DSA Awarded to Bernard H. “Bernie” Hertlein Bernie Hertlein, FACI, M.ASCE, is the recipient of DFI’s highest award to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). The annual award recognizes individuals who have made exceptionally valuable contributions to the advancement of the deep foundations industry. Hertlein clearly embodies these criteria. “The term ‘distinguished service’ is embodied in Bernie’s every day activities. He willingly and gladly gives much of his personal time through his participation in numerous industry committees.” Hertlein, currently senior consultant and head of the nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and geophysics group at GEI Consultants in Vernon Hills, Ill., has specialized in inspection and nondestructive testing methods for structures and deep foundations and construction-related vibration issues for more than 30 years. In addition to performing and analyzing the tests, he has been involved in developing new applications for nondestructive testing (NDT) methods, designing or building the required hardware, and writing appropriate software to improve the state of the art. Hertlein was part of the team that introduced crosshole sonic logging (CSL) and impulse response testing to North America in the mid-1980s, and has participated in several research projects for the Federal Highway Administration, using NDT methods on all types of deep foundations. His work experience includes drilled shafts, ACIP piles, driven piles and slurry wall projects throughout the U.S., and in several European countries as well as Algeria, Hong Kong and Venezuela. He is the author of a book entitled Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2006. Hertlein is currently a trustee of DFI, serving as trustee liaison to the Testing and Evaluation Committee, of which he is past chair. He is also secretary of American Concrete Institute (ACI) committee 228 Nondestructive and In-place Testing; chairman of ACI committee 336 Footings, Mats and Drilled Piers; past chair of ASTM Committee C-09.64 Nondestructive Testing of Concrete; and a member of the ASCE Geo-Institute, where he serves on the Deep Foundations Committee. Hertlein is a past director of ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling. He was elected a Fellow of the ACI in 2012 and was awarded the ADSC’s Outstanding Service Award in 2009. 34 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • SEPT/OCT 2015 Hertlein received his B.S. in civil engineering from the Centre Expérimental de Recherches et d’Études du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (CEBTP), France, and his H.N.D. in electrical and mechanical engineering from Farnborough Technical College in England. “The term ‘distinguished service’ is embodied in Bernie’s every day activities. He willingly and gladly gives much of his personal time through his participation in numerous industry committees. He also shares his extensive experience by providing technical presentations and peer review of papers in order to improve the under- standing and use of testing methods,” shares DFI’s Executive Director Theresa Engler. “On behalf of DFI, I am proud to be honoring Bernie with this award, a bronze replica of a Leonardo da Vinci pile driver Banquet at DFI’s 40 Annual Conference on Deep Foundations on October 14, 2015.” mounted on a marble base, at the Awards th Mexico Conference in November The Mexican Society for Geotechnical Engineering (SMIG), DFI, Geo-Institute of ASCE, and Technical Committee TC-214 of the Engineering (ISSMGE) are organizing the 3 International Confer- ence on Deep Foundations in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 11-12, 2015, at the College of Civil Engineering of Mexico. This conference is dedicated to sharing technical developments International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical rd and international experiences about design and construction of deep foundations, with particular focus on soft soils. Technical session topics include deep foundations, soil improvement, slurry walls and case histories. Over a dozen DFI Technical Committee members are presenting at the conference on case histories related to deep foundations in soft soils. The official languages of the conference are English and Spanish, and simultaneous translation will be provided. Proceedings will be published including technical papers. Sponsorships and exhibition opportunities are available. The organizing committee includes Walter I. Paniagua Zavala from Pilotec and ISSMGE Chair of TC-214, Juan Paulín Aguirre of ISSMGE, Norma Patricia López Acosta of SMIG, Theresa Engler and Mary Ellen Large, P.E., of DFI, and Prof. Vernon Schaefer, P.E., of GeoInstitute and DFI Landslides and Slope Stabilization Committee Chair. Information and registration are at http://www.smig.org.mx. Contact [email protected] for more details.
