2019. 7. 1

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No.81
Report on the 1st JSCE-ASCE International Symposiumon Infrastructure Resilience
Overview
From May 22 to 23, 2019, the Japan Society of CivilEngineers (JSCE, President: Kiyoshi Kobayashi) hosted aninternational symposium at JSCE Auditorium incollaboration with the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) as part of the FY2018 JSCE Special Presidential
Project.
Recent years have seen the frequent occurrence of natural
disasters, especially in Asia. The severe damage from such
events affects people’s daily life and society’s functions.
Dr. Kiyoshi Kobayashi, JSCE President Delivers
With the aim of mitigating the risk and damage andthe Keynote Lecture
promptly recovering from a disaster, we have started
examining various ways of planning and constructing highly resilient infrastructure and related measures.
A joint research group on infrastructure resilience was established by JSCE and ASCE to formulate an
infrastructure resilience framework and develop a method of assessing policies based on the framework. At thissymposium, we presented the infrastructure resilience framework as a report on the achievements made during
the year under the Special Presidential Project, and discussed the general principles and specific practices forconsidering various measures for improving infrastructure resilience.
ProgramKeynote Lecture
Bilal Ayyub(Professor, University of Maryland; Former Director, Infrastructure Resilience Subcommittee, ASCE)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi (President, JSCE; Specially Appointed Professor, Kyoto University)
Craig Davis (First Director, Infrastructure Resilience Subcommittee, ASCE)

Session 1: Earthquake and Structures

Session 2: Climate, Hydrological, and Ground Risk

Chairperson and Panel
Riki Honda (Professor, University of Tokyo)

Chairperson
Toshio Koike (Director, ICHARM)

PanelJohn van de Lindt(Professor, Colorado State University)

Panel
Tomohito Yamada(Associate Professor, Hokkaido University)

Ryosuke Uzuoka (Professor, Kyoto University)

Shinji Egashira (ICHARM)

Yoshikazu Takahashi(Professor, Kyoto University)

Miho Ohara (ICHARM)
Sue McNeil (Professor, University of Delaware)
Tatsuya Nagayama (MLIT)
Akira Morimoto (MLIT)

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Session 3: System Resilience and Impact on
EconomyChairperson and Panel
Hirokazu Tatano(Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,Kyoto University)
Panel
Yoshio Kajitani (Professor, Kagawa University)

Session 4: Governance and Disaster Response
Chairperson and PanelMasamitsu Onishi(Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention ResearchInstitute, Kyoto University)
PanelAkimasa Fujiwara (Professor, Hiroshima University)
Toshio Okazumi (MLIT)

Nobuoto Nojima (Professor, Gifu University)

Yasuo Morita (MLIT)
Ellis Stanley(President, International Association of EmergencyManagers)

OutlookThis project is financially supported by the JapanFoundation Center for Global Partnership. Academic
exchange between JSCE and ASCE continues and we will
be making further efforts, such as proposals contributing
to enhanced resilience and new design methods.
For details on the symposium presentations, please refer
to: http://www.jsce-int.org/node/596 .

Panel Discussion by the Speakers【Reported by Masamitsu Onishi (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)】

Introduction of the 21st International Summer SymposiumInternational Student Network Group of IAC organizes the21st Summer Symposium for young engineers and students
in conjunction with the 74th JSCE annual meeting at Kagawa
University, on September 3-5, 2019.
The Summer Symposium will be carried out in English. Oneof the main events is presentations of academic findings andresults. It is organized as the International Session in theannual meeting and about 40 presentations are scheduled.
The paper submissions to that session are mainly frominternational students who are studying in Japan. The session

Participants of the Last Year’s Workshop

provides them an opportunity to disucuss the reserch results they are working on.

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Another event is the International Workshop for Young Civil
Engineers. There are about 40 participants every year. This year, we
will hold a workshop "When a Mega Disaster Strikes… - Howwould you respond if you were a mayor? -" which is the same aslast year’s theme, aiming for training leaders to deal with disaster
response. Participants are divided into groups and play the mayorof the city damaged by a mega earthquake or tsunami. (1) Using
meeting materials in the disaster response headquarters andnewspaper articles, participants simulate the current situation andwhat kind of situation would happen in a week. (2) Participants
discuss and decide corresponding policies in what situation the city
should be in a week. (3) At the end of the discussion, each groupreports its decisions and plocies in a pseudo-press conference as theParticipants as City Mayors Discuss PostDisaster Policies

mayor. Last year, the participants had a lively discussion in group work, and the final presentations were exciting.
Japanese students are encouraged to attend the workshop this year.
After the workshop, IAC Networking Reception will be held. We hope the reception will be an opportunity forforeign engineers and international students who work and learn in various places, and to get acquainted witheach other for developing their networks in the future.
【Reported by Kohei Nagai (The University of Tokyo), Leader of Int’l Student Network Group, IAC】

