No.12 Sep. 27, 2013

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No. 12
The 6th CIVIL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE IN ASIA REGION: CECAR 6
The 6th Civil Engineering Conference in Asian Region (CECAR 6) was heldfrom August 20 to 22, 2013, in Jakarta, Indonesia. CECAR is a major activity ofAsian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC) held on a triennial basis.
CECAR 6 was hosted by Indonesia Society of Civil and Structural Engineers.
The signing ceremony for Jakarta Protocol was held at the opening ceremonyon the first day of the conference. ACECC member societies agreed to takeresponsibility in their performances for a sustainable future. The presidents ofeach ACECC member society including Mr. Hashimoto, JSCE president,attended the ceremony and signed the Protocol. (Photo1)

Eiki YAMAGUCHI, Porf.
Mongolia Gr. Leader,
Int’l Communication & Cooperation Gr.

The conference included major activities of keynote speeches, parallelsessions and organized sessions. Prof. Yozo Fujino (The University ofTokyo) was one of the keynote speakers and attracted substantialaudiences. Parallel sessions consist of research presentations based on
the papers accepted by the CECAR steering committee. 43 out of 239
presentations were made by the researchers in Japan. Organizedsessions were planned and operated by the ACECC member societies
and the ACECC technical committee. JSCE played a leading part inorganizing Asian Board Meeting, Tsunami session and Symposium on(Photo 1)
ACECC members sign Jakarta Protocol

Asia and Pacific Collaboration of ITS research.

ACECC presents ACECC Civil Engineering Project Award and Achievement Award at CECAR. Thistime, ”Shin-Tomei Expressway Constructing Project” by Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited (NEXCOCentral) won ”Outstanding Project Award”, which is given to the best project. Meanwhile, Dr. Hiroshi Okada (The86th JSCE president) became an Achievement Award winner. (Photo2)
Concurrently with this conference, JSCE held an exchange meeting with local civil engineers in Indonesia and atechnical tour to ”Urgent Bali Beach Conservation Project”. Both were held with great success. Meantime, JSCE
signed cooperative agreement with Indonesia Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (Photo 3), and has renewed
the cooperative agreement with Nepal Engineers’ Association.
The upcoming 7th CECAR is to be hosted by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), in Hawaii, in 2016. The
ACECC flag was handed over to the next host at the closing ceremony. Prof. Yeung (ASCE) was appointed
Chairman of Executive Committee, and Dr. Kenichi Horikoshi (JSCE) was appointed Secretary General.

(Photo 2) Dr. Hiroshi Okada (left) and Mr. Okawa(2nd from(Photo 3) JSCE signs an Agreement of Cooperation with theright) the 2013 ACECC Achievement Award and Outstanding

Indonesian Society of Civil and Structural Engineers

Project Award recipients

FY2013 JSCE Study Tour Grant
Since 1992, the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) has been providing anopportunity for foreign students and young engineers to experience a short stay inJapan through the Study Tour Grant (STG) supported by the International ScientificExchange Fund (ISEF). This year, three undergraduate students were invited fromVietnam (Mr. Pham Thanh Tung), Cambodia (Mr. Pich Chanvichet), and Pakistan (Mr.
Ali Bin Sohail) for the period between August 29 and September 7.
During their stay, they actively visited many sites, such as construction sites, research
Hiroshi TAKAGI, Prof.

institutes, universities, and the disaster site in Tohoku; their schedule was always

Member of Int’l Scientific Exchangetight.

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ofTechnology

They confessed to being profoundly impressed by Japan’s high standard ofquality control and civil engineering technology at the bridge and road
constructions sites managed by NEXCO EAST. They noted the importanceof fundamental research as well as state-of-the-art technology through thetours to Public Works Research Institute and Kajima Research Institute.
They also visited Tokyo Institute of Technology, where they interacted withJapanese and foreign students, exchanging stories on their daily lives andtalking about future dreams, among other things.
Shin-Katsushika Bridge by NEXCO EAST(Steel Superstructure Work)

Furthermore, the tour this year included a visit to areas in Miyagi affectedby the Great East Japan Earthquake. Although tsunamis are less common
in their home countries, they were stunned when they saw a toppled
concrete building at one of the sites in Onagawa. One of the students
gravely conveyed his feeling of concern about future possible disasters in
his country after learning of the situation in Tohoku.

