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DFI Elects Board of Trustees, Robert Bittner Elected President of DFI

January 7, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Hawthorne, NJ (December 27, 2012): Elections for the Deep Foundations Institute 18-member Board of Trustees were held in advance of the 2012 Annual Conference and Members’ Meeting.

Incumbent trustees elected to additional terms include: James A. Morrison, manager, Kiewit Engineering; Rudolph P. Frizzi, P.E., GE, Senior Principal at Langan Engineering and Environmental Services; and Patrick Bermingham, CEO of Bermingham Foundation Solutions Inc., each elected for a fourth three-year term, and Matthew Janes, P.Eng., M.E.Sc., MBA, senior engineer at Isherwood; Arturo Ressi di Cervia, special projects executive at Kiewit and a Foundation and Geotechnical consultant; and James O. Johnson, executive vice president of Condon-Johnson & Associates, Inc., each elected for a second three-year term.

[Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release from DFI, including a list of the new DFI Executive Committee members. [/Editor]

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Patrick Bermingham, CEO of Bermingham Foundation Solutions, was awarded the Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in Design and Construction of Marine Foundations

DFI Presents Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovative Marine Foundations

January 7, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Hawthorne, NJ (December 27, 2012): Patrick Bermingham, CEO of Bermingham Foundation Solutions, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was awarded the Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in Design and Construction of Marine Foundations at a dinner in early December at the DFI Marine Foundation Seminar in Norfolk, Va. The annual award recognizes innovative excellence in the design and construction of marine foundations, and honors Ben C. Gerwick for his achievements during his 62-year career in the field of marine foundations. The award is sponsored by the Deep Foundation Institute Educational Trust, University of California Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Ben C. Gerwick Company.

[Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release from DFI. [/Editor]

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Crux core rig working on a challenging coring project in Bellevue, Washington

Challenging core recovery in residential area

January 2, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Specialty geotechnical drillers Crux Subsurface, Inc. of Spokane, WA has been working on a challenging project in a residential neighborhood in Bellevue, Washington. Their work is in support of a King County project to upgrade […]

GeoPier GP3™ system being installed in Minneapolis, MN

Weekend CUP December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012 rockman Comments Off

As we approach 2013, I wanted to clean out some of the interesting geoengineering stories that I didn’t get a chance to post about in the last month or so. Enjoy this Catch-up-post (CUP)! $2.88M […]

Inside the Devil's Slide tunnel construction, by kxyoung on Flickr

Devil’s Slide Tunnel Project Nearly Complete

December 27, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Inside the Devil's Slide tunnel construction, by kxyoung on Flickr The Devil’s Slide Tunnel Project was originally scheduled to open at the end of 2012, but it has been delayed slightly to an early 2013 opening. If you look at some recent photos, you can hardly tell that there is anything left to finish. I’ve been following this project since it started, since to me it represents the essence of geoengineering, with important roles played by geotechnical engineers, geological engineers, hydrogeologists, and of course geotechnical contractors and tunneling specialists. I thought it would be interesting to list a few of the posts I’ve written about the project over the years and present a bit of information I only recently learned. Click through for more. [Image: kxyoung on Flickr]

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Port of Anchorage has vulnerability to liquefaction in an earthquake says a CH2M Hill report

Study: Port of Anchorage replacement vulnerable to liquefaction in earthquake

December 19, 2012 rockman Comments Off

A recent study concluded that three of four recently constructed segments of a new port facility in Anchorage, Alaska were not constructed correctly and even if they were, are vulnerable to liquefaction related damage during […]

URS purchase unlimited usage ESdat Licence

December 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

URS will use ESdat to manage laboratory and field data related to groundwater, contaminated site, and other environmental projects.

URS (Australia/New Zealand) and EarthScience Information Systems (EScIS) are pleased to announce the purchase of an unlimited usage ESdat Licence by URS for its Australian and New Zealand Offices.

URS will use ESdat to manage laboratory and field data related to groundwater, contaminated site, and other environmental projects.

[Editor] Read on for the rest of the press release from EScIS and ESdat [/Editor]

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SuperGIS Engine 3.1 Beta Version Released

December 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The new SuperGIS Engine 3.1 Beta allows Windows developers to incorporate GIS functionality into their programs using COM components. From their press release: As the core development of SuperGIS software, SuperGIS Engine 3.1 can be […]

No earth pressures, please!

December 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Deep Excavation, LLC has an excellent blog post on how geotechnical engineers should provide geotechnical parameters for use by a shoring designer. Mr. Konstantakos notes that most of us geotechnical engineers provide only lateral earth […]

DFI Presents Inaugural Bermingham Innovation Award

December 10, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Hawthorne, NJ (December 1, 2012): The Deep Foundation Institute (DFI) presented the inaugural C. William Bermingham Innovation Award to the team of Nicholson Construction Company and Bermingham Foundation Solutions Ltd, at DFI’s 37th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Houston, TX.

[Editor] Read on for the rest of the press release from DFI. [/Editor]

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