Dec. 1, 2014

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No. 26
Report on Attendance at ASCE Global Engineering Conference 2014
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, the annual conference ofthe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was held in Panama City, Republic ofPanama, from October 7th to October 10th, 2014. Thirteen members of the Japan
Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) attended the conference, including Masahiko Isobe(JSCE President), Kotaro Hashimoto (immediate past president of JSCE), Yumio Ishii(former President), and Hirofumi Ohnishi (Executive Director). Their aims were tostrengthen the relationship between the ASCE and JSCE and promote cooperation
between the two societies’ 100th anniversary projects.

Hiroshi Dobashi
USA Gr. leader, JSCE IAC

ASCE President Randall S. Over opened
the conference with a report on the previous year’s activities andprojects. Mr. Jorge L. Quijano, CEO of the Panama Canal Authority,
gave a keynote speech reviewing the Panama Canal Extension
Project. During the subsequent reception, the JSCE team members
met with and talked to many of the other participants.
Before the opening ceremony, the JSCE team visited the Panama
President Randall delivers an address.

Interoceanic Canal Museum. At the museum, they viewed a special
exhibit on Mr. Akira Aoyama, the JSCE’s 23th President, whoparticipated in the construction of the canal. Later, members from the ASCE and JSCE exchanged information
on recent projects and other topics. At the conference, they discussed how to more effectively share
information, such as survey reports of natural disasters and report cards for infrastructure.

Akira Aoyama Special Exhibit

ASCE-JSCE Meeting

On the 2nd day, the team made a nearly daylong rail tour of the approx. 80-km route along the Panama Canal.
The tour started at Gatun Lock on the Caribbean Sea side of the canal. This was the lock on which Mr. Aoyama
had worked. We watched large ships pass through the lock and head toward the Caribbean Sea. Next, theteam went to the Pedro Miguel Lock and then to Panama City. The visitor center officials explained thePanama Canal and the extension project. We observed construction work for the new lock extension, including
installation work for the huge 3,300-ton water gate (sliding gate).

New Gatun Lock construction site on theAtlantic Ocean side

Large ship passing through the Gatun LockOn October 9th, the team visited the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to exchange opinions on the Panama
Canal Extension Project with Mr. Jorge L. Quijano, CEO of the ACP. Subsequently, we went to the adjoining
library, the Technical Resources Center of the Panama Canal Authority,and looked at design drawings, photos of the construction work, andother valuable documents and materials. On the last day, October 10th,as part of the ASCE’s and JSCE’s mutual cooperation for their 100th
anniversary projects, President Isobe gave a speech on thecontributions of Mr. Akira Aoyama to the Panama Canal Project. The
topics included Mr. Aoyama’s dedication to the canal’s construction andhow he brought back to Japan technical knowledge that was applied tothe construction of the Arakawa Discharge Channel and the renovationof the Okozu Diversion Canal. A video of Mr. Aoyama’s work on thePresident Isobe gives a speech.

Panama Canal, the Arakawa Discharge Channel, etc. was shown prior to the speech. The session wasconsidered a great success. The participants promised to meet again at the next conference in New York City.

Report on KSCE 2014 Annual Conference
Korean Society of Civil Engineering (KSCE) 2014 Annual Conference was held in
Daegu-Gwangyeoksi from October 22-24. JSCE sent the delegation of 7 members
consisting of Masahiko Isobe, JSCE President, Prof. Katsuchi Hiroshi, Yokohama
National University, Mr. Asao Yamakawa, International Communication Group Leader,
Mr. Oshima Masahiro, Kanto branch manager, Mr. Takeshi Kageyama, Kanto branch
PR manager, Mr. Takashi Kikuchi, IAC officer, and I myself. On October 22 afterarriving in Korea, we had a lunch meeting with Japanese engineers working in Korea
with the support of Japanese Embassy and exchanged ideas and opinions on thesituation of construction industry in Korea. We heard that Korean major construction
companies are accelerating overseas expansion due to the Korea’s economiccondition. What’s interesting is that the Korean government launches a nationwide
effort to support companies to get orders for overseas projects.

Kazuya Egami, Dr.
ICC Korea Gr. Leader

In the evening, we arrived at Daegu-Gwangyeoksi and participated in the Welcome Reception. The Reception
was opened by KSCE President, Prof. Myung-Pil Shim with his remarks, followed by the speech of Masahiko
Isobe, JSCE President representing international guests.
On October 23, RTM by the representatives of participating societies overseas was held in the morning. Under
the theme of maintenance of long-span bridges, Prof. Katsuchi delivered a presentation and there was adiscussion. In the afternoon, JSCE Kanto branch introduced its activities at KSCE’s branch meeting. Mr.
Oshima, Kanto branch manager reported the branch’s major activities, and Mr. Kageyama, Kanto branch PRmanager delivered a presentation about the branch’s PR activities including ’Doboku cafe’ , which can be
example cases to enhance activities of branches in Korea.

