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Contents

Cover Page

Page Nos.
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Inner Cover Page

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Contents

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Editorial by Chairman of Information Committee

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Message from Chairman ASPAC

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ASPAC Member Associations

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Composition of ASPAC Executive Committee and Sub-Committees

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A report on 2014 FIDIC/ASPAC-TCDPAP Conference, Bali, Indonesia

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A Report on ‘Bali Aspirations’ by INKINDO

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News from Member Associations
Australia – Consult Australia

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CNAEC – China

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Taipei – China

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India – CEAI

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Indonesia – INKINDO

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Iran- ISCE

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Japan – AJCE

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Korea – KENCA

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Malaysia – ACEM

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Nepal- SCAEF

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Sri Lanka- ACESL

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Thailand – CEAT42

A Report on ASPAC Young Professional Forum

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News From Young Professional Forum from MAs

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News From Women engineers Forum from MAs

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FIDIC News

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Calendar of Events of Interest to ASPAC Member Associations

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An Appeal - Invitation for contribution to the next issue of Newsletter

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Back Cover

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From the Editors Desk'..

Dear Readers
I address all of you with a sense of euphoria as this News Letter
Amitabha Ghoshal
carries contributions from more countries than ever before. Our
exhortation during the FIDIC-ASPAC/TCDPAP Seminar at Bali 2014 for improving
networking amongst Consultants in this region appears to have borne fruit. In this issue we
could include inputs from Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia and Taipei, all first time contributors.
This Newsletter closely follows the Bali 2014 Conference held between 2nd to 5th March
2014, which has been a grand event that established ASPAC on very firm footing. You willfind elsewhere in this issue a report on the ASPAC-TCDPAP Conference and a Letter From
FIDIC President conveying his appreciation and happiness over the conference. Our
Chairman’s column features the speech he delivered during the conference, where heemphasized on the importance of communication in the ASPAC Region for bringing out thebest potential of the Consulting fraternity.
I conclude by borrowing the quote from Chairman’s speech - “Making friends comes before
doing business”. This should be the guiding spirit of ASPAC and its Newsletter.
Happy Reading.

Warm regards

Amitabha Ghoshal
Chairman
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Chairman’s Speech At ASPAC Conference 2014 Bali, March 3, 2014
Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,
I am grateful to all of you who traveled long way to join ASPAC
Conference 2014 here on this beautiful, time-honored resort islandof Bali. My appreciation also goes to Chairman Jimmy Sardjono
and the whole staff of the Organizing Committee for preparing fortoday’s Conference.
Hoig Kang,
I am particularly pleased to note that we are honored today at thismeeting by the presence of several high-ranking officials ofIndonesia including His Excellency Dr. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, former Vice President of the
Republic of Indonesia and FIDIC President Pablo Bueno.

Chairman, ASPAC

Some 250 consulting business leaders are assembled here from 20 countries. This sizable
delegation manifests our vision and belief that Asia Pacific collaboration will be continuously
improved. I hope that this conference will serve as an invaluable opportunity for consulting
engineers to share creative ideas in seeking a new direction and vision for Business
Sustainability.
Now, I would like to acknowledge the presence of delegation from FIDIC ASPAC member
countries and would like to welcome them together with you.
Thank you for joining us with big round of applause.
Distinguished guests,
The concept of sustainability has slowly and steadily worked its way into the agendas ofinternational conference around the world.
Sustainability is the issue of the 21st century. We have to admit that our consulting
engineering society also will have to deal with the issue during this century.
I hope this conference will serve as a crucial milestone on the path to create a strong Asia
Pacific Collaboration for Business Sustainability.
Today, there is undeniable evidence that the efforts of our consulting engineer’s society
towards sustainable development have fallen short to date.
I believe we are able to outline regional actions that aim to address those issues and how
ASPAC can meet a demand for global action.
The creation of such a new Asia and the Pacific is not simply an ideal and a dream but a
viable goal to achieve. The new ASPAC will provide opportunities for new investment andjobs and will offer new possibilities to future generation of Consulting Engineers.
I believe now is the time to open a new channel to enhance communication in ASPAC region
and bring out its best potential for cooperation and development.
As you know well, ASPAC was created to provide a forum for exchange of information andknowledge among FIDIC member associations within the Asia Pacific Region.
I believe we, consulting engineers are gathered here in Bali to share our knowledge, insights

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and experiences to assume the missions bestowed upon us.
We are already witnessing tangible results of cooperation in the information exchange
through ASPAC Newsletter and knowledge exchange through ASPAC Training Center to beopened before long.
Distinguished guests,
You may have heard of an oriental saying, “Making friends comes before doing business”, I
believe this is an apt description of the present relations of ASPAC members.
We need to build a new ASPAC where all of us will pursue peaceful exchanges and achieve
prosperity through mutual understanding and door-opening efforts.
I hope this conference will be the spirited beginning toward this daunting challenge.
As we share what wisdom we each have, let us together create “Asia Pacific Collaboration
for global partnering in Consultancy”
Thank you very much.

