Manufacturers, Suppliers and Service Providers (MSSP) Committee Chair: Mark Bryant, EIT, MacLean Power Systems, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Matthew Janes, P.Eng. MBA, Isherwood Associates [email protected] • Developed “expo” sessions for commercial presentations at the DFI nd 42 Annual Conference. • Developing quarterly technical showcase emails highlighting MSSP members and services. Micropile Committee – Joint with ADSC Co-Chairs: Steve Davidow, P.E., S.E., Quanta Subsurface, sdavidow@quanta subsurface.com and Terry Holman, Ph.D., P.E., Geosyntec [email protected] Trustee Liaison: John Wolosick, P.E. D.GE, Hayward Baker, [email protected] • Updated the Micropile Guide Specification. • Assisting with IFCEE Conference Micropile Session, March 5-10, 2018, in Orlando, Fla. • Continuing to work on IBC code revisions. • Developing revised grout testing methodology. Marine Foundations Committee Chair: Rick Ellman, P.E., Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Alan Roach Berkel and Company Contractors [email protected] • Held two specialty seminars with COPRI’s NY Metropolitan Section in 2017. • Organized joint specialty seminar with DFI’s Seismic and Lateral Loads Committee in North Charleston, S.C., in May. • Awarded the 2017 Ben C. Gerwick Award to Bob Bittner of Bittner-Shen Consulting Engineers and DFI past president at SuperPile ’17. • Exploring DFI-funded research opportunities. • Developing a Micropile Inspection Guide. International Society for Micropiles Chair: Dan MacLean, P.Eng., Keller Canada dmaclean@ kellercanada.com • Held a very successful International Workshop on Micropiles (IWM) in Vancouver from March 29 to April 1, 2017, with more than 150 attendees. • Planning is underway for the next IWM with target of 2019 in Australia. • Working on membership recruitment and retention strategies for 2017 and 2018. Slurry Wall Committee Chair: Giovanni Bonita, Ph.D., P.E., P.G. GEI Consultants, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Stefano Valagussa TREVIICOS Corporation [email protected] • Participated in the organization of SSI seminar in Washington, D.C. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • NOV/DEC 2017 • 111 Seismic and Lateral Loads Committee Chair: Kwabena Ofori-Awuah, P.E., ENV SP., KCI Technologies [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E., University of California Irvine [email protected] • Developing Design Guidelines for Bridge Pile Foundations Subjected to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading – Ground Motions (Researcher: Prof. Arash Khosravifar, University of Portland) through the DFI Committee Project Fund. • Researching the Minimum Required Length for Geotechnical Lateral Stability of Rock-Socketed Pile Shafts. The goal of project is to develop practical solutions to resolve the issue of “un- zipping” of p-y springs in strong rock. • Developing a white paper on practical aspects of pile head fixity. • Developing a white paper on p-y curves. • Rolling out workshops for Seismic and Lateral Loads Design Guide (2018). • Begin to revise the Seismic and Lateral Loads Design Guide.
