DFI Appoints New Chair to Sustainability Committee
Geotechnical veteran also has worked on foundation group's Slurry Walls Committee
The Deep Foundations Institute appointed Carlos Englert to the chairmanship of the group's Sustainability Committee. He takes over for Marine Lasne, who joined DFI's Board of Trustees.
Englert serves as senior engineer at Schnabel Engineering. He has more than 15 years experience designing and building geotechnical projects in the United States and Venezuela. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Catholic University of Venezuela and a masters from Pennsylvania State University. Englert specializes in design and field supervision of drilled shafts, pressure-injected footings, micropilings, slurry walls and ground improvements. He's also know for work on shoring, soil nailing and tiebacks.