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Australia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
China

China, Hong Kong
China, Taipei

India
Indonesia

Iran

Japan

Korea

Malaysia
Mongolia
Nepal
New ZealandPakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
ThailandUzbekistan
Vietnam

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ASPAC Member Associations (22)Consult Australia
megan@consultaustralia.com.au
National Engineering Consultancy Society of Azerbaijan
office@nt.az
Bangladesh Association of Consulting Engineers
bace@citechco.net
China National Association of Engineering Consultants
cnaec@cnaec.org.cn
Mr Hu Yangge cnaec@126.com;
Association of Consulting Engineers of Hong Kong, China
acehk@regionfine.com.hk
Chinese Association of Engineering Consultants, Taipei, China
tfec.tw@msa.hinet.net
Consulting Engineers Association of India
Ceai.ceai@gmail.com
Mr A P Mull, President apmull@tce.co.in
National Association of Indonesian Engineering Consultants
inkindo@inkindo.org
Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers
fidic@irsce.org
Mr. Hormozd Ramineh, President
ramineh@parsconsult.co.ir ; hramineh@gmail.com
Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers
yyajce@gmail.com
Yoshi Yamashita Yoshi_yamashita@ajce.or.jp
Korea Engineering and Consulting Associationinternational@kenca.or.kr
Heesung MAENG kurre@kenca.or.kr.
Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia
sec@acem.com.my
Faizal faizal@acem.com.my
Mongolian Road Association, Mongolia

info@mra.mn
Society of Consulting Architectural and Engineering Firms, Nepal
scaef@wlink.com.np
Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealandservice@acenz.org.nz
Association of Consulting Engineers Pakistan
acep@cyber.net.pk
Council of Engineering Consultants of the Philippines
cecophil@yahoo.com
Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore
secretariat@aces.org.sg
Association of Consulting Engineers, Sri Lanka
president@acesl.org
Russel de Zilwa rdz@engcl.com
Consulting Engineers Association of Thailand (CEAT)
ceat@ceat.or.th
Uzbek Association of Consulting Engineers
info@uzace.org
Vietnam Engineering Consultant Association
vecas@fpt.vn

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ASPAC Executive Committee Members (7)Hoig Kang (Korea) – Chairman
Liu Luobing (China) – Vice Chairman
Chien Chung Li (China Taipei)
Amitabha Ghoshal (India)
Irawan Koesoemo (Indonesia)
Konomu Uchimura (Japan)
Mohd Adnan Mohd Nor (Malaysia)
Sub-Committees
Information Committee
Amitabha Ghoshal (India)- Chairman
Liu Luobing (China) - Co Chairman
Members
Russel de Zilwa (Sri Lanka)
Hare Ram Shrestha (Nepal)

Education Committee
Konomu Uchimura (Japan)- Chairman
Mohd Adnan Mohd Nor (Malaysia) - Co-Chairman
Members
Dr. Kamal Laksiri (Sri Lanka)

Membership Committee
Irawan Koesoemo (Indonesia)- Chairman
Chin-Chung Li (China Taipei) - Co-Chairman
Members
J Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)

ASPAC Young Professional Forum steering Committee (YPFSC)
Arash Emambakhsh, Iran
Garett Bray, Australia
Zhou Sheng, China
Takashi Matsuo, Japan
Atasi Das, India
Shah Izzni Talif, Malaysia
Patrick John R. Ramos, Philippines
Sung Joon Park, Republic of Korea
Jomanah Albtoush (Lebanon) was mandated as the advisor

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Report on FIDIC-ASPAC & TCDPAP Bali conference 2014
Held between 2nd and 5th March 2014
FIDIC-ASPAC & TCDPAP joint conference, 2014 was held at Bali, Indonesia – one of theworld’s most exotic and attractive destinations, - in The Westin Resort Nusa Dua. Setting of
the conference was remarkable with top class facilities and gorgeously decorated venues forTechnical Sessions as also for Cultural events.
With the theme “Business Sustainability - Asia Pacific Collaboration for Global Partnering In
Consulting Engineers”, there were focused contributions by invited speakers specially
identified for tuning with the stated theme of each session. The Inaugural Session was
graced by high-ranking officials of Indonesia including His Excellency Dr Muhammad Jusuf
Kalla, former Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, Honorable Made Mangku Pastika,
Governor of Bali and FIDIC President Pablo Bueno. FIDIC was also represented by Mr.
Jae-Wan Lee Vice President of FIDIC, Mr K K Kapila, GC Member, FIDIC.
After the Welcome
cocktail Reception
at Temple Garden
on 2nd March 2014–(Day-1), Day 2
was the Inaugural
Session.
The
Welcome Address
was delivered by
INKINDO
President, Ir. H
Bachder Djohan
andtheInauguration was
done
by TheGovernor of Bali –Mr Made Mangku
Pastika. The first
The First Plenary Session
Key Note Speech
was delivered by
His Excellency Dr Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, former Vice President of the Republic ofIndonesia and the Second Key Note Speech was delivered by The Indonesian State Minister
for National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas Prof. Armida Alisjahbana. The
economic upsurge of Indonesia and its positive impact on Infrastructure Development was
highlighted by both speakers. This was followed by two business sessions on Day-2.
Session-1 Asia Pacific Economic Outlook Panel, Session II ASPAC Sub-region : How to do
Consulting Engineering Business. Day-3 accommodated Session III– Business Sustainability
for Consulting Engineers and Session IV Panel Discussion on ASPAC Collaboration
amongst Consulting Engineers for Business Sustainability followed by the Closing
Ceremony. There was a Special Session for the Young Professional Forum (YPF), which
was extremely well attended and five young professionals made inspired presentations on
the theme The 4th day was reserved for visit to some engineering project sites in and around
Bali.

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NEWSLETTERASPAC EC in progress

March 2014

At the end of the Day-2, ameeting of the ASPAC EC
was held. Council Members
as also delegates from
Member
Associations
attended the same. A review
was
done
on
the
performance of ASPAC
since the last meeting inBarcelona. YPF Chairman
was requested to make apresentation to the EC on
the development of YPF
activities and their futureplans.

Business meetings and Technical Sessions were of high quality. Representatives of Member
Associations of different Countries highlighted the problems faced by consultancy fraternity
and the lack of respect, the profession is facing at various levels. Consensus was reachedthat the consultancy profession led by FIDIC, has to formulate a coordinated strategy forreversing this unfortunate trends. This matter will be further discussed during the FIDIC
Annual Conference at Rio-De-Janerio and also the next ASPAC Conference to be held at
Tashkant in Uzbekistan in May 2015.
The overall consensus at the end of theConference was that this had been thebest organized ASPAC conference withvery generous hospitality arrangements
made by the organizers and INKINDO.
ASPAC as an Organisation has found its
firm feet as reflected by presence ofdelegates from twenty countries.

