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.
Representing Japanese consulting engineers, AJCE is a member of the International
Federation of Consulting 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.

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CONTENTS

AJCE and its Activities

Noriaki HIROSE

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Report on the Great East Japan Disaster - The Year After -Hiroshi TANAKA

3

DB or not DB, that is the question!

Takashi ITO

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Pathway to an attractive consulting engineering industry

Shinichi HASEGAWA

9

Looking forward to 2012

Francis Kiyoshi MORIMURA 11

Exclusions of consequential and indirect loss under English law

Simon BARRETT~Dispute Board (DB) for sound contract management in emerging countries~

AJCE Activity 2011
AJCE Annual Seminar 2011
Consulting Services Contract in Overseas Project
AJCE Seminar
FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction, MDB Harmonised Edition
Activity of Young Professionals in 2011

Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

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Editor's note
AJCE Members

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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 maxim number of cards wins the game. I-RoHa 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
recovery works are also ongoing for large-scale
flood and landslide damages caused by supertyphoons that hit wester n Japan lastSeptember.
Unparalleled flood disaster also occurred incentral Thailand last year where lives of people
and economic activities severely suffered.
Extreme climate change prevails around theglobe, and heavy floods and droughts aretaking place frequently. Japan has a longstanding experience in coping with natural
disasters. I believe that Japanese consulting
engineers should take a leading role toeffectively utilize and share their abundant
experiences and knowledge in this area forpeople suffering from this kind of problems in
the world.
Meanwhile, politically unstable situations havebeen continuing in many countries due tofinancial difficulties. At the same time,
economic activities are still very active inemerging countries like those in Asia where
demand for infrastructure development is verystrong. Although these infrastructure projects
are implemented through various kinds offinancial resources, it should be emphasizedthat transparent project execution process withthe use of internationally-recognized standard
contract system as represented by FIDIC
contracts, is essential to achieve successful
completion of projects.

Noriaki HIROSE
President, AJCE
President, NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD

Annual Overview in 2011
The rehabilitation and reconstruction for thecatastrophic damages brought by the massive
earthquake and tsunami that attacked easternJapan on March 11th last year are now moving
forward with full-scale implementation,although long-term remedial work will have to
be continued to deal with the Fukushima
nuclear accident and associated radioactive
contamination. AJCE has thankfully received
sympathy and condolence from the FIDIC
President and member associations towards
those affected by this tragedy. Taking thisopportunity, I would like to express my sincere
gratitude again for the heartfelt andencouraging messages we received. The

In Japan, the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) plays the dominant role inbilateral assistance for infrastructuredevelopment in developing and emerging
countries, through technical and financial
supports. JICA adopts the FIDIC conditions ofcontract in its sample bidding documents forconstruction of Japanese ODA loan projects.
AJCE is working to promote a recognition1NEWS LETTER 2012

● FIDIC Contract Workshop
AJCE organized a workshop on Contract
Administration for International Construction
Project in last September to mark the
publication of the Japanese version of the FIDIC
Red Book, MDB harmonized edition. The target
participants are experienced practitioners incontract administration; however, more than 90
people, which is greater than expected, haveattended. The proper administration of
construction contracts also draws increasing
attention in the Japanese construction industry.

system for qualified Dispute Board adjudicators
under FIDIC contracts, in collaboration with
JICA. AJCE established a national list ofJapanese adjudicators last May. AJCE is going
to expand its activities in close cooperation with
FIDIC.
Major Activities of AJCE in 2011

● FIDIC Conference
The FIDIC annual conference was held in
Davos, Switzerland last year, in which AJCE sent
34 participants comprising of AJCE members
and their families. The delegates provided
presentations in several workshops, introduced
leading-edge technologies developed inJapan via exhibition stands, and enhanced
relationships with other member associations of
FIDIC. During the conference period, AJCE
participated in the General Assembly Meetingof the Asia-Pacific Region of FIDIC (ASPAC).

● Future Activities
Japan has to steadily proceed with its recovery
from the Great East Japan Earthquake/Tsunami
disaster and radioactive contamination as a
critical issue. Besides, we have to be preparedfor future natural disasters, including
earthquakes and water hazards. However, in
reality, it is becoming difficult to secure sufficientbudget even for the necessary maintenanceand renewal of existing aged infrastructure due
to severe fiscal circumstances. Under suchsituation, we have to pass on our accumulated
technology and experience to the next
generation, and reinforce systems to improve
our technological assets in order to cope withthe looming natural disasters and enable theenhancement of economic and social systems.
I fully expect that AJCE will take an active rolein human resources development, not only inJapan but also in the world.

● AJCE Annual Seminar
AJCE held its annual seminar on contract
documents for consulting service last July,especially focusing on the FIDIC White Book
(Client-Consultant
Agreement).
The
participants, who are not only from consulting
firms but also from the public sector and mass
media, held active discussions concerningbusiness challenges, technical issues andinherent risks. AJCE published the Japaneseversion of the FIDIC White Book (4th Edition) lastyear.
● Young Professionals Exchange Program(YPEP)AJCE and Consult Australia (formerly ACEA)
have maintained a YPEP since 1996. Although it
was scheduled to invite Australian young
professionals to Japan last year, said program
was deferred until 2012 due to the Great East
Japan Earthquake.

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Report on the Great East Japan Disaster- The Year After -Hiroshi TANAKA
General Manager, Research and Development Center NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD

1. Introduction
One year has passed since the Great East Japan
Disaster that occurred on March 11, 2011. East
Japan was hit by one of the most powerfulmega-earthquakes and the ensuing gigantic
tsunami. The number of people, dead or missing,including foreigners, amounted to more than
20,000. Immediately after the incident, foreign
emergency rescue teams from 29 countries andorganizations came to Japan. They all sincerely
carried out devoted activities in disaster-stricken
areas. Relief supplies were also kindly delivered
to such areas, and heartwarming condolencesand donations were delivered from many
countries, regions and organizations. The
Japanese people expressed their gratitude totheir friends abroad who have extended their
helping hands to the victims of the disaster, andwill certainly never forget this human Bond.
Japan is now starting its operations fromrehabilitation to the course of reviving thestricken areas. Though there are areas that canbe gradually rebuilt to their original state before
the disaster occurred, there remain many
problems in reconstructing regions completely
destroyed by the tsunami and recovery
treatment in areas polluted by radiation.
The Association of Japanese Consulting
Engineers (AJCE) made a preliminary report
immediately after the Great East Japan Disasterin the last News Letter issued last April. The
following detailed information half year after thedisaster was presented in the Natural Disaster
Session of the FIDIC 2011 World Conference in
Davos held in October, 2011. This paper reports
on some topics concerning Japan's experiences
and the new insight obtained a year after thedisaster.

2. Mega-Earthquake and Induced Earthquakes
The Great East Japan Earthquake (Mw=9.0) was
the largest based on the observation records inJapan, and was the fourth largest in the world
within 110 years since the beginning of the 20th
century. The characteristics of the earthquake
activities include many large aftershocks andinduced earthquakes, neither medium nor small,which occurred for a short time immediately
after the main shock. Three large aftershocks
greater than M=7 occurred an hour after themain shock, and a total of 11 aftershocks
exceeding M=6 occurred within the same day. In
addition, a lot of large induced earthquakes
continually occurred outside of the East Japanregion in about one month after the main shock,as shown in Fig.1.

Fig. 1 Induced earthquakes triggered by the main shock

Japan used to estimate the earthquake damage
and its measures by paying attention to the
maximum earthquake until now. Based on
experience from this disaster, it is recognized thatearthquake disaster prevention measures should3NEWS LETTER 2012
be examined in consideration of not only themain shock but also in a series of induced
earthquakes.
Fig. 2 shows accumulative frequency of theearthquakes (M>=4.5) that occurred in the East
Japan area during one year before and after the
East Japan Great Earthquake on March 11, 2011
(Data: Japan Meteorological Agency).

Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster, 1995. The
damage of public-social infrastructure facilities
by the Great East Japan Disaster, therefore, waslimited to repairable levels, though themagnitude of mega-earthquake (Mw=9),
continuance of time of the motion (more than
two minutes), and the areas influenced by the
motion were huge in scale. It was also fortunatethat the frequency component of the seismic
ground motion that resonated the structures was
minimal.
The new lessons learned from this megaearthquake are as follows;a) Damage to private facilities not designed
against seismic: A broad liquefaction occurredalong the coast. The liquefaction area in theTokyo Bay coastal region, which covers about 42
square kilometers, caused either settlement or
tilting of a lot of private houses that have notcollapsed. Other private houses also collapsed
due to slope failure of earth-fill used for housing
and land development. It is noted that significant
long-term effort is required to restore thedamaged private facilities due to budget or
residents' consensus for the recovery.
b) Sway of skyscraper in long-period motion: The
skyscraper in Tokyo Metropolitan City, which isabout 400 km from the epicenter, swayed slowly
for about ten minutes. The width of the sway at its
upper floor was about one meter. The skyscraper
in Osaka City, more than 800 km away from theepicenter, also swayed for about ten minuteswith about one meter in amplitude (its 52nd
floor). In view of the safety of the people staying
in the skyscrapers, the prevention of indoor
accident by the movement of office equipment(copiers and lockers, etc.) generated by the
structure's long period swaying should beensured, though the skyscraper does notcollapse because of high standard seismic
design.
c) Functional breakdown due to incidental
damage to facility's without seismic design:
When the mega-earthquake occurred, 27
Tohoku Shinkansen trains, Japan's high-speedtransportation system, were running. Fortunately,
all the trains have been stopped safely by anautomatic
emergency
brakesystemsynchronized with seismic observation system,that was activated nearly a minute before themega-shake. However, the transportation

Fig. 2 Accumulative frequency of the earthquakes (M>=4.5)

The change in earthquake occurrence
frequency one year before and after the main
shock can be observed. In the northern area of
Miyagi Prefecture, which is near the main shock(Blue zone), an increase of about five times (58→273 events) is noted. Meanwhile, in other regions,the increase observed are: 20 times (20→407
events) in Fukushima and Ibaraki Prefecture in
the southern part of the main shock (Greenzone); and about eight times (9→70 events) inSouth Kanto region (Red zone). All these amountto total increase of about 8.5 times (88→750
events in Black dots). The mega-earthquake
strongly influenced the seismic activity in a wide
area of East Japan, while the effect varies inother regions. Though one year has passed since
the disaster and the occurrence of anearthquake is gradually decreasing, it isnecessary to continue paying attention to theseismicity in a wide area in East Japan,
influenced by the mega-earthquake.
3. Weakness in Infrastructure against MegaEarthquake
The Japanese seismic technology andengineering have progressed through much
experience in earthquake disasters and havedeveloped new seismic design method after the4NEWS LETTER 2012
function of the Shinkansen was lost due to thedamage of overhead wiring pillars and thecollapse of non-structural ceiling elements at theplatform of Sendai Station, and then, it took 50
days until the services of the Shinkansen were
restored and opened to serve the public. From
this experience, it is noted that unlike the main
structural components, non-structural elements
which are not designed against seismic forces
are highly vulnerable to functional breakdown of
infrastructures. It is therefore important toconsider a balance of the seismic capability ofthe entire structural system.

Disaster.
In the Sumatra earthquake in 2004 that also
generated a giant tsunami, dead and missing
people were about 220,000. In contrast, about
20,000 people were dead and missing in the
Great East Japan Disaster. Though 20,000 are notlittle number, it is about 9% of the Sumatra
Disaster. This is attributable to the tsunami disastereducation and disaster prevention drills based on
the experiences and lessons learnt from pasttsunamis in Japan.
It is realized that a tsunami is not a wave but awater mass movement. It has destructive power
capable of knocking down a 4-storey steel
reinforced concrete building as shown in thephoto. It is most important to exert effort in
conducting research on the destructive power
mechanism of tsunami, and to reflect on thedesign of tsunami-proof measures as well as carryout tsunami disaster education and practical
drills.

4. Worst Tragedy due to Mega-Tsunami
It might be said that the mega-tsunami
threatened the people more than the megaearthquake in the Great East Japan Disaster.
Zones of human life and socio-economic
activities instantly turned like an ocean due tothe tsunami that washed out all infrastructures for
citizens' source of living. Ultimately, nothing wasleft other than debris. This catastrophic threat of
the mega-tsunami was reported all over theworld through worldwide internet andcommunication media.
The first tsunami attacked several minutes after
the main shock, and then several tsunamis
occurred continually. The tsunami damage
extended to the Pacific Ocean coastal areas of
the northeastern half of Japan Islands, which
include regions from Kanto to Tohoku andHokkaido. The maximum inundation heightobserved by the site investigation was 21.1 m(Fukushima Prefecture, Tomioka). The maximum
run-up height was 40.4 m (Iwate Prefecture,
Miyako). Tsunami of about 15 m in high raided
along the coast in the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear
Power Plant. The flood due to the tsunami
extended to an area of about 401 km2.
Number of fatalities due to the Great East Japan
Disaster is 15,850 as of February 2012. During theGreat Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (1995, Mw=6.9),
about 90% of the 6,434 casualties were crushed
under collapsed houses and/or by furniture that
fell. However, most of them, 92.5% of 13,007,
which were inspected by the National Police
Agency, have been drowned in the megatsunami. Based on this data, it can be seen thatthe mega-tsunami was more tragic than themega-earthquake of the Great East Japan

Ref. Kazuhiko Kawashima et al; earthquake engineeringcommittee of Japan Society of Civil Engineers
http://committees.jsce.or.jp/report/system/files/Chapter11.pdf
Photo: 4-storey SRC building collapsed due to mega-tsunami

5. Nuclear Accident and Radioactive Contamination
Immediately after the occurrence of the megaearthquake, the power was blacked out in thewhole area along the Pacific Coast in the Tohoku
Region because power supply facilities weredamaged. Three units of nuclear equipment
under operation in Fukushima No.1 Nuclear
Power Plant were urgently stopped at once, thus
the nuclear fission reaction was controlled at thattime. About 45 minutes later, an emergency
power supply equipment went under the water
due to the mega-tsunami attack. Consequently,
almost all the nuclear plant equipment, which
relies on external electric power, became
unavailable. The loss of emergency power supply

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due to the mega-tsunami is the first
unforeseeable accident.
At that time, it was reported that the safety
facility that does not depend on electricity
remained functioning. It adopts the method
where cooling of the nuclear reactor can bedone by circulating water using a pumping
system which can be operated through steam
made from the decay heat of the reactor core.
However, this safety facility was designed on theassumption that power supply will be restored
within eight hours, which is significantly less thanten days when power was resumed. Suchconsiderable delay of emergency power supply
recovery is the second unforeseeable event.
The nuclear fuel of the three units that lost thecooling means was damaged, eventuallycausing a melt-through phenomenon. The
hydrogen detonation, moreover, occurred in the
nuclear power facility buildings of No.1 and No.3
in the process, and radioactive substance was
finally discharged outside the furnace. This major
accident was announced as level 7, whichmeans a serious accident that impacts on
people and environment, based on theInternational Nuclear and Radiological Event
Scale (INES). Level 7 is equal to the Chernobyl
nuclear accident in 1986.
Fig.3 shows the distribution of radioactive
contamination due to both the Fukushima andChernobyl nuclear accidents, based on thesame reduced scale. It is apparent that a zone of
the radioactive contamination in the Fukushima
accident is considerably smaller than that ofChernobyl.

It was reported that all nuclear reactors inFukushima nuclear plant are equipped with cooltemperate halt conditions at present.
Nevertheless, more than 30,000 people who took
shelter at evacuation zones specified by thegovernment are still not allowed to return home.
6. Challenges and the Role of Consultants
The important problems to be solved forreconstruction work, which can be seen thatthese challenges are attributable to tsunami andradioactive damage caused by the nuclear
accident rather than earthquake damage, areas follows:
1) Treatment and disposal management on alarge amount of rubble.
2) Reduction of radioactive substances andtreatment of radioactive waste.
3) Development of alternative energy and stablesupply of electric power
For recovery of living condition in the disasterareas and for sustainable development andsafety after the nuclear accident, Japanese
consultants should make efforts continuously withthe following principles:
1) Use of integrated soft and hard technologies
to protect lives of people from mega-disaster.
2) Leadership of civil engineers is vital for
determining the best diverse solutions.
3) Transfer of information throughout the world
and to the next generation regarding Japan's
experience and the findings obtained from thedisaster.
(Received March 12, 2012)

Fig. 3 Comparison of 134Cs+137Cs pollution zone of ground levelin Chernobyl and Fukushima (same scale)6NEWS LETTER 2012

DB or not DB, that is the question!
~Dispute Board (DB) for sound contract
management in emerging countries~
Takashi ITO
Director, Japan International Cooperation Agency

1. Poor procurement and contract management: Sourceof great loss.
st
21 century is obviously one of the milestones for
emerging countries. While most of the developed
countries have been (and will probably
continue) suffering from severe economic crisis orlong stagnation of their national economy,
emerging countries still enjoying relatively highgrowth. China, India and Brazil are now regularmembers of the top 10 list of the world largest
economies. Development of national industries iswidely observed and living standard of people
has been improving in countries like Indonesia,
Vietnam and Bangladesh. They are, however, stillfacing very important challenges: poverty,
environment degradation, gap between richand poor, etc.

allocation, etc. All of these factors arecontributors to the loss of direct cost, claims,
disputes and obstacle for appropriate resource
allocation.
There exists the guiding role of FIDIC and it's
Member Associations. "FIDIC's rainbow" ofcontract forms are widely accepted as thestandard in the field of international construction
contract in which the essence of the world's bestpractices are integrated. Significant number oftraining courses has been provided by FIDIC and
its Member Associations, which contribute tocapacity building of a wide range of people.
This is the reason why JICA has strengthened
collaboration with FIDIC and AJCE in the last
several years. The Multilateral Development Bank
(MDB) harmonized edition of FIDIC contract form
for construction has been adopted in JICA's
Sample Bidding Documents since 2009. A
number of FIDIC training courses were organizedin Asian countries under the sponsorship of JICA.

