DFI, in partnership with ADSC, is hosting SuperPile ’20 at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark. This three-day event includes presentations on the latest developments in augered cast-in-place/drilled displacement piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, helical piles and tiebacks, marine foundations, micro- piles, seismic and lateral loads, and testing and evaluation of foundation systems. Conference highlights include DFI Technical Committee meetings; the Osterberg Memorial Lecture; presentation of the Ben C. Gerwick Award for Inno- vation in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations; exhibits with more than 75 manufacturers, suppliers and service providers; and a Women in Deep Foundat ions fundraising act ivi ty. Presentations will highlight: • Innovations and advancements in deep foundation design and installation • Designing and constructing safely and effectively in urban environments • Foundations in karst and erodible sedimentary bedrock • Corrosion of buried structures • Instrumentation, load testing, monitoring • Alternative procurement methods and early contractor involvement • Designing for resiliency under extreme or unexpected loading conditions (inclement weather, flooding, scour, seismic, liquefaction, lateral spreading) • Re-use of foundations and other sustainable design approaches • Piles and secant walls for access to deep tunnels • Foundation optimization through risk management (geotechnical, contractual, communication risks) • Working platforms www.dfi.org/SuperPile20 DEEP FOUNDATIONS • NOV/DEC 2019 • 47 Conference Chairs Lyle Simonton, P.E., director of business development for Subsurface Constructors of St. Louis, Missouri, is chair of SuperPile ’20. Simonton is a member of ASCE and DFI, and actively participates on the Soil/Ground Improvement Committees for both organizations. He is a past president of the ASCE St. Louis Section and currently serves as its membership chairperson. He has also been an active member of the St. Louis Geo-Institute Chapter and is a member of the Professional Advisory Board for the Civil and Environmental Engineer- ing Department at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Simonton holds a B.S. in geological engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla) and an M.S. in civil (geotechnical) engineering from the University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. He is a registered professional engineer in Missouri. The program chair for SuperPile ’20 is Paul J. Axtell, P.E., D.GE, a principal engineer for Dan Brown and Associates (DBA) in Overland Park, Kansas. At DBA, Axtell primarily focuses on major bridge projects across the nation. He holds a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Missouri and an M.S. in engineering from the University of Texas. Axtell has 20 years of experience in geotechnical and foundation engineering and has authored more than 25 technical papers. For the past seven years, he has served as chair of the DFI Drilled Shaft Committee. Registration for SuperPile ’20 is scheduled to open February 12, 2020. Visit the conference website for additional details and registration information.