Cultural Function

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A Sum up of the Bali ASPAC Conference

BALI ASPIRATION
Compiled

By

Ir Zulkifil Halim
INKINDO12

FIDIC – ASPAC & TCDPAPBALI CONFERENCE 2014
B U S I N E S S S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y“ASPAC COLLABORATION FOR GLOBALPARTNERSHIP IN CONSULTANCY”

BALI ASPIRATION

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F I D I C – A S PA C P R O F I L E• REGIONSSub Region Central Asia
ASPI – National Engineering Consultancy Society of Azerbaijan –Azerbaijan
IRSCE – Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers – IranUZACE – Uzbek Association of Consultingg Engineerg‐ Uzbekistan

Sub Region South Pacific / Oceania
CA – Consult Australia – Australia
ACENZ – Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand –New Zealand

Sub Region South Asia
CEAI – Consulting Engineers Association of India – India
BACE – Bangladesh Association of Consulting Engineers –l d hBangladesh
SCAEF – Society of Consulting Architectural and Engineering
Firms – Nepal
ACEP – Association of Consulting Engineers Pakistan – Pakistan
ACE – Association of Consulting
Cons lting Engineer – Sri Lanka

Sub Region East Asia
CNAEC – China National Association of Engineering Consultants – China
ACEHK – Association of Consulting Engineers of Hong Kong – Hong Kong
TFEC – Chinese Association of Engineering Consultants – China Taipei
KENCA – Korea Engineering and Consulting Association – Korea
AJCE – Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers ‐ Japan

Sub Region South East Asia
INKINDO – National Association of Indonesian Consultants – Indonesia
ACEM – Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia – Malaysia
MES – Myanmar Engineering Society – Myanmar
CECOPHIL – Council of Engineering Consultants of the Philippines –Philippines
CEAT – The Consulting Engineers Association of Thailand ‐ Thailand
VECAS – Vietnam Engineering Consultant Association – Vietnam
ACES – Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore ‐ Singapore

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F I D I C – A S PA C P R O F I L E• FIDIC – ASPAC iis also
l stilltill endoweddd withith Pioneering/ frontier Regiono Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan(Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, Iraq)
o South East Asia (Myanmar, Brunei Cambodia, Laos, Timor Leste)o South Asia ((Afghanistan,g, Bhutan,, Maldives))o Pacific / Oceania (PNG, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Island, Republic of Nauru,
Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, Independent State of
Papua New Guinea,
Guinea Independent State of Samoa,
Samoa Kingdom of Tonga
Tonga, Tuvalu
Tuvalu,Republic of Vanuatu)• These can be optimistically interpreted as New target for FIDIC MA new membership(s) New Market(s) New Collaboration(s) for ASPAC Partnering in Consulting Engineering

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A S I A PA C I F I C ( A S PA C ) E C O N O M I C O U T L O O K
Over half of the world population
More than 1/3 of global GDP
Nearly 40% of global energy demand
About 1/3 of world exports
Economics growth in developing Asia expected to pick 6.2 % in 2014 from 6.0% in 2013 (Lackluster demand from advanced economies likely to hold growthdeveloping
p g Asia))• Between 2010 and 2040 the region will have added another 1 billion citydwellers – Massive demand for urban infrastructure• AsiaA i growthth isi biggerbi
th DevelopedthanD ld Countries
Ct i average• ADB estimates infrastructure investment needs at about $ 750 billions a yearfor 2008 – 2020 p
period.
•••••Source : Asian Development Bank Outlook 2013 Update (Launched at this Conference)
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A S I A PA C I F I C ( A S PA C ) C O N S T R U C T I O N O U T L O O K• Asia will be the world’s fastest growing construction region between
now andd 2020• The infrastructure sector in Asia is expected to be the fastest growing,
most profitable and most open to foreign supplier over the near
near‐term
term,
although the relative position of the residential sector has improved• New spending and funding trend in the construction sector identified• The market is slightly less optimistic regarding the future prospect for
construction in Asia

Source : AECOM – Asia Construction Outlook 2013/4 update Launched at this conference18

B O U Q U E T O F A S P I R AT I O N S• Capacity building and competency Enhancement including
Engineersgmobility,y, education and certification• Collaboration (a/symmetric) and Regional Similarities Role inInternational Collaboration Dynamic• Preparedness
P
d
f
for
E
Exportt Services
S iandd International
I ttilCollaboration(s)• Stakeholders respect, local wisdom and technology
technology– Virtues for
Sustainable Engineering Consultant Business• Issues in Returning to Business Sustainability• Social
i l Responsibility
ibili while
hil beingb i Businessi– Wisei Sustainablei bl• Strengthening young engineers for future leadership andinspiring women in engineering.
• Impact of climate change and other challenges such as Disaster
Mitigation, Green Technology, etc
19F I D I C – A S PA C A S P I R AT I O N S• (re) Built Trust and Credibility

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CONSULT AUSTRALIA , AUSTRALIA