Governments of those emerging countries makea lot of efforts to cope with their problems. Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
supports those governments through a various
cooperation tools. It is, however, pity to see that
their efforts are very often hindered by theirimproperprocurement
andcontractmanagement. Civil servants are faithful, but theysometimes overlook international practice andstandard. Some domestic laws and regulations
require too much transparency and procedures,
which might lead to excessively cautious
behavior of the stakeholders. As a result,unreasonable provisions are time to time
included in the bidding documents. This often
discourages international contractors fromparticipating in the bidding. In addition, very longtime is required for a bid evaluation. Slowprogress of contract implementation is
attributable to delay in land acquisition, longdecision making process, and poor coordination
among the stakeholders, insufficient budget

JICA has been playing a leading role to promote
the Dispute Board (DB) in Asian region due to thefact that JICA can expect a lot of benefits from
DB. It may prevent from and smoothly resolve
disputes. It may also provide JICA's partner
agencies with opportunities of capacity building
through sound contract management. In spite ofa lot of advantages, many partner agencies still
hesitate to use DB in their own project since DB isa relatively new concept.
2. Having done a lot, still more to do
So, DB or not DB, that is the question. The
answer? Of course, DB!
Since JICA decided to adopt the MDB
harmonized edition in its Sample Bidding
Documents for Works, various activities have7NEWS LETTER 2012
been carried out to promote the DB in JICA's
partner countries. Some examples are
introduced here. A number of dissemination
seminars have organized in our major partnercountries and a total of several hundred
participants has benefitted from the seminars
since 2008. An adjudicator training kit wasdrafted in 2010 as a tool for adjudicator training
and assessment. In Dec. 2010, adjudicator
training and assessment workshops wereorganized in Tokyo to verify effectiveness of the
adjudicator training kit after which it was
confirmed as satisfactory by participants,
assessment panel and FIDIC. This initiative helped
AJCE to be the 8th Member Association having anational list of adjudicators. Establishment of theinternal policy on the use of DB in the projects
funded under JICA's loans would probably be
the first among the leading funding agencies in
the world. It is worth noting that AJCE always
stood by us during all of these initiatives andplayed vital roles, especially in the establishmentof the AJCE list of adjudicators. Procedural rules
and guidelines of AJCE list is in compliant with
FIDIC adjudicator guidelines.

can be more efficiently mobilized in theemerging countries if the procurement andcontract management are sound. That is why alarge number of specialists in the international
funding institutions (including JICA), governmentsof those countries, consulting engineers andothers are working in different disciplines such as
public procurement, legal framework, capacity
building, etc.
Jules Verne, French author, once said "Whatevera man can imagine, others will be able torealize." Well, let's say, "Yes, we can." Everyone
can do something so that tomorrow is somehow
better than today.

Now, talking about the new horizon, JICA intends
to train adjudicators and help its Asian partnercountries to become national list holders. One of
the reasons why the DB is not widely used is thatexperienced adjudicators are mostly available inNorth America and Europe, but scarce in otherregions, including Asia. Creating a national list ineach country is also in line with FIDIC's policy.
Is "self-sufficiency" of adjudicators in Asia realistic?
I am afraid not in a short period of time sincethose newly trained adjudicators may needsome on-site experience at first. So, in the
beginning, participation of well experienced
experts from other regions will certainly benecessary. I hope, however, that most of
adjudicators will be appointed in each region,
hopefully in near future. Well, we should say weare just standing at the starting point of the longway.
3. Yes, we can!
Having talked much about promotion of DB, I
would like to stress that this is only a part of "To dolist." As mentioned in the beginning, resources8

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Pathway to an attractive consulting
engineering industry

Shinichi HASEGAWA
Director, AJCE
President, Pacific Consultants, K.K.

In order to overcome the effects of the risks ofnatural disasters and to improve international
competitiveness, it is essential for Japan tomaintain a level of social infrastructure that will
support national security and safety. In the last
decade, however, there has been little discussion
over the necessity of social infrastructure in the
consulting industry.

and then demonstrate their talents in the mostappropriate jobs within the organization, thus
helping to improve overall organizational
operations.
The individuals who contribute to society arethose with more than just "average ability".
Consulting engineers who are talented cansecure a sustainable future, and thereby set a
standard for consultants of the next generation.
Only individuals with excellent abilities cancreate the necessary corporate values thatdefine a consulting firm.

Following the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on
the 11th of March, 2011, the importance of wellmaintained social infrastructure has increasingly
been recognized for its contribution to disasterrecovery and national safety.

Today, consulting engineers are facing many
challenges. While individuals with excellent
abilities are required to make the consulting
industry more attractive, the industry struggles torecruit individuals.

In order to secure a greater measure of social
infrastructure, it is important to convert the civilengineering sector into a more attractive
industry. Consulting engineers, whose social
voice has weakened in parallel with thedecrease in public works, should lead thisinitiative.

In 1995, there were over 10,000 technical experts
in the age of twenties. This number had declined
to 3,000 by 2009 - therefore, in approximately 14
years, over 7,000 (equal to 72%) young individuals
turned to other industries. This "shift" has caused a
serious problem for the consulting engineering
industry in terms of passing on technologies tofuture generations. It is thought that consulting
engineers and engineers at large are turningaway from the industry as they not filled with asense of mission to provide values to the society
through technologies.

The mission of consulting engineers is to explore
the potential of human society and create
valuable infrastructure through the utilization ofsuperior technologies; in other words, to create
value through the effective use of technology.
Talented individuals who create value in theirprojects should be evaluated by their "ability to
produce value within a limited timeframe", rather
than by the number of hours they spend todeliver the outcome.

In other words, consulting engineers are currently
not in a position to promote domestic sustainable
development due to unresolved issues of working
conditions, such as long-working hours.

The term "Human Resources" refers to individuals
who contribute to society. The appropriate use of
talented individuals creates strong and powerfulorganizations; talented individuals who then go
on to contribute to society. Individuals withinorganizations should receive quality education

In order to fundamentally improve this situation,
each individual needs to be appropriately

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rewarded for the value that they create. The
selection of consulting engineers must be basedon their technical capacity, as well as their
dedication to securing quality of project
outcomes. All engineers need to become
enthusiastic about creating an attractive
consulting industry in order to improve business
management within the company.

the minimum acceptable price. As acountermeasure, we strongly believe thatabolishing the upper limit of an expected pricerange and inter-party initiatives pursuing thespecial exemption law for public procurement
would be beneficial. It is necessary for consulting
engineers to proactively suggest fundamental
reforms in contracting methods by shifting from a
passive approach where they respond to the
proposed contracting method to a moreproactive approach by proposing business
management aimed at reducing total cost
including planning, design, construction,
maintenance and management, thus improving
overall project efficiency.

In October 1972, the "Brooks Act" was introduced
by Jack Brooks, a member of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives, which specified that selection ofengineers should be awarded according to their
qualifications and on conditions of superior
technical capacity. It is noteworthy that even in
the U.S. it took as long as 50 years to shift theirfocus from price competition to engineering
competency.

The goal is to create work places where young
employees are fully satisfied and motivated, byproceeding with the improvement in the
structure of consulting businesses and the work
environment, taking the challenges anddirections for reform into consideration. In orderto achieve this, it is important for companies tomake efforts to structure their organization to
include appropriate highly skilled individuals
rather than reallocate staff with average ability.

It is often argued among consulting engineeringfirms that there is no clear link between quality
assurance
andconsultancy
businessmanagement. Some argue that low project
prices have no impact on the quality of work
performed, thus causing no issues for the client or
for those who request their services. We needhowever to challenge this view and create asystem where consulting engineers areevaluated based on their technical capacity.
Consultants must prove that improvement in boththe quality of work and organizational
management can be achieved through thedecreased tension in price competition, andthereby claim improvements in the current
situation.

There are number of areas that require
immediate attention including legalising theconstruction consultancy businesses, enrichingregistration systems, shifting to an engineering
capacity-focused contracting method,establishing property rights on production andoutcomes, establishing bilateral contracts, andshifting from contracting to commissioning.

In Japan, the "Bill for Ensuring the Quality of Public
Works" came into effect in 2005. With this Bill,
bidding has become a mainstream ofcontracting method, through which 40-60% of
government-led public works are commissioned
to enterprises. In addition to technicalcomponent, it involves an element of pricecompetition. While consultants must effectively
react to this current status, we must consider the
potential risks caused by the decrease intechnology-driven forms of contract such as
negotiated contracts and proposal methods.

We believe it is necessary however to work on
the improvement of the social environment sothat prioritising engineering-focused evaluations
and improved quality of outcomes will lead to
managerial reform in construction consulting
companies.

There appears a recent trend with regard toissues of an expected price range, which defines10NEWS LETTER 2012

Looking forward to 2012

Francis Kiyoshi MORIMURA
Vice President, AJCE
President, P. T. Morimura & Associates, Ltd.

