Seven of DFI's technical committees have joined forces to organize this year's Super Pile Conference. The two days will consist of presentations on the subjects of Driven Piles, Augered Cast-in-Place/Drilled Displacement Piles, Micropiles, Marine construction, Testing and Evaluation of foundation systems, Seismic design, and Drilled Shafts. The first day will be a combined session; the second day will be two concurrent sessions giving attendees the option to choose which presentations are of interest to them.
Presentations will focus on case studies, historical development, theory and design with emphasis on practical application, new technologies and ideas for future development. Equipment, material and instrumentation suppliers and vendors will be presenting their services as well in the exhibit hall. Complete details of the event as plans progress can be found at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=hvvmg9dab&et=1108368857827&s=2736&e=001aXut47vDqP451O9yMhkHHQn5lmWTLmm1Gz8bl8lilBLsJXBGwOrQx5WR_tGBJfLuL3LG2FEF3U1t7QkXQcydyjBgfkLJ_8JfHiTZRK5eCCMk4mgSDybMRsJ_R1pK-5q1.
Presentation Proposal Submission
Presentation proposals are solicited on the following topics relating to Driven Piles, Testing & Evaluation, Augered Cast-in-Place and Drilled Displacement Piles, Micropiles, Marine Foundations, Seismic design and Drilled Shafts:
Potential speakers for Super Pile 2012 should submit a brief abstract (no more than 300 words) describing the subject matter of their proposed presentation. Please include in the abstract document the above topic which you are submitting, the presentation title and the speaker name(s). The due date for abstract submissions is Friday, December 16, 2011. Please email proposals to Katie Criqui at DFI -kcriqui@dfi.org.
Notification of acceptance and guidelines for presentation development will be returned to all submitters no later than Monday, January 23, 2012.
All authors of accepted abstracts will be required to commit to presenting their topic on May 16th or 17th and will be required to submit a PowerPoint presentation handout to be included in the seminar publication by Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Also, all accepted authors should consider developing their paper for inclusion in the DFI Journal.
DFI is soliciting abstracts for a broad range of session topics on Foundations and Ground Modification Techniques. The session topics are as follows:
DFI is seeking original, quality papers for consideration of inclusion in the 2012 conference program. Submission deadlines and instructions are as follows:
Paper format guidelines are available from the submission website and from DFI Headquarters. All Correspondence related to paper submission shall be directed to:
2012 Program Chair c/o Deep Foundations Institute, 326 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne, New Jersey 07506