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Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No.93
FY2020 International Student Network Group Activities
The International Student Network Group, International Activities
Center of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers is engaged inactivities aimed at supporting and building networks of international
students studying in Japan. The main activities are holding anInternational Summer Symposium and an International Workshop
for Young Civil Engineers at the JSCE Annual Meeting, holding aJoint Company Information Session for international students, andissuing Student Voice (a series of essays on the experience ofParticipants Prepare for Their
Presentation (FY2019 Workshop)

international students studying in Japan).
The International Summer Symposium (ISS) has been organized

every year as a stage for research presentations by international students studying in Japan, and it would be the22nd time in this year. It became a part of the JSCE Annual Meeting since the 14th event in 2012. Presentations
in English by international students and young civil engineers can make great opportunities for presenters tointeract with one another and get new research ideas. Also, as part of the ISS, the International Workshop for
Young Civil Engineers for international students and young civil engineers was launched in 2013 and then held
every year. At the past workshops, themes were set based on the latest trends in the civil engineering industry,
such as “technological innovation” and “disaster prevention and mitigation”. Domestic and overseas participants
exchanged opinions with one another actively.
This year's workshop was titled as “Utilization of AI in Civil
Engineering for Future Society”, and while a workshop on thistheme was penciled in, the event had to be canceled due to theimpact of COVID-19. For international students and young civilengineers, it will be no doubt a very unique experience to engage indiscussions on the theme of AI, which is the latest trend in the civilengineering industry, together with people who speak different
languages and come from different cultural backgrounds fromoneself. Unfortunately, this year’s event was canceled, but we are

Interaction at Company Booth (FY2019
Joint Company Information Session)considering holding a workshop on the same theme at next year’s
JSCE Annual Meeting. We hope that many international students and young engineers will join us for next year’s
event.

1Since 2013, the International Student Network Group has also held Joint Company Information Session forInternational Students every year for the purpose of providing information on corporate activities andemployment for international students who wish to develop their career at a Japanese company. It is a great
opportunity for international students to get to exchange the information directly with the representatives ofJapanese companies, and it is recognized as a valuable opportunity for companies that are actively considering
recruiting overseas students to communicate directly to potential candidates.
This year, we are planning to hold this event in early December 2020. Every year, the event includes two parts:
presentations introducing the companies participating and discussions held at company booths (individualmeetings). However, a few ideas are under discussion including the possibility of holding the Joint Company
Information Session online given the circumstances with social distancing and society’s “new normal” resulting
from the impact of COVID-19.
For further details of the International Student Network Group, please visit
http://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai11/.

【Reported by International Student Network Group, IAC, JSCE】

Bangladesh Dhaka MRT Line 6 Contract Package No.1
Construction of Civil Works for Soil Improvement,
Land Development
The Dhaka metropolitan area in Bangladesh is one of the world's largest metropolitan areas,
but the development of transportation infrastructure has not kept pace with the increase inpopulation and automobiles, andchronic traffic congestion has caused serious pollution
from automobile exhaust gas. For this reason, with the aim of reducing traffic congestion
by switching to public transportation and suppressing air pollution in the Dhaka
metropolitan area, the first full-scale urban high-speed railway line in Bangladesh (about20 km, 16 stations) has been constructed with the support of the Japanese government. TheMitsuaki Okuda

project introduced in this report is the first portion of the construction work in this railway （Internationalproject, which is the construction of land development for a depot with the construction Division, TOKYUCONSTRUCTION CO.,period of 25 months, and was completed in October 2018. The main types of works are LTD.）
ground improvement work and embankment work. The ground subjected to theimprovement is a soft fine sand layer which is about 5 m from the ground surface and a soft cohesive soil layer
below it. Sand Compaction Pile method (SCP) and Dynamic Compaction method (DC) were adopted for theupper sand layer as liquefaction measures, and Prefablicated Vertical Drain method (PVD) combined withsurcharge embankment method was adopted for the lower cohesive soil as a measure against consolidation
settlement.
2DC WorkSCP Work

The project started on September 8, which was immediately after the terror attack on a restaurant in Dhaka on
July 1, 2016. After the construction started, we participated in the safety measures meeting held by theGovernment of Bangladesh and the Embassy of Japan, ensuring the safety of construction site andaccomodations by continuously sharing safety information and requesting security support, etc., and, we wereable to reach completion without any safety problems.
This was the first project in Bangladesh for our company, and in addition to the application of advanced safetymeasures, the project was started under difficult environments from the beginning, where we needed to use
construction methods such as the SCP construction method and DC construction method, which had not been
often applied in the local area. With the maximum support from the clinent Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd.
（DMTC） and the consultant, the project had been successfully completed within the prescribed construction
period. As for the MRT in Dhaka City, in addition to Line 6 which is currently under construction, plans for Line
1 and Line 5 are underway by Japanese financing. We hope that the experience of this project will be useful for
similar future project in Bangladesh and will contribute to the development of Bangladesh.

Dhaka MRT Line 6 Contract Package No.1 Construction of Civil Works for Soil Improvement,
Land Development Completion【Reported by Mitsuaki Okuda, International Division, TOKYU CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.】

3FY2019 JSCE Awards
Twenty-six civil engineers including six non-Japanese engineers were recognized with International Lifetime
Contribution Award, Continuing International Contribution Award, and International Outstanding Collaboration
Award on June 12, 2020. The recipients by award are listed in the table below.
The JSCE Award Ceremony was scheduled to be held at JSCE General Assembly on June 12, 2020, but theceremony was canceled due to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.
For further details, please visit http://www.jsce-int.org/a_t/international .
< International Lifetime Contribution Award: 5 recipients >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
Takeshi Kawakami
Hirotaka Sato
Satoru Tsutae
Kiyofumi Yoshino
Lou Kim Chhun

AFFILIATIONIHI Corp.
NIPPO Corp.
Taisei Corp.
Aero Asahi Corp.
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, the Royal Government of Cambodia< Continuing International Contribution Award: 16 recipients >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
Koji Asakura

AFFILIATIONIHI Infrastructure Sysmte Co.,
Ltd.
Sumitomo Mitsui
Construction Co., Ltd.
National Institute for Landand InfrastructureManagement, MLIT
Hazama Ando Corp.

NAME
Kazuyuki Gono

AFFILIATION
Kajima Corp.

Toshihiro Goto
Takayuki Sakai

CTI Engineering International
Co., Ltd.
Shimizu Corp.

Keiji Tominaga

Obayashi Corp.

Osamu Iwata

Nishimatsu Construction Co.,Ltd.

Hiroyuki Mizui

Tomoki Kanenawa

Japan International
Cooperation Agency

Masafumi Miyata

Jun Kamon

Dai Nippon Construction

Shusaku Yamashita

Japan International
Consultants for Transportation
Co., Ltd.
National Institute for Land andInfrastructure Management,MLIT
JFE Engineering Corp.

Masaki Kawaguchi

The Kansai Electric PowerInc.

Shinichiro Watanabe

Taisei Corp.

Go Adachi
Yuji Ikeda

Yoshinori Izawa< International Outstanding Collaboration Award: 5 recipients >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.
4NAME

AFFILIATION

Sato, Gloria Edullantes

Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd.

Javed Awan

TAISEI CORPORATION

Nicholas Sandeep Felix

Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Nguyen Hoang Giang

National University of Civil Engineering

Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho

The Institute for Global Environment Strategies

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