2011 was the year in which the east of Japansuffered devastation due to the earthquake andtsunami of March 11th, with a 14m wave causing
disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant and asubsequent loss of power. This gave me serious
pause for thought regarding our way of thinking
and our set of values. The damage caused was ablow to the pride and confidence of engineers.

East and North Africa, there are reasons for
optimism. Due to population increase, there is
improved growth and significant increase inplant investment in Asian countries, andJapanese enterprise is making much better
headway in Asia than reports in the mass media
would suggest. Furthermore, while it is not clear
what the impact of Japan's decision toparticipate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership will beon our business, I think it points towards theeventual disappearance of barriers between
domestic and international, or in other words, weare moving towards a world which is withoutborders.

These recent events call for a further rethink
about our approach to engineering design andthe whole concept of design. The aftermath ofthe disaster affords an opportunity for us to
explore new ideas, to make the adoption of newengineering design approaches a reality.

To take advantage of these opportunities I
believe we should push for engineering design
standards which can be understood globally,
and I think we need to improve the international
outlook of consulting engineers, as we turn oureyes more towards the wider world.

I believe Japanese consulting engineers are notthinking and doing as before, but are
endeavoring to meet the challenges, to comeup with answers and meet the needs of society
as we move forward.
Consulting engineers are searching for a new
professional role to help build a safe and securesociety in the face of natural disasters. And that's
why I want to take this opportunity to paint a
new picture of a consulting engineer's office. The
time has arrived for us to review our professionalrole from basics.
On another note, Japan has been in a state of
economic malaise ever since the collapse of theeconomic bubble in 1991. There still seems to be
no way out of this situation, and since theearthquake there seems to have been a sense of
introspection and stagnation. However, when
you look outside Japan, in spite of the fact that
there are fears over the world economy due tothe impact of the financial crisis in Europe, as wellas concerns over political situation in the Middle

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Exclusions of consequential andindirect loss under English law
Simon BARRETT
Partner, Simmons & Simmons Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho(Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise TMI Associates)
Introduction
Clauses seeking to exclude (or limit) a contractor's liability for"consequential" or "indirect" loss 1 are frequently included inconstruction contracts as a means of reducing a contractor's
liability to pay damages to an employer following a breach ofcontract.
In this article, we examine how the English courts have viewed
such clauses (including the recent case of McCain Foods) andoffer some practical guidance as to how parties seeking to
exclude or limit liability for certain types of losses should
approach the drafting of these provisions.

The decision in McCain Foods
This conclusion was again reached in the recent High Court
decision of McCain Foods GB Limited v Eco-Tec (Europe)
Limited5. In this case, an employer, McCain Foods, purchasedfrom a contractor, Eco-Tec, a system that was designed toremove certain chemicals from biogas produced by McCain
Food's waste water treatment plant. The clean biogas was thento be used both as fuel to generate electricity and as a sourceof revenue though the sale of renewable energy certificates.
The employer, however, encountered problems commissioning
and operating the system. It brought a claim against thecontractor for damages for breach of contract, including thecost of buying a replacement system, the additional cost of
having to buy electricity instead of generating it from thebiogas and the loss of revenue from selling the renewableenergy certificates.
The contractor accepted its liability to pay damages in respectof the costs of the replacement system but challenged theremaining claims for damages on the basis that these losses fellwithin an exclusion clause in the construction contract, whichstated that the contractor's liability for "indirect, special,incidental and consequential damages" was excluded.
However, the High Court held that all types of loss claimed
arose directly from the contractor's breach, and were nottherefore indirect or consequential. The claimant could recoverdamages in respect of the cost of replacement equipment, theextra cost of electricity (as McCain Foods could not generate
its own), extra contractor costs and the loss of revenue from thesale of the renewable energy certificates.

Direct and indirect loss under English law
The well-known case of Hadley v Baxendale2 established thetest in English law for determining what losses a party canrecover following a breach of contract, and what losses
cannot be recovered on the basis they are too distant or, to
use the legal terminology, too "remote".
The test divides losses into two categories:(a) "Direct" losses that arise naturally from a particular breach;and(b) "Indirect" losses that are not a natural consequence of thebreach but which instead arise out of special or unusual
circumstances.
While direct damages are recoverable in full, indirect losses canonly be recovered if both parties knew about the special or
unusual circumstances at the time they entered into thecontract.
The case of Victoria Laundry3 helpfully illustrates this distinction.
Here, late delivery of a boiler resulted in a laundry suffering
losses, including lost revenue under certain lucrative
government contracts. The court ruled that the revenue lostunder the government contracts was indirect on the basis it
was an exceptional loss that would not normally arise fromdelayed delivery. Accordingly, since the supplier had not been
told of the existence of the government contracts such lost
revenue was not recoverable.

Advice on drafting
The above suggests that a general exclusion or limitation ofconsequential or indirect loss is unlikely to reduce a party's
liability following a contractual breach. Accordingly, if theparties choose to exclude or limit certain types of losses when
they enter into a contract, clear words describing those precise
losses needs to be used.
The types of losses that parties may wish to exclude in aconstruction contract will obviously vary, however the following
are the kind of losses that parties may want to make provision
for in their agreements.

The English courts' approach to exclusion clauses
In cases like Victoria Laundry the English courts have been able
to distinguish between direct and indirect losses when
considering questions surrounding remoteness of damages.
However, courts have struggled to identify "indirect" losses in thecontext of an exclusion or limitation clause.
Indeed, in every case to have come before the English Court ofAppeal and in which a party has attempted to invoke ageneral exclusion or limitation of indirect loss, the court hasviewed the loss in question as being direct loss and therefore
outside the scope of exclusion or limitation.4

・ Loss of profit
・ Loss of revenue
・ Loss of production
・ Loss of opportunity
・ Loss of access to markets
・ Loss of overheads
・ Loss of goodwill
・ Loss of use
・ Loss of any benefit arising under a contract with a third
party
・ Damage to property

1. Terms such as "consequential loss", "indirect loss", "special loss" and"incidental loss" are broadly given to mean the same thing under English
law and are therefore treated together in this article.
2. (1854) 9 Exch 341
3. Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd [1949] 2 KB 528
4. See for instance Croudace Construction v Cawoods Concrete Products
Ltd (1978) 8 BLR 20; British Sugar plc v NEI Power Projects and Another(1998) 87 B.L.R. 42 CA; Deepak Fertilisers v ICI [1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 387;
and Hotel Services (UK) Ltd. V Hilton International Hotels UK Ltd (2000).
5. [2011] EWHC 66 (TCC)

Please feel free to contact Simon Barrett with any questions you
may have on this topic.
simon.barrett@simmons-simmons.com

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AJCE Activity 2011 at a glance

January

JulySeptember
AJCE Annual Seminar ࠘see p.15 ࠙

AJCE New Year Celebration Party- Consulting Services Contract inOverseas Project -OctoberNovember

FIDIC 2011 Davos Conference- Local Resources-Global Perspectives

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͆Yakai”, Social Networking Event࠘see p.19࠙

AJCE Seminar
FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction,
MDB Harmonised Edition࠘see p.17࠙

December
Introduction of CE Industry to University
Students࠘see p.19࠙

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AJCE Activity 2011

AJCE Annual Seminar 2011
Consulting Services Contract in Overseas Project- FIDIC White Book and the AJCE List of Adjudicators Professional Development Committee, AJCE

1. Introduction
AJCE held its annual seminar under the theme of"Consulting Services Contract in Overseas Project-FIDIC White Book and the AJCE List of
Adjudicators-" in Tokyo on 12 July 2011. In theearly part of the seminar, speakers explained
about the "Client/Consultant Model Services
Agreement" of FIDIC, "White Book", which is
FIDIC's standard form of contract focusing oncontracts between the client and consulting
engineers (CEs). In the latter part, the AJCE List of
Adjudicators was introduced.

process for contract amendment; conditions forpayment; and dispute settlement measures.
2) Interpretation of the White Book 2006 (Mr.
Takaharu Kaburaki)
Mr. Kaburaki, who has worked overseas for many
years as a CE and a construction company
employee, carefully interpreted the White Bookby making reference to the sample bidding
documents of JICA. Under the White Book, he
explains: CEs are liable for only those damages
demanded in a set period of time and only when
the breach of contract has been established by
the counterparty; the level of compensation
does not exceed the amount of damage that isreasonably foreseeable; and such clauses are
not provided by JICA. Further, copyright of thereports prepared by CEs belongs to CEs under
the White Book but to the client under JICA's
contract.
3) Client-CE Contract and CE's Responsibility (Ms.
Toshiko Koizumi)
Ms. Koizumi explained from a lawyer's view pointthat in recent years, CEs have been held
responsible for illegal actions, particularly thoseconcerned with environmental damages,
beyond the level stipulated in the contract.
Touching on past cases in Indonesia, Vietnam,
and Nigeria, she explained that project
undertaken over 10 years ago can still be subject
to a lawsuit and hence it is important to keep
records. She also pointed out that there exists nocontractual relationship between CEs andcontractors and therefore in case legal claims
were made for damages between them, it could
lead directly to a lawsuit. In signing a contract,
she stressed that the following issues should beclarified: definitions of regular, additional, andspecial services; contract period; defect liability
period; conditions and process for contract

2. Presentations
1) CEs' Role under the Contract (Mr. Yukinobu Hayashi)
Mr. Hayashi first explained that CEs owe no other
responsibility than that to exercise reasonableskill, care and diligence under the White Book
and are required to stand independently
between the client and the contractor. It was
explained that the major roles of CEs are:approval of documents submitted by thecontractors; project management; issuance ofcertifications; and issuance of a 'determination' inorder to settle claims that have been made. It is
important for CEs to clarify the following in signinga contract: ambiguities in the TOR; extent ofliability for damages; coverage of insurance;

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including AJCE to select adjudicators bythemselves and that was a reason behind AJCE
commencing operation of the AJCE List of
Adjudicators in May 2011. He reported that 10
members have been qualified to be on the listand encouraged participants to apply for
adjudicator assessment (examination). He
explained the conditions to apply and to beaccredited as an adjudicator as well as theprocess of examination, screening, andregistration.

