerry Houlahan, P.E., Moffatt & Nichol, [email protected] 116 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • NOV/DEC 2016 Electric Power Systems Foundations Working Group Co-Chairs: Peter Kandaris, P.E., DGA Consulting, [email protected] and Steve Davidow, P.E., S.E., Crux Subsurface, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Frank Haehnig, Zueblin Spezialtiefbau, [email protected] • Conducted a state-of-the-practice survey – members to provide input for additional participants. • Issued standard of practice white paper section development draft for comments. • Providing input on paper format – should there be one or a series of papers? • Identifying who will develop sections in more detail. • Discussing ways to raise the profile of energy foundations internationally. • Encouraging DFI committees to consider energy foundations projects and dissemination of design and construction information. • Compiling case histories on the use of energy foundations for infrastructure projects. • Considering a 1- to 1½-day seminar on energy foundations design, construction and case histories. • Supporting the implementation of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association’s guidance document on design and construction of piles used as geothermal heat transfer elements. Seepage Control Working Group Chair: David Paul, P.E., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Trustee Liaison: Gianfranco Di Cicco, GDConsulting, [email protected] • Gathering dam and levee owners and members to discuss quality assurance and contractual issues related to seepage control projects. • Reviewing the second draft of USACE Engineering Manual on Seepage Control Cutoffs for Dams and Levees (fall 2016). • Conducted a workshop with the USACE Sacramento District (Novem- ber 15-16, 2016) on specifications and quality assurance practices related to cutoff wall technologies. • Serving as the lead committee involved in the U.S. Levee Safety Coalition with ASDSO, ACEC, ASCE, NAFSMA, USACE and USSD, to promote national levee safety, seepage control, coastal protection and water- related projects.
