Abstract:
The Deep Foundation Institute (DFI) Information Management Systems (IMS) Committee has published a Data Management Guide Specification. This Guide Specification is intended to be adapted for use by owners and designers of foundations projects to allow them access to usable, quality site and project data. The Guide Specification was adapted from a similar document authored by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (for which the IMS committee provided consultation and review). While this Guide Specification uses some content from the USACE Specification, the DFI IMS Guide Specification is authored for broader use, including outside of the United States, and on a wide range of project types and sizes. This paper and presentation will discuss the history and purpose of the DFI IMS Guide Specification, summarize its sections and content, provide examples and case studies of projects that them. Finally we will describe how the Guide Specification provides a basis for the development of future Specifications that address specialty techniques and methods.
Keywords: IMS, USACE, SPECIFICATION, DATABASE