About AJCE
The Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers (AJCE) was established in 1974, andwas approved by the Science and Technology Agency of Japan (currently, Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) as a legal entity in 1977. Further,
AJCE was approved as a public legal entity by cabinet office in 2012. Representing
Japanese consulting engineers, AJCE is a member of the International Federation ofConsulting Engineers (FIDIC).
AJCE strives to enhance the status and competence of private consulting engineers (CEs)
who are independent and impartial of manufacturers, contractors and others. By doing so,
AJCE contributes towards the advancement of science and technology, development ofindustry, sustainable considerations in built-environment, as well as the enhancement of
human safety and welfare.

Address: 3-16-4, Ueno, Taito-ku,
TOKYO 110-0005 JAPANTel : +81-3-3839-8471
Fax: +81-3-3839-8472
Email: info@ajce.or.jp
Web:http://www.ajce.or.jp/en/index.htm

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AJCE and its Activities

Noriaki HIROSE

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to contribute to infrastructure systems in overseas countries

Goro YASUDA

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Fukushima and CEs, and the future

Ichiro SEKO5

My lifetime as a Consulting Engineer

Minoru SHIBUYA

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Efforts by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)

AJCE Forty-year Commemorative Undertaking

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AJCE Activity 2013

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FIDIC Centenary Award -Japan Received 3 Awards of ExcellenceActivities of Young Professionals (YP) in 2013
AJCE Annual Seminar in 2013
Explanations on FIDIC Red Book MDB 2010 in Commemorating
Publishing of Japanese Version
1st Contract Administrator Training Seminar for the Overseas Project
1st Contract Administrator Training Workshop for the Overseas Construction Project
Report of Interdisciplinary Seminar 2013
-Topic on Energy, Disaster Countermeasures and Railway for Freight TransportYoung Professionals Exchange Programme 2013
-Everlasting Friendship of CA and AJCE-

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

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Editor's note

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AJCE Members

I-Ro-Ha Cards is a traditional card playing game that has inherited from ancient days in Japan.
The cards are composed of 47 pictures on which each card shows Japanese character,
Hirakana . I-Ro-Ha is an orderly way of expressing Hirakana, similar to alphabet in English. It starts
from I , then Ro , then Ha and so on. It is played by 2 to several persons. All the cards are
randomly spread out on rush mat, called Tatami . A card reader reads
a short phrase starting with one of the 47 Hirakanas. Players compete bypicking up the card of the same Hirakana that was read by the card
reader. A person who got maximum number of cards wins the game. IRo-Ha Cards is played with friends or family in new year period. People
drink green tea while playing the cards.

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AJCE and its Activities
With respect to external economic policy,
export of infrastructure projects with financing
has been strongly promoted throughcollaborative relationship among the political,
industrial, and public administration sectors,
arising out of a sense of crisis for the continuityof domestic infrastructure demand in themedium and long ter ms. Japan has
aggressively started top-level government
involvement in sales and it is expected thatprojects under Public-Private Partnership (PPP)and private initiatives in addition to the
traditional Official Development Assistance(ODA) projects will increase. Under thesechanges in the business environment, both
domestically and internationally, the role ofconsultants would be more diversified and wehave to be more proactive in addressing theserious challenges in order to achieve our
missions.
Noriaki HIROSE
FIDIC Conference
The FIDIC Conference 2013 was held inBarcelona, Spain as a centennial anniversary
event. The theme of the conference was"Quality of Life - Our Responsibility", and theparticipants, not only from consulting industries
but also from other industries involved ininfrastructure development, discussed how
consulting engineers should serve and act in the
coming century, reaffirming the real world andthe present status of consulting engineers. In
the conference, FIDIC invited uniquepersonalities, including a Formula 1 race car
driver, pop star, and entrepreneur, as special
presenters to stimulate the minds ofparticipants. Through the conference, wereconfirmed that it is imperative for consultants
to exert more positive contact with projectstakeholders in order to boost mutual
understanding and trust among themselves. In
order to advance the consulting industry to astronger position, we have to cultivate the next
generation of engineers and leaders. It

President, AJCE
President, NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD

Annual Overview in 2013
The change of regime at the end of 2012 inJapan brought a drastic change ofgovernment economic policy, and we are
increasingly feeling the positive trend towards
economic recovery. As far as conservation ofnational land is concerned, national budgets
corresponding to the preparedness for a highpotential Tonankai (east-south coast)
earthquake, disaster reduction and prevention
against windstor m, flood and landslide
damages, life extension and renewal of
economic and social infrastructures those wererapidly developed after the war as well asreconstruction after the Great East Japan
Earthquake in 2011 have been approved andexecuted. This creates a favorable businessclimate for the construction industries in Japan.

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appears that a shortfall of human resources is apressing concern in most countries, whether
developed or less-developed. It is important torebuild our society in such a way that it will be
more attractive to recruit ambitious young
people, and this can be realized through aserious effort of all concerned parties including
the project owners and the academic circle.

Contract Committee. About 100 participantsfrom various consulting firms, contractors, andplant manufacturers attended the seminar. The
FIDIC MDB version has been employed in JICA's
Standard Bidding Documents for Works since2009, and awareness of FIDIC contracts has
been growing in Japan.
Young Professional Exchange Program
The AJCE and Consult Australia (formerly ACEA)
have maintained the Young Professional
Exchange Program since 1996 and more than
130 young professionals have participated inthis program so far. In October 2013, seven
Japanese young engineers had a three-weektraining in Australia, which was hosted by seven
Australian consulting firms. After their return toJapan, a debriefing session was held in Tokyoand trainees reported the outcome of the
program, site visit outline, usefulness of the
training, memorable experience in Australia.

Especially for the Japanese constructionindustry, human resources who are able toactively work in the global market arenecessary to be cultivated. On-the-job training
could be the most practical approach forhuman development, however, a strategic andorganized approach including application oftraining programs customized for each career
stage could also be very effective. Fullawareness and commitment of all concerned
persons in fostering young professionals arecertainly essential.

FIDIC Contract Training Workshop
AJCE provided two FIDIC Contract Training
Workshops in February and November 2013 toenhance the capabilities of engineers who will
be assigned as contract administrators inprojects. More than 130 engineers participatedin these workshops. As AJCE maintains a good
reputation in terms of FIDIC contract workshop,
AJCE will continue to organize these workshops.

Another special event in the conference was
the FIDIC Centenary Awards, which were given
to the most excellent architectural projects, civil
work projects, and consulting engineers (orfirms) during the past 100 years. A total of 113
candidates from FIDIC member associations
worldwide applied for this prestigious award,
but only 21 candidates received the "Award of
Excellence" during the gala dinner. AJCE
submitted the Yoyogi Olympic Stadium(architectural work), Tokaido Shinkansen/bullet
train (civil work), and Mr. Yutaka Kubota(consulting engineer) to FIDIC, and all of themwere successfully honored with the "Award of
Excellence".

Future Activities
AJCE will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year.
In commemoration of this occasion, AJCE plans
to hold a special annual seminar with thetheme, "Mission of Consulting Engineer", and will
invite the FIDIC President. After the seminar,
AJCE will honor several members of AJCE fortheir outstanding contribution and devotion to
the development of consulting engineering
industry in Japan. AJCE also plans to publish abooklet which introduces the history of AJCE
and Japanese consulting engineers.

AJCE Annual Seminar
In July 2013, AJCE organized an annual seminar
focusing on the FIDIC Red Book, MDB version(Pink Book), whose Japanese version was
published by AJCE in May. The presentations
were provided by members of the AJCE

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Efforts by the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
to contribute to infrastructure systems inoverseas countries
Goro YASUDA
Director, Overseas Project Division
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT),JAPANgovernment ministers are actively engaging inhigh level dialogue with their counterparts. In
2013, the MLIT minister conducted ministerial-level
visits to Myanmar and Singapore in August,Thailand and Vietnam in September andIndonesia in December.

In developing countries, the need forinfrastructure increases along with economic
growth. Rapid economic growth in many
countries, including those in Asia, causes theirinfrastructure development to be very urgent.
The Asian Development Bank estimates thatthese needs amount to $8 trillion between 2010
and 2020 in Asia alone. MLIT is trying to contributeto the infrastructure development by skilled
experts and cutting-edge technologies in andaround the organization.

In addition, in light of the importance of
information sharing and opinion exchange
among the government and private sectors,
public-private councils have been established in
respective fields since 2010. Both the "PPPCouncil for Overseas Roads" and the "PPPCouncil for Overseas Water Infrastructure" havebeen held four times so far, inviting high-levelgovernment officials of various countries in Asia
and Africa to provide opportunities to mutuallyenhance knowledge and understanding.
Technologies of Japanese companies are
exhibited and opportunities for businessmatching are provided at the sessions of thecouncils. Moreover, the ministry is making efforts
in the field of disaster prevention, and a newplatform of industry, government and academia
will be established in April.

In 2013, the Government of Japan issued the"Infrastructure System Export Strategy" under theleadership of the prime minister. The strategy
describes what the government should do tocontribute to infrastructure systems in overseas
countries by exporting technologies andproducts from Japan.
In line with the policy of the government, theMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism (MLIT) focuses mainly on three points incarrying out our efforts. The first point iscooperation from the "upstream" stage, theconceptual stage of planning of infrastructure.
The second point is the development of "nonstructural infrastructure", such as the formulationof new standards for infrastructure with
contributions by Japanese experts. The third
point is the provision of support to Japanese
private companies engaged in the export ofinfrastructure systems.

In addition, it is also important to provide support
to private Japanese companies related toinfrastructure export. Especially, in an effort to
reduce business risks in the "downstream" parts ofprojects, that is, management and operation,
MLIT is in the process of developing the "Act toEstablish a Company to Support theDevelopment of Infrastructure Systems Overseas".
The company is mainly funded by thegovernment and invests in SPCs (special purpose
companies) that conduct infrastructure projects
with operation and maintenance in overseas
countries. Participation of experts in SPCs canalso be anticipated if it is preferable.

In order to realize successful cooperation on
infrastructure development, it is particularly
important to build a cooperative relationship withpartner countries from the upstream conceptual
stage of planning. For this reason, government
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These efforts have produced promising results. In
2011, a consortium of Japanese companies was
successful in winning the contract for theconstruction of the Izmit Bay Crossing Bridge(Turkey), with a total length of 3000m, and in
2012, the Intercity Express Programme (IEP),
which was the largest procurement project in thehistory of the UK's railway system, involving thedelivery of 866 railway vehicles and about 30
years of maintenance in the UK (including an
additional order in 2013), was awarded to a
Japanese company. In addition, in 2013,
Japanese companies received orders for thereclaiming of ground and construction of
improved seawalls in the Lach Huyen Port
Development Project in northern Vietnam, which
is aimed at developing a new container terminal
under the PPP system. Thus, our efforts aregradually bearing fruit.
Taking advantage of our outstanding technology
and experience, Japan has contributed to thedevelopment of overseas countries, including
those in Asia, in a wide variety of infrastructure
fields, such as roads and bridges, railways, ports
and harbors, water resource development andsewage systems. In order to expand future
activities in the world's growth markets, MLIT feels
the need to develop sustainable efforts based on
the integrated collaboration of industry,
government and academia from theperspective of international cooperation andprovision of support to Japanese companies thatdevelop overseas businesses.
MLIT supports the wider application of Japanese
infrastructure-related technologies in overseas
countries. Workshops to introduce thetechnologies, high level meetings, and exchangeof experts are among the measures we conduct.
The partnerships among stakeholders such asprivate companies, academia, ministries and
JICA are part of the policy we are promoting.
With these policies, MLIT is ready to cooperatewith developing countries to make progress ininfrastructure development as well as to achievesound sustainable economic growth.

