2019. 9. 11

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No.83
A Study Tour “Doboku Omotenasi” in Nagaoka
International Activities Center, JSCE started activities aiming at
creating a platform for exchange of young engineers and researchers inJapan and overseas this year. The Study Tour “Doboku Omotenasi” inNagaoka was held in cooperation of Taiwan Group and Information
Networking Group.
20 people participated in the tour held on April 19, 2019 in Nagaoka
City, Niigata Prefecture. The participants consisted of engineers andresearchers from Taiwan, foreign students in Japan, Japanese studentsof Nagaoka University of Technology, and JSCE secretariat. The tour
focused on the major river Shinano River Improvement Projects.
Dr. Hayakawa Director of Shinano River Ohkouzu Museum
delivered a welcome speech, and then Professor Lu gave a lecture
about the Shinanogawa Ohkouzu Diversion Channel, a historic floodcontrol project that Japan is proud of. Thereafter, a site tour was led
by Mr. Isao Higuchi of Ecoloby Science Corp., Ltd. After lunch, theparticipants played the card game “Pokedobo” English version,

Prof. Lu (above) and Mr. Higuchi (below)
Explains the Project of Shinanogawa RiverImprovement Project

which focuses on disaster prevention and mitigation, produced by theYoung Power-Up Subcommittee of JSCE, and they gradually built
communication and rapport by playng that game. Then, theShinanogawa River Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism and the construction company, which operated
the shinanogawa River improvemnet and bridge replamcement project
carried out at the downstream of Shinanogawa River, introduced thelatest techniques, pneumatic-caisson construction management andVR. The participants made exchange and disucssions with those who

The Participants in Front of the Plaque toMark the Completion of Shinanogawa
River Improvement Project

accompanied on the tour and explained theprojects; they gained some experience, knowledge
and network wih each other on the tour.
Encouraged by the success of this tour, theInternational Activities Center will organize theopportunites for civil engineers and researchers todevelop exchange and build a platfrom acrossborders.

The Participants with Engineers on the Shinanogawa River【Report by Yuka Ito, IAC Inforamtation Networking Group Leader】
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Introduction of Activities ofConstruction Technology Study Committee
1. Introduction
The Construction Technology Study Committee (Chairperson: Katsuro Sugihara, Chairperson of Operation
Subcommittee: Mitsuo Higashino, Director: Jun Nobuto (Photo 1)) is composed of 28 construction companies.
Since its establishment in 1984, the Committee has been engaged in a wide range of activities such as
investigation and research of construction technologies and exchange of engineers in Japan and overseas.

Photo 1 From front left, Higashino (Chairperson of Operation Subcommittee), Sugihara (Chairperson), andNobuto (Director)

2. Major Activities of Subcommittees
1) Event Planning Subcommittee
The Civil Engineering Construction Technology Conference isheld annually. In FY 2018, Executive Officer Yotsuya from
Komatsu gave a special lecture on IT construction, and there
were presentations of 40 research papers related to digitizing
construction, etc. The subcommittee awarded eight speakers
with the Best Speaker Prize and Excellent Speaker Prizes (Photo2).

Photo 2 Recipients of the Best Speaker Prize andExcellent Speaker Prizes2) Construction Technology Systematization Subcommittee
This subcommittee is systematizing construction technologies. In FY 2018, it
investigated the following two items related to pile foundations; the results areposted on the official website (http://committees.jsce.or.jp/sekou05/).
- Examples of troubles in pile foundation construction- Systematization of technologies for investigating piles and construction
management technologies3) Construction Technology Questions and Answers Subcommittee
This subcommittee is responsible for editing and publishing “Consultation onCivil Engineering Works,” etc. The revised version of “Civil Engineering andDrilling” was published in FY 2018 (Photo 3). Please make use of the book,2

Photo 3 Consultation on CivilEngineering Works(Civil Engineering andDrilling)since it is also a useful educational material for young engineers.
4) International Technological Exchange Subcommittee
This subcommittee arranges site tours for lecturers ofinternational training workshops hosted by JICA andforeign students studying in Japan to promote international
exchanges with foreign engineers (Photo 4).
5) Soil and Groundwater Pollution Measures Study
Subcommittee
This subcommittee conducts investigations and research on