4) Dispute Board and CEs (Dr. Toshihiko Omoto)Dr. Omoto, one of the FIDIC President's List of
Approved Adjudicators, explained that standing
DB consists of three adjudicators who are versed
in apprehending contracts and have richprofessional experience in dispute resolution inoverseas projects. It was explained that DB's role
was to support the efforts made by parties
concerned to solve the disputes and that DB
does not provide technical advices as theengineers do. He added that DB contributes topreventing disputes and introduced some of theclaimed shortcomings as: increase in cost andburden of aid-recipient countries; and its
duplicative role with the engineers.

3. Closing Comments
It is an honor to have invited qualified experts
with relevant backgrounds. We are confident
that the information and expertise shared havehelped all participants gain confidence in
stepping out into the challenging sphere ofoverseas business.

5) Introduction of the AJCE List of Adjudicators (Mr.
Hidenori Nozaki)
Mr. Nozaki explained that, in response to a
growing demand for adjudicators, FIDIC has
been requesting its member associations

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AJCE Activity 2011

AJCE Seminar
FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction, MDB Harmonised Edition(Harmonised Red Book)
International Activity Committee

study, CCSC has started to translate theHarmonaised Red Book in Japanese in
December 2009, and published the Japaneseedition in August 2011.

Hamonised Red Book

1. Introduction
Conditions of Contract for Works of Civil
Engineering Construction (1987 Red Book),
published by the International Federation ofConsulting Engineers (FIDIC), was entirely revised
to Conditions of Contract for Construction for
Building and Engineering Works Designed by the
Employer (1999 Red Book). The 1999 Red Book
has been revised further for projects funded byMultilateral Development Banks (MDB ). This is the
Harmonised Red Book.
On the other hand, Sample Bidding Documents(SBD) under Japanese ODA Loan, Procurementof Works, Japan International Corporation
Agency (JICA) had specified the generalcondition of1987 Red Book in its SBD. Further inJune 2009, the SBD was revised and theHarmonised Red Book was built into the revised
SBD. In recent years JICA is making efforts inJapan to increase the number of adjudicator
who will be a member of Dispute Board (DB) thatprevents dispute as well as to make a decision ona dispute as specified in the Harmonised Red
Book.
Under such circumstances, Contract Subcommittee (CCSC), International Activity
Committee, AJCE have worked on acomparative study regarding clauses in the 1987
Red Book versus those in 1999 / Harmonised Red
Book since January 2009. In connection with this2010 Edition

2006 Edition

2006 Edition (Japanese)

Based on the results of work carried out by the
CCSC, seminar for explaining differences
between the Harmonised Red Book and the 1987
Red Book was held in which views on contract
management was also explained.
2. Seminar Presentations(1) Seminar Outline (Mr. Ryota Fujiwara,
Chairman of CCSC)
Prior to the seminar, overview of the clauses andcomparative briefing regarding the Red Book

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and its Harmonised edition was presented. In
addition, characteristics of the Harmonised Red
Book were briefed in the following three points: 1)
Role of the Engineer, 2) Dispute Board andrelation among the parties and 3) Persons
including MDB.

4. Conclusion
This seminar was aimed at contract engineersand persons who have experience of contract
management. It might be difficult to understandfor persons not familiar with contract conditions
like Red Book.
Needless to say that it is one of the important skills
for consulting engineers to manage conditions ofcontract for construction because the last stageof social infrastructure establishment is"construction".
AJCE wishes that seminars of contract
management like this will help the AJCE member
firms as well as concerned parties for more
overseas business expansion in engineering andconstruction field.

(2) Part-1: Clause 1 - 5 (Mr. Kunji Akinaga, Mr.
Motohiko Iijima, CCSC)
Part-1 includes general provisions and mattersregarding the Parties and Persons under the
Harmonised Red Book (Employer, Engineer,
Contractor, Nominated Subcontractors)(3) Part-2: Clause 6 - 14 (Mr. Takaharu Kaburaki,
Mr. Masamichi Watanabe, CCSC)
Part-2 stipulates matters regarding manpower
resources (staff and labour), physical resources(plant and material) and workmanship, and ofprocess from commencement of works to taking
over.
(4) Part-3: Clause 15 - 19 (Mr. Hidekazu Konishi,
Mr. Tatsuro Hayashi, CCSC)
Part-3 consists of clauses about termination,suspension, risk, insurance and force majeure.
They are fundamental factors for a contractor todecide whether he submit a tender.
(5) Part-4: Clause 20 and Appendix (Mr. TakashiHara, Mr. Hiromi Hoshi, CCSC)
Part-4 consists of matters on disputes andarbitration. In the Appendix, general conditionsof Dispute Board agreement is stipulated .
3. Question and Answer
Questions were raised on "Employer's Financial
Arrangements" and "Eligible Source Country". Alsointerpretation of clauses was discussed.

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AJCE Activity 2011

Activity of Young Professionals in 2011
Kazutoshi AKASAKA
Chair, Young Professionals Sub-Committee, AJCE
Nihon Suido Consultants Co.,Ltd.

Topic 1: Activities of YP sub-committee
The Young Professionals (YP) activities include:- Support training and networking of young
engineers through the participation to
FIDIC/ASPAC activities- Promote young consulting engineers' skills to
be competent in the international market- Promote the participation of young engineers
in Consulting Industry including students.

In the FIDIC conference 2011, Mr. Imai presented
the following subjects:- Introduction of several cases on YP's skill
development in several companies- Proposal on expected training method of YP- Introduction of YP activities

Topic 2: "Yakai", Social Networking Event
On 22 July 2011, an YP social networking event
was organized and hosted by AJCE YP SC. About
40 YPs from several companies participated andenjoyed communication among them. This event
provided opportunity to disseminate activity of
AJCE YPs.

Topic5: Introduction of CE Industry to University
Students
YP SC conducted lectures on CE industry androle of consultants for University Students.
The lectures were held in Shibaura Institute ofTechnology on 11 November 2011 and Tokyo
metropolitan university on 7 December 2011.
Students participated the lectures were about 30
and 60 respectively.
Seven of YP SC members lectured on specialized
field of practices. This event will be carried out
continuously.

Topic 3: Contribution to FIDIC YPF and ASPAC YPF
A member of AJCE YP SC is serving as FIDIC YPF
SC and ASPAC YPF SC member. We would like tocontinue positive contribution to FIDIC YPF
activities by sending representative from AJCE.

Topic6: New Activity
In addition to the above activities, YP SC isplanning to carry out the YP Award for theoutstanding activity by YPs in this year. This
activity will continue,

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

URGENT DISASTER REDUCTION PROJECT FOR
MT. MERAPI, PROGO RIVER BASIN
Principal
Firm(s)Yachiyo Engineering Co.,LTD

Project Site

North of Yogyakarta City, central Java,
Indonesia

ClientMinistry of Public Works, Indonesia

Finance

Japanese ODA Loan

PeriodAug 2006 - June 2012

Type of
Project

Engineering Consulting Services
for PQ, Tender and Construction
SupervisionNon-structural Measure- Establishment of warning and evacuation system- Sand Mining Control

Location of the project site in Java island, Indonesia

Project Outline
Indonesia is characterized as a volcanic country,
having 129 volcanoes equivalent to 16% of the world
total. Among them, Mt. Merapi, one of the mostactive volcanos in the world, is located 30km north of
Yogyakarta City, central Java. Previous eruptions andsubsequent debris flows have caused frequent
sediment disasters, resulting in human victims anddamage or destruction of private and public assets.
To mitigate sediment disaster along the area, theGovernment of Indonesia has started Mt. Merapi and
Mr. Semeru Volcanic Disaster Countermeasures
Project using the Japan's ODA Loan. The main
objective of the Project is to mitigate and control the
volcanic sediment disaster by construction of thesediment control facilities such as check dams,
consolidation dams, training dikes, revetment andchannel works.
Details
Structural Measure- Construction Works of Sabo Facilities in Merapi Area
Sabo Dam : 36 locations- Rehabilitation Irrigation Facilities
Irrigation facility : 15 locations- Construction Groundsill for riverbed degradation
measureGroundsill : 3 locations- Construction of Evacuation Facility
Shelter : 3 locations
Evacuation road : 5.7 km- Installation of Monitoring, Forecasting and Warning
systemWarning system station : 12 stations- Construction of Workshop for Equipment of Disaster
Emergency Works
Workshop : 1 location

