JSCE Newsletter No. 30, November 2009

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Committee

NewsletterNo. 30, November 2009
ContentsJune 2009- May 2010
President
KONDO Toru
Vice-Presidents
ISOBE Masaiko
OTSUKA Hisanori
HAYASHI Yasuo
HOSHINO Mitsuru
MIURA Seiichi
Executive Director
FURUKI Moriyasu
International ActivitiesCommittee
Chair
FURUTA Hitoshi

Australia Japan Joint Workshop ------------------ p.2
Lectures by the award-winning hydrologists --- p.3
Seminar on CM in Nepal -------------------------- p.3

Report on 11th ISS ----------------------- p.5
TCG-JSCE Joint Seminar ------------ p.6
Design Prize 2008 Report ------- p.6

Enhance and Encourage
the International Activities of JSCE

Vice-Chair
GOTO Yoshiaki
Secretary General
KOHNO Shigeyuki
Deputy-Secretary
GeneralFUKUDA Atsushi
Members / Secretary
KOBAYAKAWA Satoru
SAKAI Kensuke
TAKEDA Shinichi
NODA Masaru
MATSUSHIMA Kakuya
YAMAGUCHI Eiki
International Chapter
Taiwan Section
Der-Her Lee
Korea Section
Dong-Uk, Lee
U.K. Section
SOGA Kenichi
Mongolia Section
Enkhtur Shoovdor
Turkey Section
Zeki HasgürIndonesia Section
Sutanto Soehodho
Thailand Section
Samart Ratchapolsitte
Philippines Section
Benito Morelos Pacheco
Vietnam Section
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FURUTA Hitoshi, Dr. Eng.
Chair of International Committee, JSCE
Kansai University

Following Prof. Kusakabe, I have become the chair of the international
committee of JSCE. Taking this opportunity, it is my pleasure to explain thedirection and emphasizing point of the future activity of the internationalcommittee. The international committee will continue to perform the actionplans and focus on the followings:
1. Expansion of JSCE network and promotion of international collaboration.
2. Informing and usage of Japanese civil technology
3. Distribution of overseas news
In order to achieve the above targets, it is necessary to exploit theadvantage of symposia and seminars. For instance, the summer special
program on management of civil structures is held at the head office of JSCE
from August 24 to 27, 2009. This summer program is organized by the task
committee on international education program creation for structuralengineering. It provides lectures for international students and engineers
including Japanese to learn and discuss the maintenance of the civil structuresin English. The program is conducted by widely-recognized professors in themanagement and maintenance engineering field.

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The 11th international summer symposium
is held at Tokyo Institute of Technology. Theinternational summer symposium provides aplatform for international students andengineers to present, discuss and exchange
their research interest in English.
Furthermore, it is desirable to collaborate
with the international conferences to be held inJapan in a more positive manner. In fact, there
are many international conferences in this year.
ICOSSAR2009 (International Conference on
Structural Safety and Reliability) is described
as an example. The aim of ICOSSAR2009 isto encompass every aspect of safety, reliability
and risk analysis and life-cycle management ofstructures, infrastructures and engineeringsystems, which have become emergent and key
issues due to the frequent occurrence of naturaland man-made disasters (such as earthquakes,hurricanes, tsunamis, terrorist attacks, andairplane and nuclear power plant accidents),
the infrastructure crisis, sustainability issues
and global warming. In dealing with these
problems uncertainties are unavoidable. The
society can no longer afford to ignore
congested roads, deficient bridges, aging dams,
broken levees and water mains, among others.
The importance of costs associated withmanaging existing structures, infrastructuresand engineering systems is increasinglyrecognized.
It is easily understood that the topics
treated in such international conferences arequite complicated and multi-disciplinary, inwhich globalization takes an important role tosolve the raised problems. To enhance andencourage the international activities, thecontinuing efforts are inevitable and desirable
based upon both domestic and overseas
activities for international corporation andcollaboration.