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Fukushima and CEs, and the Future

Ichiro SEKO
Vice President, AJCE
President, Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation

released into the ocean after proper treatment
and under proper monitoring management.
Regarding the contamination of Fukushima
prefecture's marine products, the ratio of
rejected catches during the October-December
period in 2013 was 1.9%, reduced to one 18 th
compared with the ratio in two years ago. Now
all the fish catches and products in Japan areshipped with the new and severer safety
standard on radioactive materials.

Three years ago the Great East Japan
Earthquake caused damage to 20 out of 47
Japan's prefectures with the destruction costing
between 16 and 25 trillion yen. Even now there
are about 270,000 evacuees. The earthquake
was what IAEA (International Atomic Energy
Agency) considers a worst level accident at the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Due tothis, a quarantine area of a 20 km radius wasestablished, resulting in the displacement of over
130,000 people. A decontamination plan wasformulated and the decontamination in 106
municipalities progressed in which a portion ofthem currently completed. Although there is theprospect of eliminating the restricted areas,
reconstructing livelihoods will take time.

The cause of the accident at the Fukushima
Nuclear Power Plant is considered as thesimultaneous progression of a loss of power anddamage to the reactor caused by seismic
motion and tsunami. The former produced
maximum acceleration exceeding the design
value and the latter raised the run-up height oftsunami more than twice of assumed value. Even
though it was occurred by a subduction zone
earthquake that experts couldn't havepredicted, it must be said that, from engineering,
geology and geopolitical perspectives, there
might have blind spots in risk assessments andcountermeasures which resulted in an
irretrievable outcome.

Although the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Plant is being decommissioned, there are parts ofthe site where high contamination levels havebeen detected in groundwater and there is aconcern regarding ocean pollution throughgroundwater runoff. To stop the outflow of water,
construction is now in progress of anunderground frozen-soil-wall which will enclose
the nuclear power plant. The IAEA study teamhas admitted that contaminated water could be

Photo2 : Dam body survey in a quarantine area after decontamination(Writer photography in December 2012)

Photo1: Fruits and Vegetables producedin Fukushima prefecture5NEWS LETTER 2014
earthquake figures. Households evacuated withchildren are starting to return to Fukushima.
Reconstruction related businesses andcompanies are setting up new sites and new
residents are also flowing in. We, geotechnicalCEs, are working diligently on reconstruction
projects, surveys on active faults and tsunami
deposits, a part of nuclear power plant safety
inspections and groundwater countermeasures
for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Operations at all 50 nuclear power plants inJapan are suspended as of February 2014. Since
July last year, new nuclear regulation for people
and the environment came into effect and the
Nuclear Regulation Authority is conducting safety
reviews on 16 facilities in 9 nuclear power plants.
According to recent polls, 53% of people are"opposed to restarting the operation of nuclear
power plants." Although public opinion is divided,
opponents against nuclear power have yet toprovide specific measures on how to secure
electricity supply in the future.

Last year, it was decided that Tokyo will host the2020 Olympic Games. Surveys for the Olympics
have already begun. It is hoped that hostingsuch a large event will spur progress ininfrastructure development. It has to be carriedout by overcoming nature's dangers whileachieving harmony with nature andimplementing sustainable development andmaintenance together with nature.

In the vicinity of Japanese islands, there are four
tectonic plates that are colliding with eachother. Twenty percent of earthquakes all over theworld that are of a magnitude of 6 or more occur
around Japan. Although more than 2,000 faults
were identified that are supposed to move once
within 120,000 to 400,000 years, it is impossible topredict when exactly they will move. It has also
been pointed out that there still exist unidentified
faults beneath the alluvial plain. Furthermore,through tsunami sediment surveys, the damage
caused by tsunamis in the past is becoming
clearer more than ever.
On this hazardous landmass, Japan exists withthe world's 3rd largest GDP of 6 trillion dollars andthe 10th largest population of over 120 million
people. Here the challenge is to reduce theamount of damage caused by a massive
earthquake through establishing disaster
reduction measures.

Tokyo Olympic 2020 logo mark symbolizedwith cherry blossoms, sakura

It is impossible to grasp every single natural
threat. The only remaining information comesfrom verbal accounts that have been handed
down by past tens of generations. It is essential
that, through the involvement of CEs, direction tocope with yet to be experienced challenges andinsight into non-standard challenges will be
provided in order to create detailed diagram
and to achieve safety and peace of people.

Currently, decontamination and the recovery of
livelihoods are proceeding in Fukushima and theprefecture's demographics have returned to pre-

FIDIC celebrated its 100th anniversary last year.
AJCE will be celebrating its 40th anniversary thisyear. We should play a major role in the future tocome.
Photo3: Tanabata summer festival in Fukushima city
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My lifetime as a Consulting Engineer

Minoru SHIBUYA
Director, AJCE
Chairman, Pegasus Engineering Corporation

organized by the World Bank and they gave us
comments promptly. I often visited their office toclarify the meanings of their comments. My
counterpart was very generous and gave me a
lot of valuable technical information that
became my textbooks of standards forinternational consulting. From this experience, I
acquired indispensable techniques which wereindispensable for consulting engineering.

More than 50 years has passed since I joined in
Pacific Consultants with the recommendation of
my professor in April 1962. Looking back, I am
amazed at how fast the time went. Now I would
like to reflect on how I accumulated myconsulting engineer's capabilities, in the hopethat this will help young engineers who intend towork in foreign countries.
For the first year and a half, my career was spentin domestic projects conducted in the various
fields. During this period, I learned the basic
engineering skills of the consulting engineer thatformed my technical backbone.

Over the years, I worked as a project manager
for a wide variety of projects including Hong
Kong Metro, Jakarta Intra Urban Expressway,
Jubail Industrial Estate in Saudi Arabia,
Comprehensive Transport Master Plan in Poland,
Transport Master Plan in Northern Viet Nam,
Bridge over the Suez Canal, Bosphorus Rail
Crossing, Dedicated Freight Corridor in India, etc.
Through the experience of these projects, I foundthat good team work within the team members
and mutual trust between the client andconsultant are the most valuable keys tosuccessfully reach the goal of projects.

At the end of 1963, I was assigned to an overseas
project in Indonesia, Graving Dock construction
at Surabaya Naval Base, as a member of theconsultant's team for construction supervision.
This project was financed by the Japanese
Reparation Fund to the government of Indonesia.
In those days, there were not many Indonesian
people who could speak English, and I had
difficulty to communicate with my local
counterparts. I felt compelled to study theIndonesian language. As soon as I could discusswith my local counterparts in the Indonesianlanguage, I became involved in the local
community and was very happy working.
Through the project, I came to realize one of themost important duties of a consultant is toestablish communication capability.

At present, I am very happy to have been aconsulting engineer. I intend to devote myremaining years as much as possible to educate
and developing the capability of young
engineers and to transfer my consulting
experience and techniques.

In the beginning of 1967, I was assigned to thedetailed design of Asian Highway in Pakistan
financed by The World Bank. This project
included review of F/S, preliminary designs,
detailed designs and preparation of tender
documents and specifications. Our output wassent to the management consultant team7

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AJCE Forty-year Commemorative Undertaking
In 2014, AJCE will celebrate its 40th year
anniversary through various undertakings asshown in the followings.

The Association of Japanese Consulting
Engineers (AJCE) was founded on 26th April 1974
aiming at establishing professional ethics andindependence of consulting engineers while
enhancing development of consulting
engineering industry as well as to contributeadvancement in science and technology inJapan. Following its establishment, AJCE wasapproved as a FIDIC Member Association at thegeneral assembly meeting held in Cape Town,
South Africa in Oct 1974 and became a new
family member of FIDIC. At the time offoundation, AJCE was composed of 185
individual and 16 firm members.

Fortieth Year Commemorative
SeminarDate: 9th July, 2014
Venue: To be announced,
Tokyo
FIDIC president will address
keynote speech.
Pablo Bueno
FIDIC President

Fortieth Year Commemorative Party
Date: 9th July, 2014
Venue:
Tobeannounced, Tokyo
Dignitary from national
government (Ministry ofLand, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism,
Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology, etc) and JICA will be invited asguest speakers.
Fortieth Year Commemorative Award
Award of excellence will bepresented to AJCE members who
havecontributedforthedevelopmentofconsulting
engineering industry for over 2
decades as well as for contribution
to AJCE activities. The ceremony will
be held in the 40th year
commemorative party.

FIDIC Member Celebration Conference (Oct 1975, Tokyo)
Left: Hiroshi Tanaka, President at the time
Right: B.O.M. Olson FIDIC President at the time

In Sept. 1991, FIDIC Conference was held inTokyo in which 650 participants gathered fromapprox. 40 countries.

Fortieth Year Commemorative Publication
Special issue for 40th year celebration will be
published. Planned date of publication will be
January 2015.
It covers 40-year history of AJCE activities, mission
and role of consulting engineers, contributed
articles by concerned parties/ people, 40th year
commemorative seminar and party, etc.

FIDIC general assembly meeting Tokyo, 1999

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AJCE Activity 2013 at a glance

January

February

July

AJCE New Year Celebration Party

1st Contract Administrator
Seminar for the Overseas
Project ࠘see page 17࠙

AJCE Annual
Seminar 2013
FIDIC Red
Book MDB
࠘see page 15࠙

OctoberNovemberYoung Professionals ExchangeInterdisciplinary Seminar 2013
Programme 2013࠘see page 21࠙ ࠘see page 19࠙Panel discussion
by femaleconsulting
engineers࠘see page 12࠙

CE Promotion in
University
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AugustSeptember

YP Award and “Yakai”
࠘see page 12࠙

FIDIC 2013 Barcelona Conference
Quality of Life-Our Responsibility࠘see page 11࠙

December
1st Contract Administrator
Training Workshop for theOverseas Construction Project࠘see page 18࠙

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AJCE Activity 2013

FIDIC Centenary Award
Japan Received 3 Awards of Excellence
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokaido Shinkansen, Mr. Yutaka Kubota
FIDIC Award of Excellence.
Awarding ceremony was held during FIDIC
Centenary Conference, 15th to 17th September
2013 in Barcelona, Spain. AJCE president, Noriaki
Hirose and persons entitled for the award
received trophy for the Award of Excellence from
FIDIC president, Geoff French and Ms. Olivia
Prangey, grand daughter of the first FIDIC
President, Mr. Louis Prangey. A total number of
nomination was 113 from 16 countries in which
Excellent Awards were given to following 21
subjects; 8 Architectural Structures, 11 Civil
Engineering Projects, and 2 Individual
Consultants. Excellent Award was not given to
Firms.

