Volume 1, Issue 1 September 2016

Report
IPA and Giken activity in Odessa, Ukraine
Prof., Dr. Michael Doubrovsky
Head of Department “Sea, River Ports and Waterways”
Odessa National Maritime University.

On 1-3 of June 2016 there was annual International Exhibition/Conference INTERTRANSPORT 2016 in one of the largest
Ukrainian city and sea port – Odessa (population is more than 1 mln). One of the directions of activity of this event was,as usual, coastal and port construction and reconstruction. Leading Ukrainian and European companies in this sphere(contractors, designers, consultants) as well as their potential customers (ports authorities, local administrations, etc.)
were presented at the Exhibition/Conference.
Among new comers of INTERTRANSPORT we should note International
Press-In Association and Giken Ltd; they contributed to both Exhibition andConference. At the exhibition booth of Giken Ltd one could find not only
booklets of Giken describing practical applications of Press-In technologies
and equipment but also IPA brochures “Implant Structure” devoted toprinciples of Construction Revolution and philosophy of Press-In approach.
These brochures “Implant Structure” were published not only in English but
also in Ukrainian and Russian languages and were in good demand and ingreat favour among attendees. Interest of academician and researchers wasattracted also by scientific publications of IPA (proceedings of IPA
international workshops and others).
There were a lot of interesting contacts at the Giken/IPA booth. Local
professionals used this opportunity to obtain objective and up-to-date
information about peculiarities of Giken machines and technologies
regarding construction conditions of Ukraine and development of Ukrainian
construction market.

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At the Conference a special “Press-In” session was arranged to provide acquaintance of Ukrainian construction-related
people with IPA activity and Giken technologies. At the mentioned specialized session two presentations were delivered.
The first one “Implant Structure: Innovative Approaches and Construction Philosophy” was proposed by Professor, Dr.
Michael Doubrovsky (International Press-In Association, Odessa National Maritime University). The second presentation“Silent Piling Technologies & Implant Foundations” was carried out by Mr. Tsunenobu Nozaki (Giken Ltd). “Press-In”
special session was attended by number of professionals (designers, contractors, researchers) and academicians,scientists as well as by students (by the way, there are 14 universities in Odessa-city). Both presentations had a great
success; not only Conference Hall but also stairsleading to the hall were crowded by attendees during
presentations and subsequent discussions andconsiderations.
So it’s possible to conclude that the first IPA/Giken
appearance in Ukraine was rather successful andprospective. We can expect that the first acquaintancewith Press-In technology and principles will be
developed into wide application of silent pilers in
number of coming projects (coastal zones and ports
development, urban construction, slopes stabilization,etc.).
Appropriately to point out that it is rather symbolic toconsider IPA/Giken coming to Ukraine just after recent
official visit of Ukrainian President to Japan. Mr.
President has announced that year of 2017 will be theYear of Japan in Ukraine. So we hope that Press-In
technologies may be successfully applied in Ukraine on
the mutually advantageous basis.

↑Implant Structure; Ukraine and Russian version

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