2Australia Japan Joint Workshop on
Steel and Composite Structures
Australia Japan Joint Workshop on Steeland Composite Structures was held on March31, 2009 at the historic 175 year old Sydney
Mechanical School of Arts. This workshop
was a follow up to an initial meeting between
the JSCE and Center for Infrastructure
Engineering and Safety at the University ofNew South Walls (UNSW), Australia. Prof,Nagai in Nagaoka University and Prof. Mark
Bradford in UNSW were mainly leaded
opening the workshop. This workshop was cosanctioned by JSCE and Engineers Australia(EA). Expenses for the facilities andpublication costs were supported by their fund.
Organization of the workshop could have beenpossible with the support of the School ofEngineering, University of Western Sydney.
Workshop was started at 9:30 by welcome
address from Australian organizer, Prof. BrianUy. 2 keynote presentations were followed by
10 invited presentations. Topics of speakers
were as follows, Mark Bradford (University ofNew South Wales) , "A design model forbolted T-stubs in joints in steel and composite
frames subjected to a compartment fire",
Masatsugu Nagai (Nagaoka University ofTechnology), "Recent technological innovationin steel-concrete hybrid bridge engineering inJapan", Brian Uy (University of WesternSydney), "Design of concrete-filled steel
tubular members according to AustralianStandard AS 5100", Eiki Yamaguchi (Kyushu
Institute of Technology), "JSCE standard
specifications for steel and composite
structures", Gianluca Ranzi (University ofSydney), "Finite element formulation for theanalysis of composite bridges with complexstatic schemes", Takuyo Konishi (TechnologyCenterofMetropolitanExpressway),"Inspection and retrofitting of fatigue damaged

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orthotropic steel decks", Zora Vrcelj(University of New South Wales), "Bucklingstrength of continuously restrained composite
steel-concrete T-section beams", Takeshi Mori
(Hosei University), "Fatigue strength of
cruciform welded joints failing from weld roots
under bi-axial loading", Fidelis Mashiri(University of Western Sydney), "Fatigue
behavior of welded composite tubular T-joints
under in-plane bending", Akira Takaue(Chodai Co, Ltd), "Application of design codes
utilized in international bridge construction
projects in the Asian region", Xinqun Zhu(University of Western Sydney), "Dynamic
assessment of shear connection conditions insteel-concrete composite structures", Yoshiaki
Okui (Saitama University), "A case study forafter fracture redundancy analysis of a truss
bridge in Japan", Zhong Tao (University ofWestern Sydney), "Behavior of concrete-filled
stiffened thin-walled steel tubular columns. "After the workshop, we had a special
marvelous dinner party at the Café Sydney justfront of the famous Harbor Bridge. We have toexpress gratitude to all the contributors fortheir willingness to share their latest research
work with others by sparing their precious timeand money. We believe that this workshop will
be a catalyst for future collaboration in steel &composite structure research between Japanand Australia.

Lectures by the award-winninghydrologists on the occasion of the2008 JSCE International
Contribution Award
Dr. Andras Szollosi-Nagy, deputy
assistant director general of UNESCO, and Dr.
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, director of International
Centre for Water Hazard and Risk
Management (ICHARM), Public Works
Research Institute (PWRI), were awarded the2008 International Contribution Award by theJapan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) for
their outstanding contributions to global waterissues. To celebrate the distinguished worldclass hydrologists, the National Institute forLand and Infrastructure Management (NILIM)
and the Public Works Research Institute(PWRI) jointly held a special lecture meetingon "Global Climate Change and Challenges inWater Management" on May 29 in Tokyo. The
lecture meeting was also supported by theJapanese National Commission (JNC) for
UNESCO, JSCE, and the Japan Society ofHydrology and Water Resources.
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The two hydrologists gave a lecture in
front of a large audience gathering to celebrate
the special occasion. Dr. Takeuchi spoke firston "Disaster Management for SustainableWell-being." In the lecture, he addressed"human empowerment" as a key concept indisaster management. He pointed out that, toreducewater-related
disasterdamageworldwide, the elimination of vulnerability
factors within communities are imperative inaddition to the protection of communities fromexternal forces of natural hazards. For thatreason, he emphasized the enhancement of theability to cope with water-related disasters at
the local and individual levels. In this context,
Dr. Takeuchi explained that ICHARM
prioritizes "Localism" in its efforts,
introducing the centre's contribution todevelopment and dissemination of satellitebased early warning systems as well as
trainings in water hazards and riskmanagement.
Dr. Szollosi-Nagy followed Dr. Takeuchi
to speak on "Global Changes and Their
Impacts on Water Resource: New Challengesand Opportunities for Civil Engineers." Heshared his insightful views on how global
climate as well as socio-economic changes
may affect prospective work and roles of civilengineers. He suggested that those engineers
should pay special attention to securing
adequate reservoirs in basin water management.
Pointing out the significance and difficulty insolving global water issues, he concluded thelecture by quoting the words of John. F.
Kennedy: "Anybody who can solve theproblems of water will be worthy of two Nobel
Prizes, one for peace and one for science."

