Editorial Note - Vol. 5, No. 1, 2011-Article

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The June 2011 issue of the <em>DFI Journal</em> marks its development into an international publication, featuring contributions from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Italy. The editors view this diversity as evidence that the journal has become a leading outlet for practitioners’ papers while continuing its focus on high-quality, practice-oriented geotechnical engineering.

The issue covers practical challenges in the deep foundations industry, with a range of topics that includes case histories and studies that confirm or may affect established design methods. The journal welcomes work on deep foundation systems, ground improvement, soil nailing and anchors, marine foundations, retaining and cutoff-wall systems, seismic retrofit, and emerging construction technologies. Case histories, reviews of current practice, and innovative applications are especially encouraged.

Because submissions for the next issue largely concern foundation testing, the editors have decided to make it a themed issue on testing. One anticipated feature is a case history of a world-record load test in hard limestone. The journal is seeking additional papers on foundation and foundation-element testing to build the issue into a useful reference. Submissions, suggestions, and comments can be sent through the DFI website.

Keywords

DFI Journal

deep foundations

geotechnical engineering

foundation testing

case histories

load test

ground improvement

soil nailing

marine foundations

international publication