DFI Magazine November/December 2020 - 61

REGIONAL

REPORT

DFI Europe
While I was writing my last report for the
Board Members
May/June issue of Deep Foundations, we did
In February 2020, we welcomed
not know to what extent COVID-19 would
a new board member, Anne
hit our lives and entire economies. Our
Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E., who has
industry has suffered differently depending
been active in the DFI Europe
on the country and how the pandemic
chapter since 2019. Lemnitzer is
developed there. Italy, Spain, the U.K. and
on the faculty in geotechnical
some others had or still have a complete
engineering at the University of
lockdown. Working on sites or in business
California, Irvine, and is a visiting scholar at
offices is almost impossible as a result. All
the University of Applied Sciences, Leipzig,
supply chains are interrupted and traveling
Germany (HTWK). Her involvement with
is nearly impossible.
DFI includes being co-editor in chief of the
In some regions of Europe, however,
DFI Journal and a member of the DFI Board
working is still possible and sites or
of Trustees, and having chaired the
production facilities are running. But we
institute's 2018 Annual Conference in
sometimes have to make quick project
Anaheim, California. Lemnitzer has served
changes due to unpredictable developas the lead in developing our chapter's
ments, including the introduction of travel
educational workshop for high school and
bans or other (necessary, but) harsh
college students to introduce, educate and
restrictions.
inspire careers within the geotechnical
Nevertheless, we had a virtual board
engineering profession. She will also serve
meeting in June of the DFI Europe regional
on the organizing committee for the next
chapter with a lot of good ideas and
international DFI-EFFC Conference.
discussions regarding organizational
topics, the website and more, and
another one October 2 (with 12
and 15 attendees, respectively at
each). I would like to thank all the
board members and participants
for their contribution and efforts
in supporting the activities of DFI
Europe during these difficult
Weis
times. For the time being, the DFI Lemnitzer
EFFC Conference scheduled for
Also joining the board recently was Stig
2022 in Berlin, Germany, is developing well
Weis, the divisional manager for Per Aarsleff
(see the details in a subsection below). And
A/S in Denmark. At Aarsleff, Weis is
I am confident that traveling will be
responsible for all of the construction
possible at some point next year, when
company's ground engineering activities,
meeting up with chapter colleagues again
which involve 1,400 employees in 18
will be on the top of our agendas.
We can do a lot of, and with, virtual
meetings; but the truth is, they cannot
adequately substitute for a meeting in
person. So, I look forward to the time when
we can meet again for one of the
conferences or committee meetings somewhere in Europe or elsewhere in the world.
Stay healthy!

Frank Haehnig
President DFI Europe
Frank.Haehnig@bauer.de

business units in Denmark,
Germany, the U.K., Poland,
Sweden and Norway. Besides that, he is
involved in single projects in other
countries. In addition, Weis is responsible
for the internal Design & Engineering
Department of Aarsleff, which has 65
employees.
Sikko Doornbos, a board member and
past president of DFI Europe, retired in
January from serving as a general manager
for Terracon in the Netherlands after 27
years of service. However, he remains
active in geotechnics, serving recently as a
consultant in soil mechanics and
foundation engineering under the name
Delta Geoconsult for Dutch and other
companies. In addition, Doornbos
participates in Drukpaal.nl, which
specializes in jacked piles.

Deep Mixing Conference 2021
DFI's Deep Mixing Conference, postponed
this year due to COVID-19, will now take
place on July 5-8, 2021, at the beautiful
Baltic Philharmonic and Congress Centre
in Gdansk, Poland. Since the last Deep
Mixing Conference in 2015, which was
held in San Francisco, important progress
has been made in deep mixing technology.
Deep Mixing 2021 will provide a forum for
international exchange of this new
Baltic Philharmonic

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