The Women in Deep Foundations Committee of the Deep Foundations Institute has released a video on the topic of “What Is Geotechnical Engineering?”. DFI released the 5-minute production to coincide with the SuperPile 2020 Virtual Event.
In the DFI video, women engineers offer details on common geotechnical applications, such as pile and shoring construction for building foundations, diaphragm wall shaft works, sinkhole analysis, and even the installation of geosynthetics.
Geosynthetica’s readers will certainly recognize a number of the engineers who appear in the video, such as Nathalia Castro of TenCate Geosynthetics and Jennifer Nicks of the US Federal Highway Administration‘s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.
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Thank you, WiDF Committee and DFI for sharing a great story about geotechnical engineering! So much of the work these engineers perform is “out of sight, out of mind” for the average person; but this is essential work. The video does a great job of highlighting that importance.
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Deep Foundations Institute® is an international association of contractors, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, academics and owners in the deep foundations industry. The multidisciplinary membership creates a consensus voice and a common vision for continual improvement in the planning, design and construction of deep foundations and excavations. It promotes the advancement of the deep foundations industry through technical committees, educational programs and conferences, publication of guides and specifications, a peer-reviewed journal, a flagship magazine, research, government relations, and outreach. DFI has more than 3,500 involved, knowledgeable and committed members worldwide. Learn more at www.dfi.org.