Tsunami damaged area in Ishinomaki CityDuring the last three days of the tour, they participated in The 68th JSCE Annual Meeting held at Nihon University
and then attended the 15th International Summer Symposium, where they met many invited international
participants as well as key persons from JSCE international branches. They likewise joined the Workshop for Young
Engineers, where they engaged in discussions with many other young engineers on how civil engineers should
contribute to society. The convivial gathering that followed helped them collect fresh information on studying inJapan from university faculty members as well as foreign students already studying in Japan.
As the organizers, we would be delighted if the tour could contribute to their future career by providing a broad visionof the industry, anchored on the latest Japanese civil engineering technology. Finally, we wish to express ourgratitude to all our collaborators, who warmly welcomed their visit.
The STG Working Group, JSCE International Scientific Exchange Fund Committee
Dr. Hiroshi Takagi (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Dr. Seizo Ueno (TAISEI CORPORATION), Dr. Yasuyuki Suzuki (CTIEngineering Co., Ltd.), Mr. Hiroyuki Yanagawa (JSCE)

Brief Summary on 2013 JSCE Annual Meeting-International Program
2013 JSCE Annual Meeting was held at College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University Tsudanuma Campus
ththfrom September 4 to 6 , 2013. during which, the international program hosted by IAC was held.

1. Summer Symposium (September 4-6, 8:40-10:10, 10:25-11:55)
The 15th International Summer Symposium was held over three days. It
was organized as one of technical sessions in the Annual Meeting. 67
papers were submitted, and 67 speakers, who were mainly international
students and engineers studying or working in Japan, delivered
presentations in the sessions which matched their specific interest among
12 sessions. Looking at any session, the participants appeared enjoying
exchanging their views and ideas with each other and gaining new
A speaker delivers a presentation.

knowledge and information.

2. International Chapter Meeting (September 4, 11:00-12:30)
The JSCE Int’l Sections’ representatives, Board of Directors in charge ofInternational Affairs Division, IAC Senior Director and Directors gathered at
the Int’l Chapter Meeting. They reviewed IAC and ICC’s current projects
and activities, and also discussed the Sections’ latest projects and futureplans. Prof. Kobayakawa, the Information Networking Group Leader,requested the Sections to contribute the information of their projects,
essays and reports to the IAC News.

IAC executives and Int’l Sections atthe meeting3. International Panel Discussion (September 4, 12:40-15:55)
International

PanelDiscussion

washeld

underthetheme“Infrastructure Maintenance and Renewal for Achieving Sustainable
Society,” chaired by Prof. Ieda, the University of Tokyo. The following
five panelists and two commentators shared their views and opinionswith the audience: Mr. Gregory E. DiLoreto, 2013 ASCE President,
Ms. Christine F. Andersen of City of Santa Barbara, Prof. Yin-Wen
Chan of Taiwan Construction Research Institute, Mr. Rahul Gupta ofMinistry of Road Transport & Highways, India, and Prof. Kyoung Soo
Panelists exchanges opinions with each other.

Kim of Korean Infrastructure Safety and Technology Co, Prof. Benito

M. Pacheco of the University of Philippines, Diliman, and Prof. Iswandi Imran of Bandung Institute of Technology,Indonesia.

4. WFEO-JFES-AIJ-JSCE Joint Symposium (September 5, 9:00-12:00)
The 7th WFEO (World Federation of Engineering Organization) -JFES (TheJapan Federation of Engineering Societies) -AIJ (Architectural Institute ofJapan) -JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineering) Joint Symposium on
Disaster Risk Management(DRM) was held on the second day of the annualmeeting. Speakers discussed their research projects, unique viewpoints andinnovative ideas on natural disasters reduction, mitigation strategies, risk
analyses and others.

Dr. Yumio Ishii, WFEO Vice President, DRM
Committee Chair opens the symposium.

5. Workshop for Young Engineers (September 5, 13:00-17:45)
Workshop for Young Engineers was held as a preliminary meeting of“International Workshop for Young Engineers” to be held as part of JSCE’s
100th anniversary celebration events. 33 participants, who were Japaneseand international university students, young researchers and engineers,
were divided into 6 groups and discussed their career goals andcontributions to society as civil engineers, focusing on the theme ”YourCareer as a Civil Engineer and Our Future Society.” All participants madeYoung engineers share their ideas with
their international peers.

a one-minute-speech after the group discussion.