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2010 Mt. Merapi Eruption(November 5, 2010)

Pyroclastic Flow Deposit(November 5, 2010 Gendol River)

Sabo Dam in Apu River(AP-RD1a)

Sabo Dam in Putih River(PU-RD5)

Sabo Dam in Trising River(TR-RD8)

Shelter in Kepuharjo Village

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

Maritime Education and Training Improvement(METI) Project
Principal
Firm(s)Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd

Project Site

Jakarta/ Semarang / Surabaya /Makassar / Barombong

ClientHuman
Resource
Development
Agency, Ministry of Transportation,
Indonesia

Finance

Japanese ODA Loan

PeriodMay 2004 - May 2011

Type of
Project◆ Education / Human Resource
Development◆ Service Recipient 6 (six) Institutes in Indonesia
BP3IP Jakarta/ STIP Jakarta / PIP Semarang & Makassar
BP2IP Surabaya & Barombong◆ Outline of Major MET Equipment Provided
1. Radar /ARPA Simulator
2. Full Mission Ship Simulator
3. Full Mission Cargo Handling & LNG Simulator
4. GMDSS Simulator

BP3IP Jakarta

Project Outline
As a member country in the International Marine
Organization (IMO), the maritime sector in Indonesia has
been open to global competition since FY 2000 White List
and realized needs have "Implementation of modernizationof Indonesia's merchant maritime education throughimprovement of education programs, enhancement oftrainers' capability and establishment of indispensable
equipment".
In order to meet with qualification requirement of STCW'95(The International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers) of IMO, METI
project provides with procurement of upgrading MET (marine
education and training) Equipment together with building
construction and Education/Training Program to the 6 MET
Institutes of ETA (Education and Training Agency) which
Ministry of Transportations supervised, entered into
agreement with both Government of Indonesia and Japan in
2001. Significant MET equipment developed is integrated fullmission ship simulator equipment which is combined with 3
types of ship maneuvering simulators, full mission engine room
simulator and real diesel engine plant. Simulators and theplant work were allocated into the bridge, engine control
room and engine room as if in a real ship through theinterface, which transfers the needed information to required
sections.
Seafarer training at each Institute is now on track after the
project completed in 2010, resulting in quantity and quality
improvement for seafarers with state-of-the-art marine
equipment and technology which will update their COC(Certificate of Competency) into the new standard STCW'95
to promote safety of life and property at sea and protectionof marine environment, providing qualified seafarers to themarket complying with demands of domestic andinternational fleets in marine sector, especially in Indonesia.

Ship Maneuvering Simulator RoomEngine Room Simulator: BP3IP

Details◆ Services Provided
Basic design study, detailed Design, tender document,
assistance for tender evaluation, contract administration,and construction / procurement supervision.

Real Diesel Engine Plant andLobby Atrium: BP3IP Jakarta

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

Southern Transport Development Project(Southern Expressway; JICA funded section)
Principal
Firm(s)Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.
and JBSI with RDC

Project Site

South West Region of Sri Lanka

ClientRoad Development Authority, Sri Lanka

Finance

Japanese ODA Loan

PeriodJuly 2002 - Feb2013
Operated since 27/Nov/2011

Type of
Project◆ Detailed Design◆ Tender Assistance◆ Construction Supervision

Project Outline
Southern Transport Development Project (STDP) is thefirst fully access-controlled Expressway in Sri Lanka. The
whole length of STDP is 126km and JICA section is
66km. It starts at Kottawa (Colombo) and ends at
Godagama (Matara). It will ease the traffic
congestion in Galle Road, provide more convenienttransport facilities for residents in the South and finallystimulate the economic development in Sri Lanka andSouth Regions. The highway is a 4-lane dual toll
expressway in a 6-lane wide excavated road corridor
for the future expansion, including 4 interchanges. The
route traverses through flood plain and marshy groundconsisting of very soft peat, organic soils and clays,
occupying 42% of JICA section length. Besides thesupervision work, the functional detailed design & thebid preparation for Toll Collection System (T&G and
ETC) and also the detailed design & supervision work
for Toll Office & Toll Gate for 8 interchanges including
ADB funded section (30km) were carried out.
Details◆ Earth Work: 6,200,000m3(Cut), 7,500,000m3(Fill)◆ Soft Ground Treatment(28km):
CVC, Heavy Tamping, Band Drain, rock
replacement◆ Bridge: 695m and 310m long bridge by Dywidag
Other 51 PC beam bridges◆ Structures: 199 box culverts, 234 pipe culvert◆ Pavement:
190,000ton asphalt for binder course(60mm)
130,000ton asphalt for wearing course(40mm)

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

THE PROGRAMME FOR FOREST INFORMATIONMANAGEMENT
Principal
Firm(s)

KOKUSAI KOGYO CO., LTD.

Details
1) Facility Construction- Computer room
- Multipurpose meeting room
- Data server room
- Library / documents storage- Administration office2) Equipment Procurement- Equipment for satellite imagery analyses anddatabase construction- Equipment for sampling site surveys
3) Technical Assistance- Satellite imagery analyses- Field surveys- Development/management of a basic
database on forestry

Project Site Vientiane Capital, LAO PDR
Client1) Procurement Agent: JICS
2) Implementing Organization:
Department of Forestry, theMinistry of Agriculture andForestry, Lao PDR

Finance

Japan's Grant Aid

PeriodConstruction: Sep. 2010 - Sep. 2011

Type of
Project

1) Facility Construction2) Equipment Procurement
3) Technical Assistance

Project Outline
Laos has formulated a plan to restore its
forestation rate to 70% by 2020. It has also been
establishing and revising forest related laws andpassing legislation regarding village forestry
management. Furthermore, it has seized on the
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation programme (REDD) to combat
global warming. Moreover, Laos pronounced its
participation in the Forest Carbon Partnership
Facility (FCPF), and was selected as one of theinitial 14 participant countries. The government
intends to promote forest conservation throughthe formulation and implementation of a plan toprepare a REDD system, and throughexperimental emissions trading and so on.
This Programme's overall goal is to prepare
benchmark maps for REDD based on forest
resources information so that the prevention of
deforestation is dealt with globally; and the
purpose of the Programme is to establish afundamental structure to make basic forestry
maps using several types of satellite imagery in
Laos.

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

The Project for Management of Non-Revenue Water
in Kenya (1st FY)
Principal
Firm(s)Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation

Project Site

Nairobi/Meru/Embu/ Narok/Kapsabet,
KENYA

ClientMinistry of Water and Irrigation of Kenya
etc.

FinanceTechnical Cooperation Projects ofJapan

PeriodSeptember 2010 - June 2011

Type of
Project

Project Management Services

6. Kenya Water Institute develops their capacity of
training for NRW reduction measures.
7. "The Standard of NRW Management" is spreadout nationwide.

Project Outline
The reduction of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is a costeffective method and it is Kenyan government's aim
to reduce the current national rate of NRW of 60% to
30% by year 2015. The Ministry of Water and Irrigationof Kenya has approached the Japanese Government
for assistance in view to achieve its goals of NRW
reduction, reducing its running costs andimplementing effective water use.
What is Non-Revenue Water?
NRW is the difference between the volume of water
put into a water distribution system and the volume
that is billed to customers. NRW comprises threecomponents: physical (or real) losses, commercial (orapparent) losses, and unbilled authorized
consumption. [World Bank]
Details◆ Project Purpose:
System and mechanisms for reducing NRW in
Kenya are set up and the implementation
capacity is developed.
◆ Indicators:
1. Kenya Water Institute conducts training for NRW
reduction based on the human resource
development plan.
2. The 8 Water Service Boards to prepare
dissemination plan for NRW reduction.
3. NRW data from all Water Services Providers is
utilized for summarize the annual report by Water
Services Regulatory Board.
◆ Project Output
4. Manual/Guideline of NRW reduction is madethrough the pilot projects implementation.
5. "The Standard of NRW Management" isauthorized and Water Service Regulatory Board
strengthens capacity to lead Water Service
Boards and Water Services Providers to reduce
NRW.

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

THE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES ON
BOUGAINVILLE COASTAL TRUNK ROAD
Principal
Firm(s)CHODAI CO., LTD.