Greetings form President Isobe

Prof. Katsuchi delivers a presentation.

On October 24, we went on a technical tour which only designed forinternational guests to visit the weir in Nakdong-gang, one of the Four
Major Rivers Restoration Project, and the ARC River Culture Pavilion,
which was designed by a famous architect and serves as both amuseum of rivers project and a tourist attraction. The weir wasreconstructed as a multipurpose weir with the aim of flood protection,irrigation and hydroelectric power generation.
At the end, we observed a railway yard for monorail in
Daegu-Gwangyeoksi guided by Dr. Dong-Uk LEE, Chair of JSCE Korea
Nakdong-gang weirSection. The vehicles of the first monorail were made by Hitachi, Ltd.,and there was also a Japanese engineer at the site working as an advisor of operation.It was a fast three days,
but I learned a lot of things from the fulfilled contents during the visit.

The 3rd Special Summer Program on the Management of Civil Structures, 2014
Committee on Structural Engineering held the Speciall
Summer Program on the Maintenance and Management ofCivil Structures as one of its activities for international
contribution and educating social infrastructure engineers on
September 1 and 2. This program for international students ofJapanese graduate schools included lectures by university
teachers and technical site tours. 23 students from various
regions in Japan participated.

Numbers of Participants for each country

On the first day, Prof. Mitsuyoshi Akiyama (Waseda University),
Assc. Prof. Shingo Asamoto (Saitama University), Assc. Prof.
Yasuo Kitane (Nagoya University) and Asst. Prof. Di Su (TheUniversity of Tokyo) provided lectures on the deterioration causeof concrete structures and structures made of copper, the casesof damage due to deterioration, countermeasure and repairing
method for those, the monitoring technology for detecting
deteriorated or damaged parts and life cycle assessment of civil
structures in future, etc.. Various views were exchanged in thelectures including the Q&A session. At night, networking party
was held at a tavern and they deepen exchanges between
students or between student and teacher.

Presentation during
Summer ProgramtheInternational

On the second day, they observed the Center for Advanced Computational Engineering Institute of Technology
Shimizu Corporation in the morning. Mr. Yoshida, Director of the Center guided the visitors to their technology
development facilities such as the laboratory using base isolation method, the wind tunnel experiment facility
and the centrifugal experiment facility.

Group photo at the construction site

In the afternoon, a site tour to the Owada phase of Tokyo-Gaikan
Expressway was conducted. The participants visited theconstruction sites in an open-cut method (the under constructionof excavation sites and other sites where concrete case bodies
were laid already) guided by Mr. Adachi, Vise President, Owada
Work Office. This construction section has junctions of many
main roads, and is adjacent to residential area and educational
facilities. Therefore, the construction work is carried out giving thehighest priority to safety and considering the effect of surroundingenvironment. There were some female engineers at the Owada
phase and it was a good opportunity for female students tointeract with them.

This Summer Program was held in 2009 and 2010, but was postponed since 2011 from the effects of the 2011
off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake until this summer. Many of the participants commented that thisprogram offered a good opportunity for them to communicate with other universities’ students, because theyinteracted actively among international students of the same university but hardly meet other universities’students. We will continue to provide international students in Japan with not only education programs forsocial infrastructure engineers but also a place to interact each other.
Finally, we would like to thank Dr. Fujita, the general manager of Civil Engineering Design Department Shimizu
Corporation for organizing the tours on the second day.
【Reported by Chairman Prof. Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Vice Chairman Assc. Prof. Yukihide Kajita, The TaskCommittee of the International Education for Structural Engineering Committee on Structural Engineering】

EIT-JSCE Joint International Symposium on International Human Resource
Development for Disaster-Resilient Countries 2014 implementation report
Recently, the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (Rock Mechanics committee) held the “EIT-JSCE Joint
International Symposium on International Human Resource Development for Disaster-Resilient Countries
2014” in cooperation with the EIT (Engineering Institute of Thailand) which is a sister organization of Japan
Society of Civil Engineers. They received aid from “a charitable trust called the Japan Society of Civil
Engineers Academic Exchange Fund”. The purpose is exchange of rock engineering technology and otherrelated fields between Japan and Thailand.
The symposium was held in the following ways.
1) Lecture meeting (General session)
The dates : Mon., August 25, 2014.
Venue : Imperial Queen's Park Hotel (Bangkok in Thailand)2) Lecture meeting (Young Engineer and Student Session)
The dates : Wed., August 26, 2014.
Venue : Imperial Queen's Park Hotel (Bangkok in Thailand)
3) Field trip
The dates : Thu., August 27, 2014.
Visit place : Maintenance and repair field of Outer Ring Road at Bangkok

