The DFI is an international network of heavy construction professionals dedicated to quality and economy in foundation design and construction. For over thirty years, DFI has gathered professionals in the deep foundations sector of the construction industry, to create a place for discussion, inquiry and debate. In so doing, DFI has brought the disciplines together where they have learned from each other, creating a better informed, more communicative foundations industry.
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GEER: Geo-Engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance
Extreme events engineering is an experience-driven field. Immediately following the occurrence of an extreme event (e.g., earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, landslide, or flood), perishable data that can be used to advance our understanding should be systemically […]
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Be Thankful Your House Foundation is Intact
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I randomly came accross a blog entry from Lt. Col. George W. Runkle USAFR (Ret.), a consulting Structural Engineer with Runkle Consulting, Inc. in Loganville Georgia. His practice appears to be […]
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Volcano Summer – Three months on the Long Mountain
Jess Deemer has been spending the summer working on the world’s largest volcano. She is a grad student at California State University – Los Angeles working on a M.S. in Geology. If you ever fantasized […]