International Federation of Consulting Engineers(FIDIC) was established in 1913 and celebrated its
100 years of accomplishment in 2013 in which
consultancy association from 97 countries
participate as members. To commemorate its
100th year anniversary, FIDIC planned to confer
FIDIC Centenary Award for the excellent works
on Civil Engineering Projects, Architectural
Structures, Firms and Individual Consultants in thelast 100 years. Through the Association ofJapanese Consulting Engineers, Japannominated Yoyogi National Stadium for
Architectural Project, Tokaido Shinkansen for Civil
Engineering Project, and Mr. Kubota Yutaka for
Individual Consultant. We are pleased to reportthat all of the nominated subjects received theMr. Yutaka Kubota

Yoyogi National Stadium

Tokaido Shinkansen

From the right: Mr. Noriaki Hirose, AJCE
President & President of Nippon Koei;
Geoff French, FIDIC President; Ms. Olivia
Prangey, grand daughter of Mr. Louis
Prangey, first FIDIC President; Mr.
Yukinobu Hayashi, AJCE member &Director, Nippon Koei.
Mr. Hirose received the trophy as thecurrent president of Nippon Koei which
Mr. Kubota has established.

Dr. Mamoru Kawaguchi
President, Mamoru Kawaguchi
Structural Design Office

Center: Mr. Yoshinori Hatta,
General Manager, Central Japan
Railway Company, London
Office.

As the structural designer, Dr.
Yoshikatsu Tsuboi was deceased,
Dr. Kawaguchi who engaged instructural design of Yoyogi
National Stadium under Dr.
Tsuboi received the trophy.

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AJCE Activity 2013

Activities of Young Professionals (YP) in 2013
Kazutoshi AKASAKA
Chair, Young Professionals Sub-Committee, AJCE
Nihon Suido Consultant Co., Ltd.

1) 2nd YP Award for YPs
On 29th Aug 2013, the 2nd YP Award Contest washeld by YPSC. Six groups representing respective
firms entered into the Contest in whichapproximately 50 YPs participated ascontestants. Presentations in this Contest were
diverse, ranging from YP competency ininternational arena, social contributions, in-housecapacity building, study meeting with otherbusiness sectors, and to YP networking throughfutsal competition.
Everyone was able to share a lot of information
through their presentations. It was a wonderfulexperience for YPs as well as for participants
including YPSC.
After evaluation among juries, the YP Award wasgiven to "Activity of Circle K to learn and enjoy
all of the Bridges (in-house capacity building) " byOriental Consultants Co., Ltd.

2) 4th "YAKAI", Social Networking Event
After the YP Award Contest, a social networking
event called as "Yakai" was hosted by YPSC.
Over 40 YPs from several companies participatedand enjoyed exchange of communication
among them. This event provided an opportunity
to disseminate activity of YPs.

3) 2nd Panel discussion entitled "Career path and worklife-balance" for female consulting engineers
Recently, women participation in society is
calling attention in the world. Though number ofworking women is increasing in society, however,those working in CE industry is still small. Thissituation makes difficult for female professionals
working in CE industry to build up sound career
path and to manage good work-life balance,etc.
Based on the above background, YPSC
organized the captioned 2nd panel discussion on
15 th Nov 2013 for sharing information andexperience among participants, composed of 20
female CEs and 8 YPSC male members.

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hearing on "Career Path of CEs in Australia" fromthe standpoint of difference between Japan andAustralia. Following the result of hearings, we
could hear real voice on career path from many
experienced professionals in Australia. As theresult of presentations and discussions, following
issues were acknowledged:- Cosulting service fee in Asustarlia is 3 times
greater than Japan in hourly rate. What an
amazing difference !
- Changing workplace is nothing special inAustralia.
- Fluorine addition in tap water. Sounds good forteeth.
- Working as a CE is cool and dream for children
in Australia,- Status of CE and government official is same.

Following self-introduction by all participants, 3
female professionals presented their experience.
Common issues in their presentations being
women professionals were i) difficulty inmanaging both work and private life, ii) difficulty
in returning to the same position and work after
giving birth, iii) custom of working overtime whenwork load is heavy, iv) support of career-up byboss and firm, etc. After presentations, panel
discussion by speakers and exchange of opinionswith floor were carried out after which fruitful andpositive outcomes were drawn. There were many
requests from participants that this kind of
dialogue should be continued in regular basis.

4) 3rd YPEP Reporting Workshop
YPEP was established in 1996 between AJCE andCA (Consult Australia). Over the past 15 years ,about 130 YPs participated in the program. The
past trainees of YPEP are now taking major rolesin the activity of YPSC.
In October 2013, Japanese young professionals
from 7 consulting firms had training for about 3
weeks in 7 Australian firms locating in 4 cities.
On 22nd Nov, YPEP2013 Reporting Workshop washeld in Tokyo in which 7 trainees presented theirexperiences gained through the training. Afterthe presentations, discussions with YPSC members
and participants from various firms were carriedout and their outstanding experience wasshared.
Before departing to the visit training, all thetrainees were given assignment to conduct

5) CE Promotion in University;
YPSC has been conducting promotional lectures
on CE, CE industry and role of CEs to University
Students since 2010. In the lecture held on 2nd
Dec 2013, about 80 students participated.
YPSC aims at the following objectives through thelectures:
1) CE's works are well disseminated among
university students and faculties,2) To inform students that work of CE iscontributing greatly in economical and social
development while keeping sustainable
environment in the world.
3) Inform students that CE work is indeed
rewarding and enjoyable profession. They arewelcomed to join in such a challenging
profession.

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For future
In 2013, activity of current YPSC has entered into
the fourth year. We believe it is very important tokeep spirit and these activities continuously in the
future.
We recognize some difficulties that may lie in ourfront, however, we need not hurry. We shallprogress step by step but steadily while enjoy
new challenges.
Finally, our achievement was not possible without
dedicated contributions by YPs and big hearted
support by many seniors. We would like to thankand count on your continuous support,
understanding and encouragement on our
activities.

6) 1st AJCE-Cup Futsal Game;On Friday 13 th Nov 2013, 1 st Futsal Game washeld in Tokyo. In spite of very cold and busy
December, 6 teams entered into the Game inwhich 38 YPs included one woman participatedas players.
The Game was carried out by round-robin
tournament procedure in which one game lastsfor 7 minutes. The 1st place winner was the teamof CHODAI. The total winning score was 2 wins, 0loss and 3 draws.

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AJCE Activity 2013

AJCE Annual Seminar in 2013
Explanations on FIDIC Red Book MDB 2010 in Commemorating Publicationof Japanese Version
Professional Development Committee
Contract Subcommittee of International Activity Committee

construction designed by employers. Often theparticular conditions were rewritten by each
employer and the conditions of contract were
subsequently not uniform. To improve theadverse effects, MDBs produced the MDB edition
to standardize the contract conditions. JICA has
followed this movement. The particularconditions of the Standard Bidding Documents of
JICA seem to modify some clauses, the basic
principle is considered same as the MDB edition.
FIDIC series of conditions of contract includes the
Yellow Book for design and build contact andSilver Book for turnkey contracts, which havebeen also used for ODA projects. It is highly
probable that their particular conditions by each
employee may include the idea ofstandardization exemplified by the MDB edition in
the near future.

Time: 14:00-17:00, Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Place: Conference Room A, 3F, Head Office ofNippon Koei Co., Ltd.
Participants: 100 persons■ Preface
As an AJCE annual seminar in fiscal year 2013,
the newly published Japanese edition of FIDIC
Red Book MDB 2010 which was completed inJune 2013 was explained in the captioned
seminar. The book was prepared by MultilateralDevelopment Banks (MDBs) as the projectcontract conditions to be ordered by them overthe basis of the Conditions of Contract forConstruction 1999. The MDB edition of the 2010 isbased on the first edition in 2005, and additions
were made in the 2006 edition, and further
particular conditions, forms, health and sanitationand prevention of bribery were added in generalconditions. On the other hand, Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has
comprehensively incorporated the generalconditions of the MDB 2010 edition without any
change upon amendment of Standard Bidding
Documents under Japanese ODA Loans,
Procurement for Works in October 2012. The MDB2010 version will be widely used as the standard
contract conditions for ODA projects.

Mr. Takaharu Kaburaki■ Lecture 2 "Explanation of General Conditions", Mr.
Tatsuro Hayashi
The lecturer introduced the contents in eachprovision to explain the whole general conditions.
This sort of clause-by-clause explanation might
have fallen into superficial descriptions. However,he explained, the gist of what was mainly
described in the clause of the conditions forexample: "10. Employer's Taking Over"; "The Works
are completed by taking over by the Employer,■ Lecture 1 "Introduction", Mr. Takaharu Kaburaki
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and the Defects Notification Period (period of
defects liability) starts simultaneously. By taking
over, the responsibility of managing structures
passes to the Employer. The countermeasuresagainst the employer preventing from carryingout the Tests on Completion are provided aswell." The changes in clause from the 2006 to2010 edition were also explained and revisions in
the new edition were explained.

■ Lecture 4 "Explanation of Additional Forms", Mr.
Hiromi Hoshi
Many of the additional contract forms are
requisites of a contract but they may be difficult
to understand for inexperienced engineers dueto the legal format. The forms cover party's
position in the project, legal effects, key clauses,
and specific notes in actual projects, Letter ofTender, Letter of Acceptance, Contract
Agreement, Dispute Board Agreement (for single
and triple parties), Performance Security,
Performance Bond, Advance Payment Security,
Retention Money Security, Parent Company
Guarantee, and Bid Security. All of the forms areincorporated in the Red Book. Although the forms
are important documents in actual projects, they
were rarely introduced in the past seminars. It
was a good chance to present this subject in theseminar.

Mr. Tatsuro Hayashi■ Lecture 3 "Explanation of General Conditions", Mr.
Hidekazu Konishi
Changing the viewpoint, the lecturer explained
the flow of projects, focusing on features of theGeneral Conditions. First, he introduced the main
actors including the Engineer, the Employer, theContractor and the Dispute Board. Their roles
and obligations in contractual relations which
form the legal basis was illustrated. Concerning
the Engineer in the actors' backyard, he
explained the gist of tasks for the whole project
management. Next, he explained the summaryof project, commencement, inspection and test,
taking over, defect liability and completion ofworks in time sequence. He stressed the basic
idea of the FIDIC General Conditions that thequality of civil engineering works can beachieved by implementing steady time andprogram management. Finally, he briefly
introduced major problematic subjects such as

Mr. Hiromi Hoshi■ Summary
The Japanese version of Red Book MDB 2010 has
completed after 2 years of translation work by
the Contract Subcommittee and cooperation
with several lawyers in reviewing the manuscriptfrom legal aspect. Considerable efforts wereexerted in the course of translation for using
proper terminology, consistency, legibility andlegal correctness. A few members of theContract Subcommittee served as lecturers thistime. Other members also worked for
preparations over several months, and we areconfident
that
thecontents
wereunderstandable to many of the participants. The
members of the Contract Subcommittee wish
that we may have chances to contribute in the
training of FIDIC Conditions of Contract, in the
future.

