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ASPAC asia-pacific region news
No.5: May 2007

TCDPAP-FIDIC-ASPAC International Conference at Lahore, Pakistan 2007
The TCDPAP-FIDIC-ASPAC International conference on “Engineering in Disaster Management”
was held at Lahore Pakistan in 20-22 March 2007, hosted by Association of Consulting Engineers(ACEP) in association with Secretariat for Technical Consultancy Development Programme for
Asia and the Pacific (TCDPAP) and was joined by the International Federation of Consulting
Engineers (FIDIC) and FIDIC Member Associations of Asia-Pacific Region (ASPAC).
ASPAC had given full support and contribution to the conference.

At the Conference, we discussed the roleof engineers and engineering in respect ofdesign, construction and environmental
issues and could share our experience andthe knowledge for disaster reduction.
Participation was from various countries,
and approximately 350 delegates attended
including foreign and local participants.
Inaugural Session-during the TCDPAP Conference at Lahore
L - R : Mr. K.U. Chaudry, Mr. M. Haque, Mr. A.M. Saleem,
Dr. J.D. Padilla & Mr. A. Hirotani

ASPAC Extra Meeting at Lahore
The ASPAC Extra Meeting was also held during the Conference on 21st March 2007. We discussed
our future activities such as Open website, Training of Trainers by FIDIC, and Participation in
FIDIC Conference 2007 Singapore, etc.

Participants were ASPAC Executive Committee members, Mr.Akihiko Hirotani (ASPACChair), Mr.K.K.Kapila (CEAI, India) and Mr.Karamat Ullah Chaudry (ACEP, Pakistan),and representatives from ASPAC Member Associations from Bangladesh, Japan, India, Korea
and Nepal. Mr.Enrico Vink, FIDIC Secretary, also joined us as an observer.
Point of the meeting

Mr.Hirotani welcomed all delegates to the meeting and presented the Agenda for the meeting,such as open the ASPAC Website and ASPAC Region News and Training Program supportedby FIDIC, FIDIC Conference 2007 Singapore and future activities planned. He also showedthat all the Agenda would need to be approved by the ASPAC General Assembly Meeting innext September.

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Mr.Enrico Vink, FIDIC Secretary encouraged MAs to share information with FIDIC to understandwhat’s happening in the region, and to hear our experiences and needs.
ASPAC Website: The ASPAC website, which is in FIDIC regions site, would be renewed byAJCE. New ASPAC website, which is in AJCE server, would be updated appropriately,supported by AJCE secretariat. When the website is ready, we have temporarily opened thewebsite, and every member associations of FIDIC can pay a visit to this homepage and give us
the comment.
ASPAC Region News: This is ASPAC Region News can also introduce ASPAC activities andissues in our region. Subject to support from ASPAC MAs, we expect to distribute two or threeissues per year.
Training of Trainers by FIDIC: FIDIC conducts training of trainers coming from the Asia-Pacific Region who will be accredited to eventually conduct FIDIC trainings in their respective
countries. FIDIC also would offer the training program for MAs in a more economic and costeffective way.
Remarks by Mr. Kapila regarding Project Management Issue:

Mr. Kapila, Executive

Committee of ASPAC, pointed out the problems in the project management that contractors
tend to pick up work at low rates. He also explained the concept of lowest bidder, that needs tobe corrected to the bidder with lowest workable rates and the mechanism needs to be put inplace in the FIDIC document to cover this aspect.
FIDIC Conference 2007 Singapore:

ASPAC would seize initiative in taking responsibility for

one of nine workshops in the Conference, namely WS1: New Market Opportunities. China orIndia is a presumable target for its enormous market. We would recommend a speaker from
China or India association for the WS1.
Chairman informed that he received 4 country reports from Philippine (CECOPHIL),

Bangladesh (BACE), Japan (AJCE), and Pakistan (ACEP).
The end of the meeting, he thanked members
for their strong support.

ASPAC extra Meeting at Lahore

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Country report from Member Associations
We are pleased to inform you the activity of our member associations.
ACEP (Pakistan)

Association of Consulting Engineers of Pakistan

ACEP conducts some seminars and conferences, such as Awareness creating in Consultants
regarding Earthquake design requirements of Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA)ACEP plans to initiate following training programs to improve technical abilities of availablepara-engineering staff and fresh engineers to achieve better Engineering Works. Impart shortrelevant training to new entrants to make them useful at soon as possible. Arrange Refresher
Courses for Engineers and Supervisor already holding licenses and working at site so as toimprove quality of works. Arrange short advance courses for Engineers and Supervisor for MegaProjects.
ACEP has published a book on the Seismic city of Karachi with title “Seismic Zoning of Karachi
and Recommendation for Seismic Design of Buildings” and plan to conduct similar studies on theseismic city of other large cities e.g. Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar etc.
BACE (Bangladesh)

Bangladesh Association of Consulting Engineers

BACE conducts some Seminars, Conferences and Workshops in 2006-2007
1.

Development of Consulting Engineering Services-ADB/BACE Workshop held at RDEC/LGEDon 17-18 April, conducted by Mr Terrence N Woods, Procurement Specialist, ADB

2.

Seminar on “Best Practices in Construction Management”-by Mr Andrew Hollway,
Train-Consultant, HPR, 22 March, 2007

3.

Moving Away From Personnel Management to Human Resource, Management-10 Workshops:
From January-December 2007

4.

“Protective Coating Concrete Additives and Electro-Chemical Repairs of Civil EngineeringStructures-3 Workshops from January-December 2007

5.

Replacement of Culverts/Bridges with new Innovative Techniques –2 Seminars

6.

Integration of Environmental and Quality Management Systems – 1Workshop including factoryvisit (12 April, 2007)

7.

Seminar on Implementation of “Bangladesh New Building Code”(BNBC)-1Seminar(alreadyheld)

8.

Seminar on: Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Consultancy (IIFC) for private Sector (July2007)

9.

Seminar on: Public Procurement Act 2003 for consulting services supply and constitution (July2007)

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AJCE (Japan)

Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers

AJCE plans the several seminar and training programs. The latest information and data on
consulting engineer (CE) activities around the world is made available through AJCE annualseminar.
AJCE also has Young Professional Exchange Program (YPEP) that had been continuing for about
ten years creating internationally minded young engineers.
AJCE collects current information related to CE activities and overseas contractual standards, andpublishes their Japanese versions. We also introduce our activities to inside and outside of Japanthrough the Home Page and the Newsletter.
CECOPHIL (Philippines)

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

CECOPHIL have celebrated our 30th Year Anniversary last year, 2006.
The council is linking with the local universities to increase quality and quantity of graduates tosupply the demand for engineers both locally and globally. They have joined the Government's
thrust to setup outsourcing outfits to supply the growing demand for knowledge process
outsourcing in the global market.
CECOPHIL is targeting to setup a FIDIC seminar in the country either on Sustainable
Development or on Integrity Management. Hopefully this will be on the latter half of the year,
and is also working with ADB to jointly conduct a FIDIC seminar on FIDIC contracts.

ASPAC Secretariat
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