JSCE Newsletter No.24,April 2008

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Committee

Ne ws let te r
No. 24, April 2008
June 2007- May 2008
President
ISHII, Yumio

Promotion of Cooperation and Mobility
in the Asian Region

Vice-Presidents
INAMURA, Hajime
KUSAKABE, Osamu
KOTANI, Kenichi
SAKATA, Kenji
TANIGUCHI, Hiroaki
Executive Director
FURUKI, Moriyasu
International Activities
Committee

FURUKI, Moriyasu
Executive Director, JSCE

Chair
KUSAKABE, Osamu
Vice-Chair
KAMIYAMA, Makoto
Secretary General
FUKUMOTO, Katsuji
Committee Member /Secretary
KOHNO, Shigeyuki
SADAMURA, Hirofumi
NODA, Masaru
HORIKOSHI, Kenichi
MATSUSHIMA, Kakuya
YAMAGUCHI, Eiki
International Chapter
Taiwan Section
Der-Her Lee
Korea Section
Kook Il Kim
U.K. Section
SOGA, Kenichi

We see that a broad mobility of people, goods and information istaking place in the 21st century. While the mobility of information has been
pushed by rapid development of the Internet, the mobility of people seem
not have gained the speed so much in the Asian region. Compared to it, theEuropean Union (EU) region, facilitating mobility through integrating
engineering codes and standards, provides engineers with access to career
opportunities throughout the region.
In terms of land space, history, economical activities and politicalsystems, many differences can be found between the EU and Asian regions.
In addition, there has so far been little movement toward integration in thelatter region. It is not realistic, accordingly, for the region to seek mobility inthe same way as in the former region without taking some necessary steps(ref. Figure 1).
The circle with radius 1,000 km,
are from the following city:
Right: Manila
Left: Brussels

Mongolia Section
Dorjderem Chirchin
Turkey Section
Zeki HasgürIndonesia Section
Sutanto Soehodho
Thailand Section
Samart Ratchapolsitte

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Figure 1. Distribution of major cities in Europe and Asia
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The Asian region has uniquecharacteristics showing distinctive differencesfrom those of the European region. These
characteristics, deriving mainly from aseismically active crust and a monsoon climate,are 1) mountain-building events caused byplate tectonics, located around Japan, Taiwan,
the Philippines, Indonesia and the Himalayas;
2) earthquake-prone areas; 3) much rainfall
and high humidity; 4) much sediment
discharge and alluvium development inrelation to 3; 5) highly populated areas due tothe fertile soil in these warm humid climates;and 6) frequent earthquakes and wind andwater hazards, which have caused more than
90 % of the total natural disaster-related
fatalities in the world.
What is more, global warming has
arisen as the most critical common issue on theearth.
The above characteristics serve toremind us that information and knowledge
within the major disciplines of civilengineering such as earthquake, river,
hydraulic, coastal, geotechnical, urban,
material and disaster prevention/mitigationengineering should to be shared among
countries in the region.
In order to tackle these issues, JSCE
has closely worked with international
researchers and engineers and held joint
seminars with its international counterparts ona bilateral basis. In recent years, 5 joint
seminars have been organized on average per
year in concrete, structural, urban design, as
well as planning and construction management
engineering. Also, the JSCE has hosted the
ACECC Technical Committees on Asian
design codes, covering areas such as tsunami,
earthquake codes and other discussions incooperation with overseas civil engineeringsocieties.

Moreover, working together with local
engineers, the JSCE offers its expertise andtechnology in disaster-related assistance,
recovery and reconstruction activities.
While promoting the above-mentioned
areas of international cooperation, the JSCE
will take further actions so that members will
be able to visualize its future path.
First, the Asian region should
maximize the common points between its
engineering qualification systems, codes andstandards, so that these might be integrated
somewhat. Although a completely integrated
system may not be possible, it will benecessary to understand and approve systems,
standards and codes one by one and introduce
revisions in a timely manner among all
countries in the region. We believe that we will
be able to contribute to this kind of
harmonization and cooperation in the region
and continue to work together with ourinternational
peers
and
engineeringorganizations.
Another, important issue is that of civilengineers pursuing careers in the region. For
example, an international student should be
able to find employment in Japan before
returning home, and furthermore, a Japaneseengineer should be able to work outside of thecountry. That cooperation will encourage themobility of people and produce a highly
trained future workforce that will enable us tosolve global and regional issues and contributeto the creation of a prosperous, safe andpeaceful society.
Under the leadership of the President
and International Affairs Committee Chair, the
JSCE is promoting the abovementioned
movements of international mobility bylooking at the future.