Executive Committee Members
Matthew Harris (Director, Rider Levett Bucknall – RLB) & Consult Australia President
James Wright (Australian Managing Director, Beca)
Joanne Metcalfe (Manager, ACT & Southern NSW, GHD)
Ian Hopkins (CEO, Norman Disney & Young)
Camille McGregor (Global Services Leader – Water and Environment, Sinclair Knight Merz)
Neill Stevens (Managing Director, NS Projects)
Kiri Parr (Regional Legal Counsel, Arup)
From President’s Desk:
Being appointed as President of Consult Australia is a great honour. This appointment demonstrates
that the Association is embracing its vision of diversity and the need to create a better businessenvironment for all professionals who carry out their business in the built and natural environment.
One of the major factors affecting our industry in the next two years will be Australia’s shift from thereliance on investment in natural resources, to one that requires a balancing of investment acrossnon-mining business activities. As our industry body Consult Australia is our voice and advocate toensure that as professionals we will be well positioned to deliver on these future opportunities.
Activities held
Consult Australia’s first Technology Symposium was held on 26 March in Sydney. It featured thelaunch of the first McGraw Hill Smart Market Report on the Business Case for Building Information
Modelling (BIM) in the Australian and New Zealand market. In addition, Consult Australia’s National
Strategic Partner, BST Global provided greater insight into how to more efficiently manage projects
and leverage the power of mobile technology. The international project case studies were from NASAand WSP Hong Kong.
Major issues of Consultancy Profession
Consult Australia has been focusing on a number of key issues over recent months including:infrastructure funding, financing and governance; visas for skilled workers; procurement; and theupcoming Budget—the first under a new Federal Government.
Consult Australia has been particularly active in advocating for greater planning for the infrastructure
pipeline; the release of new funds for infrastructure investment; support for best practice procurement;
and the creation of a better business environment. Having met with many key industry, state andfederal Government figures, Consult Australia is making headway across these areas.
As part of its advocacy and policy efforts, Consult Australia has released numerous policy documents
and thought-leadership reports over the past year including: Capturing Value; Valuing Better
Engagement: A Guide to Procuring Engagement Services; and the soon-to-be-launched The
Business of Sustainability website.
Consult Australia believes in greater collaboration - across industries, sectors and countries – toincrease important business practice in the years ahead.

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CHINA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, CHINA

A Report on CNAEC participation in Bali Conference
The CNAEC delegation led by Chairman Wang
Wulong attended the FIDIC ASPAC/TCDPAP
2014 Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Mr. Wang
Wulong gave speech on the opening ceremonyas President of TCDPAP, emphasizing the major
issues such as sustainability, global challenges
and the disparity of development that theconsulting engineering industry should address.
Mr. Wang Wulong, President of CNAEC mention
members of FIDIC ASPAC and TCDPAP could
increase mutual understanding and exchange of
information in the future for the benefit of thesustainable development of the whole consulting engineering industry and the promotion of quality oflife. It is felt that ASPAC Newsletter could play its due contribution in this regard.

Mr. Wang Wulong and Ms. Tang Ping, Vice
Chairperson of CNAEC also sat with FIDIC
President Mr. Pablo Bueno, Vice-President Mr.
Jae-Wan Lee and Managing Director Mr.
Enrico Vink during the Conference to discuss
about the FIDIC Engineer Certification Pilot
Program

As President of TCDPAP, Mr. Wang Wulong
Chaired the Executive Meeting of TCDPAP during
the Conference.

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The Chinese Association of Engineering
Consultants, Taipei, China (CAEC)

Executive Committee Members
John Chien-Chung Li
John T Yu
Nai-I Wu
Za-Chieh Moh
Shou-Min Tsao
Huang-Hue Huang
James Tai
From the desk of President : John Chien-Chung Li
CAEC was founded on 2003.12.5 by leaders of major consultant 66 firms in Taiwan. Our society has
grown to 517 member companies since then. The presidency of CAEC is decided by general election
among members. My presidency of three-year term began from 2012.
The mission of CAEC are primarily on societies welfare of the public and development of fellow
members to achieve our goal in fulfilling the advancement of engineering technology, either in thesustainable construction and protection of environment.
In addition, we devote ourselves to enhance the cooperation in business and technology among
regional and international engineering projects.
Currently, under the leadership of CAEC directories, we have committees working on memberships,
cross-strait and international cooperation, legal affairs, member’s right and benefit, planning,technology, information, young professional and public relations, etc.
Being a member of FIDIC ASPAC, I am certain that all member associations will have more
opportunities to cooperate in the coming years.
Activities held:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Conferences on Engineering Technology, Law and Contract, etc.
The fifth Cross Strait Engineering Consultant Forum
Society’s Member Group Gathering
Site Visit of Engineering Technology

Major issues affecting the Consultancy field
1.
2.
3.
4.

Increase of Service Fee
Mutual Recognition of PE license with other member Associations
Contract management training
Architect participation in engineering consulting service

It is suggested to Promote cross boundary service and EPC service

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

Governing Council Members
A P Mull, President
Amitabha Bhattacharya, Vice President
M M Verma, Vice President
Somenath Ghosh, Secretary
N Bandyopadhyay, Treasurer
Members
Sitaram Aggarwal
Arvinder S Brara
Samarjit Chatterjee
R V Chakrapani
Debidas Datta
Sangeeta Wij

Sudhir Dhawan
O P Goel
Srikumar Ghosh
Amitabha Ghoshal
Satish Chandra Gupta
Umesh Srivastava

Rajendra Kumar Gupta
Maj. S J M Jafri
K K Kapila
Prashant Kapila
S C Mehrotra
Ashish Tandon

Manoj Kumar Mittal
Biswarup Mukherjee
Harshvardhan Subba Rao
Mahendra Raj
Uttam Sengupta
Gaurav K Srivastava