FY2018 JSCE Awards
A JSCE Award ceremony was held during JSCE General Assembly at Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo on
June 14, 2019. 24 civil engineers including 5 non-Japanese engineers were recognized with the three awards
International Lifetime Contribution Award, Continuing International Contribution Award, and International
Outstanding Collaboration Award.
For further details, please visit http://www.jsce-int.org/a_t/international.
< International Lifetime Contribution Award: 4 winners >The Award recognizes (1) Japanese civil engineers for their significant contributions to the development of civilengineering technology and/or the infrastructure development through their professional practices in and outside
Japan; (2) non-Japanese civil engineer(s) for his/her commendable achievements to the progress and promotion ofJapanese civil engineering.
NAME
Toshio Azuma
Toshiji Takatsu
Hideo Tokuyama
Nguyen Ngoc Dong

AFFILIATION
Japan Sediments Management Association
Japan International Consultants for Transport Co., Ltd.
DENTSU INC.
Ministry of Transport, Socialist Republic of Vietnam3< Continuing International Contribution Award: 16 winners>
The Award recognizes young professionals who have made and will make a significant contribution to thedevelopment of civil engineering and/or the development of infrastructure outside Japan with their unique andinspiring perspectives and solid technical skills.
NAME
Yosuke Inaba

AFFILIATION
KAJIMA Corp.

NAME
Yoshikazu Takayama

Kazuhisa Iwami

Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Tateyama

Tomoyuki Okada

Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport andTourism
MAEDA Corp.

Hiroyuki Maeba

Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport andTourism
Penta-Ocean Construction
Co. Ltd.
Shimizu Corp.

Tsuyoshi Matsushita

Kenji Kanazawa

Kazuhiro Kurokawa

Keiichi Sakai
Masanobu Sakamoto
Tatsuo Takano

Nobuyuki Matsuo

Shigeyuki Matsumoto
Daisuke Murai

East Nippon Expressway
Company Limited

Mitsuhiro Yamane

AFFILIATION
Konoike Construction Co.,Ltd.
Oriental Consultants GlobalCo., Ltd.
Hazama Ando Corporation

Japan International
Consultants forTransportation Co., Ltd.
CTI Engineering
International Co., LtdJapan International
Corporation Agency
TAISEI Corp.
IHI Infrastructure SystemCo., Ltd.

< International Outstanding Collaboration Award: 4 winners >The Award recognizes foreigners who has made contributions to the development of civil engineering in Japan orother countries, through the exchange and collaboration with Japan, and is expected to play an active role in theprogress and development of civil engineering field.
NAME

AFFILIATION

Thi HaNippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Hakan Yuksel

Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd.

Nakhorn Poovarodom

Thammasat University

Rex G. Legario

TAISEI Corp.

MOM Road Tunnel Project in Hong Kong
Hong Kong currently has fifteen major road infrastructure projects such as tunnels andbridges. Two of these are owned and operated by the private sector in accordance withthe Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) method. The other thirteen are owned by the Hong
Kong government, with their management, operation, and maintenance (MOM)
entrusted to the private sector.
Among the thirteen government-owned road infrastructure projects, two tunnels arehandled by our company: Eastern Harbour Crossing Tunnel (EHC) and Tate’s Cairn
Katsumi Ichinose(Kumagai Gumi Co.,Ltd.)

Tunnel (TCT).
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We have been involved in the MOM project in Hong Kong since the 1980s. We started construction on the EHC
tunnel in August 1986 and have operated it for the past thirty years via a local company. This was the first BOT
project in Hong Kong. On August 6, 2016, the franchise period expired, and the tunnel was handed over to thegovernment.

External Appearance of TCT

External Appearance of EHC

Before the handing-over, the government decided to put the MOM contractor of EHC out for tender, just likeother road tunnels. To prepare for the tender, we established a new MOM company, which took over the recordsof the BOT company. The deadline for the tender was November 20, 2015. Our company, which has deep
expertise in operating the tunnel, held a strong position in the technical score and won the tender.
As a result, the tunnel was returned to the government at
midnight on August 6, 2016. Our BOT projects, which
had lasted for thirty years in Hong Kong, werecompleted, and the new MOM project began at the sametime.
TCT, which had also been operated based on the BOT
method, reached the end of its franchise period in July
2018 and was returned to the government. Our MOM
company made a bid for this as well, and won the tender.
We believe this was the result of the smooth transition of
the EHC from a BOT tunnel to a government-owned

Countdown from BOT to MOM at Midnight,
August 6, 2016

tunnel.
Among the three undersea road tunnels connecting Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula, EHC is theeasternmost tunnel. The tunnel is 2.2 km long and its average daily traffic is 81,000 vehicles. TCT, on the otherhand, is a mountain tunnel that connects Diamond Hill in Kowloon and Sha Tin in the New Territories. Thetunnel is 4.0 km long and its average daily traffic is 63,000 vehicles. An overview and the location of bothtunnels are described in Table 1 and Figure 1.