Photo 4 FY 2018 Site Tour

soil and groundwater contamination. The report is posted on the official website.
(http://committees.jsce.or.jp/sekou09/node/11)
In FY 2018, the following two items were investigated and aworkshop titled “Measures against Soil and GroundwaterContamination” was held (Photo 5).
- Investigation on construction methods in contaminatedareas- Comparative investigation of ordinances on surplus soil
formulated by government ordinance-designated cities andPhoto 5 “Measures Against Soil and GroundwaterContamination” Workshop

prefectures
6) Productivity Improvement Subcommittee

This subcommittee was newly established in the last fiscal year to carry out investigations and researches on
improving productivity at construction sites. A research discussion session is planned in the national convention
in FY 2019.

【Report by Jun Nobuto, Construction Technology Study Committee (Shimizu Corp.)】

Committee of Environmental Engineering
1. Outline of Committee of Environmental Engineering
The Committee of Environmental Engineering was established as the sanitary engineering committee in 1962,changed to its current name in 1994. Since its start, it has dealt with a wide range of regional and global
environmental issues, mainly in water supply, sewerage and solid waste treatment. Through the annual
environmental engineering research forum and other subcommittee activities, the committee takes a leadershipin developing environmental engineering.

32. Environmental Engineering Research ForumIn the Environmental Engineering Research Forum, which is held in late November or in the beginning / middleof December every year, 100-120 latest research results are presented by civil-engineering related professionals
from industry, government, and academia and discussed peer-reviewed papers, presentations on new technologies
and projects, and papers under non-specified category. The peer-reviewed papers are published as Division G(environment) of JSCE Journal.
In addition to research presentations, the committee organize the sessions with timely topics, in which lecturesand panel discussions are conducted by experts; those sessions take an important role as a forum for industrygovernment-academia exchange. Recent sessions organized have topics such as “Development of Cutting Edge
Sewage Technology and Environmental Engineering Areas” (FY2018), “Development of Environmental
Engineering in a Population Declining Society” (FY2017), “Current Status and Future Prospects of IndustryGovernment-Academia Collaboration in Environmental Engineering” / “Challenges and future prospects related
to international development in the water and sewerage fields to achieve the SDGs” (FY2016).
3. Subcommittee Activities
Subcommittees have been established for the purpose of promoting deep discussions and researches on specificthemes, and workshops, lectures, publication of reports, etc. are conducted at each subcommittee. Currently, theResearch Subcommittee on Advanced Technology of Sewerage Promoting Collaboration in Other Fields, theNext Generation Sewerage Subcommittee, the Environmental Technology Philosophy Subcommittee, theClinical Environmental Technology Subcommittee, and the Water Infrastructure Renewal Subcommittee areactively working.
4. Overseas Study Tour for Students to Consider Environmental Issues
The Environmental Engineering Committee organizes study
tours for Japanese students to consider environmental issues
abroad once a year, and reached its 20th milestone in FY2018.
In recent years, we have visited Uzbekistan, Thailand, China,Vietnam, etc. to observe the current state of local
environmental problems and paid a visit to local universities
and JICA offices for about a week. The tour’s aim is topromote international exchange and discussions on commonand different environmental issues between the participants
and their local counterparts. Furthermore, the language used

A Student Tour Visits Cau Do Water Treatment Plant(Da Nang, Vietnam)in the tour is English: explanations at visiting places, lectures,group works, and discussions on research projects carried out in English. The tour in which many students andfaculties from universities across the country participate is regarded as a good opportunity for them to makeinformation exchange and to develop self-study in terms of education and research project. The committee has
been able to organize the tour with great support from many stakeholders.

4Student Workshop at Hue University of Science, Vietnam

Mangrove Forest Tour in Thailand【Report by Hiroyuki Katayama, Secretary-General,Committee on Environmental Engineering (The University of Tokyo)】

Report for 2019 Rock Dynamics Summit in Okinawa
Specialized symposium for International Society of Rock Mechanics and RockEngineering, 2019 ROCK DYNAMICS SUMMIT IN OKINAWA (2019 RDS) was heldon 7(Tue) – 11(Sat) May, 2019 in Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It aimed toappeal the high research status of Japan as a country of frequent earthquake to the world
for applying rock dynamics on the engineering field and discussing the state of the art
and to connect the new frontier exchanging the knowledge progressively. 2019RDS has
been hosted by Japan Society of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering and supported Prof. Omer Aydan,by Committee on Rock Mechanics in JSCE and other organizations.
2019RDS accepted 128 full papers. And 157 participants including 28 accompany