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK.
Dear fellow Consulting Engineers,
In the Newsletter of October-November 2013 we had mentioned that "There is a strong political windblowing and there can be changes in the country. As engineers we will need to take it all in our stride
as we have been doing all along." The tumultuous events in the country seem to be pointing to that
however, we will have to bid our time and see what future unfolds for the country.
While that is not in the welkin of the consulting engineering profession, although it affects it and allothers, but what definitely is in the sphere of our profession is to plan and design public areas andbuildings or those with high density of population, more safe and be able to with stand blasts on
account of terrorist activities.
It is to spread this word that your association has been painstakingly planning and now brings to you aseminar on "Introduction to Design of Blast Resistant Structures. It is being organised along with
Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE).
Blast resistant design was hitherto used for refineries, petrochemical plants, storages for LNG. LPG,
etc. nuclear containment vessels, Blast Pans in defence airfields, and the like. However, the increasein urbanisation has brought in its wake an increase in the density of population. High-rise buildings forcommercial and residential use are springing up all over. While this is all very good to show 'progress'
but let us not forget that to ensure their stability and robustness the structural engineers put in a lot of
hardwork and burn the mid-night oil. To add to the dynamic forces of natural forces due to wind andearthquake but another force which is man made, although transient in nature but more unpredictableand destructive, is now to be catered for - and that is the blast from explosives on account of rise interrorism. Buildings which have the maximum density of persons such as the high rise ones or the
public ones (theatres, assembly/ convention centres, structures in exhibition areas, malls, etc.) are ofparticular importance.
ENGINEERS FROM ALL DISCIPLINES NEED TO PLAN AND DESIGN FOR SUCH RISKS, HENCE
COME ONE AND ALL; IMBIBE THE LEARNINGS AND BENFIT THE SOCIETY

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Recent Events
NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ‘ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES’
CEAI successfully organized a National Workshop on “Environmental Clearances – Issues,
Constraints, Compliances and Solutions” on 7th February 2014 in New Delhi
CEAI successfully organized a National Workshop on “Environmental Clearances – Issues,thConstraints, Compliances and Solutions” on 7 February 2014 at the PHD Chamber ofCommerce, New Delhi. Mr. A S Brara, GC
Member CEAI and Chairman & Managing
Director, Mantec Consultants Pvt. Ltd., was theChief Coordinator of the Workshop.
Mr. Paritosh Tyagi, former Chairman, Central
Pollution
Control
Board
andEminent
Environmentalist delivered the Key Note Address.
Dr. P B Rastogi, Director, Ministry of Environment& Forest delivered a Special Address and briefed
the delegates about the views of MoEF.
Q&A Session in progress: (L-R) Dr. P B
Rastogi, Mr. Paritosh Tyagi, Mr. A S Brara,
The following eminent speakers made presentations during the workshop:
Mr. M M Verma
1. Dr. M L Kansal, Professor Water Resource Development & Management, IIT Roorkee
2. Mr. R K Khanna, Former Chief Engineer, Central
Water Commission
3. Dr. Asha Sharma, Sr Head, IREO
4. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Member Secretary,
Delhi Pollution Control Board
5. Dr. Hari Prakash, Jt Director NABET
Every presentation was followed by a Question &Answer session.

Mr. Paritosh Tyagi, former Chairman,
Central Pollution Control Board delivering
the Keynote Address

SEMINAR ON INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN OF BLAST RESISTANT BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES
A two day seminar on “Introduction to Design of Blast Resistant Buildings and Structures” held
th
th
th
th
in New Delhi on 7 & 8 March 2014 and in Mumbai on 10 & 11 March 2014. The seminar wasorganised in association with Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. USA, Accord Engineering
Services, India, Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE) and Consulting Engineers
Association of India (CEAI).
The following experts discussed on key issues in designing of blast resistant buildings and structures
Mr. Khaled El-Domiaty, P.E.Principal Engineer- BakerRisk- Washington DC Office Supervisor
Mr. David Bogosian, P.E. Senior Principal Engineer, BakerRisk- Los Angeles Office Manager
Mr. Pankaj Mehta, MIEAust, PMP, Managing Consultant, Accord Engineering Services
Mr. Rajiv Iyer, Manager Civil, Tata Consulting Engineers Limited

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March 2014

INDONESIA

Executive Committee Members
President : Ir. Bachder Djohan B, MM
Secretary General : Ir. Jimmy S Michael
Treasurer : Ir. Eko Bagus Delianto, MBA
As a national consulting firms association, members of INKINDO do not only come from national
consulting firm, but also from the Affiliated Members (international consulting firms operating inIndonesia). INKINDO members are growing, both quantitatively and qualitatively, as well as theservices and geographical coverage. When it was established, INKINDO only had 107 members in six
provinces. Today, there are 7,000 companies in 33 provinces in Indonesia. The significant increase of
membership is in line with the growth of the National development activities. While the spreading of
INKINDO members is encouraged by the improvement of development activities in the regions inIndonesia as a result of the regional autonomy policy.
INKINDO’s activities and programs are directed at the accomplishment of the organization’s targets,
namely to create a conducive consultancy business environment, and to develop members’
competency through capacity building, development and priority setting to be able to support the
National development and to create opportunity for competing globally. Therefore, INKINDO is morethan just an organization that provides routine administrative supports (issuing membership card,certificate, etc.), but it also stresses on the development of the consultancy profession, increasing
market penetration, empowerment and priority set of its members, and creating conducive
consultancy business environment.
INKINDO’s growth from its beginning until now is influenced by the organization’s internal andexternal dynamism. As a consulting firms association, INKINDO realizes the need to continuously
review its position, challenges, and the direction of the development of consultant service, whilereferring to the new national-oriented paradigm as well as adapting to global development.
INKINDO is always in the front line in the effort to creating a conducive consultancy business climate
through related business regulations. Currently, through the Parliament/House of Representatives(DPR), INKINDO is initiating the launch of draft of the Consultancy Services Law as a comprehensive
legal umbrellafor the consultancy services business activities. Certainly, it does not only serve for theinterest of INKINDO members, but also for the Nation and the consultancy service businessstakeholders in general.
INKINDO realizes that recent technology development has pushed globalization, that makes the world
borderless. Many living aspects are globally interrelated. Globalization is an inevitable phenomenon.
Economic globalization has made the traffic of goods, services, and business cooperation to be more
intensive. INKINDO recognizes globalization as an opportunity as well as a challenge to progress andgrow through collaboration with international partners. Therefore, INKINDO aims to developinternational communication and cooperation with various parties and Institutions, based on theprinciples of fair, honor, mutual beneficial, and in accordance with the existing laws and regulations.