Mr. Hidekazu Konishi

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1st Contract Administrator Training Seminar for the Overseas
Project
Contract Administration Training Subcommittee, International Activity Committee
1. SEMINAR OVERVIEW
Date: February 22, 2013,
Time: 10:00 to 17:00
Venue: Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Conference Room
Number of Participants: 102

leading experts on the project management for
infrastructure construction projects, presented adifference of recognition to contract
administration between Japan and foreigncountries, covering the following contents:- Characteristics of infrastructure construction projects
and contract administration- Contract types depending on project characteristics- Actual situation of the construction contract inJapan - undeveloped contract administration
culture- Quantitative contract administration- Basic knowledge related to terms and conditions of
the contract- Improvement of contract administration skills- Change in the construction industry in Japan(2) Outline of the FIDIC's Conditions of Contract , by
Mr. Hidekazu KONISHI
Mr. Konishi, project management expert, presented
an outline of the FIDIC's conditions of contracts,
covering the following contents:- Introduction of FIDIC- Framework of the construction contract- Role of project implementation players- Outline of the Red Book MDB edition(3) Case Study on Disputes, by Mr. Akira SHIROYA
Mr. Shiroya is a chairman of the contract administrator
training subcommittee. After explanation about someof the important principles for the contract
administration, some case histories of contractual
disputes were presented.

AJCE held the 1st Contract Administrator Training
Seminar for the overseas construction project on
February 22nd, 2013 in Tokyo.
The primary aim of this training seminar is to obtain abasic knowledge about terms and conditions of thestandard FIDIC contracts and to enhance recognition
to an importance of the contract administration inoverseas construction projects, at the entry level.
Over 100 people including clients, contractors,
consultants, and lawyers who are interested in thecontract administration or to be assigned to theoverseas construction project in the future
partisipantell in the seminar.
Experienced experts in this field were invited, as
speakers.
2. PROGRAMS
The seminar consisted of the following three parts:(1) Importance of Contract Administration at theConstruction Supervision Stage of Overseas
Infrastructure Construction Projects, by Dr. Shunji
KUSAYANAGI
Dr. Kusayanagi who is recognized as one of the

Dr. Shunji KUSAYANAGI

3. CONCLUSION
This training seminar was successfully completed by anachievement of the primary purposes.
The subcommitte will continue this training seminar onan annual basis.

Mr. Hidekazu KONISHI

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1st Contract Administrator Training Workshop for theOverseas Construction ProjectContract Administrator Training Subcommittee,International Activity Committee
version. This lecture was set for the preparation of thenext workshop, aiming at practice of contract
interpretation and administration.

Date: November 28, 2013
Time: 13:30 to 19:30
Venue: Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Conference RoomParticipants: 30

Mr. Akira Shiroya, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
Chairman of the subcommittee

Workshop: Group discussion on "Extension of Time" and"Additional Payment" with case study, by Dr. Masaru Kaido
Five groups (each 6 persons) made the group
discussion and presentation in following order ;1. Self-introduction among group members
2. Review of the Case
3. Interpretation of the Technical Specifications
4. Group discussion on 2 issues
5. Presentation of group's conclusions
6. Comments by Dr. Kaido on each group's
presentation

Introduction
Subcommittee of Training of Contract Administrator
for the Overseas Construction Project has been
established in 2012 to improve the ability for engineers
to administer the contract on the overseas project.
The Subcommittee held 1 st Seminar on contract
administration in February, 2013; and lectured theimportance of the construction supervision work andoverview of the FIDIC contract clauses, andconducted case studies.
This time, the Subcommittee organized the workshop
for the persons who have been working for theoverseas project, and the lecturers explained thecore clauses of FIDIC Red Book MDB in respect ofcontract administration such as "Extension of Time"and "Additional Payment"; and the participants hadgroup discussions through case study.
Explanation of the Clauses in FIDIC Red Book MDB 2010
version, by Mr. Akira Shiroya
As an introduction, Mr. Shiroya made a simple
explanation of "Contract" and "Contract Clauses"
addressing basic principles of contract interpretationsuch as Contra Proferentem, Quantum Meruit, andTime at large. Mr. Shiroya mentioned the stance andview of claim evaluation. Finally, he highlighted eachclause and procedure of "Extension of Time" and"Additional Payment" in FIDIC Red Book MDB 2010

Dr. Masaru Kaido Adjudicator,
MD of Kaido & Associate/ Member of the subcommittee

For the practice of contract administration, proactive
approach and appropriate interpretation of thecontract are required for the contract administrator. It
seems that the participants found exercises in thegroup discussion useful and fruitful.

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Report of Interdisciplinary Seminar 2013
"Topic on Energy, Disaster Countermeasures and Railway for Freight Transport"
Technical Exchange Committee

subject area to be two-dimensional or threedimensional, iii) reduction of damage thatexceeds design scale, iv) community
participation, v) evaluation by considering
extreme phenomenon.
Based on the above, speaker explained
comprehensive disaster countermeasures andtheir evaluation after which he expressed the roleof government, role of firms, role of citizen and roleof academic society.

Date: November 13, 2013
Venue: CTI Engineering, Room 10A
Speakers: Yumio Ishii, Adviser, CTI Engineering;
Hisamitsu Ohki, Rep, Ohki Environment Institute;
Ken Nishino, General manager, Railway division,
Nippon-Koei; Hiroshi Tanaka, Rep, Tanaka Hiroshi
Engineering Office.

I. Introduction
In the technical exchange committee,
professional consulting engineers serving in thefield of construction, machinery, electricity, etc.
have been exchanging information and raising
capacity through committee activities. As a partof activities, captioned seminar was planned andimplemented. Outline of the seminar is reported in
the following sections.

Dr. Yumio Ishii

2. Presentation by Mr. Hisamitsu Ohki
Theme: Shale-oil and Shale-gas
There have been many discussions whether tocontinue or to discontinue nuclear power which
contributes 25% in total domestic energy. Under
such background, commercialization of shale gas
and shale oil attracted lots of attention in theworld. "Horizontal Mine Technology" madepossible for commercial dredging of shale gas.
It will be a challenge for shale gas developmentthat how the cost of environmental measures suchas air and water pollutions, ecological impact,etc. are added on the sale price.

II. Outline of the Seminar
1. Presentation by Dr. Yumio Ishii
Theme: Comprehensive Disaster Management Integration of Soft and Hard Measures It could be stressed that natural disaster is not anatural phenomenon, but it is considered as asocial phenomenon trigged by nature.
Therefore, disaster countermeasures should be
conducted from the social view-point in thesynthetic manner. Integrated disastercountermeasures is composed of i) fusion of
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4. Presentation by Dr. Hiroshi Tanaka
Theme: Wind-Generated PowerWind power generation in the world has reached
200 GW in 2010. Amount of its power in Japanwas only 2.3 GW, and it is expected to increase by
50 GW in 2050. In the construction of power
generation facilities, it is important to reduce
construction cost, harmony with naturalenvironment and keep stable power supply.
Examples of current state of wind power projects
in Japan was presented in the seminar including"floating offshore wind power plants (100 KW and2 MW)" by the Ministry of Environment and"floating offshore wind power plant (7 MW)" by the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In orderto further develop wind power generation,
speaker stressed importance in the following
subjects: rules for using sea, creation of new
industry, environmental protection, technology
necessary for resource conservation, infrastructuredevelopment, cooperation with the government,
and project finance.

Mr. Hisamitsu Ohki

3. Presentation by Mr. Ken Nishino
Theme: Railway for Freight Transport in India
Freight train project connecting Mumbai and
Delhi in India by Japanese ODA loan is underconstruction in which the target completion year
is 2017. It was concluded that development offreight train is most suitable based on the aspectof accurate operational time, large transportcapacity, small environmental load and highsafety in the West corridor region. In this project,whole route is electrified and a large reduction in
CO2 emissions is expected by shifting tracking of
29,000 vehicles / day into rail transport. Feasibility
Study by JICA estimates 16 million tons/year of
CO 2 reduction in 2031 which is equivalent tocommercial value of about 6.5 billion yen.

Dr. Hiroshi Tanaka

Mr. Ken Nishino

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AJCE Activity 2013
Young Professionals Exchange Programme (YPEP) 2013
-Everlasting Friendship of CA and AJCEKeiichi KANAI
Chair, Professional Development Promotion Sub-Committee, AJCECTI Engineering Co., Ltd

Last October, seven young engineers selected from
AJCE member firms flew to Australia to participate
in Young Professionals Exchange Programme(YPEP), which has a long history of exchanging
young talented consulting engineers between
Australia and Japan.
YPEP was established in 1996 according to theMemorandum of Understanding by AJCE and
ACEA (present Consult Australia) to promote good
relationship and friendship between Japanese andAustralian young consulting engineers, in view ofpossible future collaboration among participating
firms. In the past 18 years, more than 130 young
engineers from Australia, New Zealand and Japanattended this programme, and it has been
attracting attention of other organizations like
FIDIC, as a good example of successful overseas
training program.
In 2013, 7 Japanese young engineers from 7 AJCE
member firms visited 7 Australian consulting firms in
4 cities. They stayed and worked for three weeks at
the host firms which were assigned to themaccording to their technical background andinterest. Although the on-site training in Australia isonly for 3 weeks, the entire program is designed fora 6 months period, including "Pre-visit Dialogue",
which requires trainees to communicate with hostfirms' personnel for several months beforehand on avariety of issues; technical, cultural or personal. The"Pre-visit Dialogue" helps the participants tounderstand each other well in advance and thus
enables them to start the on-site training muchsmoother.
In the post-training conference, which was held forthe 7 trainees to share their experiences with AJCE's
other young engineers, they reported that they had
had very stimulating and fruitful 3weeks, full oftechnical exchanges, discussions, site-visits,
seminars and entertainments after work, of course.
They also reported that they were really impressedby the dissimilar work environment and excellent
work-life balance.
I hope that all 7 young engineers will continue todevelop their capacities further, capitalizing on the

precious experiences, and maintain the network
built with the Australian engineers, which will betheir valuable asset in the future. I also expect themto return their home companies' investment with
their future contribution to the companies in any
possible way.
This year AJCE and its member firms will be hosting
Australian young professionals in October. I haveno doubt that this year's program will be anotherbig success and add a new page to YPEP's long
outstanding history. In order to maintain a solid
friendship between CA and AJCE, I ask member
firms, especially those which sent trainees last year,
to participate in YPEP again as a host firm.