Chair of Organizing
Committee andSteering Committee of2019 Rock Dynamics
Summit in Okinawa

persons attended from 25 countries. 81 papers were categorized into 10 sessions for oralpresentation on 8-10 May, 2019. It included 8 keynote speakers and themed speeches. 35 papers were presented
at the poster session.
2019 RDS founded award selection subcommittee for the Best Oral Presentation Award and the Best Poster
Presenter of Young Scholar for civil engieers under 30 years old. Eventually 4 students included the second andthe third runner were awarded at the closing ceremony.
A banquet was held in the second night. 145 participants enjoyed local cuisine and Kusu or old Awamori in acalm atmosphere. In the latter part of the banquet, belly dance was performed and some of the participants joined
dancing. Every participants enjoyed the performance.
2019RDS Organizing Committee invited special young generation to rely on the future of research. Actually 19pupils and 2 teachers were invited from the elementary schools in Nago city (Photo 1)．
5On 11 May the last day of 2019RDS, the organizer planned a short field trip to the construction site of Nago 4thtunnel and 11 participants attended it, instead of canceled excursion (Photo 2)．

Photo 1 The Organizer and Invited Pupils andTeachers of Elementary School in Nago City

Photo 2 The Participants and Engineers at the Nago 4thTunnel Construction Site

The 2019RDS had been completed successfully with well-developed discussions and excellent presentations(Photo 3). On behalf of the organizing committee and steering committee of 2019RDS, I greatly am thankful for
JSCE for the support to the sympsoium.

Photo 3 Memorial Photo of Participants of 2019RDS After the ClosingCeremony.

【Report by Prof. Omer Aydan, Chair of Organizing Committee and Steering Committee of 2019 RockDynamics Summit in Okinawa (University of the Ryukyus)】

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Activity Report of ACECC TC-16
The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC) TC-16 is atechnical committee that focuses on the "Intelligent Transport System(ITS) Solutions for Urban Traffic Problems in the Asia-Pacific Region."
The TC-16 organizes ITS solutions for common urban traffic problems
among Asian countries, such as traffic congestion, accidents andenvironmental issues, which are a result of rapid urbanization associatedwith economic growth and increase in the number of vehicles. The TC-16
also has been discussing on the methods of ITS introduction whichcorrespond well to the levels of economic development and landdevelopment of individual countries. In the fiscal year 2016, building on
its achievements, the TC-16 published the “ITS Introduction Guide”(Photo 1) on the websites of ACECC and the Japan Society of Civil Photo 1 ITS Introduction GuideEngineers (JSCE).
http://www.acecc-world.org/TC16.html
This publication is supported by International Scientific Exchange Fund（ISEF）of JSCE.
The ACECC TC-16 held a session inviting members of eachcountry to CECAR8 (8th Civil Engineering Conference inthe Asian Region) held in Tokyo on April 2019. In thatsession, some cases of ITS implementation in each country
such as two MaaS (Mobility as a Service) projects launchedin Taiwan, efforts to ITS technology in Japan, traffic
information distribution to realize MaaS, operation usingprobe data of ETC 2.0, and management and the examinationsituation regarding congestion control on expressways inPhoto 2 The TC-16 Session at CECAR8

Thailand, were reported.
In addition, for urban traffic problems, we organizedsolutionsusing

cutting-edge

ICT(InformationandCommunication Technology), and discussed how to
introduce ITS according to the stages of economic
development and land development in each country.
The ACECC TC-16 will continue the research on advanced
efforts and use cases of the ITS, including MaaS, in various

Photo 3 Presenters at CECAR8countries around the world, and update the “ITS Introduction
Guide” in order to contribute to solving urban traffic problems in Asian countries.
【Report by Yasuyuki Iwasato, Secretary of ACECC TC-16, Researcher,
ITS Division of National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management】
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Updates◆Third Young Engineers’ Lounge “DOBOKU”
http://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/node/150◆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 websitehttp://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/node/118◆Summary of featured articles in JSCE Magazine Vol. 104, No.9, September 2019http://www.jsce-int.org/pub/magazine◆Journal of JSCE
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