Figure 2. River Erosion Velocity
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Disaster Report
The 2007 Pisco Peru Earthquake
At 18:41, August 15, 2007 a large
earthquake hit the central part of Peru’s coast,some 150 km south of Lima. The earthquake
tragically resulted in 519 deaths, 1291 injured,and more than 650,000 affected peopled(INDECI, as of September 30). Totally some
80,000 dwellings and buildings were damaged
or completely destroyed in the regions of Ica,
Lima, Huancavelica, Ayacucho and Junín.
Despite the large number of building damage
the death toll was relatively low most likely
due to the earthquake occurrence time. Pisco
and Chincha cities were the hardest hit. The
Peruvian government preliminarily estimatedthat public infrastructure recovery will cost atleast US$220 million. The most affected cities
were Pisco, Chincha, and Ica with intensities
as high as MM VII and strong ground motions
lasting almost three minutes. Table 1
summarizes the earthquake effects.
Table 1. Collapsed and affected facilities.

HousesSchools,
HealthFacilities,
Bridgescollapsed
affectedcollapsed
affectedcollapsed
affectedcollapsed
affected

75,681
92,828643 classrooms
635 classrooms
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112
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HOUSING DAMAGE
According the latest housing census,
more than 50% of the houses were made ofadobe without any type of reinforcement in theaffected region; among them 70% were morethan 25 years old. Consequently, they
performed badly exhibiting cracks at wallintersections, partial wall collapse andcomplete collapse as shown in the photo below.
A few houses which were reinforced by either
external coatings (existing structures) or innercane reinforcement (new constructions)performed well.

The second most popular housingmaterial in the earthquake affected areas isconfined masonry. If built following good
design and construction practices, they arevery seismic resistant. However, many badpractices were evidenced by this earthquake.
PUBLIC FACILITIES
Most of this earthquake fatalities
occurred in very old public buildings andapproximately 30% of them at the San
Clemente Church in Pisco. There is a need forlegislation that requires retrofitting. Shools andhospitals that were built following the designcodes performed very well whereas thosewhich did not failed. At the San Juan de Dioshospital in Pisco, the buildings which had justbeen finished before the earthquake did not
suffer any damage whereas the remaining units
dating from the 30’s were left useless.Privately
owned public facilities such as hotels did also
suffered extensive damage.
CODE ENFORCEMENT
As in many other developing countries,
self construction is widespread in Peru andbuilding code control system is not functioning.
Programs to train masons may be key toovercome this situation.
LAND USE
Inadequate land use is also an issue.
Vulnerable areas in many cities have been
already identified by programs such as theSustainable City Program carried out by
INDECI (Civil Defense). However, putting thisfindings into practice still takes too long time,
therefore severe damage e.g. due liquefaction
was observed both in Pisco and Tambo deMora.

Figure 2. Buidling settlement of 0.7 m.

TECTONIC DEFORMATION
Tectonic induced ground tension cracks
near San Luis caused damage to both houses,
roads and created irrigation problems forfarmer.
Figure 1. Unreinforced and reinforced houses
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Figure 3. Ground tension cracks
in front of collapsed houses

Full report is at following Website:
http://shake.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ Peru2007/
JSCE_JAEE_Report/Index.htm
By Jorgen Johansson and Paola Mayorca,(Institute of Industrial Science, Univeristy of Tokyo)

ACECC Meetings in Sydney,
Australia
Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating
Council (ACECC) held meetings in Sydney,
Australia as follows:
Day1: February 25, 2008
-10th Planning Committee Meeting-5th Technical Coordinating Committee
Meeting

