2017 DFI Ben C. Gerwick Award Recipient Announced Robert B. Bittner has Nearly 50 Years of Marine Foundations Experience April 13, 2017 No Comments The award recognizes innovation in design and construction of marine foundations.Read More
Levee Expert Announced as New DFI Seepage Control Chair Michael Kynett Succeeds David Paul April 11, 2017 No Comments The new chair of the working group is levee safety manager for the USACE Sacramento District.Read More
DFI Treating 5 Women to Conference on Deep Foundations Application Deadline is May 15 April 5, 2017 No Comments The Deep Foundations Institute is accepting applications to for the professional development grant now.Read More
Drilling Rig, Tooling Maker Talks Lessons from a Century of Business Jeremy Verdusco April 1, 2017 No Comments Enterprising people start companies every day. Few of those companies make it to five years, let alone more than 100.Read More
Trump Infrastructure Plan Slowly, Steadily Takes Shape Proposal for $1T Investment Could Create Drilling Jobs Jeremy Verdusco March 27, 2017 No Comments "Shovel ready" projects could be funded for 2018 construction season.Read More
Terracon Senior Engineer Climbs Ladder to Company President Past President David Gaboury will Stay on as Chairman, CEO March 26, 2017 No Comments Geotechnical, engineering consulting firm promotes Swaminathan (Vasan) Srinivasan to president.Read More
Geotechnical Lessons Learned Focus of DFI Osterberg Lecture Richard J. Finno Will Cover Foundation, Earth Retaining Structure Failures March 25, 2017 No Comments The Deep Foundations Institute has selected a civil engineering professor from Northwestern University for the 2017 award.Read More
Myanmar Foundation Specialist Takes on 26-Floor Condo Project Condominium Foundation Includes Two-Level Basement March 24, 2017 No Comments Golden Tri Star selects Liebherr LB 28-30 rotary drilling rig for piling project in Myanmar.Read More
Lower Cost the Focus of New Vermeer Drill Rod Silver Series Drill Rod Carries on Thinner Wall Thickness Design March 17, 2017 No Comments The company is offering a more cost-effective alternative to the Firestick drill rod.Read More
‘Maxi’ HDD Rigs Designed for Larger-Scale Horizontal Drilling Jobs Jeremy Verdusco March 1, 2017 No Comments When many of my readers see the letters “HDD,” they think of the type of rig they might see in a suburb installing utility lines under a road or other small infrastructure.Read More