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YPEP 2013 Report - Opening my eyes Masashi FUKAYAYPEP2013 Trainee
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

4. Life in Brisbane"Don't waste your sunshine!" That is the words mycolleague expressed when I was working till late in
the evening. The words hit my heart and made myeyes open to recognize the difference of life-value
between Australia and Japan.

This is the report of YPEP 2013, which has held from14th Oct. to 1st Nov. mainly at URS Brisbane office.
It has given me a great opportunity andexperience after which it opened my eyes widely
and touched my heart deeply.
1. Overview
I have stayed at Brisbane for 18 days and had
training at URS Brisbane. URS is one of the leading
firms of engineering consultants, which has 56
thousand employees over 50 countries.
Brisbane has 200million population and is very
comfortable for living. It has good weather,beautiful close-by beach, compact urban function,
useful public transportation, and environmental
friendliness.
2. Office WorkAt URS Brisbane office, I have learned railway
engineering and structural engineering such as 1)
railway alignment planning, 2) railway standards
and guidelines in Queensland, and 3) making
spread sheet of structural calculation. I foundQueensland has some unique standards andguidelines like existing of cant committee.
3. Site Visit
I visited five sites; Brisbane Port, Ipswich Motorway,
Roma Street Station, Legacy Way, and Gold Coast
LRT.

With friends @ Consult Australia Event

In weekdays, besides working in the office, I had
fun chatting and drinking with friends. In weekends,
I enjoyed many activities with them such as Surfing,
Trapeze, Football, Dolphin feeding, and whale
watching. Those activities have surely helped meunderstand the value of life in Australia.
5. The Fruits
Everything carried out in this program became
valuable experience and will be reflected in my life
in future. Especially, the social network with friends
and colleagues was most precious time. I feel that
we could establish sound trust through deep
communication in spite of short training period.

Construction Site of Gold Coast LRTGold Coast LRT was challenging project which will
be first LRT /Tram project in Queens land. It has 16
stations and 52 intersections in 13km length ofalignment. I think demand management andsafety operation would become key factors for
success in this project.

With Zisis (My mentor) @ Sydney

Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to AJCE,
Consult Australia, URS Brisbane, and Nippon Koei for
helping my participation in this valuable program.

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YPEP 2013 Report
Shuji IMURAYPEP2013 Trainee
P.T.MORIMURA & ASSOCIATES, LTD.

1. Introduction
I often think about how we can let people knowwhat engineers do. As the basis for responding tothis challenge, young engineers need soundexperience in capacity building. YPEP provided mea precious chance to meet with overseas
engineers through which I tried to get some tips on
the challenge mentioned above
2. Pre-visit Training
I started from studying the basic concept of "Green
Building" in various countries. By definition, it means
the building that is sustainable in environmental,social and economical standpoint including
resource efficiency throughout its life-cycle. I
noticed that there are some other interesting
definitions besides this, relating to workplace
productivity and health (UK), or designed toharmonize with the local climate, traditions, culture
and the surrounding environment (JP).
3. Host Company
My host firm, Norman Disney & Young (NDY) is a
global company based in Australia which has
branch offices in 5 countries around the world. As
the business contents of NDY resemble with mycompany, I was confident in pursuing training
program.
At beginning, I was invited to the award ceremonythat commends the best engineers of the year. I
felt it enhances communication between branch
offices around the world and greatly motivates
engineers.

4. Training
I had training in Sydney branch office and the
Melbourne head office.
The Barangaroo Project, the largest in Australia isprogressing. I had a chance to discuss about the
project with the mechanical engineers and otherengineers in charge and saw many design
drawings.

Picture2 Architectural visualization of Barangaroo Project

I had chances of presenting Green Buildings inJapan. It was beneficial as we could discuss various
related subjects. It was interesting to know thatmost of the questions were on the systems for thesurrounding environment.

Picture3 Presentation at Melbourne office

5. Conclusion
Many young engineers in NDY lively discuss withmanagers who are similar to my age. It seems thatthey work efficiently in good teamwork based ontechnical knowledge and competence in eachsection.
I would like to enhance working environment by
sharing my experiences with my colleagues.

Picture1 Ian Hopkins CEO giving a speech

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YPEP 2013 Report
Riota ADACHIYPEP2013 Trainee
Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd.

I'm going to introduce this unforgettable andwonderful three weeks I had in Costin Roe
Consulting Pty., Ltd., Sydney.

The biggest difference from Japan in regards todesign concept was seemingly how to incorporate
the impact of earthquakes into structural design. As
you can imagine, the regulation on that factor is
not vey strict in many parts of Australia. Apart fromplanned training program, I started learning thebasics of structural design by myself with atextbook. It was, I thought, a good way to learnsomething if you could combine "on the desk" and"reality."

1. Program details
Costin Roe Consulting Pty.,Ltd. is a consulting andengineering company which has been engaged invarious projects on structural, civil and remedialengineering since 1989.
For I'd been working in planning division for watersupply systems back in Japan, there was a bit ofuncertainty about what I could take from different
discipline. However, my experience in Sydneyturned out pretty meaningful and broadened theperspective of my own job in Japan, too.

3. Weekend activities
Let me put it that I had amazing weekends thanks
to my mentor, Mark. We, his family, his schoolmates
and their families all came to a summerhouse near
the Boomerang beach, spending laid-back timewith surfing, eating and of course, drinking. I'd say,that was the most relaxing weekend I'd ever had
since I started working. Mark and his family kindly letme stay at their home on the last day of theweekend. In both situations Australian friendlinessand hospitality really made me feel that I was apart of them, which was just a great feeling.

2. Training contents
What they offered were a bit of deskwork and aplenty of site visits. Costin Roe's projects really varyin terms of their scale and contents, ranging fromsmall inspection to designing of a huge warehouse,
which was a bit surprising to me. I wanted to findout a trick to manage a couple of hundreds ofprojects with 30 something people. My guess is that
it is partly due to the work efficiency (in Japan
many times we are demanded to make somethingwhich really does not seem necessary),
appropriate allocation of workforces and proper
project management.
Getting back to site
visit topic, inspection
and remedial works
were interesting inthe sense that I
could see how close
the works were topeople's life. On theother hand, visiting
Rooftop inspection
huge buildings wasjust astonishing and I was overwhelmed by its scale,as well as it was intellectually interesting to see how
the structures were set up to make the building
strong enough towards internal and external forces.

I have a lot more to express and transfer, but I'mgoing to wrap up showing my sincere gratitude toMark, Maria, everyone in Costin Roe, CA, AJCE andmy bosses and co-workers in my company formaking my stay wonderful and memorable one.

With a great "company"

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YPEP 2013 Report
Hirofumi KANEKOYPEP 2013 Trainee
CTI Engineering Co., Ltd.

1. Introduction
I visited Brisbane and Sydney in Australia as YPEP(Young Professionals Exchange Program) trainee
from 13th OCT to 3rd NOV 2013. In this report, I will
present about my training, life in Australia,difference between Australia and Japan.

3. Site Visit
I went to Helidon and Withcott to examine flood
damage. It was so impressive for me because I
didn't have the image about Australiancountryside. There are many creeks which are all
too small for floods to flow downstream. I thought itwould be possible to prevent flood damage byintroducing measures used in Japan. But it will not
be simple as it costs more and people in thesubject area are not many. Despite of large land inAustralia, population is not sufficient, countryside inparticular. So it's difficult to make countryside safety
due to budgetary constraint.

2. Work in Brisbane
My host firm was AECOM, and my mentors were
Samantha and Claire, YPEP 2012 trainee. I was
assigned to Water Infrastructure group as mydiscipline is mainly in river engineering.
(1) Safety induction
On the first day in Brisbane office, I learned
safety at construction site such as BLUDOG
TRAINING.
(2) River Engineering
I read reports about flood in Australia and feltthat the difference between Australia andJapan is only software and visual aspect ofreport. (Report looks very nice in Australia.)(3) Coastal Engineering
I calculated new beach line angle by using
CERC formula to prevent from beach fromflowing out of sand and changing beachalignment.

3. Life in Brisbane
I had many activities in Brisbane such as puddle
boarding, BBQ, leaser skirmish, surfing at Gold
Coast, etc. I was surprised to see their vitality andability to enjoy life. I think we Japanese are still in
the path of reaching similar life-style. It may takesome time before we really enjoy.
4. Summary
I had great experience both in work and activity.
Thanks to AECOM, CTIE, CA, AJCE and Samantha
and mentor for providing me with an excellent
opportunity.

Fig1. Site Visit

Fig2. Puddle Boarding on Brisbane Riv

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YPEP 2013 Report
Hirotsune FUKUZUMIYPEP2013 Trainee
CHODAI CO.,LTD.

1. Introduction
I had the opportunity of training at MLEI in Adelaidecity for about 3 weeks in October 2013.This is a reporton the pre-training and visit-training.
2. Pre-training
During three months before visiting Australia, I
exchanged dialogue with my mentor, Nic, MLEI
through e-mail on self-introduction, hotel
accommodation, training schedule and training
program, etc.
3. Visit-Training
3.1 Host Company
My host company, MLEI is a consulting engineering
firm that specializes in civil and structural design. It
was established 4 years ago in Adelaide. Despite ofrather a small number of staffs, many of them arecompetent and experienced.
Major projects locate in South Australia.
3.2 Working Style
Though standard working hours are from 9:00 to
17:00, it is not fixed and can be changed according
to own working style.
They consider time to spend with a family andfriends is important, therefore they do not workovertime unless it is unavoidable.
They were very friendly as if I was their family
member. At tea time, they enjoy talking andexchange opinions in office's kitchen, so they werevery relaxed.

construction in a city. In the process of calculationand drawing check, I referred to the drawings ofroad plan, drainage plan, and pavement
specifications of an industrial complex. Further, I
visited some construction sites and participated inmeeting with client. In addition, I visited South Road
Super Way which is one of the biggest projects inSouth Australia. That client is government of South
Australia.

Photo2 - Project of MLEI , Liebherr Para Hills

4. Life in Adelaide
In the first weekend, I had sightseeing to Adelaidezoo, national parks, etc. in Adelaide. In the second
weekend, I enjoyed drinking wine at famous winery
in Barossa Valley and BBQ with Mentor's family.
I felt as if the time in Adelaide was progressing slowly.

Photo3 - Team MLEI
Photo1- kitchen in the office

5. Acknowledgement
I would like to extend my thanks to Nic, Thomas,
MLEI, CA , AJCE, Chodai and my family for giving me
a precious opportunity.

3.3 Work Experience
In the training, I conducted design calculation anddrawing check of the floor of a hotel under

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YPEP 2013 Report
Saori TAKAGIYPEP2013 Trainee
KOKUSAI KOGYO CO., LTD.