Meeting (ECM) regarding the ACECC
foundation: some misunderstandings andconfusions seemed to exist about the formal
creation
date
and
the
founding
societies/institutions. Therefore, even though
Dr. Sumiyoshi led the discussion, no
conclusions were reached, resulting in thecreation
of
the
ACECC
foundation
Subcommittee to sort out the issue.
Another main item in the ECM was the
ACECC membership application: Institute of
Civil Engineers, India, and Cambodian
Association of Civil Engineers briefed theapplication to be an ACECC member in the
ECM. In the last ECM, 2007, the membershipof Indonesian Society of Civil & StructuralEngineers (HAKI) was just approved.
ACECC’ｓ activities and contributions havebeen recognized widely in the Asian region.
The host for the 6th CECAR in 2013 was alsodecided in this ECM: HAKI was selected as ahost and the 6th CECAR will be held in Bali,
Indonesia.
On the afternoon of the second day,after the ECM, Sydney Civil and Structural
Panel had a technical seminar for its members,
in which JSCE gave a lecture on Japanese steel
bridges.
Next ACECC ECM and other relating
meetings will be held on April 2009 in Hanoi,
Vietnam.

Day 2: February 26, 2008
-16th Executive Committee Meeting
Dr. Yukihiko Sumiyoshi, JSCE
Representative to ACECC and four othermembers of Committee on ACECC of JSCE
participated in these meetings and played
active roles in various items.
The day-one meetings were held in the
Sydney Convention Centre located in a
beautiful seaside area (Photo 1), which is thevenue of the 5th Civil Engineering Conferencein the Asian Region (CECAR) to be held in
August, 2010. JSCE reported on the activities
of Awarding Subcommittee and E-Publications
Subcommittee in the Planning Committee
Meeting (PCM), Technical Committee on
Harmonization of Asian Design Codes,
Technical Committee on Great Mekong Delta
and Technical Committee on Sumatra
Earthquake in the Technical Coordinating
Committee Meeting (TCCM).
On the second day, there was a heateddiscussion in the Executive Committee
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Photo 1. Sydney Convention Centre
By YAMAGUCHI, Eiki, Ph.D.
(Vuce-Chair, Committee on ACECC, JSCE,
Kyushu Institute of Technology)

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Inaugural Meeting of Thailand Section

President of JSCE Visited Thailand
Dr. Yumio Ishii, the president of JSCE,
visited Thailand together with Professor
Kazuaki Miyamoto, the chairperson of Task
Force of Contribution to Asia, Special
Presidential Committee, JSCE, and other task
force members to celebrate the establishmentof Thailand Section of JSCE from 12th to 15th
March.
The inaugural meeting of Thailand
Section was held on the 14th at Imperial
Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok with 16
participants. At beginning of the meeting, Dr.
Ishii gave a congratulatory speech andexpressed his expectations for the Thailand
Section to play a liaison between Thailand andJapan in the civil engineering field. Senator, Dr.
Samart Rachapolshitte, the president of the
new section expressed his pleasure incelebrating the establishment and his intentions
to promote the activities between the twocountries. Prof. Kazuaki Miyamoto and Dr.
Rungsun Udomsuri, the section’s vicepresident also delivered congratulatory andwelcome addresses. Dr. Ishii presented a
Thailand Section flag and appointment lettersto the president, the vice president and thesecretary general, and then the section member
discussed about future activities.

about current situation, and problems ofengineering education and profession in
Thailand, the Philippines and Japan. These
presentations were informative to learn
accreditation of engineering education and theevaluation systems of engineer’s qualification,and to consider future engineering educationand qualifications in the Asian region.

Presenters and participantsin the Collaborative Seminar at EIT

During his stay, Dr. Ishii paid courtesy
calld on Mr. Rapin Charutula, Director Generalof DRR (Department of Rural Road), MOT(Ministry of Transport), Mr. Silpachai
Jarukasemratana, Director General of DLT(Department of Land Transport), MOT, and Dr.
Maitree Srinarawat, Director General of OTP(Office of Transport and Traffic Policy andPlanning), MOT to learn about current
problems and future directions of infrastructuredevelopment in Thailand. Dr. Ishii discussedwith them about the importance ofinfrastructure development and the role of civilengineers.

