Foundation Drilling - Articles - Page 36

DFI Appoints New Chair to Sustainability Committee

Geotechnical veteran also has worked on foundation group's Slurry Walls Committee

April 17, 2014

Carlos Englert has more than 15 years experience designing and building geotechnical projects in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Hayward Baker Makes Ground Improvements in Ohio River Bridges Project

Keller Group Company uses vibro replacement stone columns and rigid inclusions to improve the ground

Phillip Nones

March 24, 2014

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Testing allowed Hayward Baker to have real-time data on ground stresses, pore water pressure and settlement.

DFI Elects New Members to Board of Trustees

Foundation drilling, engineering group expands leadership, global scope

March 20, 2014

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European, Mideast and India chapter members also join expanded board.

Caisson Drilling Begins at Manhattan's Hudson Yards

Foundation drilling project is basis of huge New York development

Jeremy Verdusco

March 19, 2014

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Massive project involves building an entire neighborhood in Manhattan above a busy railyard.

DFI Selects Hal Hunt Lecturer for Annual Conference

Paul W. Mayne is a professor of geosystems engineering at Georgia Tech

March 19, 2014

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He's expected to share expertise on in-situ testing, geotechnical site characterization and other topics.

DFI Names Committee Chair for Landslides, Slope Stabilization

Professor Currently Works with FHWA in Washington

March 17, 2014

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DFI’s technical committees focus on issues specific to subsets of the deep foundations and excavation sectors.

Atlas Copco Releases FlexiROC T45 Surface Drill Rig

Company Says It Uses Half the Fuel of its Predecessor

March 14, 2014

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Operators can adjust airflow and dust collector fan speed to match working conditions, and the engine and compressor fall in line.

Nominations Sought for 2014 DFI Awards

The honors recognize service, projects in foundations sector

March 13, 2014

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Professionals are invited to nominate peers working in foundation drilling, engineering.

Keller Group Reports Record $2.4 Billion Revenue for 2013

The ground engineering specialist's revenue was up 9 percent.

March 12, 2014

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The company said operating margin in each of its four divisions was up over 2012.

Layne Bencor uses noax touchscreen systems to allow operators to monitor a variety of drilling-related data on the jobsite.

Rugged Computers Deliver Real-Time Data on Drilling Jobs

Keith Schmitz

March 1, 2014

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In 1882, company founder, Mahlon Layne, combined hard work and ingenuity to devise better ways of drilling to coax water out of the arid lands of a community known as Old Swan Lake, near what is now Hurley, S.D. Mahlon’s neighbors quickly took notice and shortly thereafter, a company was born.