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MARY ELLEN BRUCE LARGE, P.E., D.GE
DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

Completed and Ongoing Activities
Last year provided many opportunities
for DFI technical committees to gather
virtually and work on their many and
varied projects. This update covers
details on all committee and working

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group projects, including publications,
conferences, seminars, workshops and
videos. DFI members are all invited to
become involved in technical committee work. Please contact Mary Ellen

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DFI MIDYEAR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ONLINE MEETINGS | MARCH 22 - MARCH 26, 2021

Bruce Large at melarge@dfi.org to
discuss how you can join the DFI
technical community.
To showcase committee initiatives,
Midyear Committee Week is scheduled
for March 22-26, 2021, with all DFI
technical committees holding video
conference calls. Please participate and
explore the committee activities and
consider joining as an active member. Everyone is welcome. Visit
www.dfi.org/Mycomm2021 for more
information.

Anchored Earth Retention

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Co-chairs: Edward Laczynski, P.E., Wagman Heavy Civil,
erlaczynski@wagman.com and Jeff Segar, P.E., S.E., Braun
Intertec, jsegar@braunintertec.com
Trustee Liaison: Allen Cadden, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, Schnabel
Engineering, acadden@schnabel-eng.com

Through the DFI Committee Project Fund, finalizing
guidance for factoring structural resistance for landslide
stabilization and excavation support.

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Performing a research study cataloging prescribed
deflection requirements and commonly used allowable
design deflections for support of excavation.

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Developing a hollow bar state-of-the-practice document
with the Micropile Committee.

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Completing the Epoxy Coating study comparing purple
and green epoxy for geotechnical applications.

Supporting committee co-leads for S3: Slopes, Slides and
Stabilization Conference, to occur August 3-5, 2021, in San
Francisco.

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Conducting testing for a study on the metallic creep of
larger tieback bar sizes during tensile testing.

Ed Laczynski

Jeff Segar

Augered Cast-in-Place and Drilled
Displacement Pile
Chair: Jonathan Huff, P.E., Goettle, jhuff@goettle.com
Trustee Liaison: W. Morgan Nesmith, Jr., P.E., Berkel &
Company Contractors, mnesmith@berkelandcompany.com
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Writing a white paper on the stability of single large
diameter ACIP under building columns.

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Conducting a Committee Project Fund Thermal Integrity
Profiling research project to further understand the
developing technology and evaluate as-installed
diameters of piles.

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Completing a research project related to lateral stresses in
soil developed by drilled displacement pile installation.

Allen Cadden

DFI Europe BIM/Digitalisation

Jonathan Huff

Morgan NeSmith

Chair: Jason Boddy, Arup, jason.boddy@arup.com
Trustee Liaison: Gianfranco Di Cicco, Bauer Foundation
Corp., gianfranco.dicicco@bauerfoundations.com
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