11 JANUARY 2025 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Outstanding Project Award Winner is. . . Adapted from Information by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Established in 1997, the Outstanding Project Award (OPA) recognizes the superior work of DFI members. A committee selects the projects based on size, scope, and challenges of the project; degree of innovation and ingenuity exercised; and uniqueness of the solution to the difficulties of the job. This year’s runner up is The Heights, a residential development in San Diego submitted by PB&A, Inc. The soil nail wall, designed and built as part of this project, is the tallest permanent soil nail wall ever built in the U.S. at 105 feet. In addition, it was built in a narrow strip of land sandwiched between a major road and a massive hillside that rises to a San Diego Gas & Electric easement and high-tension electrical tower above. The winner of the 2024 DFI OPA is the Plaquemines LNG (liquefied natural gas) Driven Pile Megaproject, submitted by Cajun Industries. The project is a new, 632-acre LNG export facility located in Port Sulphur, Louisiana, owned by Venture Global Plaquemines LNG. The team started with a modest test pile program, employing only one pile driving rig, and by project completion, its contribution had expanded to 30 piling rigs, pile installation across 15 diverse scopes of work, and providing a dedicated workforce of more than 200 employees. This work included single piece pipe piles up to 145 feet long, precast concrete piles up to 120 feet, 41 cofferdams with sheet piles in lengths up to 80 feet, as well as 140-foot H-piles, pile crushing, and a comprehensive test pile program featuring more than 150 load tests. Overall, crews installed 18,300 piles of various types and sizes. CONST
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