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Activities held
1)

Socialisation of FIDIC for INKINDO Members, 20 February 2013, JDC – Jakarta

2)

TCDPAP & FIDIC/ASPAC Conference, in Bangkok – Thailand, on 7 and 8 March 2013

3)

FIDIC Centenary Conference, in Barcelona, on 16 and 17 September 2013

4)

Training FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction, on 11 and 12 November 2013, inHotel Trans Luxury Bandung – Indonesia

5)

FIDIC ASPAC & TCDPAP Conference Bali 2014, in Bali, on 3 and 5 March 2014.
INKINDO being the nominatedhas
successfully
host,
conducted the recent FIDIC
ASPAC & TCDPAP 2014 Bali
Conference has been held on
March 2 to 5, 2014 in the Westin
Resorts,
Nusa
Dua,
Bali
Indonesia. The Conference wasofficiallyopenedbytheGovernor of Bali with Key Notes
address by Indonesia Vice
President(2004-2009),
andattended by 250 participants
coming from 19 Countries. The
theme of the Conference is“BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY : Asia Pacific Collaboration for Global Partnering in
whichisConsultancy”,
considered as very relevant toenhancetheEngineering
Consultancy Business in Asia
Pacific region, the mostdynamic region in the world.
President FIDIC, Mr. Pablo
Bueno from Spain; Chairman
ASPAC, Mr. Hoig Kang fromSouth Korea; and President
TCDPAP, Mr. Wang Wulong
dari China, were all attended
the Conference, delivering
address and support to theConference.
Farewell and Cultural Dinner were conducted on March 4, 2014 at Lotus Pond of the mighty
Garuda Wisnu Kencana Park, with performance of the famous Barong dance. The FIDIC
ASPAC & TCDPAP Bali Conference 2014 were closed with Technical and Cultural visits toBali Tourism Development Corporation, Bali Mandara Bridge, historical Batuan Temple inUbud, etc.

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Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers (ISCE) –IRAN
Executive Committee Members
Mr. Hormozd Ramineh
Mr. Manouchehr Shokoufi Moghiman
Mr. Morteza Hoghoughi Esfahani
Mr. Edmond Mirzakhanian
Mr. Ismaeil Mesgarpour
From President’s Desk
Iranian society of Consulting Engineers is the National member association of FIDIC, which consistsof 20 specialized groups. ISCE is representing Engineering Industry in different consulting fields andis one of the main non-governmental organizations in our country.
FIDIC has decided to develop its regional strategies and ASPAC is one of the main regions, which
has experienced regional implementation of FIDIC global strategies. ISCE is supporting ASPAC with
its young professionals and we believe that YPs are our engineering future, so we would like toencourage our colleagues to invest on the regions YP forums and support them, since we believe it
will bring us a better quality of life.
Best Regards,
Hormozed Ramineh
ISCE President

Activities Held
Activities held during the year includes Represented the consulting industry within the country;
Rendering several Seminars and training courses for developing Integrity, Sustainability and QBS andencouraging YPs and supporting the activities of YPF
Issues affecting Consultancy Profession
Major policy issues affecting the profession with Government includes Unfair competition, Long
delays in payments of the consultants and Lack of adequate infrastructure funding. The issues related
to consultancy profession of individuals/firms are Price Competition, Corruption and lack of integrity,
Lack of political strength, Onerous contract terms, excessive liability and risk Assumption and Lack ofsufficient engineering talent.
It is suggested that for upliftment of the profession the following are perused:
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Capacity building Through seminars and training courses
Promotion of the engineering profession and consulting industry
Promotion of the professional ethics
Promotion of the sustainable development concept
Translation of international best practices and related professional publication into the local
languages
Identifying and training of trainers in the ASPAC region
Conducting more training courses in fields of FIDIC Contracts
Planning and funding to establish ASPAC secretariat in the region
Sign up for ASPAC Linkedln
Creating a Data base of skills
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Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers,Japan

Executive Committee Members
Noriaki Hirose, President
Masafumi Miyamoto, Vice-president
Francis K. Morimura, Vice-president
Ichiro Seko, Vice-president
Tadaki Kumagai
Toshio Kurashige
Masatsugu Komiya

Keiji sasabe
Minoru Shibuya
Masayoshi Takeuchi
Hiroshi Tanaka
Osamu Nakahara
Yasuji Nagaya
Hidenori Nozaki
Shinichi Hasegawa

President’s Message
Economic and social development in the ASPAC region is outstanding. FIDIC ASPAC is expected toplay a leading role in the development of infrastructure as well as CE industry. It is important toexpand business opportunity through trusted cooperation and effective networking among ASPAC
MAs.
Activities held
AJCE
held
the
1st
Contract
Administrator
Training Seminar for theoverseas
construction
project on February 22nd,2013 in Tokyo.
Theprimary aim of this training
seminar is to obtain abasic knowledge aboutterms and conditions of thestandard FIDIC contracts
andtoenhancerecognition
toanimportance of the contract
administration in overseas construction projects, at the entry level. Over 100 people including clients,
contractors, consultants, and lawyers who are interested in the contract administration or to be
assigned to the overseas construction project in the future participants in the seminar. Experienced
experts in this field were invited, as speakers.
The Seminar consisted of the following three parts:
1)

Importance of Contract Administration at the Construction
Supervision Stage of Overseas Infrastructure Construction
Projects, by Dr Shunji KUSAYANAGIDr Kusayanagi who is recognized as one of the leading experts on
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Outline of the FIDIC’s Conditions of Contract, by
Mr Hidekazu Konishi
Mr Konishi, Project Management expert, presented an outline of the
FIDIC’s conditions of contracts.