1. Introduction
I had one of the most unforgettable and amazing
experience in my career through 3 weeks of YPEP
2013. It was the first time for us, Kokusai Kogyo to join
this program; however I could bring back excellent
outcome and share those experiences withcolleagues.

contract and specification documents.
② Second week-Civil
I learned about how the cycleways planned in
Sydney city and went to site inspection.
③ Third week-Sustainability and Mechanical
I had a chance to exchange a view ofsustainable policy making between Australia andJapan. Also I learned about sustainability rating
tools; Infrastructure Sustainability, and Green Star.

2. My experience in training
2.1 Host Company
My host company was Northrop Consulting
Engineers Pty Ltd, Sydney office. Northrop is one of a
reputable engineering consultancy in structural andcivil engineering and has a few local offices along
the east coast of Australia. Sydney office has around70 professional engineers (many are CEng) in many
areas.

3. Differences in working environment
Working experience at Northrop helped me tounderstand there are many different perspectives todeal working life as well as private life. There is adiversity of nationalities which encourage people tocommunicate more. And also the management
systems are functioning effectively that makes
everyone's role clear and standardizes skills. I reallyenjoyed and the optimistic atmosphere at office
and impressed with work-life balance which
reasonably blended in their life style.
4. Acknowledgement
I would like to thank everyone at Northrop, CA and
AJCE who provided and supported me to gain thiswonderful experience. Also special thanks to mycolleagues at Kokusai Kogyo who kindly let me join
this program. I hope this program will continue andmany young professionals would have opportunity inthe future.

Northrop main entrance

2.2 Pre-visit Training
Rodney Pratt was my training mentor who is a seniorstructural engineer and one of the group managersof the section. For pre-visit training, we discuss what I
am intending to learn during the training. And Rodplanned for me to rotate several sections andhaving few interviews with people who are all in
different positions and sections.
2.3 Training at Northrop
I had training at structural, civil, sustainability andmechanical sections and had two presentations on
my area of expertise.
① First week-Structural
I followed few inspections at site, and learned
about how the projects work through reading

My mentor and colleagues at Northrop

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YPEP 2013 Report
Atsushi MASUDAYPEP2013 Trainee
Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.

1. INTRODUCTION
I was pleased to join as a trainee for YPEP2013 inwhich my 3 weeks training in Australia covered theperiod from 14th Oct. to 2nd Nov., 2013.
2. OUTLINE OF AURECON
I had training at AURECON Brisbane office.
AURECON has offices around the world having a
total number of 7,000 or more employees. Its
business contents cover technology related
discipline in architecture and civil engineering. For
example, AURECON provides technologies in lowcarbon energy generation, power, and homeland
security. Though I could not see their business
contents when I started training, I was impressed byhomeland security department as it does not exist
in consulting firms in Japan.

Photo 3-1 Checking the construction site

4. DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY OF THINKING BETWEENJAPAN AND AUSTRALIA
There are many projects that span for several years
most of which are selected basically by technicalproposals. In addition, it was noted that consulting
fee is very high which reflects high standing of
consulting engineers in Australia.
Good work-life balance has been practiced inAustralia. This may be attributable to the fact that
culture of considering private life as the prime
importance is widespread. I could not findsomeone who worked overtime till late at night.
In addition, career change has been widelypracticed. Many engineers change jobs between
consulting firms and government or among
consulting firms for improving their career. It wasobserved that employers are seeking engineers
having high competence and experiences.

Photo 2-1 Office

5. LIFE IN AUSTRALIA
I commuted to the office from apartment nearby.
Staffs in AURECON took me drinks almost everyday.
My mentor Rob took me to various places including
holidays. As such, I was able to spend fruitfulweekends.

3. TRAINING AT AURECONAt the beginning of training, AURECON's in-housesystem was explained. I could visit various projectsites in QLD, studied reports and standards, andconducted traffic simulation by the model
developed by AURECON. Traffic simulation is my
specialty.

6. IN CONCLUSION
I would like to thank AJCE, CA, AURECON, Oriental
Consultants for their kind support.

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AJCE Activity 2013

YPEP 2013 Activities in Sydney
Riota ADACHIAtsuhi MASUDA

1. Welcome ceremony
On 14th Oct., Welcome ceremony for YPEP 2013trainees took place at the AECOM office (with agreat view of Sydney!). After a short time for ice
breaking, the ceremony was kick-started withwelcome greeting by Ms. Megan from Consult
Australia, followed by the statement of"commitment" by all the mentors and trainees.
It seemed like everyone had his/her own
expectation and ambition toward the program. As
the ceremony proceeded, a little nervous faces ofJapanese engineers were gradually being melted
in the casual and relaxing atmosphere, which I
think was derived from Australian friendliness.
After lunch, we departed for Sydney tour.

3. Final summit & farewell party
After three weeks, we gathered again. In the final
summit, we were at first asked to give a briefsummary of our experience. All of us, of course,
had different outcomes from the program anddifferent perspectives about what should be donein the future. However, there certainly was one
thing we had in common, such that we all had
been having great and meaningful moments inAustralia.
The summit went on and we discussed several
topics on Australia and Japan (as shown in theother article).
After deepening mutual understanding a bit morethrough the discussion, we headed to again,
exploring the rest part of Sydney must-sees.
The view from Sydney Tower-Eye was astonishing(that's because, we didn't expect a giant koala
would climb it!). The architecture of Sydney Opera
House has been anyway so interesting if you're anengineer. The choice of the steakhouse as the lastdinner place seemed to be also nice and wellorganized. By that time, partly thanks to "social
grease," the talks between us were getting more
and more active.
The finishing place of our "summit" was the bar in
downtown. As for this sort of matter, I didn't find any
significant difference between Australian andJapanese engineers.
Lastly, thank you very much for your hospitality &organizing enjoyable events in Australia.
(Dear CA, from YPEP 2013 trainees)

Sydney Wildlife Zoo

2. Darling harbor, Sydney Wildlife Zoo and Departure
Enjoying a pleasant walk through Darling harbor,
we entered the "Zoo in downtown," where we saw
various reptiles, mammals and bugs squeezed into
small but efficient display. The most featured onewas "the world largest crocodile," being actually
pretty huge, but apparently it preferred sunbathing
to any customer-services (It didn't move even aninch as long as I reckoned). Anyway on the very
first day, we've done pretty much of Australian stuff
such as seeing kangaroos, wombats and koalas,
thanks to this wildlife zoo!
Then the time for departure had come, splitting us
to each location to be mentored in.

Huge Koala! and Sydney Tower-Eye

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YPEP2013 Farewell Summit REPORT
Masashi Fukaya
Shuji Imura

1. Outline of Farewell Summit
All trainees and mentors talked for 2-3 minutes
about YPEP2013 in general, their favorite
experience and something to take back to Japan
from Australia.
We had a group discussion about values of YPEP,
and each group presented the outcomes out ofthe discussion.
2. Free conversation
Mentors talked about their impression about
trainees. Trainees conveyed their gratitude to
mentors, host firms and Consultant Australia who
took care of them.
Mentors talked directly about trainees' engineeringskills and this was very helpful.

Picture2 Group discussion[Values of YPEP]- Networks development meant professionals canshare IP / experiences.
- Motivational and rewarding experience for thewhole office.
- Learning about other workplaces can make you
aspire to adopt practices and methods which
benefit productivity and staff happiness.
4. Finally
We presented a picture frame made of cypress by
Japanese craftsman and a collection photographsof Mount Fuji, as souvenirs from Association ofJapanese Consulting Engineers to the Consultant
Australia.

Picture1 Wayne Costin CEO (Costin Roe Consulting) giving
comment on free conversation

3. Group discussion
We mainly covered our thoughts on YPEP. It is
important not only for trainees and mentors but
also for each company.
[Difference between firms- Office space- Working hours and mindset- Sharing of responsibility (or lack thereof)- Importance of age vs. merit[Similarities between firms]- Professionalism- Environmentally friendly- Organizations project management- Business ethics

Picture3 Takagi-san (KOKUSAI KOGYO) was handing Gillian(Consultant Australia) a Japanese souvenir.

Thanks to everyone, especially mentors who spentso much time with each trainee. We had very
happy times dining and drinking after work, as wellas sightseeing on days off.

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

The Project for Management of Non-Revenue Water
in Kenya (2nd FY)
Principal
Firm(s)Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation- Analysis of the current NRW monitoring
structure of WASREB based on Manual andGuideline- Training course for the NRW reduction
measures based on Manual and Guideline- Completion of the preparation of materials forTraining course (curriculum, syllabus, training
material and equipment)

Project Site Nairobi, Meru, Embu, Narok andKapsabet in the Republic of Kenya
ClientMinistry of Water and Irrigation of
Kenya, etc.

FinanceTechnical Cooperation Projects ofJapan

PeriodJuly 2011 - May 2012

Type of
Project

Project Management Services

Project Outline
The reduction of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is acost effective method and it is Kenyan
government's aim to reduce the current national
rate of NRW of 60% to 30% by 2015. The Ministry of
Water and Irrigation of Kenya has approached theJapanese Government for assistance in order toachieve its goals of NRW reduction, reducing its
running costs and implementing effective wateruse.
Details◆ Project Purpose:
System and mechanisms for reducing NRW in
Kenya are set up and the implementation
capacity is developed.
◆ Indicators:- Status of capacity of Embu WSP staff toimplement NRW reduction measures- Preparation of Manual and Guideline (ver.2)
based on the OJT in Embu
- Information on location of buried main
distribution pipes in Narok (whole town)- Information on location of buried main
distribution pipes in Kapsabet (50% of thewhole town)- Improvements in the NRW monitoring structureof WASREB (ver.1)- Training implementation plan for the NRW
reduction based on Manual and Guideline(ver.2)◆ Outputs:- Capacity for the NRW reduction measures isestablished in Embu WSP staff- Completion of Manual and Guideline basedon the OJT in Embu
- Data gathering of basic information for the
NRW reduction measures in Narok andKapsabet

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Ethiopia Water Technology Center Project
Principal
Firm(s)

KOKUSAI KOGYO CO., LTD.

2) Achievement◆ Number of Trainees- more than 3,500 technical staff as of June
2013

Project Site Addis
Ababa,
theFederalDemocratic Republic of Ethiopia
ClientMinistry of Water, Irrigation andEnergyFinance

JICA

Period1998 - Nov. 2013

Type of
Project◆ Technical transfer◆ Providing training for local trainers
and technical staff

Project Outline
Supplying clean and safe drinking water to all
citizens has been a top priority for Ethiopia formany years. However, appropriate humanresources have been lacking to take on thesetasks in the administrative agencies as well as theprivate sectors. In response to this, Japanembarked on the technical cooperation project" Ethiopian Water Technology Center (EWTEC)" inJanuary 1998, and assisted the development of
human resources in the water supply sector.
Phase 3 of the EWTEC project was completed in
November 2013. As a result of EWTEC's increased
importance in the water sector, the Ethiopia
Water Technology Institute (EWTI) had been
established as the successor organization of
EWTEC by Council of Ministers Regulation in
August 2013.
Details
1) Training courses for development of humanresources in this project.
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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

Southern Binh Duong Province Water Environment
Improvement Project - Phase II
Principal
Firm(s)Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd.