Project Site

Bougainville Island

ClientThe Independent State of Papua New
GuineaFinanceGrant Aid of Japan

PeriodOctober 2009 - March 2012

Type of
Project

Consultant Supervision Services

Project Outline
Although the Bougainville Coastal Trunk Road is themost important road in the Island, majority of the roadfacilities including bridges and causeways have been
severely deteriorated due to the lack of maintenanceactivities during and after the hard years of theinternal conflict. Many of the causeways on the roadwere collapsed or washed away by heavy flood
water and causeways at 15 locations where the traffic
were interrupted by flood water are selected to bereconstructed. All weather transportation on the roadwill be secured and the development and stability of
the local people's life in the Island will be promoted by
the Project.
Details
The total number of construction is 15 bridges. The
scope of the work is summarized below.
Number of
BridgeFoundation Type

Structure Type

Others2

Steel pipe pile

3 Span steel girder
Bridge L=75m

Approach road
Gabion,Sodding

2

Steel pipe pile

2 Span steel girder
Bridge L=50m

Approach road
Gabion,Sodding

3

Spread foundation

2 Span steel girder
Bridge L=40m

Approach road
Gabion,Sodding

3

Steel pipe pile
Spread foundation

1 Span steel girder
Bridge L=25m

Approach road
Gabion,Sodding

5

Steel pipe pile
Spread foundation

1 Span steel girder
Bridge L=20m

Approach road
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CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION
OF BRIDGES ON MAIN ROADS IN JUBA CITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN
Principal
Firm(s)CTI Engineering International Co., Ltd.

Project Site

Juba, Republic of South Sudan

ClientMinistry of Roads and Bridges, Republic ofSouth Sudan

FinanceGrant Aid, Japan

PeriodFeb. 2010 - Dec. 2011

Type of
Project

Design and Construction
Supervision

Project Outline
In response to the request from the government ofSouth Sudan to the government of Japan, CTI
Engineering International Co., Ltd. carried out services
under Japan's grant aid for conflict prevention andpeace building. The project is formulated for six bridge
locations with the objective of improving mobility andaccessibility within Juba by providing fix links in places
where roads cross rivers and streams, making theroads accessible throughout the year. The Project
construction started in February 2010 and it wascompleted in December 2011. The project aims toattain the following benefits:- Lifeline to key supply routes for foods and goods
from Uganda, Kenya to Juba, South Sudan.
- Link to major roads network in all weather
conditions in the capital city Juba.
- Infrastructure to economic development andsocial stability in South Sudan after
independence.

Mudarat Bridge - Old and narrow bridge(Before the Project)

Mudarat Bridge (N0.6) - After Completion

Korbou Bridge- Overflow during
heavy rain (Before the Project)

Korbou Bridge (No.9) - After Completion

Munuki Bridge - Overflow during
heavy rain (Before the Project)

Munuki Bridge (No.12) - After Completion

Culvert No.13 - Flooded during
heavy rain (Before the Project)

Culvert No.13 - After Completion

Culvert No.14 - Flooded during
heavy rain (Before the Project)

Culvert No.14 - After Completion

Culvert No.15 - Flooded during
heavy rain (Before the Project)

Culvert No.15 - After Completion

Details
The Project includes construction of bridges No. 6, 9,
12 and culverts No. 13, 14, 15.
No.

Name of Bridges/
Culverts

Dimension
Type of Structure
Length (M)Width (M)1

Bridge No. 6

24

20

RCDG Two Span

2

Bridge No. 9

14

23

RCDG Single Span

3

Bridge No. 12

18

24

RCDG Single Span

4

Box Culvert No. 13

521

RCBC Single Barrel5

Box Culvert No. 14

420

RCBC Single Barrel

6

Box Culvert No. 15

820

RCBC Double Barrel

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The Capacity Development Project for Non-Revenue Water Reduction in
Colombo City, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (1st Project Year)
Principal
Firm(s)Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd.

◆ Prepare a NRW reduction work plan to be

conducted in a pilot area.
◆ Review and modify existing pipeline network

Project Site Colombo, Sri Lanka
ClientJapan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)

Finance

JICA

PeriodOct 2009 - Mar 2011

Type of
Project◆ Technical Cooperation

drawings of the pilot areas for the NRW
reduction activities.
◆ Conduct OJT on isolation work, leak detection,
plumbing and pipe repairing.
◆ Implement NRW reduction activities according
to the work plan.
◆ Prepare future policy to rollout NRW reduction
activities to the entire area of Colombo City.

Project Outline
The Project aims to enhance capacity of staff
who are working for NRW reduction in National
Water Supply & Drainage (NWSDB) that is incharge of water supply and sewage sector in Sri
Lanka. Following outputs are expected in the
Project.
1 Management capacity of senior officers ofRegional Center (Western-Central) to planand supervise NRW reduction activities isenhanced.
2 Technical and operational capacity to
conduct NRW reduction activities byofficers/staff of Western-Central Regional
Center is developed.

Preparation survey with the counterpart

Details
This project is divided into 3 phases, namely 1st
Project Year (Oct/2009 to Mar/2011), 2nd Project
Year (Apr/2011 to Mar/2012) and 3rd Project Year
(Apr/2012 to Oct/2012). Following activities areincluded in this project.
◆ Review existing plan and training program on

NRW reduction.
◆ Prepare/review an annual program for NRW

reduction activities.
◆ Assess progress of NRW reduction activities in
the pilot areas.

OJT for leak detection in a pilot area

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Preparatory Survey on Sewerage System
Development Project III in The Kingdom of Morocco
Principal
Firm(s)Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd.

Summary of Project Components

Project Site The Kingdom of Morocco
ClientJapan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)

Finance

JICA

PeriodJuly 2011 - Feb 2012

Type of
Project◆ Preparatory Survey

Project Outline- to increase the overall connection rate to
sewerage system in 9 cities (Bouarfa, Nador,
Targuist, Essaouira, Berkane, Al Aroui, Taourirt,
Ouarzazate, and M'rirt)- to increase sewage treatment capacity andreduce pollution in the natural environment- to strengthen the capacity building for
sewerage management and O&M activities- to determine how ODA loans for reduction ofclimate change impacts can be applied to thisproject

Target Year

2025

Expansion of STP

9 cities

Expansion andRehabilitation of Sewer

8 cities(Nador, Targuist, Essaouira, Berkane, Al
Aroui, Taourirt, Ouarzazate, and M’ rirt)

Drainage Expansion

4 cities(Targuist, Essaouira, Taourirt, and M’ rirt)

Cover of Anaerobic
Ponds for GHG
Reduction

8 cities(Bouarfa, Targuist, Essaouira, Berkane, Al
Aroui, Taourirt, Ouarzazate, and M’ rirt)

Project Sites

Details◆ In order to facilitate ODA loan project
formation smoothly, the existing systems andproposed plans were reviewed, and feasibility
study (F/S) reports for the development ofsewerage in 9 cities were prepared.
◆ The greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction wasstudied based on CDM (Clean Development
Mechanism) approach. Covers for anaerobic
ponds and flaring methane gas were
proposed.
◆ Treatment processes were selected fromaerated lagoon process to A2O process basedon local conditions such as effluent quality,
land availability, and costs.
◆ Stakeholder meeting was held to create abetter understanding of the project, obtain
feedback from stakeholders, and ensuretransparency.

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Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone
Development Project
Principal
Firm(s)Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Project Site Adjoining
theSihanoukville
Autonomous Port in Cambodia
ClientPort Authority of Sihanoukville (PAS)Finance

JICA Loan

PeriodOctober 2009 - March 2012

Type of
Project

Consulting Services for Construction
Supervision, Operation &Promotion

Project Outline
Cambodia currently experiences rapid
economic growth. One factor is industrial
development with foreign direct investment. The
leading industries are garment and foot wear.
However, it is considered, because of too muchdependence on such traditional industries, that
the Cambodian industry has to be diversified andupgraded.
By the strategic location of the Sihanoukville Port,
the Project is expected to be a base for
attracting non-traditional industries, especially
export-oriented industries. As well, the Project is
specialized to develop a Special Economic Zone
(SEZ) in direct connection with the Port, and aims
to facilitate Foreign Direct Investment to the area
and create new employment opportunities forthe people and contribute to further economic
growth of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Details(1) Infrastructure of SP SEZ : Road, Water supply
system, Waste water collection andtreatment system, Power supply system,
Telecommunication system(2) Special facilities of SP SEZ : SEZ Center,
Container freight station, Direct connection
gate with Port, Dormitories and Service
Apartment for Investors' employee

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The Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity
Generation System (3 Projects: in Mongolia, Nepal, and Pakistan)
Principal
Firm(s)Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

1. Project in Mongolia

Project Site 1. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2. Kathmandu, Nepal
3. Islamabad, Islamic
Republic of Pakistan
ClientJapan International Cooperation
System (JICS) on behalf of theGovernments of Recipient Countries

FinanceGrant Aid, Japan

Period

1. April 2010 - March 2012
2. August 2010 - April 2012
3. Sept. 2010 - March 2012

Type of
Project

Bird's-eye View

PV Module

2. Project in Nepal

Japan's Programme Grant Aid forEnvironment and Climate Change

Project Outline
In 2008, Japan established the Cool Earth
Partnership, which is a framework of the activity
to contribute to climate stability by supporting
developing countries that are aiming to achieveboth Green House Gas (GHG) emission
reductions and economic growth.
Bird's-eye View

In the framework, these projects provide gridconnected Photovoltaic (PV) generation system
to promote mitigation of GHG emission byenhancing awareness of the PV system andbuilding technical experience on PV system.

