Dallas, TX (May 16, 2021): The International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo, also known as IFCEE 2021, attracted thousands of attendees from around the world. While the auditoriums and conference rooms were filled with committee meetings, technical sessions and insightful presentations, the indoor and outdoor exhibit areas held more than 125 companies showing off their latest and greatest in deep foundations construction resources. Both areas maintained a constant flow of conference-goers who were looking to meet with a vendor, kick a tire on some new equipment or just get a free pen. One rainy day saw a near-capacity crowd in the indoor exhibit area while those outdoors made good use of their rented tents.

Take a moment and review the following photo montage from the exhibition side of IFCEE 2021. *Readers of PDCA e-newsletter 'A Pile of News' will get additional commentary and analysis on many of these photos; watch for that publication coming to the inboxes of subscribers June 1st.

APE - American Piledriving Equipment

Consolidated Pipe & Supply Company

 

Ian Vaz of Giken, Buck Darling of H.F. Darling recruit new member

Harold Baur of Boh Bros., Kirt Jackson of Cajun Industries

Dr. Frank Rausche at Pile Dynamics Inc./GRL Engineers booth

Pile Master

 

PVE Equipment USA

Trinity Products

 

PDCA's Kathy Harper with ECA bull riding team

Richard Goettle, Inc. and friends

 

Lodge Lumber

MKT Mamufacturing

 

DuroTerra

Bauer and Equipment Corporation of America

 

Allan Korte of Junttan

Mike Juneau of Premier Geotech & Testing

Joe Gelardi - American Equipment & Fabricating

 

Trae Hawkins of Favor Steel & Fabricating

Hammer & Steel, Inc.

 

ICE-International Construction Equipment, Group Deep Foundations

The Fields Companies

  

PILECO, Inc.

Jason Bales of Black River Solar with PDCA E.D. Frank Peters

 

CZM Foundation Equipment

Greg Major of DarkHorse Industries, LLC

 

Doug Keller of Richard Goette, Inc.

Diane Fischer of Pile Dynamics Inc.

Karl Higgins of ECS Limited

 

Greg Etue of Tadano-Mantis Takefumi Takuma,Gerry McShane  Mike Songer of The Fields Companies

PDCA thanks all of its members who attended IFCEE 2021, including these members who were also exhibitors: UBC Pile Drivers & Divers, Bauer Equipment America, Junttan, Hammer & Steel, Gilbert, CZM Foundation Equipment, ESC Steel, MKT, American Piledriving Equipment - APE, GRL Engineers, ECS Limited, LBFoster, PVE Equipment USA, GeoQuip, DarkHorse Industries, Pile Master, Keller, ICE-International Construction Equipment, DuroTerra, PILECO, Inc., Pile Dynamics, Inc., Lodge Lumber, American Equipment & Fabricating, JD Fields & Company, Liebherr, Nucor Skyline, Giken, Service Steel Warehouse, Jinnings Equipment, Favor Steel & Fabricating, Consolidated Pipe & Supply, BUILDBASEMATIC, ECA.

We did our best to photograph all of our attending members and their exhibits, when applicable, but know that some of them were not captured in these photos. The good news, there were cases when our member exhibitors were busy meeting with customers/clients in their booths and we opted to not interrupt what were clearly important meetings! Again, many thanks to all IFCEE participants.

Dallas, TX (May 13, 2021): While it may take some time for all equipment and displays featured by exhibitors at the triennial International Foundations Congress & Equipment Expo to arrive back at company properties, event attendees are returning to offices, shops and yards from what many in the deep foundations industry have deemed a successful event. Commonly known as IFCEE it was a LIVE, week-long technical conference and trade show at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas from May 10-14. More than 125 exhibitors spread across indoor and outdoor exhibition areas. Also, more than 50 technical presentations were delivered in live and virtual formats. IFCEE happens every three years; it is a collaboration of deep foundations construction association partners, the Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA), the Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors (ADSC), the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 

IFCEE 2021 included a variety of content and special events designed exclusively for pile drivers and PDCA members:

• LIVE meetings of ALL standing committees
• TWO short courses; 'Safe Working Platforms for Construction Equipment' and 'Deep Foundations QC/QA for Engineers, Contractors and Inspectors'
• E.A.L. Smith Award Lecture honoring Dr. Frank Rausche 
• PDCA members' reception, meeting 
• Invited Session; 'Vibrations' by subject matter expert, Dr. Cathy Aimone-Martin
• A PDCA booth in the Exhibit Hall which recognized all exhibiting members
  • Exhibiting PDCA members included:  UBC Pile Drivers & Divers, Bauer Equipment America, Junttan, Hammer & Steel, Gilbert, CZM Foundation Equipment, ESC Steel, MKT, American Piledriving Equipment - APE, GRL Engineers, ECS Limited, LBFoster, PVE Equipment USA, GeoQuip, DarkHorse Industries, Pile Master, Keller, ICE-International Construction Equipment, DuroTerra, PILECO, Inc., Pile Dynamics, Inc., Lodge Lumber, American Equipment & Fabricating, JD Fields & Company, Liebherr, Nucor Skyline, Giken, Service Steel Warehouse, Jinnings Equipment, Favor Steel & Fabricating, Consolidated Pipe & Supply, BUILDBASEMATIC, ECA.

Check out the following pictorial display of the various PDCA events that took place at IFCEE 2021, were you spotted by our camera? We will be sharing additional photos from the exciting show in Dallas, so check this blog page often.

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Dr. Cathy Aimone-Martin offered unique perspectives on 'Vibrations'. PDCA Technical Chair Dale Biggers recruited her after a 2019 engineering conference. Dr. Frank Rausche was invited to present the coveted E.A.L Smith Award Lecture; he discussed his history of involvement in deep foundations engineering. PDCA members gathered for an evening reception and membership meeting where they heard a short presentation on The State of PDCA. The first live PDCA Board meeting for new members Harold Baur and Bruce Langan; the Board of Directors met in-person to conduct association business. IFCEE had a virtual track for those unable to attend; engineer Mike Venezia helped develop the program and Susheel Kolwalkar was a presenter.  The PDCA booth gave publication resources, membership applications and a place to meet staff. It proudly featured a large sign highlighting exhibiting members.