The 21th JOINT WORKSHOP HELD IN BANDUNG, Indonesia
17th to 19th September, 2018
Institute of Road Engineering in Indonesia (IRE) and NILIM have carried out joint
research of road and traffic fields. PWRI is also participating in the joint research as acooperator of NILIM.
The 21th Joint Workshop was held in Bandung, Indonesia on 17th to 19th September, 2018.
The activities of 21th Joint Workshop are as follows;
1) The presentation about Japanese tunnel technologies in the open seminar2) Site visit on the road tunnel construction site3) Discussion on tunnel and underground structures1. Contents
・The presentation about Japanese tunnel technologies in the open seminar
On 17th September, the open seminar was held. The purpose of the seminar was to introduce
the tunnel research activities widely in Indonesia. Japanese researchers presented about
Japanese tunnel technologies in the seminar.
Japanese researchers explained

tunneltechnologies about planning, design andconstruction to over 150 participants, such as government officials, engineers, staffs of privatecompanies and universities, etc.
The seminar was started by the opening remark by Director of IRE, followed by the keynote
speech by Director General of Highways of Ministry of Public Works and Housing.
Then, many presentation were made. Themes of presentations were the present condition,planning, technology trends of tunnel projects. Speakers were project managers of each projectsuch as expressways, MRT Jakarta, construction companies and a lecturer of Pembangunan
university, etc.
Many tunnel engineers of industry, government and academia in Indonesia took part in theopen seminar.

Presentation in the open seminar

・Site visit on the road tunnel construction site
On 18th September, IRE and PWRI visitedthe construction site of road tunnel to see theactualities of the construction in Indonesia.
This is the first case of full-fledged road tunnel
in Indonesia, which is being constructed by aChinese contractor.

Site visit on the road tunnel construction
・Discussion on tunnel and underground structures
On 18th and 19th September, IRE and PWRI researchers discussed about some themes.
・IRE and PWRI confirmed the contents of "Technical Guideline on Auxiliary Method for
Mountain Tunnel" as the latest draft. The guideline is a product of joint research continuously
carried out by IRE and PWRI.
・IRE and PWRI discussed future research activities. Researches about tunnel facilities andshield tunnel have been conducted. In this time, the discussion about tunnel facilities wasespecially made, and IRE and PWRI confirmed to work on the research of ventilation
intensively.
・IRE is interested in the technology of lining concrete, therefore they requested to add somenew research themes to the joint research as follows;・Measuring method before the placement of lining concrete
・Construction method
・Countermeasures of defects in the maintenance stage
IRE and PWRI have agreed to conduct the research of these themes preferentially.

Discussion on 18th September

Discussion on 19th September

2. Reference (History of the Cooperation)
The National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM) and the Instituteof Road Engineering (IRE) renewed cooperation arrangement in Indonesia, February 2014.
Under this agreement, NILIM and IRE have been continually sharing research information
by jointly holding technical seminars and exchanging researchers to strengthen links between
both research institutes and to form international human networks, thereby to contribute thegrowth of Indonesia.
2009.06

Pre-meeting in Jakarta and Bandung2009.11

Tsukuba, Memorandum of Cooperation agreed

2010.03

Bandung, (1st Joint Workshop for targeting the themes)

2010.06

Tsukuba, joint meeting for Bali coming symposium2010.10

International Symposium in Bali
(2nd Joint Workshop to declare the strategy for cooperative researches)

2011.01

Jakarta, (3rd Joint Workshop to make the Road maps(1) )2011.06

Sulawesi,(4th Joint Workshop to make the Road maps(2) and site observation

2011.09

Technical Tour in Japan for modernizing experimental Equipment andFacilities of RDCRB (IRE)2011.10

Lombok, (5th Joint Workshop / Bilateral Seminar)

2012.03Jakarta and Bandung,(6th Joint Workshop including River and Water Resource issue)

2012.06

Batam, (7th Joint Workshop (Bridge/ Tunnel) and Open Seminar(Long Span Bridge and Tunnel Technology))

2012.06

Trilateral Workshop for the Interim Report in Tsukuba

2013.01

Jakarta, (8th Joint Workshop (Road Environment/ IPT/ Traffic
Safety/ Pavement/ Tunnel)

2013.08

Padalarang-Bandung, (9th Joint Workshop (IPT/ Traffic Safety/Pavement/ Tunnel))2013.11

Tokyo, (10th Joint Workshop (Tunnel/ Pavement))

2014.02

Jakarta, Labuan Bajo and Denpasar,(Cooperation Arrangement renewed, 11th Joint Workshop (Road Side
Station of Corridor 5/ Road Environment/ IPT/ Tunnel/ Pavement)

2014.03

Tsukuba, (12th Joint Workshop (Michinoeki/ Pavement))

2014.10

Jakarta, (13th Joint Workshop (Tunnel))

2014.11

Bali, Flores and Buton, (14th Joint Workshop (Road environment/ RoadSide Station/ AsButon)

2016.02

Tsukuba, (15th Joint Workshop and Site visit (Pavement/ AsButon/ RoadSide Station)2016.02

Jakarta, Buton Island and Bali, (16th Joint Workshop and Site visit(Michinoeki/ Traffic Data Collection/ Pavement/ Tunnel)

2016.11

Bandung, Jakarta, (17th Joint Workshop and Site visit (Road Environment)2017.03

Bali, (18th Joint Workshop (Pavement)2017.10

Tsukuba, Tokyo, (The mid-term Conference and Site visit (Variousinfrastructure facilities)

2018.2

Bandung, (19th Joint Workshop (Tunnel)

2018.3

Bandung, Bogor, (20th Joint Workshop and Site visit (Pavement)