Upcoming Events mentioned above, abstracts were received covering: • Innovations and advancements in pile design and installation • Corrosion of buried structures • Designing and constructing safely and effectively in urban environments Helical Pile Seminar DFI is teaming up with Helical Pile World (HPW) to showcase the helical pile and tieback industry’s dedication to producing high- quality, safe, reliable and cost-effective foundation solutions for a variety of foundation and utility application challenges. The event includes a structured technical education program, outdoor equipment exhibition, and live demonstrations highlighting products, resources and expertise used to design, install and test helical pile and anchor elements for structural support and earth retention applications. Attendees will be able to: • Review onsite soils’ information to define design parameters. • Learn fundamental design procedures used to estimate capacity. • Learn proper construction and inspection methods for safe installation of small-to-large diameter helical piles and anchors. • Observe various load testing set ups (static and dynamic compression, tension and lateral). • Observe load tests being conducted and compare design values, capacity-to-torque predictions and actual load test results. • Visit with exhibitors to learn about the latest innovations in installation and testing equipment and services. Part of the technical program includes demonstrations in the outdoor exhibit area. Limited outdoor spaces are available in addition to general exhibit spaces. Contact Bill Bonekemper at (513) 386-8158 or [email protected] or visit www.dfi.org/helical19 if you are interested in demonstrating and/or exhibiting. • Instrumentation, load testing and monitoring • Designing for resiliency under extreme or unexpected loading conditions (e.g., inclement weather, tsunami, flooding, seismic, liquefaction, lateral spreading) • Sensitivity during construction in various types of aquatic environments • Trends in design and construction methods for highway infrastructure projects • Foundation optimization through risk management (e.g., geotechnical, contractual and communication risks) • Sustainable design approaches to address economic and ecological impacts Conference Chairs — Dominic Parmantier, P.E., regional vice president of Condon-Johnson is chair of SuperPile ’19. At Condon-Johnson he is responsible for Northwest operations including Alaska, Hawaii, and Montana. A registered professional engineer in Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho, Parmantier has more than 20 years of experience in deep foundations, grouting, ground improvement, and anchored earth retention He has authored several papers and articles for DFI, ASCE and ADSC conferences and publications. He holds a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Portland and an M.S. in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is an active member of the DFI Soil Mixing Committee and the Seattle Chapter of the Geo-Institute. The program chair for SuperPile ’19 SuperPile ’19 Planning is well underway for SuperPile ’19 on May 1-3 at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Wash. This three-day event includes presentations on the latest developments in augered cast-in-place and drilled displacement piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, ground improvement, helical piles and tiebacks, marine foundations, micropiles, testing and evaluation of foundation systems, and seismic and lateral loads. In addition to the general topics is Dr. Armin W. Stuedlein, P.E., associate professor of geotechnical engineering at Oregon State University. His research focuses on ground improvement, reinforced soils, foundations, and the characterization and incorporation of inherent soil variability and model transformation errors, with methodologies that range from full- scale testing, element-level laboratory work, and numerical and statistical simulations. Professor Stuedlein received the 2013 Deep Foundations Institute Young Professor Paper Competition Award for work on the reliability of augered cast-in-place piles. Visit www.dfi.org/SuperPile19 for additional details and registration information. Registration opens in January 2019. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • NOV/DEC 2018 • 45
