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S3: Slope – Support – Stabilization from DFI

June 10, 2019

August 6, 2019 – August 8, 2019 The Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot Minneapolis, MN Technical Committees of Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) are combining their industry expertise to organize a two-day seminar on the effective application of deep foundations, ground improvement, and soil mixing for stabilization of landslides and […]

ECA Names Service Managers in U.S. and Canada

June 10, 2019

Equipment Corporation of America (ECA), a leading distributor of specialty foundation equipment, has named several Service Managers at its branches in the United States and Canada. Chris McCune has been promoted to Service Manager at ECA Pittsburgh after working as a Service Technician at the branch since 2016. McCune’s background in foundation […]

Pile Dynamics, Inc. Introduces the Shaft Area Profile Evaluator (SHAPE)

June 3, 2019

Drilled shafts are rarely ideal cylinders and irregularities in the shaft construction can affect shaft performance. PDI’s Shaft Area Profile Evaluator (SHAPE) offers quality control of shaft radius, volume and verticality. SHAPE is a cost-effective quality assurance testing device used for deep foundations such as drilled shafts, bored piles, slurry […]

Legal

Safety & Risk in Construction: The Importance of Technology

July 9, 2018

View the complete article here. Construction is inherently risky to limb and life. This is in part due to the fact a construction site is a mobile factory, set up quickly, dismantled at the end, and without the ergonomic repetition and lengthy planning of a Henry Ford factory or modern […]

Modern Bidding – The Warp Speed Day and its Post Opening Scramble

March 21, 2018

View the complete article here. In the new “Internet of Things” – speed is everything. The latest technology and trained technology-minded teams are key. This is perhaps most true on bid day, an already hectic if not chaotic mad rush to bid opening. Together, the technology of “Apps”, of whole […]

What the Heck is a “Type II” Differing Site Condition?

December 18, 2017

View the complete article here. Any engineer or deep foundation contractor will invariably face changed soils conditions. There is a bevy of Federal and State court cases, books, and war stories about when, expecting bedrock at 30 feet, the project team encounters “running sand”, baymud, or other gremlins and costs […]