6. Technical Tour (September 5, 13:00-16:00)
In cooperation with East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd (NEXCO EAST) theIAC organized a construction site tour for the international guests. The tour
visited the under-construction Keiyo Junction on Tokyo Outer Ring Road,and Hamacho South Viaduct on Higashi

Kanto

Expressway to see

state-of-art construction technologies, maintenance and inspection
techniques and facilities. The participants showed keen interests in thoselatest civil engineering technologies, made many questions to NEXCO
The international guests listen to NEXCO
engineers at the Keiyo Junction.

engineers and took photos of those sites, facilities and machineries.

For more detailed reports, please read the next issue.

IAC Current News (Kotaro Hashimoto The 101st JSCE President)◆ACECC Report
The Asian Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECCC)’s 25th ExecutiveCouncil Meeting (ECM) and Civil Engineering Conference in the Asia Region(CECAR 6) were held in Jakarta for five days from August 18 to 22.
meetings, JSCE formed

To theseand sent the delegation consisting of the President

Elect Prof. Isobe, a former president Dr. Okada, the Executive Director Dr.
Ohnishi, IAC Senior Director Prof. Ueda, Dr. Sumiyoshi, Dr. Horikoshi, Prof.
Yamaguchi, Mr. Torii, Mr. Nakamura, Dr. Dobashi, and I myself.

Thosemeetings went well, in which the presidents of 10 ACECC member societies

Dr. Kim Kwang-Ill the former KSCE

such as HAKI (Indonesia), ASCE (USA), KSCE (Korea), CICHE (Taiwan),President with JSCE Executives in front

PICE (the Philippines) and JSCE participated, renewed their friendship withof the JSCE Bootheach other, and also signed “Jakarta Protocol: Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Future.”

In the keynote lectures

session held on the 22nd, Prof. Yozo Fujino of the University of Tokyo delivered a speech on “Long-Span Bridges
Vibration, Control Seismic Retrofit and Monitoring-Recent Studies and Lessons Learned”

During the ACECC’s meetings, some other meetings were held: the 2nd Asian Board Meeting on Lessons Learned
from Past Natural Disasters, a presidential meeting under the theme “Embracing the Future through Sustainability,”and JSCE Program which focused on networking with Japanese engineers working in Indonesia.

In addition, JSCE signed an Agreement of Cooperation with Indonesian Society of Civil and Structural Engineers(HAKI) and renewed one with Nepal Engineer’s Association.

After the end of CECAR, JSCE took over the ACECC Secretariat from the HAKI; accordingly, JSCE will in charge oforganizing the next CECAR, which will be held in Hawaii in 2016 in cooperation with ASCE. I hope that many JSCE
members will attend it.

Thank you very much.

What’s HappeningOct. 9-12 : ASCE 143rd Annual Civil Engineering Conference (Charlotte, N.C) :http://content.asce.org/conferences/asce-annual2013/
Oct. 23-25 : 2013 KSCE Annual Conference & Civil Exposition at High 1 Resort, Gangwon-doUpdates
The summary of feature articles in the JSCE Magazine is available on the JSCE website.
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http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/concrete/e/newsletter/Newsletter.htm

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Y’s Murmuring“Discussion” comes from the Latin word to mean “examine,” and further, to smash to pieces to be examined. Having
a discussion therefore allows us to examine what we are saying in detail by exchanging ideas, views and opinionswith each other, and figure out what we are trying to go eventually.

In our exchanging, we may sound exaggerated,rude, harsh, and critical, use offensive tones and arrogant attitudes unintentionally, just because we are so focusedon expressing our own points and making ourselves understood.

Through discussions, we are able to see what weare thinking and what we are trying to say, and what our partners are thinking. In other words, we look into our minds,
pick up pieces of ideas and put this and that pieces together until fitting them nicely. That is the discussion I think. I
see that some are hesitate to express their own ideas and opinions here in Japan. I guess that they are afraid tosound offensive, critical or even to be misunderstood. And since they keep those sentiments, they assume thatothers share the same sentiments. When they say something, they fear that they may be viewed as arrogant jerks.
But if they don’t express themselves, how can they see deep inside themselves and communicate with each other?
They can talk all right, but hardly communicate with each other.

If they, say we want something solid and true, wemight want to open up ourselves and have “discussions.”【Comments and Questions】
Please send us your feedback and comments to help us improve the IAC news. We look forward to hearing fromyou. JSCE IAC: iac-news@jsce.or.jp