No.36
October 1, 2015

No.27

Introduction of the Activities ofCommittee on Structural Engineering
TheCommittee

wasIn addition, the Committee runs study subcommittees andalso is involved in a variety of activities, including hosting

Structure to serve as a liaison for the International

symposiums

AssociationEngineering

standards, and books. One of these activities, the(IABSE). It split into two functions in July 1971, when the“Structural Engineering Symposium,” is hosted annually

Committee on Structural Engineering was created alongby the Architectural Institute of Japan under thewith the Committee on Steel Structures. Since then, thesponsorship of the Science Council of Japan. The 60thCommittee has worked on the planning, design, andevent was held in 2014. Task committees compile themaintenanceofStructuralBridge

Structural

infrastructure

Japan,andpublishingguidelines,

andstudy results into guidelines for the structural engineering
series and structural engineering technology series.

research

The“Commondevelopmentoffacilities

instructures, such as roads and railways. It also pursues
andsocialandEngineering

Chair of Committee on Structural Engineering

established in July 1953 as the Committee on BridgeforonProf. Hiromichi SHIRATO (Kyoto University)

infrastructuresandassociated advanced technologies.

SpecificationsforInfrastructures

I(principles, definitions, responsible engineers, required
performance and structural planning)” and the “Common

As a major international exchange activity, the Committee

Specifications for Infrastructures II (actions and loads) ”

holds

The

were both published in FY2010. The annual journal,

International Education Subcommittee holds seminars

the“InternationalSummerProgram.”“Bridges in Japan,” also has been published annually sinceand symposiums with themes concerning the planning,

1967 to introduce representative bridges, with the focus on

design, construction, and maintenance of structures.

bridges that have been awarded the Tanaka Prize.

Overseas students, researchers, and engineers from thepublic, private, and academic sectors are invited to attend.

The Committee on Structural Engineering is dedicated to

Events were held in 2009, 2010, and 2014. The fourthpromoting the core areas of structural engineering, such

event will be held in FY2016. The International Activities

as the development of JSCE guidelines and common

Committee, Committee on Structural Engineering, andspecifications. We also are dedicated to promoting

the Committee on Steel Structures cohosted the firstcooperation

seminar, “Advanced Engineering for Long-Life Steel

exploring new fields that span these committees. With theBridge,” in Bangkok, Thailand in 2003. This joint seminaraim of increasing its global presence, the Committee will

was open to the public. The seminar in 2012, supported bycontinue to release standards overseas in the hope of

the Scientific Exchange Fund of JSCE also held in

establishing them as international standards.

Bangkok,

discussed

thedesign,reinforcement of bridges.

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maintenance,

andamong thepermanent committeesandLecture, 2014 International summer program

2015 Mongolian Association of CivilEngineers (MACE) Annual Meeting Report
Mongolian Association of Civil Engineers (MACE), withwhich JSCE has signed an agreement of cooperation, held
its Annual Meeting in the capital Ulaanbaatar on June 18(Thrus) and 19 (Fri). By the invitation to that meeting, thefollowing persons attended: Prof. Hiroshi Mutsuyoshi(Saitama University), Assoc. Prof. Takeshi Maki (SaitamaUniversity), Mr. Takayuki Ezaki (Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism), Mr. Tomohiro Fujita(Public Works Research Institute), Mr. Fujiki (Azusa Sekkei),and Prof. Eiki Yamaguchi (Kyushu Institute of Technology).
Among them, Mr. Fujiki, who has been engaged in theconstruction of new Ulaanbaartar international airport,
traveled a short distance to the meeting.

Site tour, 2014 International summer programfrom the host country, Korea, Taiwan, and Philippines.
Those participants shared their viewpoints on those themes
and actively got themselves involved in discussions. The
JSCE delegation had more members and presentations thanothe delegations, and Dr. Ganzorig the long-serving MACE
President thanked the JSCE delegation for its contribution
to the meeting.

MACE offered three kinds of international programs besides
its general meeting during the annual meeting as follows:
Photo-1.
1)International Seminar on Construction Site Management& Quality Control. International Case Studies2)International Forum on Geotechnics: Immediate Issues
and Future Perspectives3)International Roundtable Meeting on PPP. Policy &Implementation. Case Studies
Among the JSCE delegation, as a speaker, Mr. Fujiki, Mr.
Tomohiro Fujita and Mr. Takayuki Ezaki participated in theInternational Seminar, the International Forum and theInternational Roundtable respectively. Then, Prof.
Mutsuyoshi and Prof. Maki delivered a special lecture asshown in Photo 1. Besides JSCE, there were participants

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Prof. Mutsuyoshi delivers a speech.

