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DFI Announces Speakers for Stockholm Drilled Piles, Foundations Event

Conference will feature Deep Foundations Institute's 10th John Mitchell Lecture

April 19, 2014

Event features sessions on pile production, monitoring and standards.

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.

Layne Christensen Wins Injection Wells Contract

Project involves injection wells, monitor well in Broward County

April 10, 2014

The company's Water Resources Division secured $6.9 million deal for work at North Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant.

API, Oil and Gas Industry Celebrate 65 Years of Hydraulic Fracturing

Fracking technology has helped U.S. on path to energy independence

April 9, 2014

Industry developed hydraulic fracturing March 17, 1949, as way to unlock tight shale formations.

Atlas Copco Honored for Commitment to Ethics

Drilling technology, equipment firm recognized for industry best practices

April 9, 2014

Ethisphere Institute calls drilling technology company one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for second year.

Federal Program Helps Water Charities Working on Rural Well Drilling

Agriculture Department grants help make loans available to homeowners to drill water wells.

April 2, 2014

Nonprofits can use the grants to lend money for well drilling, upgrades.

Groundwater Awareness Week Continues to Grow in 16th Year

National Groundwater Awareness Week adds momentum to individual organization efforts to educate the public about groundwater and water well stewardship.

March 31, 2014

While it’s said groundwater is “out of sight and out of mind” for many people, that is becoming less and less true as NGWA’s National Groundwater Awareness Week continues to grow in reach and impact each year.

EPA Alters Drilling Rig Engine Rules After NGWA Pressure

Agency changes Tier-4 engine replacement requirements for water well industry

March 26, 2014

Group urges agency to exempt more drilling rigs from Tier-4 standards when engines are replaces.

DFI Elects New Members to Board of Trustees

Foundation drilling, engineering group expands leadership, global scope

March 20, 2014

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

DFI Selects Hal Hunt Lecturer for Annual Conference

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

March 19, 2014

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

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