PEOPLE & COMPANIES Joseph A. Caliendo died unexpectedly at 74 on August 15. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up near Detroit, Michigan. He served in the U.S. Navy as a diver (Seabees) doing underwater construction. Caliendo earned degrees in oceanography and civil engineering, including a Ph.D. in civil engineering, from Utah State University (USU). After working as the state geotechnical engineer for the Florida Department of Transportation in Tallahassee, Florida, “Doctor Joe” returned to USU, where he worked as a professor of engineering from 1993 until the time of his passing. He was beloved by students and took a genuine interest in their development. He is survived by his wife, Joyce, 5 children and 13 grandchildren. Dr. Sherif Wissa Agaiby passed away after his battle with cancer. He was the director of the geotechnical and heavy civil engineering department at Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners). Agaiby earned B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He taught and conducted research in most fields of geotechnical engineering as a university faculty member (Cairo University; 1983-2004). At Dar Al-Handasah, Agaiby was actively involved in consulting and participated in the planning, analyzing and designing for major engineering projects worldwide. He was involved in many national and international scientific activities including: chair of the ISSMGE Professional Image Committee; board member, Council of Foundation of ITA-CET, Foundation for Education and Training on Tunneling and Underground Space Use; member of the Egyptian Code of Practice for Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations on Rock Committee and the Site Investigation Committee; member of the Egyptian Code of Practice committee for the Design and Construction of Tunnels and Underground Structures. Agaiby was a DFI individual member from 1990-1995 and then from 2011 until his passing. into the correct position with a special spreader beam and slings. After the cage has been lowered and has sunk down to its depth of refusal, due to its self-weight, the machine can be easily lowered on top of the rebar cage. Subsequently, the self-adjusting patented clamp system grips the cage without damage, which then drives the rebar cage into the wet concrete using the attached Dawson CSV vibro hammer. The 2019 Buchanan Lecturer, presented by the Za chr y Depa r tment of Civi l Engineering at Texas A&M University, is Professor Greg Baecher, Ph.D., P.E., NAE, University of Maryland, who is delivering a Dawson Construction Plant has designed a specific product for driving rebar cages into wet concrete called Cage Vibro. It avoids the high-risk actions of conventional installation and makes it safe to lift the cage Geotechnical Judgement.” The 27 annual event also features Professor Rudy Bonaparte, Ph.D., P.E., NAE, chairman and senior principal at Geosyntec lecture entitled “Putting Numbers on th Consultants and professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, who presented his 2018 Terzaghi Lecture “Geotechnical Stability of Waste Fills – Lessons Learned and Continuing Challenges.” Fugro again is sponsoring the Buchanan Lecture, which is being held on October 18, 2019. During its 2019 Summer Meeting, ADSC congratulated all of its Safety Award Win- ners, including the following DFI members: • Moretrench White Memorial Award for the most improv ed s a f e t y prog r am by demonstrating obvious changes in safety practices during the most recent 3 years. • ECA Canada Company Hardman Construct ion for achieving 5 consecutive years of zero lost time injuries. Lobo-Guerrero, Gerressen, Miller and • Blackhawk Foundation Company, ECA Canada Company, Dywidag Systems International Canada, TEI Rock Drills The Ougan Group and for achieving an incidence rate below the specialty contractors’ industry average (less than 50,000 – 100,000 man hours worked) in 2018. • Bauer Foundations Canada, Crux Subsurface, DBM Contractors, Equip- ment Corporation of America, Hard- man Construction, Pacific Founda- tion, Soletanche Bachy Canada and Texas Shafts for achieving an incidence rate below the specialty contractors’ industry average (100, 000 – 300,000 man hours worked) in 2018. • Cajun Industries, Case Foundation Company, HJ Foundation, More- trench, Richard Goettle Trevi- and icos Corporation for achieving an incidence rate below the specialty contractors’ industry average (300, 000 – 500,000 man hours worked) in 2018. • Nicholson Construction Company for achieving an incidence rate below the specialty contractors’ industry average (500, 000 – 750,000 man hours worked) in 2018. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • SEPT/OCT 2019 • 115 was awarded The Dave
