No.40
February 1, 2016

No.27

Introduction of the Committee on HybridStructures
Prof. Yoshiaki Okui (Saitama University)
Chair of the Committee on Hybrid Structures
The Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) started workand maintenance. In order to apply the processes of design,

on hybrid structures in 1978 by establishing theconstruction, and maintenance to hybrid structures, theSubcommittee on Steel-Concrete Composite Structures.

2014 edition of the standard specifications was issued by

The subcommittee’s activities included publishing theadding sections on Construction and Maintenance, andGuidelines

Composite

revising the Design section to include FRP. With a view toConstructions. The subcommittee ceased its activities inencouraging the creation of new forms of hybrid structures

November 1993. However, with the increasing use ofand providing practical convenience, each of the Design,

hybrid structures, there was strong demand for research

Construction and Maintenance sections of the 2014 edition

on steel-concrete hybrid structures, which led to thewas composed of Standards and Specifications volumes.

forestablishment

DesignofoftheSteel-Concrete

Joint

SubcommitteeonSteel-Concrete Hybrid Structures in November 1994 as aWith regard to international exchange activities, we set up

joint subcommittee between the Committee on Concrete,a permanent subcommittee for international coordination,

the Committee on Structural Engineering, and theandCommittee on Steel Structures. The 10-year activities ofConcrete-Steel Hybrid Structures” at an annual meetingthe subcommittee included publishing the Guideline ofof the Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE) in

Performance Verification of Hybrid Structures (draft).

October 2006 shortly after the establishment of theBased on the results of these efforts and the possibilities ofCommittee on Hybrid Structures. We also held a joint

composite structures, the Committee on Hybrid Structures

seminar at the “7th Symposium on Application of Hybrid

was established in FY 2005.

Structures” in November 2007. More recently, together

heldthejoint

seminar“Recent

Progressofwith the Committee on Steel Structures, we jointly held
Since its establishment 10 years ago, the Committee on

the “IABSE-JSCE Joint Conference on Advances in Bridge

Hybrid Structures has been working on the development

Engineering-III” in Dhaka, Bangladesh in August 2015. Itand adoption of technologies related to various structures

was supported by International Scientific Exchange Fund,

including hybrid structures based on steel and concrete,

JSCE.

and structures using composite materials such as FRP. Its
activities

includeconducting

researches,holding

Individual

membersoftheCommittee

onHybrid

workshops and symposiums, and publishing the Standard

Structures are also actively pursuing international

Specifications for Hybrid Structures. The Standard

exchanges.

For

Specifications for Hybrid Structures (2009 edition) focused(HokkaidoUniversity),oncommittee, became the first Senior Director of thedesigning.

However,

civil

engineering

projects

encompass the processes of planning, design, construction,

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example,theInternational Activities Center.

Professor
firstTamon

chairmanUedaoftheOther activities of the committee include the “Symposium

Japan Society of Civil Engineers’ journals since FY 2014 toon Research and Application of Hybrid and Composite

distribute information on outstanding research results

Structures”

both in Japan and overseas.

andthe“SymposiumonFRP

HybridStructures and Bridges”, which we have been holding
every other year since 2005, the management of a common

Insession (hybrid structures) at the annual meetings, andinternationalization activities such as publishing anthefuture,

weneedtoundertake

furtherthe planning and management of seminars. We have also

English version of the specifications.

been publishing feature issues (hybrid structures) of theStandard Specifications for Hybrid Structures published bythe Committee on Hybrid Structures

JSCE seminar held on September 18, 2015

The 3rd Joint Company Information Session inCivil Engineering for International Students 2015

will increase employment opportunities for international
students in Japan.
Eight companies participated and seven companies

The IAC International Student Network Group hosted adelivered presentations in the session this year. Eachjoint company information session for international

company handed out its brochures and talked about its

students

Saturday,business outline to the students at its booth. Sixty-three

aim of providing

students attended the session, mainly from universities inattheJSCE

December 19th,

2015,

headquarters
with theoninternational students studying in Japan an opportunity

the Kanto region.

to learn about Japanese civil engineering and relatedcompanies and obtain employment information. Rather【Participating companies】

than being held in the spring, as in previous years, the 3rd

Eight companies participated in the session: Obayashi

Joint Company Information Session was held in theCorporation, Kajima Corporation, Katahira & Engineers

winter to reflect the feedback from the questionnaire

International, Katahira & Engineers Inc., Nippon Koei Co.,survey that we conducted at last year’s session. We hopeLtd., Dai Nippon Construction, Toda Corporation, andthat holding the session before a job-search season begins

Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc.

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At the beginning of the session, Mr. Fujii, Director foropportunities, was well received by both parties. However,Overseas Project Promotion of the Ministry of Land,because the Japanese construction industry is not known

Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, discussed thewell among international students and there is the limited

ministry’s expansion of overseas activities. Next, Mr. Kim,

number of job openings and unclear required level ofJeongho, a former international student who works forJapanese language proficiency for those students, it

Obayashi Corp., a Japanese construction company, spokeshould be difficult for them to consider working in Japanof his experience. Next, for the Japan Student Services

as an alternative. It is a challenge for student fromOrganization (JASSO), the IAC introduced the JASSO’s

overseas to find a job in Japan.

employment assistance for international students. Then,each company made a 10-minute presentation.