Left: Dr. Takeuchi, Right: Dr. Szollosi-Nagy

Dr. Szollosi-Nagy and Dr Takeuchi havebeen good friends for 35 years since theyshared a laboratory at the International Institutefor Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. It
was quite a pleasant surprise for the two to findout that they were given the same award at thesame time. Meanwhile, the Hungarian scientist
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celebrated his 60th birthday just a week before
the event and was doubly happy calling thehonorable award "the best birthday present I
have ever had."Seminar onConstruction Management andContract AdministrationIntroduction:A seminar on "Construction Managementand Contract Administration" was organizedon 21 September 2009 in Kathmandu, Nepalby the initiation of and support from the Japan
Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). Theseminar was jointly organized by JSCE, Nepal
Engineers’ Association (NEA), Federation ofContractors’ Associations of Nepal (FCAN),
Nepal Engineers’ Association – Japan Chapter(NEA-JC) and Kochi University ofTechnology (KUT). The JSCE had proposedand extended support through the international
scientific exchange fund to organize theseminar in order to exchange practical,
academic and research resources onConstruction Management and Contract
Administration accumulated especially inJapanese construction industry.
Participants:
More than 70 participants fromgovernmental/non-governmental/private/professional organizations and international
lenders had attended the seminar. There wasrepresentation
fromallgovernmentalorganizations responsible for infrastructuredevelopment and construction (such as
Ministry of Physical Planning and Works,
Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Irrigation,
Department of Roads, Department of Irrigation,
Department of Urban Development andBuilding Construction, Department of Water
Supply and Sewerage, Department ofEducation, Department of Local Infrastructureand District Agriculture Roads, Nepal
Electricity Authority, Melamchi Water Supply
Development Board, Town Development Fund,
Public Procurement Monitoring Office, etc.),major donor agencies (such as ADB, JICA,UNDP), contractors, consultants, auditors,universities and professional societies. There
was a very active participation in thediscussion period.
Topics Covered/Discussed:
There were 6 presentations including 1
presentation from Nepalese participants. Prof.
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Shunji Kusayanagi, Dr. Takashi Goso, Mr.
Seiichi Hamada and Dr. Rajendra Niraula fromJSCE and Mr. Nugal A. Viadya from FCAN
made presentation in the seminar. The topics
covered were ‘Contract Administration in theJapanese Construction Industry’,‘Overview oftheNepalese
Construction
Industry,
Application of Information Technology (IT) for
Productivity Assessment and Improvement’,‘Construction management in TunnelingWorks in Japan’,‘Standard Conditions ofContract for Public Works in Japan’, and‘Contract Administration Training Program
Developed in Japan’. There was overwhelming
interest on the Japanese construction
management and the contract administration
training program.
Impact of the Seminar and Future Prospect:
Contract administration has been realized
as an axle of the project management ininternational
construction
project,andcompetency on the same has been required for
efficient delivery of construction project in
Nepal also. The presentation made by Prof.
Kusayanagi had also covered the brief contentsof the ‘Contract Administration training
programdeveloped
under
JBIC/JICA
cooperation’. There was a great interest in theministries and construction industry tocontinue such seminar in order to enhance thecontract administration skills of Nepaleseindustry professionals. The participants haverequested us (JSCE participants) to conduct‘Contract Administration’ training program
and to establish such program at suitableorganization in Nepal in order to provide
opportunities
forNepaleseindustry
professionals to acquire hands on knowledge
and skills contract administration. The
participants and the organizers realized that theseminar was successful in exchanging theexperience and resources on the said topics.