3)

Case Study on Disputes by Mr Akira SHIROYAMr Shiroya is a Chairman of the Contract Administrator training
subcommittee. After explanation about some of the importantprinciples for the contract administration, some cases of contractual
disputes were presented

Major policy issues affecting Consultancy fraternity
Major policy issues affecting Consultancy fraternity in the country with the Government are:- Recovery
from long deflation through “Abenomics” - economical and financial stimulus policy, Recovery from
East Japan disaster; Treatment of polluted radioactive areas affected by Fukushima No1. Nuclear
power station; and National nuclear energy policy in the future; Maintenance of infrastructure;
Oversea business promotion and Preparation for 2020 Tokyo Olympic.
The issues related to Consultants
For Consultancy Organisations: Budget cut in public works; Low social status of CE; Involvementof CE in project formation process; Consultant selection by QBS (QCBS is increasing in public works
projects); Aging of CE human resources; Need to attract young engineers in CE industry; Promotionof women engineers and Strengthening CE industry in oversea market.
For Individual Consultants : We have to create good work-life balance; Securing young
professionals; Improvement of remuneration; Capacity building and opportunity for strengthening
competence in domestic/oversea consulting service and of course Quality assurance of deliverables
Suggestions for upliftment of the Consultancy Profession:Consolidate Consulting Engineering industry and strengthen political influence; raise social status of
CEs in school and society, etc, enhance affinity of CE industry; Activate activities of young
professionals; Promote capacity building/ training and Strengthen competence through coordination
with FIDIC MAs – globalize/ expand opportunity

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Korea Engineering & Consulting Association, South Korea

Executive Committee Members
Dr. Jae-wan Lee(Chairman)
Mr. Chi-dong Kim (Executive Vice Chairman)
Mr. Hae-Kyoung Lee – Board of Director
Mr. Soo-Bo Kim – Board of Director
Mr. Kang-Rog Lee – Board of Director
Mr. Kun-Hwan Cho – Board of Director
Mr. Won-Koo Lee – Board of Director
Activities held
The 41th Regular General Meeting
KENCA held ‘The 41th Regular General Meeting’ at Seoul office on February 25 with 120
representatives of KENCA. In this meeting, our board member was newly appointed. Dr. Jae-wan Lee(FIDIC president-elected) was elected to the new Chairman for KENCA, Mr. Chi-dong Kim wasnominated to the Executive V. Chairman and all directors also were changed.
The Chairman said that he would like to promote the Korean engineering industry through thecooperation with FIDIC, global networking and his various experiences. In addition, Dr. Lee wants tobe a Chairman to do extension of interests for member firms and further development in engineering
industry during his term.
Market Research (Peru & Paraguay)
KENCA delegates visited Peru and Paraguay. The
purpose of this visit was collecting information andcooperation with related organization in LatinAmerica. In addition, they hoped that domestic
companies would extend its business abroad inSouth America though this opportunity.
In Peru, they visited APC (Associacion Peruana deConsultoria)
and
FEPAC
(la
Federacion
Panamericana de Consultores). For the purpose ofthis overseas expansion, KENCA made a conclusionof MOU with APC.
The delegates also visited CPC(Engineering
Association of Paraguay), Department of theInterior in Paraguay and STP(Office of Scienceand Technology of Paraguay), and discussed acooperation method about Korean inroads into
Latin American markets with local enterprise.

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Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia.

Executive Committee Members
Ir. Wong See Foong - President
Ir. Prem Kumar - Deputy President:
Ir. Douglas Chow Tet Fah - Honorary Secretary:
Ir. Mustaza bin Salim - Honorary Treasurer:
Ir. Wong Loo Min - Immediate Past President:

Council Members:
Ir. Alphonsus Dorhat Rahani
Ir. Ahmad Rashidi bin Zainuddin
Ir. Anuar bin Mohd Aris
Ir. Fung Yin Khun
Ir. Mohd Adnan bin Mohd Nor
Ir. Mohd Aman bin Haji Idris
Ir. Shaik Abdul Wahed bin Dato' Hj. Rahim
Ir. Walter Sim Kian Joo
Ir. K. Sundraraj
Ir. Wong Wai Wah

Message From the President
he last quarter has passed rather quickly and we are now at the end of the year. I would like to takethis opportunity to dwell on the Uniform Building By-laws, 1984, one of the regulations with the mostimpact on engineering consultants besides the Registration of Engineers Act. The amendments tothese regulations entitled Uniform Building By-laws, 1984 (Amendments) 2012 was finally passed byparliament last year after 29 years. The regulations have been circulated to all states and local
authorities to be tabled at their respective state assemblies and councils for approval with
amendments where necessary before adoption.
To date, only the state of Selangor has gazetted the amendments and this leads to an interestingquestion as to when we as consultants are obligated to comply with these amendments. For thosedevelopments within the states and territories of local authorities that have not adopted theamendments, we can follow the by-laws as it is prior to the amendments. In the case of Selangor,
from what I can gather there are no circulars to allow a grace period before full enforcement. Thismeans that the amendments to the by-laws are to take effect immediately and all new buildings haveto comply with these amendments.
To disseminate details of these latest amendments, ACEM organized a seminar on 20 November
2013. The event was well attended by close to 180 participants that included architects anddevelopers besides our own members. We believe that this is the first seminar that goes into the full
extent of the amendments covering all nine parts of the Uniform Building By-laws. The significant
changes are summarized below:






A New Section Under Part 1 A : Demolition of Buildings has been added
Energy Efficiency in compliance with MS1525 is in Part III;In Part V : Structural Requirements, MS EN 1991 adapted from the Eurocode is adopted
Under Part VII : Fire Requirements, the fire doors now refers to MS 1073; andPart VIII make reference to the relevant Malaysian Standards with substantial changes to theTenth Schedule on fire requirements for different purpose group

Overall the changes are very substantial and I would encourage members to be familiar with theseamendments in order to be able to advise your architects and clients.