Dr. Ishii and participants in the Inaugural Meeting

On the 13th, the JSCE president withthe delegates paid a courtesy call on Dr.
Prasong Tharachai, the president of theEngineering Institute of Thailand (EIT), andDr. Watcharin Gasaluck, the chairman of thecivil engineering committee of EIT, and had
the collaborative seminar “Current and Futureof Civil Engineering Education and Professionin Asian Countries” between JSCE and EIT.
After the welcome address by Dr. Tharachai
and the keynote address by Dr. Ishii, Prof.
Worsak Kanoknukulchai of Asia Institute ofTechnology (AIT) gave a presentation on the
new direction of engineering education in
Thailand. Following the presentation, 6presenters from both countries gave their views
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Discussion with Mr. Rapin, DRR
With Mr. Silpachai, DLT With Dr. Maitree, OTP
By FUKUDA, Atsuhi, Dr. Eng.
Member, Task Force of Contribution to Asia,
Special Presidential Committee, JSCE
(Professeor, Nihon University)
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Project Report
Tokyo Smooth - Central CircularShinjuku Route makes it possibleb) loss time/day due to traffic congestion in
the
Tokyo
area
reducedfromapproximately 67,000 vehicle*hr/day to
50,000 vehicle* hr/day (25% reduction)c) travel time from Takaido to Misato
reduced from 75min (via Inner Circular
Route) to 50min (via Central CircularShinjuku Route) (25min shorter)
Misato50min
75min
Nishi-Shinjuku JCT connects Shinjuku Routeand Radial route No.4
(Photo by Joe Nishizawa)

Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd. iscurrently working on the completion of Central
Circular Route as a primary countermeasureagainst traffic congestion in the Tokyo
metropolitan area. Since the construction work
began in 1994, about two-thirds of the sectionof Central Circular Shinjuku Route consistingof west part of the Central Circular Route(between the JCT of radial route No.4 and 5,
length of 6.7km), was finally opened in service
on 22nd December 2007.

Central CircularShinjuku Route(between radialroute No.4 and 5)

Central Circular RouteShinjuku Route(between radialroute No.3 and4)Central Circular
Shinagawa RouteTakaidoImprovement on traffic condition

Following the last year’s opening of
the route, the rest of the Shinjuku Route will
be opened in two years (between the JCTs ofradial route No.3 and 4, length of 3.4km).
Furthermore, the Central Circular Shinagawa
Route, which completes the construction ofCentral Circular Route, will be opened in five
years. After the completion of the Shinagawa
Route, the total length of tunnel section will
be approximately 18km.The tunnel will bevery unique in the world as an urban tunnel
having such a long length. Therefore, safetycontrol traffic control systems for the tunnel
have been taken into consideration in theconstruction of the Shinjuku and Shinagawa
routes.

Expressway network in Greater Tokyo area

Since the opening of the route, somesignificant improvements of traffic condition
have been observed. Although it has been only
for few months since the opening, a fairamount of data have been obtained from traffic
counter. Based on that data, weekday’s averagevalues in terms of traffic volume, travel timeand others were compared to those on the lastyear’s traffic conditions. The findings are:a) average weekday’s total traffic queue
length in the Tokyo area reduced fromapproximately 46km to 36km (22%reduction)

Inside of Shinjuku Route (Shield tunnel section)
Photo by Joe Nishizawa

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Lie-Liung CHOU Workshop on
BOT Projects in Taiwan
The workshop “BOT Projects in
Taiwan” was held at the University of Tokyo
on 25th January 2008 with over 30 participants.
This workshop was organized by the ResearchCenter for Social Management of Kochi
University of Technology, Japan. This research
center was selected as one of the outstanding
research centers by the 21st Century Center of
Excellence （COE) Program conducted by the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology, Japan in 2004.
In this workshop, Professor Lie-Liung
Chou, Kochi University of Technology
lectured on the planning and management of
the two big BOT railway projects in Taiwan:
Taiwan High Speed Rail (Shinkansen) and
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (Subway), of
which he was in charge, and then theparticipants discussed with him actively on the
merits of the BOT projects and the successionof the skills.
Prof. Chou, the Chief Engineer ofTaipei Mass Rapid Transit Department, ViceDirector General of Taiwan High Speed RailBureau, Director General of Kaohsiung Mass
Rapid Transit Department and Executive ViceMinister for Transport and Communications of
Taiwan,has
produced
outstandingachievements. He was the first engineer tointroduce a BOT system to Taiwan in terms ofefficiency and effectiveness of the projects. He
took up a professorship at Kochi University ofTechnology in October 2007 and now he issummarizing his projects from the viewpointof Social Management Systems. He was the
President of Taiwan Section of JSCE.
Prof. Chou obtained his degree in
concrete structures from the University ofTokyo in 1984. It is a great pleasure and honor
for JSCE to receive him as a full-time
professor in Japan.