Seminar in Kathmandu

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Conclusion
As Nepal is in need of infrastructuredevelopment and rehabilitation the Nepaleseindustry professionals are required to beequipped with contemporary knowledge andskills on contract administration. However,there is no opportunity for the professionals toacquire such skills domestically. Federation ofContractors’ Association of Nepal (FCAN) andSociety of Consulting Architectural andEngineering Firms (SCAEF) and someuniversities are willing to establish suchcapacity building program. For this, they needexternal support from such as international
lenders since the domestic organizations do nothave enough capacity and resources toestablish such program.
By Rajendra Niraula, Takashi Goso,Prof. Shunji Kusayanagi

The EleventhInternational Summer SymposiumThe Eleventh International Summer
Symposium organized by the International
Activities Committee of JSCE (Chair: Prof
Hitoshi Furuta, Kansai University) was held at
Tokyo Institute of Technology on 11
September 2009. The symposium is held
annually so as to provide an opportunity to
exchange information and ideas associatedwith various aspects of civil engineering
among international students and engineers,including Japanese. Another objective of thesymposium is to promote international
exchange and mutual understanding between
international communities and Japanese
students and engineers.
The symposium
started in 1999 and has received highreputation as a valuable opportunity forexchanges among students and engineers inEnglish. From last year, a full paper review
process was introduced to enhance quality ofpaper. The Eleventh Summer Symposium wassupported by the International ScientificExchange Fund, JSCE.
The number of attendants of thesymposium was 124(international students/engineers: 80; Japanese students/engineers: 44).
This year’s keynote lecture was given by Prof
Chitoshi Miki, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
titled "Creativity Developing Education atTokyo Tech." In the technical sessions, 68
technical presentations from 7 areas in civilengineering were presented. The symposium
was brought to a close with the Reception
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where there were lively exchanges between theparticipants. The "Certificate of Excellence"
was awarded, during this reception, to 17
speakers for their outstanding papers andpresentations.
The award winners are: Nishigandha
Gajanan Kulkarni (Nagoya University) / M.
Kashif Razzaq (Saitama University) / Priza
Kayestha (Tokyo Institute of Technology) / Ke
Jin (International Center for Water Hazard andRisk Management, Public Works ResearchInstitute) / M.B. Samarakoon (SaitamaUniversity) / Cokorda Bagus (The Universityof Tokyo) / Masline Makasi (HokkaidoUniversity) / Jina Lee (The University ofTokyo) / Adriana Lucia Beltran-Galvis (TheUniversity of Tokyo) / Pran Nath Dadhich(Tokyo Institute of Technology) / Ang Li(University of Yamanashi) / Wael K.M.
Alhajyaseen (Nagoya University) / Myo Zarni
Win (Tokyo Institute of Technology) / Khoa
Kim Tran (Nagoya University) / Saphouvong
Khamhou (Tokyo Institute of Technology) /Reni Desmiarti (Gifu University) / S.K.
Weragoda (Saitama University).

Keynote Lecture by Prof. Chitoshi Miki

The award winners with Prof. Furuta

This symposium was closed with apromise to meet again in the Twelfth
International Summer Symposium to be held
next year.
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By Junichiro Niwa, Chair, Organizing
Committee of the Eleventh International SummerSymposium, JSCE

TCG - JSCE Joint Seminar on
Concrete Engineering
The TCG (Technical Chamber of Greece)- JSCE Joint Seminar was held on 20th
November 2009 at Athena, Greece.
The JSCE concrete committee has held
joint seminars with several Civil Engineers'
Societies foreign countries, with which JSCE
has an agreement for collaboration, including
CICHE (Taiwan), MACE (Mongolia),
VIFCEA (Vietnam), KSCE (Korea), and SVR(Sweden). The seminar was held in Europe toestablish a strong collaboration with partner
societies in Europe.

The seminar was supported by theInternational Scientific Exchange Fund, JSCE.