Location
The location for this project includes two (2) areas
shown in Figure.1:

Project Site Binh Duong Province, Viet Nam
ClientProject Management Unit (PMU) for
Binh Duong Province Water
Environment Improvement Project

Finance

Loan of JICA (Japan International
Cooperation Agency)

PeriodJune 2013 - June 2018

Type of
Project

Consultancy Services for Detailed
Design and Tender Assistance

1. Thu Dau Mot city area (remaining scope ofPhase I Project):- Includes: Chanh Nghia, Phu Cuong, Phu Loi,
Phu Tho, Phu Hoa, Hiep Thanh wards;- An Thanh and Thuan Giao wards.
2. Thuan An town area:- Includes: Lai Thieu, An Phu, Vinh Phu, Thuan
Giao and Binh Hoa wards;

Project Outline
The Objective of the Project is to improve thewater quality of the Sai Gon River by developing
a sewage treatment plant (STP) and sewage
collection system for Thu Dau Mot city and Thuan
An Town in Binh Duong Province and tocontribute for improving the living environment of
the said areas located along the lower sectionsof the Sai Gon River in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Project consists of the following construction /procurement packages;
1. LCB/01:
2. LCB/02A:

3. ICB/02:
4. ICB/03:

5. ICB/04:

6. MS/01:

Figure.1 Sewarage Service Area

Earth Filling at STP;
Construction of Access road,embankment and canal road at
Thuan An STP;
Construction of STP in Thuan An
Town;
Sewage Collection System andPumping Stations in Thuan An
Town;
Sewage Collection System andPumping Stations in Thu Dau Mot
City;
Procurement of Sewer Operationand Maintenance Equipment.

The location of STP site is shown in Figure.2.

Figure.2 Sewage treatment plant Site
(Vinh Phu Ward, Thuan An Town)

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2. Detailed Design- Review approved investment project reportand propose optimal technology;- Review Basic Design, existing studies andpropose optimal design method;- Detailed Design of STP, sewerage collection
system, relay pumping stations,- Prepare general and detailed project
implementation programme of STP, seweragecollection system, relay pumping stations,- Prepare cost estimate of STP, seweragecollection system, relay pumping stations;
3. Assistance of Tender, RFP Document
Preparation and Tender Evaluation- Prepare Pre-qualification (PQ) Documents andTender Document;- Conduct PQ and Tender including PQ and
Tender evaluation;- Assist PMU in Contract Negotiation andprepare Contract Documents;- Liaison with Funding Organization (JICA);
4. Construction Supervision- Setting-out of the Works;- Evaluate and approve Contractor's Working
and Workshop Drawings and Method
Statement;- Evaluate and approve Contractor'sConstruction Programme;- Quality supervision in accordance with Decree
No.15 of Ministry of Construction;- Quantity measurement in accordance with
the Specifications;- Evaluate and approve Contractor's
Environmental
MonitoringPlanandEnvironmental
Monitoring
Reportincompliance with EIA approved by Departmentof Natural Resources and Environment;- Evaluate and approve Contractor's Safety
Plan including traffic and labors and check
implementation;- Prepare Monthly Progress Report, Quarterly
Report, Completion Report, etc.;- Develop and provide Customer, Financial and
Project Management System Application;- Provide O&M Training on STP and sewage
collection system;- Assistance for institutional building and othertechnical measures;- Provide Capability Training for PMU.

Project Component
Sewage Treatm ent Pl ant
Sit e Area

6.9 ha17,000 m 3 /day

Capacit y(U l ti ma te : 51 , 0 00 m 3 /d a y)

Sew age Treatment
Met hod

Act i vated Sl udge
(SBR)

Sl udge Treatment
and Di sposal

Dew at eri ng andLandfilling

Di scharge

Sai Gon Ri ver

Pum ping Stati ons
Mai n Pum pi ng St ati on:
Capacit y i n Thuan An STP

54.00m 3 /min.

Rel ay Pum pi ng St ati on:
Num ber i n tw o(2) areas

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Separate Sewer Cellection System
Ar ea
T h u a n An

Thu Dau M ot

Total

SewageMain( G r av it y )Main( P r e s s ur e )Te r ti a r y
To ta l

84km

39km

123km

(D22 5- D12 00)(D20 0- D80 0)(D20 0- D12 00)

2km

7km

9km

(D25 0- D60 0)(D11 0- D40 0)(D11 0- D60 0)

88km

120km

208km

(D11 0- D16 0)(D11 0- D16 0)(D11 0- D16 0)

174km

166km

340km

(D11 0- D12 00)(D11 0- D16 0)(D11 0- D12 00)

STP is constructed with capacity of 17,000m3/day
shown in the above table, serving for domestic
sewage treatment of Thuan An town.
Actual Service provided in the assignment:
The objective of the Consulting Services is tocarry out detailed design, assistance to PMU in
Tender and Construction Supervision inaccordance with the requirements of theGovernment of Vietnam and JICA. The more
specific tasks of the Consultant are as follows:
1. Survey Works:- Topographical, geological and hydrologicalsurvey and landmark defining in the Projectarea;- Public Utility Survey;

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Supply and Installation of a 230kV Transmission Line andSubstations at Siddhirganj and Maniknagar in Bangladesh
Principal
Firm(s)

Details(1) Replace of the existing 132kV line to a double
circuit 230kV transmission line from Siddhirganj
Substation to Maniknagar Substation (11 km)(2) Constructing a new 230kV AIS switchyard with
230/132kV, 2 x 300MVA power transformer aswell as extension of two 132kV feeder bays
(3) Constructing new 230kV GIS substation with
230/132kV, 2 x 300MVA power transformer aswell as extension of two 132kV feeder bays

Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Project Site Siddhirganj and Maniknagar, Dhaka
ClientPower Grid Company of Bangladesh
Limited (PGCB)
Govt. of Bangladesh

Finance

World Bank

PeriodSeptember 2008 - March 2014

Type of
Project

Consulting Services for Design,
Tender Assistance and Construction
Supervision

Project Outline
Reflecting robust economic growth, peak power
demand in Bangladesh was projected to increaseat an annual rate of 8-10% in the foreseeable future.
Capital investments were required to be balanced
among power generation, transmission anddistribution and the number of transmission facilities
were needed to be increased to accommodate
the construction of new power plants.
The Project consisted of replacement of the existing
132kV line to 230kV double circuit transmission line
to ensure the commission of the new Siddhirganj 2 x
150MW gas turbine plant.

Maniknagar 230kV GIS substation

The overhead 230kV double circuit transmission line
was originally planned to construct in the existing
132kV Siddhirganj-Maniknagar line route byreplacing old 132kV steel towers. But the first 5 kmline route passed through densely populated area
having lots of residential and commercial buildings,
and the residents of this area were vehemently
opposing to construct the new transmission line. To
minimize the environmental and social impact,
PGCB decided, in the interest of the public, toconstruct the 230kV double circuit transmission line
over the DND (Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra) canalafter getting the permission from Bangladesh Water
Development Board (BWDB). 230kV line route fromtower T-1 to tower T-22 was changed and taken by
the side of the DND canal.

Siddhirganj 230kV AIS substation

The Project is to be commissioned in February 2014.
230kV AIS switchgear at Siddhirganj

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

Sondu-Miriu Hydropower Project Sang'oro Power Plant in
Kenya
Principal
Firm(s)Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Project Site Kisumu, Kisumu County
ClientKenya
Electricity
Generating
Company Limited (KenGen),
Govt. of Kenya

Finance

Japanese ODA Loan

PeriodMay 2007 - July 2013

Type of
Project

Engineering Services forConstruction Supervision

Project Outline
Hydropower development had been significant in
Kenya for many years since the country had little
variety of fuel resources for power generation until
coal and geothermal was exploited recently.

Powerhouse, Penstock and Switchyard

The Project consisted of construction of a 21.2 MWhydropower plant (2 x 10.6 MW) at Kisumu, Kisumu
County in western Kenya. The project achieved
increased power supply, which is crucial for thecountry's economic development.
Head Tank

The Project recycled the water discharged from theSondu-Miriu Hydropower Plant (60 MW: Run-of-river
type with a intake weir by utilizing the head
between the Sondu river and the Nyakach Plain),
before the water returns to the Sondu River. The
Sondu-Miriu Hydropower Plant also designed andsupervised by Nippon Koei was funded by aJapanese ODA loan.

Details
Power Station
Installed Capacity:
Rated Head:
Maximum Discharge:
Powerhouse:

Transmission Line:

Additional Outlet Channel from Sondu-Miriu
Power Plant (504 m)

Waterway
Generator Room
Additional Outlet Channel:
Open Channel, L = 504 m
Penstock Line: Steel Pipe sureface type
L = 134 m, Diameter = 4.2 m - 1.8 m

21.2 MW(2 x 10.6 MW)
61.2 m39.9 m3/sec
Open-air type reinforced
concrete building 34 m (L)x 22 m (W) x 34 m (H)132 kV single circuit/ 5 km

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Marmaray Project - Railway Bosphorus Tube
Crossing, Tunnels and Stations
Principal
Firm(s)Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd

Project Site

Fatih, Uskudar and Kadikoy District,
Istanbul, Republic of Turkey

ClientHarbours and Airports Construction,
General Directorate of Railways, Ministryof Transportation, Republic of Turkey

FinanceODA Loan of Japan

PeriodFebruary 2002 - Jun 2015
(Operated since 29 October 2013)

Type of
Project

Project Management Service

TBM Tunnels: Total length 10.1 km
Stations: 3 underground stations (including 1 NATM
station), 1 at grade station

Project Outline
Istanbul City with a population of 14 million isdivided by the Bosphorus into the Asian and theEuropean side. There are two bridges and various
ferry services that connect the two sides of the
Bosphorus but these can be affected by weather
conditions like snow or dense fog, and are unable
to meet the large traffic volume. As a result thecitizens of Istanbul have for a long time been
suffering from chronic traffic congestion with anadverse environmental impact. As a solution the
Turkish Government planned the upgrading of theexisting commuter line in order to run frequent
commuter services and to construct an underwatertunnel crossing under the Bosphorus. For thispurpose, in 1998 the Turkish Government requestedof the Japanese Government an ODA Loan fortechnical support and funding in theimplementation of the project. Construction wascommenced in August 2004 by the Japanese Taisei
JV. The Bosphorus Tube Crossing Railway opened
on 29 October 2013. The Japanese Prime Minister
Sinzo Abe attended the opening ceremony where
he addressed the Turkish people congratulatingthem on this achievement.
Details
Total length of Bosphorus Crossing Railway: 13.6 km
Immersed Tunnels: Total length 1.4 km, Maximum
depth 60 m

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Pro-Poor Eastern Infrastructure Development Project
Principal
Firm(s)Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd

Project Site

National Roads A004 & A015 in Eastern
Province, Democratic Socialist Republicof Sri Lanka

