Keynotes for Conference on Deep Foundations Announced
42nd Annual Conference Scheduled for October in New Orleans
The keynote speakers for the 42nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations have been announced. The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) event is being held in New Orleans, Oct. 24-27.
David B. Paul, P.E., special assistant for Dam Safety with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is providing an update on the “USACE Oversight of Remediation of the World’s Highest Risk Dam.” This keynote is a continuation of a lecture that was delivered at the 2016 DFI Annual Conference in New York. Paul is responsible for managing the USACE’s portfolio of 709 dams. He is a national specialist on critical infrastructure design, dam design, levee design, construction engineering, engineering risk assessments, interim risk reduction measures (IRRM), and dam and levee safety modifications performed as part of USACE dam safety management activities.