PILE DYNAMICS

In the mid-1960s, at what is now known as Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, Professor George G. Goble, became the principal investigator of a research project to develop new technologies of pile testing. The Ohio Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration funded the initial study, entitled "Dynamic Studies on the Bearing Capacity of Piles", which resulted in an electronic testing device displaying the bearing capacity of a pile based on fundamental stress wave theory. During that time, as a graduate student, Dr. Frank Rausche, developed the Case Method and CAPWAP® analysis. A short time later, Garland Likins, also a graduate student at Case, joined in both the software and hardware development efforts. In 1972, the trio came together to form Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), a firm dedicated to developing quality assurance instruments for the deep foundation industry, most notably, the Pile Driving Analyzer® (PDA). PDI continues to innovate the deep..

Also known as: Pile Dynamics, Inc., Tethys

Primary location: Tehran Iran