Helical Piles and Tiebacks Committee Chair: Gary Seider, P.E., Hubbell Power Systems/Chance, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Howard Perko, Ph.D., P.E., Magnum Piering, [email protected] • Developing standard specifications for helical soil nails. • Developing a committee-endorsed engineering instruction/training program for helical designers. • Organizing annual topical seminars. • Developing a helical pile design guide. • Planning the next phase of the Helical Seismic Research Study including full-scale field testing (Researcher: Prof. Amy Cerato, University of Oklahoma). • Working on two draft ASTM Standards – one for helical pile testing and another for installation/testing. • Continue working with ICC-ES staff and Helical Ad Hoc Committee on revisions to Helical Pile Acceptance Criteria AC358. • Conducting Helical Seismic Liquefaction Research Study including scale mode shake table testing (Researcher: Prof. Ramin Motamed, University of Nevada – Reno), through DFI Committee Project Fund. • Planning a DFI and Helical Pile World Educational Tradeshow on helical piles, tiebacks and anchors in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 4-5, 2019. • Conducting a research study on Development of Design Recommendations for Helical Pile Anchorages Subjected to Cyclic Lateral Loads including scale models, simulations and analysis (Researcher: Prof. Serhan Guner, P.Eng. University of Toledo), through DFI Committee Project Fund. International Society for Micropiles Chair: Dan MacLean, P.Eng., Keller Foundations, [email protected] • Updated and approved by-laws for the organization. • Continuing work on membership recruitment programs. th • Planning well under way for the 14 International Workshop on Micropiles to be held in Broadbeach, Australia, August 21-23, 2019. Manufacturers, Suppliers and Service Providers Committee Chair: Mark Bryant, EIT, MacLean Power Systems Civil Division, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Mike Kelley, Dywidag-Systems International, [email protected] • Continuing to develop “expo” sessions for commercial presentations at DFI Annual Conference. • Developing quarterly technical showcase emails highlighting MSSP members and services. 110 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • NOV/DEC 2018 Mark Bryant Mike Kelley Rick Ellman Gary Seider Howard Perko Dan MacLean Dan Brown Steve Davidow Marine Foundations Committee Chair: Rick Ellman, P.E., Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dan Brown and Associates, [email protected] • Presented the 2018 Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations to Akio Kitamura, founder and president of Giken. The award was presented at IFCEE 2018 on Thursday, March 8, in Orlando, Fla. Kitamura made a presentation on the Silent Piler technology. John Wolosick • Held committee meeting at SuperPile ’18 in New York City. • Submitted committee project proposals for DFI funded research. • Chair attended the First International Conference on Press-In Engineering 2018, Kochi, Japan, in September, 2018. • Exploring applications for marine structures. DFI-ADSC Micropile Committee Co-Chairs: Steve Davidow, P.E., S.E., Quanta Subsurface, [email protected] and Terence P. Holman, Ph.D., P.E., Turner Construction Company, [email protected] Trustee Liaison: John Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, Hayward Baker, [email protected] Incoming Trustee Liaison (2019): Dan MacLean, P.Eng., Keller Foundations, [email protected] • Continuing work on micropile inspection guide. Terence Holman