One of the presenters, Mr. Long of Katahira & Engineers
International, gained employment last year through theThe students listened intently to the briefings on thejoint company information session, which was encouraging

projects and business operations of the companies and also

to for the participants as well as us the organizers of theto the explanations of the companies’ recruitment ofevent.

foreign students. Then, the students went to the company
booths to collect information about their businesses andWe are aware that the session series may not contribute tojob opportunities. As in the session last year, thethe increase in job opportunities for international students

presentation session was short so as to allot more time forat least in the near future, but we will continue to provide

the booth session, allowing students to focus theiran opportunity to link between international students andattention on the presentations and obtain detailed

the Japanese business sector.

information at the booths.
【Kohei NAGAI, International Student Network GroupThe explanation session, which allowed the companies andLeader, International Activities Center (The University oftheTokyo)】international

students

todiscuss

The program of the session is explained

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employment

Consultations at the company booths.

On behalf of the international delegates, I delivered aReport on Chinese Institute of Civil andHydraulic Engineering (CICHE) 2015 Annual
Meeting

short greeting.

At the end of the opening session thekeynote lecture was delivered by Dr. San-Cheng CHANG,
Vice Premier, Executive Yuan.

The opening session wasChinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering

followed by ceremony of various awards, such as lifetime(CICHE) organized 2015 International Forum and 2015

achievement awards, certification of civil engineering

Annual Meeting at National Taiwan University in Taipei

cultural asset, new fellows, paper awards, student

on 20th and 21st November 2015.

scholarship awards, BIM technical awards and student

JSCE sent its teamconsisting of Dr. Makoto KANAI, Ms. Yukiko SHIBUYA

project awards.

and I to respond the invitation to JSCE.

one session for the presentation of the student project

Dr. Kanai, whois Principal Advisor, Obayashi Corporation as well as

Five sessions with invited speakers andaward winners were organized in the afternoon.

Former Director of JSCE International Affairs Division,
was one of the six contributors for the Forum whose theme

Another purpose of JSCE team was to hold CICHE-JSCE

was “Anticipating Grand Future (迎接大未来): Experienceannual meeting.

Sharing ofquite

Prof. Chiwan Wayne HSIEH, CICHE International Affairs

informative to all of the participants, which introduced theCommittee Chair, Dr. Edward WANG and JSCE teamwidening project and ETC system of Taiwan’s National

after the International Forum.

Freeway, the state-of-the-art tunneling technology inthat the 1st CICHE-JSCE Civil Engineering Workshop

Japan, the designing of various mega airport projects inamong engineers and students would be organized in

the world, the history and state-of-the-art technology withTaiwan, as the new direction of the collaboration, on theIncheon Airport, and the natural disaster prevention

occasion of the visit of Mr. Noriaki HIROSE, JSCE

methodology integrating multiple engineering fields in

President to CICHE in 2016.

Taiwan.

Megaprojects”.

TheThecontributors

wereForum

thewasrelevant

The meeting was held among Prof. LEU,The meeting concluded

topengineers from public sectors in Taiwan and Korea,

The international delegates were all invited for thegeneral contractor in Japan, design consultant in Hongwelcome reception on 20th November and for the AnnualKong

Meeting banquet on 21st November.

andacademiainTaiwan.

Besides

thoseI feel wonderfully

presentations on the mega projects, an inspiring talk onwarm welcome by Taiwan friends at every visit to Taiwan.

bridge the gap between the East and West was delivered

This visit was no exception.

by Prof. Xila LIU of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Inbecame the tour guide for the JSCE team on the campus of

his talk he mentioned that the both Chinese characters in

National Taiwan University, including National Center for

the word “未来” (future in Chinese/Japanese) consist of 土

Research on Earthquake Engineering.

andto having closer and wider collaboration between CICHE

木 .

InfactChinese/Japanese.
“future”.

土 木

iscivilengineering

inSo civil engineering itself means

We look forward

and JSCE.

This is quite interesting interpretation.

In the morning of 21st November the Annual Meeting wasstarted by the opening speech of Prof. Liang-Jenq LEU,President

Prof. Yin-Wen CHAN kindlyofCICHE.

Theinternationaldelegates

including the JSCE team were among the guests on stage.

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【Tamon UEDA, Senior Director of JSCE International
Activities Center (Hokkaido University)】

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Editor’s postscript
We are holding the 5th Great East Japan Earthquake
symposium on March 1 & 2. Miffiy Café Kamaishi was opened inDecember 2015. Many activities have been implemented tosupport the area to recover from the disaster in Tohoku.
Infrastructures such as roads, schools, hospitals have beenrebuilt, and towns are ready for evacuated citizens to move backinto. In the meantime, will they get back their old jobs or get
new jobs to support themselves back there? That is not a local
but nationwide challenge that we should deal with, isn’t it?
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