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Table 1 Overview of Tunnels
Eastern Harbour Crossing Tunnel MOM
Tate’s Cairn Tunnel MOM ProjectProjectUndersea tunnel connecting Quarry Bay in Hong
Mountain tunnel connecting Diamond Hill inKong Island and Cha Kwo Ling in Kowloon
Kowloon and Sha Tin in the New Territories
Peninsula

Project Name
Location of Tunnel
Project Duration

Two years (and optional one-year extension)

Three years (and optional one-year extension)

Date of Project Start

August 7, 2016

July 11, 2018

Length of Tunnel

2.2 km

4.0 kmNumber of Traffic Lanes

Two lanes each way, four in total

Two lanes each way, four in total

Average Daily Traffic

81,000 cars

63,000 cars

Ten booths, including four booths that collect tolls
automaticallyMotorcycle: $13; Passenger car: $25; Truck: $38;
Coach: $38

14 booths, including five booths that collect tolls
automaticallyMotorcycle: $15; Passenger car: $20; Truck: $28;
Coach: $35

Evaluation of Tender

Price evaluation: 60%; Quality evaluation: 40%

Price evaluation: 60%; Quality evaluation: 40%

Required Number of People

209 (Operation: 125; Equipment and electricity: 45; 201 (Operation: 120; Equipment and electricity: 45;
Civil engineering: 48)
Civil engineering: 36)

Key Persons

A tunnel manager and a chief engineering
controller

Number of Toll Booths
Toll

A tunnel manager and a chief engineering
controller

The purpose of a MOM project is tomanage, operate, and maintain the tunnel.
To be specific, the project deals with thecollection of tolls on behalf of thegovernment,

trafficmanagement,

emergency response to accidents, etc.,
operation and maintenance of the tunnel andmechanical equipment, maintenance ofgreen zones, etc.
The biggest concern when conducting a
MOM project in Hong Kong is securing
human resources. Workers work in threeshifts. Under our contract with theFigure 1 Location of Tunnels

government, we need to employ 209
workers for EHC and 201 for TCT. If the number of workers falls below these numbers, we may be penalized
by the government. The Hong Kong labor market is suffering from a shortage of workers; therefore, we must be
creative to secure sufficient manpower with a limited budget.
We gained entry into the Hong Kong market in 1961, which means we will soon be celebrating our 60thanniversary. We have been involved in a wide variety of infrastructure construction projects. The MOM projects
allowed us to engage in the downstream side of business. Taking advantage of our achievements in Hong Kong,
we would like to contribute to total infrastructure projects in other countries.
【Report by Katsumi Ichinose(General Manager, Hong Kong Branch, Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd.)】
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CECAR8 Technical Session “Women in Civil Engineering”
The JSCE Diversity Committee organized a technicalsession entitled “Women in Civil Engineering” at
CECAR8 held in April 2019 at Tokyo. The author, thesession convener, introduces the background, purpose,results, and expectations to the future sessions.
The author has been involved in activities at the JSCE
Diversity Committee and the Society of Women Civil
Engineers and has been longing for internationalcommunication. At CECAR8, the author successfully

Participants of the Session

organized the session for women civil engineers and theirsupporters for networking. In total, six papers from four countries and regions were registered, and five fromthree countries were discussed at the session on that day.
The topics of five presented papers included the history of female students’ class at a university and womenengineers’ society with a 30-year history, changes in company’s strategy from long-hour work to work-lifebalance that enabled diversity and inclusion in the organization, and the necessity and importance for womenengineers to take leadership roles. Prof. Yoh Sasaki, Waseda University, the session chair received many
comments and questions from the audience that initiated vibrant discussions. The session closed with a comment
proposed by a master-course-exchange student to Japan. She appreciated the session in which she learned andexchanged information with the participants and opinions and requested us to keep continue discussion like this.

Ms. Robin A. Kemper (President of American
Society of Civil Engineers) Delivers the PresentationParticipants Actively Listen the Presentation

The number of women JSCE members has grown fourfold in these two decades, yet it occupies only about 5%of all the members or 4% of full members. We convinced ourselves that exchanging information and opinionswith young engineers and students within and among countries are vital in realization of a diversified andsustainable society. We would like to take part in other CECARs and other opportunities in the future.
【Report by Kiko Yamada-Kawai, Dr. Eng. (JSCE Diversity Committee)】7

Updates◆2019 JSCE Open Campus (July 6)
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http://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/◆2019 JSCE Annual Meeting International Program (September 3-4)
http://www.jsce-int.org/event/annual◆The 21st International Summer Symposium (September 3-4)
http://www.jsce-int.org/node/592◆The International Infrastructure Archives– A Compilation of Japan’s Greatest Projects in Transfer of Civil Engineering Technology in Service –http://www.jsce.or.jp/e/archive/◆Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC) International Newsletter
http://www.acecc-world.org/newsletter.html◆IAC “News Pick Up!!” on the JSCE Japanese website
http://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/node/118◆Summary of featured articles in JSCE Magazine Vol. 104, No.7, July 2019http://www.jsce-int.org/pub/magazine◆Journal of JSCE
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