Joint Seminar in 2008
In this year, Joint Seminars will beheld in Sweden, Indonesia and Australia withsupport from International Scientific Exchange
Fund, JSCE.
JSCE has Agreements of Cooperation(AOC) with 25 counterparts around the world.
Joint seminar is one of collaborative activities
with the AOC counterparts, to exchange
information with them to better serve themembers and civil engineering profession andto contribute to building better infrastructures,a better quality of life for present and future
generations.
International Activities Committee(IAC) plays a major role to organize joint
activities in cooperation with committees in
Research Division of JSCE. Since 2004 the
IAC has received support from International
Scientific Exchange Fund, JSCE.
The joint seminars are as follows:
1. JSCE-SVR Joint Seminar on ConcreteEngineering
Date: June 10, 2008
Venue: Bålstra, Sweden
2. JSCE-PII Joint Seminar on Disaster- Earthquake and TsunamiDate: August 25, 2008
Venue: Padang, Indonesia
3. The JSCE-EA Joint Seminar on Steel
Structures
Date: November 13-14, 2008
Venue: Sydney, Australia

Phote of Joint Seminar in 2007
*These seminars’ information will be updated.
Please check the latest information at JSCE English
Website: http://www.jsce-int.org

Prof. CHOU, Lie-Liung
By OUCHI, Masahiro, Dr. Eng.
Member, International Activities Committee, JSCE
(Kochi University of Technology)
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Information
Event Calendar

Call for Paper

JSCE 94th General Assembly

The 10th International Summer
Symposium, JSCE

Date: May 30, 2008
Place: Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, Tokyo--------------------------------------------------------------

JSCE 2008 Annual Meeting &63rd Annual Conference
Date: September 10-12, 2008
Place: Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

International Program
Day 1: Sep. 10, 2008
1) Roundtable Meeting
2) Panel Discussion3) International Session
Day 2: Sep. 11, 2008
4) WFEO-JFES-ACECC Symposium5) JSCE-KSCE Joint Seminar on Concrete
Technology*For more information: http://www.jsce-int.org/.
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May 2008
15-17 The 11th Uddevalla Symposium 2008
Date: May 15-17, 2008
Venue: Kyoto International Community House,
Kyoto, Japan
URL: http://www.symposium.hv.se/extra/pod/

Date: Sept 18, 2008
Place: JSCE Headquarter, Tokyo, Japan
Important Dates-Paper Submission: June 8, 2008
-Notification of Acceptance to Authors:
Middle of July 2008
-Submission Modified Paper:
Middle of August 2008
-Symposium : September 18 2008
URL: http://www.jsce-int.org/iss.shtml--------------------------------------------------------------

International Conference on Performance –Based Design in Earthquake GeotechnicalEngineering- from case history to practiceDate: June 15-17, 2009
Place: Tsukuba International Congress Centre,
Tsukuba, Japan
Important Dates
Abstract Submission: May 31, 2008
URL: http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/IS-Tokyo/

Publications
From Feb to Apr 2008
Journal of Global Environmental Engineering Vol.13:
March 2008, Pages 140,
Price: JSCE Member JPY3,000-/Non-Member JPY6,000-

June
11-14 1st International Symposium on Life-Cycle
Civil Engineering (IALCCE ‘08)
Date: June 11-14, 2008
Venue: Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy
URL: http://www.ialcce08.org

July
20-23 6th International Conference on Road andAirfield pavement Technology
Date: July 20-23, 2008
Venue: Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo,Japan
URL: http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/pavement/
icpt2008.html

November
19-21 EASEC – 11 (East Asia-Pacific Conferenceon Structural Engineering and Construction)
Date: November 19-21, 2008
Venue: National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
URL: http://easec11.easec.org/index.html

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