Civil Engineering Design Prize(CEDP)
2008 Report
1. The award ceremony 2008
CEDP held its annual award ceremony at
the JSCE hall on April 25, 2009. (Photo 1)
There were twenty-five distinct Civil
Engineering submissions that included a wide
variety of projects; bridge, station, road, river,park, promenade and so on.
Entries were evaluated through a twotiered selection process by the seven member
committee.
From the submitted designs, ten prizes
were awarded inclusive of two Civil
Engineering Grand Prizes. (Photos 2- 5)

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The theme of this seminar was "Newdevelopments in Technology and Standards for
Reinforced Concrete in Europe and Japan."
Based on this theme, six recent research topics(three each from JSCE and TCG) werepresented. The topics from JSCE were
"Recycling concrete - the present state andfuture
perspective"(K.
Sakai),"JSCE specifications on stainless steel bars andnew anchorage/splice technologies" (T.
Shimomura) and "Advancement of technology
to improve seismic performance of concrete
bridge after Kobe earthquake" (H. Nakamura).
The topics from TCG were "EuropeanStandard ΕΝ 206-1 for Concrete Technology
and the application in Greece" (T. Dragkiotis),"Design of Concrete Structures according toEurocode 2 Part 1-1 (ΕΝ 1992-1-1) " (P.
Yannopoulos), and "European Standards:
Eurocode 8: Design of Structures forEarthquake Resistance and Design ofStructures for Earthquake Resistance" (M.
Fardis). There were many discussions during
each presentation, which means that the joint
seminar was successful.
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Photo1. Award Ceremony

2. About the CEDPThe CEDP program is managed by theLandscape and Design Committee, a group
established within the JSCE. The program has
provided eighty-four awards since its inception
in 2001.
The objective of this program is torecognize individuals and organizations thathave made notable contribution to landscapedevelopment and maintenance in public areasof Japan. The intention of this program is tooffer the award to individual and organizationthat accomplished the project through theunique idea or the creative utilization ofplanning system, and it includes organizational
activities of the NGO, NPO or designcommittee, etc.. This program emphasizes theindividual and organization rather than work
itself.
Applications for CEDP 2009 arecontinuously accepted from May.
*CEDP Website: http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/prize/index.html
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(Secretary of CEDP, JSCE, Kokushikan Univ.)
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Photo 2
Civil Engineering Design Grand Prize

Restoration of Ishiibi Historical Water System
in Kase River (Saga pref.)Manabinomori PARK (Gifu pref.)Uemura Naomi Memorial Museum(Hyougo pref.)Toyama Light Rail Transit(Toyama pref.)Photo3.
Civil Engineering Design Prize

Development of Numazu Station North Gate Plaza(Shizuoka pref.)Tenmagawa Bridge (Aomori pref.)Landscape Planning for Revitalization ofItsuki Village (Kumamoto pref.)Also available on web: http://www.jsce-int.org/

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Photo4.
Civil Engineering Design Encourage Prize

Sunahase Park, Aiai Plaza, Katayamazu-Onsen(Ishikawa pref.)Selection Committee- Koichi Amano (Nihon Univ.) /Chairman ofCEDP- Kazuhiro Nishikawa(National Institute for Land and InfrastructureManagement)- Kazuo Tanaka (GK Design Group Inc.)- Kazuo Koide (Urban Design Institute co.,ltd)- Naoki Egawa (Kansai Univ.)-Yasushi Onodera (Onodera-Yasushi CityPlanning Office)-Shinichi Yoshimura (Yoshimura- ShinichiRiver Planning Office)Information
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Odakyu Odawara-LIne Odawara Station(Kanagawa pref.)Photo5.
Civil Engineering Design Special Jury Prize

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Event Calendar

96th General Assembly
Date: May 28, 2010
Time: 13:15-17:00
Venue: Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, Tokyo

2010 JSCE Annual Meeting
Date: Sept 1-3, 2010
*International Program on Sept 1&2
Venue: Hokkaido University Sapporo Campus

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12th International Summer Symposium
Date: Sept 18, 2010
Venue: Nihon University Funabashi Campus

Hoshinoya Karuizawa (Nagano pref.)New 2

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