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CONTENTS FEATURES
Departments
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Workforce Challenge: An Update to
One of Three DFI Strategic Goals. . . . . 7
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UPDATE
Reaping the Rewards of Investing in
the Future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DFI ACTIVITIES
Outstanding Project Award winner
announced; recap of IFCEE 2024 and
SuperPile '24; latest updates on S3:
Slopes, Support and Stabilization;
updates on other upcoming events;
news about podcasts, the DFI Journal,
GroutLine and more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
REGIONAL REPORTS
DFI Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
DFI of India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
EDUCATIONAL TRUST REPORT
A message from the chair, annual
report available, 2024 fundraising
events and golf outings, and
scholarships awarded at Carnegie
Mellon University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES UPDATE
A message from the director of
technical activities and reports from
the Codes and Standards, Information
Management Systems, Testing and
Evaluation and Driven Pile
committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
MEMBER PROFILE
Aaron Gallant: Academic, Researcher,
Mentor, a Definite " Three-Pointer " . . 88
FOUNDATIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
RISK CORNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
LEGALLY SPEAKING
Time is Money: No-Damages-ForDelay
Clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
DFI PEOPLE AND COMPANIES. . . . . . 127
CALENDAR & AD INDEX. . . . . . . . . . 130
Alan Watka, P.E., BC.GE, Hub Foundation, and Paul Deterling, P.E., Keller North America
14 Composite Underpinning System in Harsh Winter Conditions
COVER STORY
A large expansion of Somerville High School in Massachusetts required underpinning
of existing wings using a combination of micropiles and soil nailing.
91 Building the Deepest Basement in
Downtown San Jose
Kelli McCurdy, P.E., John Gouchon, P.E., G.E., and Serena Jang,
P.E., G.E., LANGAN; Eric Lindquist, Ph.D., P.E., Brierley
Associates; and Rob Jameson and Ryan Nagle, Malcolm
Drilling Company
99 Developing Foundations for Austria's New
Rhine Bridge
Freddy Lopez and Erich Steinlechner, Tiroler Rohre
107 Mind the Gap: Micropile Underpinning of a
Historic Structure
Kamil Nuzha,P.E., Jianchao Li, P.E., and Bashar Qubain,
Ph.D., P.E., GeoStructures
113 A Tale of Two Very Different MSE Wall
Structures
Dov Leshchinsky, Ph.D., University of Delaware and ADAMA
Engineering
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