Deep Foundation Institute
Outstanding Project Award

This competition recognizes the efforts of member firms in designing or constructing deep foundation projects. Consideration is given to ingenuity of design, ingenuity of construction technique, how design meets owners’ needs, and how the design or technique solved geotechnical conditions.

This comprehensive redevelopment of Seattle’s downtown waterfront incorporates a pier design that utilizes PND’s innovative SPIN FIN® piles to a depth of 65 feet to achieve a 430-ton ultimate tension pile capacity. This provided the economic and geometric advantage the project needed to provide adequate space for the desired marina. This development also provided the foundation design philosophy for the lateral resistance required for remaining structures during seismic events.