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7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Workshop: Impact Testing for |
Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos |
1:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. |
DFI Technical Committee Meetings |
Schedule to be Released Soon |
8:30 a.m.-5:10 p.m. |
Technical Presentations |
Plenary Sessions |
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. |
Building the Eads Bridge: Pioneering
Deep Foundations in the Mississippi River |
Paul Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE |
9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. |
The Ballpark Village Development Deep
Foundation System – Design Build at Its Best |
Eric Risberg and Kyle Carmody Goettle |
10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. |
The Osterberg Memorial Lecture |
Erik Loehr, Ph. D., P.E. |
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
Webinar and Panel Discussion: |
Moderator: James A. Morrison, P.E., Panelists: Richard Kalson, Esq. Victor Donald, P.E. Terracon; |
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Case Study: Design and Installation
of Large Diameter Open-Ended Pipe
Piles for DOT Project: Lessons Learned |
Tom Casey, P.E. |
8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. |
Technical Presentations |
Parallel Sessions |
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: Horses for Courses-
Pile Testing |
Moderator: Gerald Verbeek Panelists: Robert Simpson Load |
Payment Instructions
You may register for this Conference using a major Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Check or Purchase Order. Check payments due within 30 days of registration and should be made payable to DFI.
DEEP FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTE
326 Lafayette Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
Memo: SuperPile ‘20
To make payment by wire, contact DFI at (862) 208-3282.
Cancellations must be made in writing by mail, email or fax.
Email: events@dfi.org
Fax: (973) 423-4031
All payments are net 30 days from the date of registration and payable in full in advance of the conference dates.
Refunds for Exhibit Booths will not be issued after Friday, April 24, 2020. Please refer to your Exhibit Space Agreement for Details.
Refunds for Registration will not be issued after Monday, May 4, 2020. However, you may transfer your registration to another DFI Member.
Images of individuals may be captured by the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) during events/activities organized and hosted by DFI using still photography, video or any other medium. DFI reserves the right to use such images on the DFI website, in Deep Foundations Magazine, in newsletters and/or other publicity material. By registering and/or participating in a DFI event/activity, the persons whose images are captured during such an event consent to the use of said images by DFI as described above.
As a registrant of this event, and its related activities, you agree to receive email from DFI relating to its events, membership, and publications as well as newsletters, updates, and other announcements.
J. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
DFI’s 2020 Osterberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, June 4. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E., Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering at University of Missouri has been selected as this year’s lecturer.
Professor Loehr is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri (MU). Dr. Loehr is a trustee of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), former chairman of the DFI Committee on Deep Foundations for Landslides and Slope Stabilization, and an active participant in other professional organizations. He is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, the K.B. Woods Award from the Transportation Research Board, and the ADSC Outstanding Service Award among other honors and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Missouri. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Texas at Austin.
The lecture was established in honor of Dr. Jorj O. Osterberg, to recognize innovations in deep foundations construction related to engineering design, testing or education.
To view a listing of previous Osterberg Lecturers, visit our website.
An increasing number of professional engineering licensing organizations require members to pursue professional development on a formal basis. DFI is pleased to provide a general Certificate of Participation for all its technical programs. This certificate is accepted by most licensing boards and serves as documentation of your pursuit of continuing education credits. There are some states that may not accept the general DFI certificate. Attendees are responsible for determining whether the PDHs offered by DFI are accepted by their respective licensing board. The number of general PDHs for this conference are about 11 for this two-day conference.
NEW YORK: DFI now certifies its conference, workshop and seminar PDHs through the New York State Education Department (NYSED). At this time, there are no special documentation requirements from NYSED for course presenters and attendees.
FLORIDA: DFI’s Florida PDH registration number is 4072. This number will appear on your Certificate of Attendance.
Please note the following deadlines as you prepare your presentation:
Conference Program & Schedule
View the Conference Program and Schedule here. Your presentation date and time have been sent to you by email. It is subject to change and if it does, you will be contacted by the Technical Program Committee or the DFI Events Team. NOTE: Writing a technical paper is NOT required for this conference. If you choose, you are free to submit a paper to the DFI Journal for consideration. Click here for more information.
Online Registration
Please register for SuperPile ’20 today by clicking here. Registering now will help the DFI staff properly prepare your credentials. The registration fee for Conference Speakers is discounted to $315.00. The first speaker may register at the discounted rate. Additional speakers should register at their applicable registration level.
Speaker Deadlines
Click here to review deadlines for Speaker Materials. Your final PowerPoint Presentation is due no later than Friday, April 3, 2020 via Sharefile upload to DFI. The link is found in the deadline document link.
We look forward to your presentation at DFI SuperPile ’20!
*program and schedule subject to change
Contact Information
Phone: (973) 423-4030
Fax: (973) 423-4031
Email Us
Payment Instructions
You may register for this Conference using a major Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Check or Purchase Order. Check payments due within 30 days of registration and should be made payable to DFI.
DEEP FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTE
326 Lafayette Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
Memo: SuperPile ‘20
To make payment by wire, contact DFI at bookkeeper@dfi.org.
Cancellations must be made in writing by mail, email or fax.
Email: events@dfi.org
Fax: (973) 423-4031
All payments are net 30 days from the date of registration and payable in full in advance of the conference dates.
Refunds for Exhibit Booths will not be issued after Friday, April 24, 2020. Please refer to your Exhibit Space Agreement for Details.
Refunds for Registration will not be issued after Monday, May 4, 2020. However, you may transfer your registration to another DFI Member.
Images of individuals may be captured by the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) during events/activities organized and hosted by DFI using still photography, video or any other medium. DFI reserves the right to use such images on the DFI website, in Deep Foundations Magazine, in newsletters and/or other publicity material. By registering and/or participating in a DFI event/activity, the persons whose images are captured during such an event consent to the use of said images by DFI as described above.
As a registrant of this event, and its related activities, you agree to receive email from DFI relating to its events, membership, and publications as well as newsletters, updates, and other announcements.
