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PHOTO COURTESY OF DEEP FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTE Berminghammer’s EML30
“Under Theresa’s leadership, DFI is recognized worldwide
for actively promoting the advancement of the deep foundations
industry,” said DFI president Matthew Janes, MBA, P.Eng.,
Isherwood Associates. “Working in collaboration with the
DFI board, Theresa has spearheaded significant growth at
the organization including strategic increases in members,
technical committees, educational events, publications and
regional chapters.”
Engler has been with DFI for 25 years and has been the
executive director since 2006. She also serves as the executive
director of the DFI Educational Trust, the charitable arm of
DFI. She is actively involved in the deep foundations industry,
serving on the Academy of Geo-Professionals Board of
Trustees and as a member of the National Association of
Women in Construction and The Moles, a fraternal organization
of the heavy construction industry. She is also a member of
the American Society of Association Executives as well as its
New Jersey and New York Chapters.
Berminghammer’s EML30 awarded ORBA
Innovation of the Year
A line of excavator-mounted piling leads has been in the
development stage for several years and consists of three
models: EML30, EML45 and EML60. In the spring of 2018,
Berminghammer put its newest innovation to the test.
The EML30 – an excavator-mounted pile driving lead for
30-ton excavators – was to complete its first pile installation
in Hearst, Ont. BOT Construction purchased the unit to
complete some roadway protection shoring for several culvert
replacements. They installed typical soldier pile and lagging
retaining systems, as well as a more complicated combi wall
system consisting of interlaced H-Piles and sheet piles.
BOT and Berminghammer’s work was recognized by the
Ontario Road Builders’ Association and Berminghammer
received the prestigious “Innovation Award” for 2019.
“Berminghammer has designed a magnificent excavatormounted
lead attachment that can be used on every job
that requires steel piles. The EML30 excavator-mounted
lead has proven to be an economical method to install
sheet piles or H-piles on smaller or medium type projects
with confined work areas. The ability to change the excavator
from the lead attachment back to a conventional excavator
allows full utilization of the excavator. The EML 30 attachment
can be mobilized on a float while mounted on the excavator
or separately. It has proven to be a useful tool that would
be hard to go without. Sheet piling can now be scheduled
within your own control and will make your project go a
Theresa Engler, executive director, DFI
PHOTO COURTESY OF BERMINGHAMMER
BOT and Berminghammer’s
work was recognized
by the Ontario Road
Builders’ Association and
Berminghammer received
the prestigious “Innovation
Award” for 2019.
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