ClientRoad Development Authority, Ministry ofHighways, Ports and Shipping

Finance

Japanese ODA Loan

PeriodNovember 2007 - November 2013

Type of
Project

Design Review and Construction
Supervision Services

Project Outline
The tsunami that struck the coastline of Sri Lanka on
26th December 2004 caused severe loss of life andlivelihood, together with extensive damage tobuildings, physical infrastructure and the coastal
environment. The tsunami caused further damage
to roads, bridges and causeways that were alreadyaffected by the 20 year long civil war, by seasonal
flooding, and the lack of maintenance.
The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) recognizedthat the permanent road rebuilding measures arenecessary to protect the main transport links andfeeder roads of the road network along the coastal
belt, particularly against frequent heavy rains andpotential flooding.
This Project aimed to improve the approximately
100 km length of road, which consists of the twonational highways of A004 and A015, together withthe construction of a New Kallady Bridge.
Details
Improvement of National Highways- A004 Road from Akkaraipattu to Batticaloa(62.8km, Carriageway 3.5m x 2, Shoulder 1.5m x 2)
- A015 Road from Batticaloa to Trikkandimadu(36.0km, Carriageway 3.5m x 2, Shoulder 1.5m x 2)
- Improvement of Culverts: 191
Construction of a New Kallady Bridge- Length; 288.35m (6 @ 48.05m + 0.50m)- Width; 14.0m (Carriageway 3.50m x 2,
Cycle Lane 1.70m x 2, Side Walk 1.8m x 2)
- Superstructure; 6-spans, PC Box Beam
- Substructure; RC T-Type- Foundation; Cast-in-situ RC Pile (Dia.1,200mm)

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CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES ON THE CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF
PASIG-MARIKINA RIVER CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PMRCIP), PHASE II

Principal
Firm(s)CTI Engineering International Co., Ltd.

Project Site

Metro Manila, Philippines

ClientDepartment of Public Works and Highways,
Philippines (DPWH)

Finance

STEP Loan, 26th JBIC Loan Package

PeriodDec. 2007 - May 2013 (47 months)

Type of
Project

Review of Detailed Design andConstruction Supervision< 3. Consulting Services for both Packages>- Review of detailed design; assistance for bidding;construction supervision; environmental monitoring;
information campaign and publicity of the Project; interagency coordination; and transfer of technology.
Project Features in Management Aspects[Schedule] the approved contract schedule withextension was completed on time. The time extension is a
result from the change in the scope of works requested
by Malacañang to particularly include the stretch of the
Presidential Security Guard (PSG) in the Project.
[Quality] all of the determined defects/deficiencies were
properly rectified by the Contractor.
was no injury and physical accident ever recorded.

Project Outline
PMRCIP is a flood control project for the Pasig-Marikina
River which runs through the center of Metro Manila andflows out to the Manila Bay. The river system with a total
catchment area of 621 km2 contributes largely to theflooding in the metropolis brought about by the riverbank
overflow of floodwater during heavy rains.
The main objectives of the Project are: i) to mitigate flood
damages caused by channel overflow of the River, ii) tofacilitate urban economic and social development, andiii) to enhance the favorable environment along theRiver.
Project Scope
The scope of the Project is enumerated below, wherein;
the civil works are divided into two (2) contract
packages.
< 1. Contract Package No.1-A: L = 9.2km>- SSP Revetment
3.84 km- Parapet Wall
5.15 km- Single Barrel
62 pcs Culverts- Double Barrel
4 pcs Culverts- River Excavation 43,703 m3< 2. Contract Package No.1-B : L=7.2km >- SSP Revetment
3.80 km- Parapet Wall
2.50 km- Single Barrel
56 Culverts- Double Barrel
1 pc Culvert

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Construction of parapet wall.

Installation of steel sheet piles.

Restoration of Linear Parks.

Installation of boulders as counterweightand protection against scouring.

Improving the aesthetic view of the River.

Clearing of the 3-meter easement of theRiver.

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The Project for Improvement of Water Supply System
in Honiara and Auki in Solomon Island
Principal
Firm(s)Yachiyo Engineering Co.,LTD

Project Site Honiara and Auki, Solomon Island
ClientSolomon Islands Water Authority(SIWA)

Finance

Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)

PeriodJuly 2009 - June 2014

Type of
Project

Japanese Grant Aid

Project Sites

Project Outline
Demand for water in Honiara and Auki has
increased over the years and has resulted inwater shortages to consumers. JICA agreed toprovide funding to improve the water supply
systems in both cities.
The project aims to develop following facilities;
boreholes, construction of turbidity reduction
facility (WTP) and distribution reservoirs,
replacement of water transmission anddistribution pipelines, to install electricalequipment and to provide emergency standby
generators and associated civil and building
works.
Details
Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd. has provided
consulting services for the design andconstruction supervision of the following
components;- Borehole (Total 19 burials in 5 sites)- Turbidity Reduction Facility with Disinfection
Facility (Capacity 1,600m3/day)- Distribution Reservoirs (Total 8 reserves in 5 sites)- Water Transmission Pump Station with
Disinfection Facility (1,600m3/day ×4 sites)- New Water Conveyance and Tranmission
Pipeline (Total 9.9 km)- Distribution Pipelines (Total 22.4km)

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Main Watersouce in Project Site

Borehole Facility

Water Transmission Pump Station

Transmission Pump Facility

Disinfection Facility

Distribution Reservoir

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Nhat Tan Cable - Stayed Bridge Project
Principal
Firm(s)CHODAI CO., LTD.

Project Site Hanoi City, Vietnam
ClientProject Management Unit 85, Ministry ofTransport of Vietnam

Finance

Japanese ODA Loan (STEP)

PeriodNovember, 2007 - Present

Type of
Project◆ Bridge Construction◆ Detailed Design Service◆ Construction Supervision Service

Project Outline
The Nhat Tan Bridge, which is locatedapproximately 3.5km downstream of Thang Long
Bridge, is planned to mitigate further congestionin the already congested bridges over the Red
River. The Nhat Tan Road is located in thenorthern part of Hanoi Ring Road 2 which is
expected to contribute the economic
development along the route. Vietnam willcelebrate the Thanh Long - Hanoi Millennium
Anniversary in October 2010. The bridge will be
the memorial bridge.
The main bridge is designed as six-spancontinuous cable-stayed bridge which forms thesignature span of the project. When completed,
the Nhat Tan Bridge will be called VietnamJapan Friendship Bridge . Among threeinterchanges constructed in the Project, Vinh
Ngoc Interchange will connect Nhat Tan Road
and National Highway No.5. The northern end of
the project road will be extended to Noi Bai
Airport. Alternative road connecting the airport
and the city center.
Details
Project Length, Widths: 9.95 km, W=33.2 - 47.3 m,
25 m x 2-Bridges : L= 3.5 km- Main Bridge (Cable-stayed bridge)(L=1,500m, Main span L=300m)
Approach Bridges(L=2,255m, PC box girder, Super-T girder)- Other Bridges (L=240mx2, PC box girder, L=288m
x 2, Super-T girder)-Interchanges:- Full-clover type 1 (crossing at NH5 extension),
Others 2

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Editor's noteThree years have passed since the disasters by the Great East Japan Earthquake stared. Recently,
the country has struggled to rebuild towns and villages. There was a TV program that featured theresumption of a local train operation in all lines. In an interview, an old woman expresses her
gratitude, "This train is our feet. I'm really happy that the whole operation resumes after quite a while".
There are many demands for rebuilding infrastructures not only for the damaged areas in Japanbut also in developing countries most especially, in Asia. A lot of construction plans are expected tobe carried out. Hence, I feel a big role to be played by CE, whom involved in the functions ofplanning designs and proper management for the infrastructure's development.
Meanwhile, infrastructures are essential to everyday lives but insufficient. As a CE, I feel the senseof responsibility to ensure the safety of the people. I share their sentiments of difficulties and think of
how our projects affect the welfares of the whole community, how they will benefit from each. I
believe these factors must be considered and are necessary as a successful CE.
This year, AJCE marks its 40th anniversary. AJCE has successfully launched various activities in thepast years with the support and cooperation of the many people. AJCE wishes to continue toprovide outstanding programs to produce excellent CEs, who are productive enough and can playtheir ultimate roles in and out of Japan in the near future.
March 2014
Yoshiaki SAMEJIMA

AJCE NEWS LETTER, April 2014
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AJCE Members

37 firms, 177 members, supporting members

Member Firms
A Asian Technology Institute Co.,Ltd.
C Chodai Co.,Ltd.
Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation
Cooplus Co.,Ltd.
Creative Engineering Research Institute
CTI Engineering Co.,Ltd.
CTI Engineering International Co.,Ltd.
H Hayabusa Consulting Engineering OfficeHiguchi Consultant INc.
I

Ides Inc.
INGEROSEC Corporation

Members
Chizuko Nakandakari (Abe,Ikubo&Katayama)
Hirosato Nabikata (City-Yuwa Partners)
Kazuto Otani (JGC Corporation)
Kenji Mori
Kunihisa Oba (Taisei Corporation)
Masaru Kaido (Kaido and Associates)
Masatoshi Kakegawa(Global Enviroment-Energy Institute)
Miho Niunoya (Atsumi & Sakai)
Naoki Iguchi (Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)
Noboru Sakuma
Sang Gyoon Lee (JICA)
Shinichiro Kai (i-Transport Lab. Co., Ltd.)J Japan Bridge & Structure Institute, Inc.
Japan Port Consultants, Ltd.
K Kiso-Jiban Consultants Co., Ltd.
Kokusai Kogyo Co.,Ltd.
Kurosawa R&D Engneering Office
N Nagatomo & Associates
Nihon Suido Consultants Co.,Ltd.
Ninomiya Professional Engineer Office
Nippon Civic Consulting Engineers Co.,Ltd.
Nippon Koei Co.,Ltd.
NJS Consultants Co.,Ltd.
O Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.
Otsuka Engineering Office
OYO International Corporation
P Pacific Consultants Co., LTD.
Pegasus Engineering Corporation
Plant Engineering Co.,Ltd.
P.T.Morimura & Associates, Ltd.
T TANAKA Engineering Office
TEC International Co., Ltd.
The Japan Electrical Consulting Co.,Ltd.
Toko Engineering Consultants Ltd.
Tokyo Electric Power Service Co., Ltd
Tokyo Engineering Consultants Co.,Ltd.
Toshihiko Omoto Construction Management& Dispute Resolution
Y Yachiyo Engineering Co.,Ltd.

Takahiro Kobayashi (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
Teppei Mogi (Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners)
Yoshiko Koizumi (City-Yuwa Partners)
Yoichi Takemura

Supporting Members
East Nippon Expressway Company Limited
KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS Co.,LTD.
SHIMIZU CORPORATION
Swing Corporation
Goro Fujie (A&G OFFICE)
Simon Barrett(Simmons & Simmons Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho)
Shunji Kusayanagi (Kochi University of Technology)
Takeshi Kato(The Overseas Construction Association of Japan, Inc.)