JSCE has its branch Mongolia Section, and a former section
president Mr. Enkhutur Shoovdor has obtained a master
degree at Saitama University under the guidance of Prof.
Mutsuyoshi, and currently holds the important post Advisor
to Minister of Construction and Urban Development inMongolia.
Owing to Mr. Enkhutur’s kind arrangements, the JSCE
delegation acquired an opportunity to visit Mr. Tsogtbaatar
Damd, the Minister of Construction and UrbanDevelopment in the morning of the 19th (Photo 2). We
assumed that it would be a brief visit; however, we happened

to stay and talk with the Minister for over 30 minutes. We
could not have had this meeting without Mr. Enkhtur’s
effort; at the same time, we reminded ourselves of theimportance of personal networking.
At the annual meeting, Dr. Ganzorig stepped down as theMACE President, and Mr. Erdenebat Tsogtoojav took overthat position (Photo 3). Along with this transition, thePhoto-2.
JSCE
delegationwithMinisterTsogthbaatar (3rd from the eft) and Mr. Enkhutur(far-right)

Report on IAC Japanese Civil Engineers theGlobal Leaders Symposium Series Vol. 5:
Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project to meetelectricity demand in Sri Lanka
JSCE IAC held IAC Japanese Civil Engineers the GlobalLeaders Symposium Series Vol. 5: Upper Kotmale
Hydropower Project to meet electricity demand in SriLanka- at the JSCE HQ on July 22, 2015.
The symposium was opened by Mr. Asao Yamakawa, IAC
Acting Senior Director, followed by the keynote speechesdelivered by Mr. Hirai, Manager of Overseas Projects
Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism, Japan (MLIT) on “MLIT’s efforts to promote
overseas development of infrastructure system,” and by Mr.

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MACE-JSCE relationship will enter another phase.
Moreover, four persons were awarded Honorary
Membership: two Mongolian engineers, Prof. Luh-Maan
Chang of CICHE and me of JSCE. Prof. Chang and I werethe 6th international engineers who were given that honor.

【Dr. Eiki Yamaguchi IAC Mongolia Group Leader】

Photo-3. Dr. Ganzorig, the Immedieate-Past
President of MACE (second left), Mr. Kim, the KSCE
President (3rd from the left), Mr. Erdenebat , thenew MACE President (2nd from the right), and Mr.
Kim, JSCE Korea Section President (far-right)

Hagiwara, Project Manager, Electric Power Development
Co.,Ltd.(J-POWER) on “J-POWER’s international businessand civil engineers.” Then, four civil engineers from Maeda
Corporation introduced Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project.
The four civil engineers explained the project by component
such as a concrete gravity dam, a head race tunnel, and anunderground power house, using photos and video, which
helped the audience better understand how the project wascarried out. They also introduced some examples how they
overcame the challenges that they encountered on theproject .
They had many difficulties in their dairy life as well.
Because the construction began in the middle of a civil war,
they had to carry their passports and airline tickets to
Singapore all the time and fill up their cars with gas toprepare an emergency situation. Another problem was foodquality. There were many complaints about meals like

amounts and combination of dishes, thus they took extra
effort to train cooks to prepare meals suitable to Japaneseengineers’ tastes.
In 2007, an engineer who was working for the Upper
Kotmale Hydropower Project and his child were featured in
the TV program “I Want to Say Thanks to My Dad Working
Far Away from Home.” Then, Mr. Yukihiro Tsukada, JSCE
Executive Director closed the symposium with a speech.

Panel displays of the construction sites

It was Vol. 5 of the Global Leaders Symposium Series. The
IAC will continue the symposium and look forward towelcoming more audience.

【Mr. Hisanari Ushirooka member of the IAC Information
Networking Group】

Presentation
Corporationbytheengineer

fromMaedaWhat’s Happening

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Editor’s postscript

Here in Tokyo, we have quite comfortable days in a few
weeks. When I worked at project sites in the South-East
Asia, I missed the seasons in Japan. Also, I miss the
projects in overseas, when I see the reports of overseas
project site now.
I must enjoy this good season to be ready to join overseas
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