Venue

In this event, 42 persons from the Japanese side, including 19
students, and 20 persons from the Thai side participated. On the 1stday, we held a general lecture. The 2nd day, we held a student andthe young engineer session which offers the opportunity of thepresentation in English for the participants. The 3rd day, we held afield trip to the maintenance and repair field of Outer Ring Road, theBangkok National Route 9, including an introduction of the countermeasure against flooding by suffers of the Bangkok deluge damage
in 2011. At the lecture meeting (general session) of the 1st day,
Keynote lecture
although we discussed various results of research about rockmechanics, the research presentation was focused on the following three things. The 1st theme was ashallow-seated landslide resulting from the rain of a weathered rock slope. In response to the influence ofclimate change not only in Japan but also in other Asian countries, we argued about slope disasters occurring
frequently with the increase in the occurrence of torrential rainfall. We have a renewed sense of importanceafter sharing the knowledge.
The 2nd theme was the seismic hazard which occurred in northern Thailand and near the Myanmar border inMarch, 2011 and May, 2014. Conventionally, the importance of the seismic design has not been recognized in
the Indo-China area since there is almost no occurrence of earthquakes. However, generating of liquefaction
was also checked in addition to the slope disaster caused by the earthquake in Thailand. We also argued
about the necessity for technical cooperation from Japan. The 3rdtheme was a road building project including the large-scale slope in
Nepal by an ODA (yen loan) from Japan. In the report of this project,gratitude for Japan's assistance with the development of the country
was shown by a foreign student from Nepal in Thailand. Finally, we
discussed how to show the necessity for the infrastructure
construction enterprise by an ODA from Japan and the state ofthings in the future.
Field trip

At the lecture meeting (student session) of the 2nd day, the presentation in English was conducted incollaboration with of Thai students (Asian Institute of Technology, a Kasetsart university, Suranaree Universityof technology, etc.) and the Japanese students, as well as the young researchers who study rock engineeringand related field research. It was the 8th time this year since the session has been held in 2007. During the first
two to three years of making presentations in English, Japanese students were clearly inferior compared toThai students. But as the time goes by, Japanese students' English capability has remarkably improved.
Although their student’s English presentation skill has improved, it has been seen that many students cannot
answer at all in a questions and answers time. However, remarkable Japanese students manage to deal withquestions and answers this year. Although the necessity for internationalization of university education had
been made a point (said) these days, we realized that continuing to offer such a place and becoming a policy
will be the most effective for a student's linguistic capability. While having a new appreciation of a common
research task increasing in Thailand and Japan throughout this event, we can see the developmental process
about educational internationalization. We were sure that it contributes to development of civil engineering inJapan including the rock mechanics field to practice such a measure in the future.
【Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering

Prof. Hiroyasu Ohtsu】

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Updates

The summary of feature articles in the JSCE Magazine is available on the JSCE website.
http://www.jsce-int.org/pub/magazine

Concrete Committee International Newsletter No. 38
http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/concrete/e/newsletter/Newsletter.htm

Journal of JSCE
The Journal of JSCE is the collection of research papers which can be viewed on the JSCE website.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/journalofjsce

JSCE 100th Anniversary Postal Stamp was released in September, 2014.
http://jsce100.com/node/250（Japanese Only）

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European Council of Civil Engineers（ECCE）has released the 2nd book in ECCE Book Project,”Footbridges-Small is beautiful.” 17 footbridges are contributed from JSCE: http://www.ecceengineers.eu/

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Editor's postscript
The autumn is rapidly passing away. Have you fully enjoyed the crisp color season of this country? Wintersnow has started to fall in the northern region. Many of us might say, “Fresh green of spring and bright red &yellow colors of autumn are nice, but not so with hot summer and cold winter ”. Dislike the half of a year？
That’s ‘mottainai’! A poet once wrote, ‘On a rainy day walk in the rain, and on a windy day walk in thewind’. Enjoy cold winter, and if you do so, you will find yourself enjoying hot summer, too. When you loveand enjoy four seasons, what else do you need? （e.t.）【Comments and Questions】
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