PV Module

3. Project in Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Details
1. Project in Mongolia- 426 kW PV generation system- Grid connection with 6.3 kV line
2. Project in Nepal- 680 kW PV generation system- Grid connection with 11 kV line
3. Project in Islamic Republic of Pakistan- Two project sites- 178 kW PV generation system in each site(356 kW in total)- Grid connection with 400 V line

Project Site-1: Pakistan Engineering Council

Project Site-2:
Planning Commission

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Kerala Water Supply Project
Principal
Firm(s)Tokyo Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd.

Project Site

Construction of five independent Water
Supply Systems to 5 districts of Kerala Stateand Institutional Strengthening of Kerala
Water Authority in the Republic of India.

ClientGovernment of Kerala

FinanceODA Loan of Japan

Period

Sep 2003 - Mar 2013

Type of
Project◆ Detailed Engineering Design◆ Construction Supervision◆ Project Management Services

Institutional Strengthening Activities:◆ Establishment of Citizen's charter, Complaint
Redressal system, Project Monitoring System, Assetmanagement, Employee Information System,
Computerized billing and Accounting, AutomatedMeter reading of Bulk Consumers, Non-revenue
water reduction, State-wide network andconnectivity to all KWA offices, Training etc.

Project Outline
In line with Government of India's goal of providing
safe and adequate drinking water to all the urban
and rural people, Kerala Water Supply Project wasformulated in order to construct water supply systems
to five districts of Kerala covering a total population of
4.1 million.
The project aimed to augment and rehabilitate thewater supply facilities in two urban regions namely,
Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode city regions anda new construction of water supply systems to threerural areas namely in Meenad (Kollam district),
Cherthala (Alappuzha district) and Pattuvam (Kannur
District).
The Project also includes overall institutional
strengthening of Kerala Water Authority (KWA)
including training, capacity building by using
information technologies and reduction of nonrevenue water.
Details
Engineering works:◆ Construction of five (5) nos. of Water Treatment
Plant of 174, 107, 93, 74 and 73 million liters per day
capacities.
◆ Construction of Raw Water and Treated Water
Transmission pipelines of a total length of 452 km
consisting of Mild steel, Ductile Iron, HDPE and Glass
Reinforced Pipes (GRP). The maximum size of pipes
is 1800mm diameter.
◆ Construction of Distribution pipe networks of 4520
km and service reservoirs 76 nos. (Ground level 22
nos. and overhead 54 nos.)◆ Installation of SCADA and Telemetry systems forautomated operation and control of entire facilities
from a centralized location.
◆ Rehabilitation of 3 existing water treatment plants,
pump houses, booster pumping stations etc.

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TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Sustainable Design for Renewal Project
Principal
Firm(s)Solar power system◆ Renewal of existing solar panels - single crystal
solar panels operate in parallel with commercial
power supply◆ Improvements in power generation efficiency

P.T.Morimura & Associates,Ltd.

Project Site Tokyo,Japan
ClientTokyo Metropolitan Government

PeriodDesign & Construction 2007/10 - 2012/3

Type of
Project

Design for Renewal & improvement
Construction Supervision

Solar heating system◆ Improved
solar
heating system basedon analysis of pastenergy usage◆ More effective use ofnatural energy

Project Outline
Since it opened in 1997,
the Tokyo International
Forum has had a highoccupancy rate. Fifteen
years have passed sincethen giving rise toconcerns about the age
and deterioration ofequipment.
In
2008
plans
for
renovations were draftedandphasedimprovements are now
underway.
Staying true to theoriginal architecturaldesign intent of Rafael
Vinoly Architects P.C.
which aimed to create abig design impact, theconcept involves theremodelingoftheengineeringsystems
which were (originallydesigned by P.T.Morimura
and Associates), while atthe same time protecting
theenvironment,
supplementing
CO 2
reductionmeasures,upgrading functionality
andincorporating
technological advances
to fulfill the expectationsof visitors now and in the
future.

Lighting◆ Upgrade to LED or
metal halide (CDM)systems for low energy
lighting with halogen
lamps◆ Renewal of G block
upper
structureillumination based oncomputer simulations
withextensive
focusing◆ Faithful to original
design intent

Functional upgrade and energy Monitoring◆ Renewal of integrated Building Management
System (BMS) equipment◆ Improved reliability, versatility, operation andmaintenance◆ Advanced functionality for energy measurement◆ Introduction of data storage and control◆ Support functions for future energy saving
management
CO2 reduction measures : about 760 t-CO2/y
Details :Building area : 20,951 m2
Total Floor area : 145,076 m2
Number of floor : 3 basement & 11 storeys

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Tachibana Annex Building, 2-25-14 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0071 Japan TEL : +81-3-3638-2561
E-mail : info@ctii.co.jp http : //www.ctii.co.jp/

3-21-1 Nihombashi Hama-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8430 Japan TEL : +81-3-3668-0451
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Editor's note

As President Hirose of AJCE overviewed 2011, Tohoku disaster that struck Japan on March 11
changed the lives of all Japanese. All of them, including those who live outside of Tohoku, felt
powerlessness of humankind in face of the power of nature. We, as consulting engineers, were also
impacted by the disaster as we are involved in designing and maintaining those infrastructures thathave been malfunctioned or totally destroyed by the earthquake and Tsunami. The members of
AJCE are making important contributions for the recovery of Tohoku and this News Letter introduces
only a few of them. We continue to invest our efforts to further help the people in Tohoku and otheraffected areas.
Almost one year has passed since 3.11. In the past year, all of us were too busy to reflect upon ourroles in helping the people of Tohoku to rebuild their lives. I believe it is time to look back and rethink
our true contributions for all people living in countries prone to earthquakes and other disasters.
Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is Japan's great poet, writer of Children's literature, geologist, farmer,
and teacher from Iwate in Tohoku region. Even a century after his time, Kenji's famous poem "Ame ni
mo makezu" ("Not defeated by the rain") ---in which he talks about how a man should live hiseveryday life in simplicity and modesty despite relentless adversities---continues to draw a large circleof fans, including school children. It begins: "not defeated by the rain, not defeated by the wind, notdefeated by the snow or by the summer's heat----". In Kenji's poems and fantastic stories that talkabout the harmony of human beings and natural environment, we might be able to find some clues
to rethinking about our future.
March 1, 2012
Keiji Orihara

AJCE NEWS LETTER April 2012
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AJCE Members
38 firms, 167 members, 19 supporting members

Member Firms
A Akiyama Consulting Engineering Office

T The Japan Electrical Consulting Co.,Ltd.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated

C Chodai Co.,Ltd.
Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation
CTI Engineering Co.,Ltd.

Toko Engineering Consultants Ltd.
Tokyo Engineering Consultants Co.,Ltd.
Toshihiko Ohmoto Project Consultant

CTI Engineering International Co.,Ltd.
Cooplus Co.,Ltd.
Creative Engineering Research Institute
H Hayabusa Consulting Engineering OfficeHiguchi Consulting Engineering Office
Hiroshi Tanaka Consulting Engineering Office

Y Yachiyo Engineering Co.,Ltd.
Yuasa Consulting Engineering Office

Supporting Members
Docon Co.,Ltd.
East Nippon Expressway Company Limited

I IDEA Consultants Inc.
Ides Inc.
INGEROSEC Corporation

ISHIGAKI COMPANY, LTD.
KOBELCOECO-SOLUTIONS Co.,LTD.
METAWATER Co.,Ltd.
SHIMIZU CORPORATIONJ 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 Machinery Consulting Engineering OfficeNihon Suido Consultants Co.,Ltd.
Ninomiya Professional Engineer Office

Swing Corporation
Akira Takuma(Accenture Japan Ltd.)

Goro Fujie(A&G OFFICE)

Kunihisa Oba(Taisei Corporation)

Masaru Kaido(Trett Consulting)Naoki Iguchi(Anderson Mori & Tomotsune)

Noboru Sakuma
Shunji Kusayanagi(Kochi University of Technology)

Simon Barrett(Simmons & Simmons Gaikokuho

Nippon Civic Consulting Engineers Co.,Ltd.

Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho)

Nippon Koei Co.,Ltd.

So Saito(Nishimura & Asahi)

NJS Consultants Co.,Ltd.

Takeshi Kato(The Overseas Construction

Yoshiko Koizumi(City-Yuwa Partners)

Association of Japan, Inc.)O Ootsuka Engineering Office
Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.
OYO International Corporation
P Pacific Consultants Co., LTD.
Pegasus Engineering Corporation
Plant Sekkei Co.,Ltd.
P.T.Morimura & Associates, Ltd.

Yoichi Takemura