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October 2011 DFI Helical Foundations & Tiebacks Committee Meeting
by Bill Bonekemper
October 19, 2011
The Helical Foundation & Tiebacks Committee (HFTC) of the DFI was held today in Boston in conjunction with the 36th Annual DFI Conference being held at the The Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center.
The following represent the main items addressed at the meeting:
- The next HFTC meeting & conference will be in Denver in June of 2012. The date will be determined at a later time, and HPW Technical Advisor, Mr. Moncef Souissi will be the chair person for the event.
- Mr. Souissi, chairperson for the Ad Hoc Committee of Helical Manufacturers, updated
the meeting attendees about the ICC-
ES meeting held last week in Birmingham, AL at which the proposed revisions to AC358 were deferred. He also confirmed that the Ad-Hoc Committee will be meeting with the ICC- th in an attempt to address all open issues as quickly and efficiently as possible.ES staff engineers on November 17 - A new sub-
committee was also formed to review the IBC 2015 code development concerning helical piles. James Cherry, P.E. of Magnum Geo- Solutions was chosen as chair of this committee. He will be assisted by Gary Seider from Chance- Atlas, Kyle Olson from Foundation Supportworks and Mark Bryant from MacLean- Dixie HFS. - The HFTC also agreed to have Mr. Bob Hoyt, P.E. write a paper on the state-
of- the art on helical piles. The project will be funded by the DFI.