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The 9th Annual Dialogue was held with the Association of Consulting Engineers, Singapore (ACES)
on 23 November 2013. In view of the recent spate of accidents in construction sites, ACES’spresentation on ‘Design for Safety in Building and Structures’ is of special interest to us all. In
Singapore, there is already a regulatory framework to address issues concerning safety in the design,
construction and subsequent occupation of the building. This legislation stipulates the responsibility ofall stakeholders including the owner and consultants for safety under all stages of design, construction
and occupation. It is not just the responsibility of the contractor or sub-contractor alone, as we almost
always tend to blame. I feel that we should study this legislation and see how it should be applied toour construction industry in order to address the issue of safety that is deteriorating day by day.
ACEM conducted various seminar :







st

1 October 2013 – One day Seminar on “Indoor Air
Quality and Energy Efficiency”
thth
26 October 2013 – 10 Biennial Dinner of ACEM
Sarawak Branchth
20 November 2013 – Seminar on Uniform Building ByLaws 1984 (Amendments) 2012th
9 ACES-ACEM Dialogueth
28 November 2013 – A dialogue on Competition Act
2010 : A guide for Businessth
5 December 2013 : SEDC Integrity Day 2013

8-9 December 2013 – Hands-on Workshop on
Urban Drainage Design based on JPS MSMA
Guidelines
10-11 December 2013 – SESCO Electricity
Application Hand book stakeholders consultation

9th ACES-ACEM Dialogue
The annual ACES-ACEM dialogue this year was hosted by the Association of Consulting Engineers
Singapore (ACES) on 23 November 2013 in their office at 18 Sin Ming Lane, Midview City, Singapore.
The host association was represented by its President, Er. Koh Boon Liang and the following Council
Members:
Vice President, Er. Ling Shaing Yun
Honorary Secretary, Er. Yeow Mei Leng
Immediate Past President: Er. Lim Peng HongCouncil Members: Er. Lim Hung Tjung,Sivakumaran, Er. Wan

Er.

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Douglas Chow (Honorary Secretary) and Council Members, Ir. Anuar Mohd Aris, Ir. Dr. Wong Wai
Wah and Ir. Fung Yin Khun and Ms. Wong Pek Yin from the Secretariat.
The dialogue was a meaningful exchange of information on the practice of engineering consultancy inboth countries. The ACES made a presentation on the “Design for Safety in Buildings and Structures”
while ACEM briefed the host on Malaysia’s recently gazetted “Construction Industry Payment andAdjudication Act (CIPAA)” during the dialogue. Issues brought up for discussion included:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)(ix)

Singapore’s PEB Act and BCA Act and Malaysia’s Registration of Engineers Act;
Autodesk Revit MEP 2013 Backward compatibility issue;
Low Professional Fees;
Manpower issues;
ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers (ACPE);
Singapore’s Incentive Schemes for Building Information Modeling;
Singapore’s Code of Practice for Risk Assessment;
Malaysia’s progress in the Eurocode implementation; andStatus of the proposed Singapore-Johor MRT and KLSingapore high speed train.
The dialogue was followed by two site
visits arranged for the ACEM Council.
The ACEM Council visited the 50thStorey Skybridge Pinnacle@Duxton, anaward
winning
50-storey
HDB
apartments where the peak commands
an awesome view of the Singapore
island. The dialogue participants thenproceeded to the Gardens by the Bay
to visit Cloud Forest and Flower Dome,
where the ACEM Council was privy to abriefing of the unique features of both
structures.

The visit ended with a dinner hosted by the ACES, where the delegates were joined by some of the
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March 2014Society of Consulting Architectural andEngineering Firms (SCAEF), Nepal

Executive Committee Members
President:
Vice President:
General Secretary:
Deputy Gen. Secretary:
Treasurer
EC Members

Er. Hare Ram Shrestha
Ar. Rajesh Thapa
Er. Saroj Basnet
Er. Krishna P Sapkota
Er. Sanjiv Regmi
Er. Tuk Lal Adhikary
Er. Rabi Bhushan Jha
Er. Ram Udar Yadav
Er. Indra Narayan Chaudhary

From President’s deskQ..
Consulting service in Nepal was started since mid sixties in individual basis. Government started to
procure consulting service from the consulting firm acknowledging as company entity started from theseventies only. Thus the establishment of consulting firm started from seventies only. Slowly trend of
hiring consulting service grew, which encouraged the establishment of new consulting firms. With theestablished trend and sizeable firms in existence, need of association of firms felt necessary andSociety of Consulting Architectural and Engineering Firms (SCAEF) Nepal was established in 1990.
SCAEF Nepal, apex body of consulting firms was formally recognized by Government of Nepal inAugust 1997. SCAEF became national member association of FIDIC and member of TechnicalConsultancy Development Programmes for the Asia and Pacific (TCDPAP). Ministry of PhysicalInfrastructure and Transport was designated as line ministry of SCAEF in February 2005. SCAEF isrepresented in Construction Business Development Board (CBDB) headed by Minister of PhysicalInfrastructure and Transport, Construction Business Development Implementation Committee(CBDIC) in Ministry, Kathmandu Municipal Corporation and many other bodies.
Recent Activities
SCAEF organized various activities in the year 2013
as follows:•
Organized Talk programs on contemporary
development issues.
•
Table year planner published and distributed
to all member firms and other stakeholders•
MOU signed between SCAEF and National
Society of Earthquake Technology (NSET).
•
Provided financial support to NepaleseEngineers Wives Society (NEWS) to maintain
Mangala Gauri Batika (Garden) at Gaushala,
Kathmandu.
•
Participatedin
FIDIC/ASPAC TCDPAP
Conference 6 - 8 March 2013 in Bangkok
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Published SCAEF Mirror, an annual SCAEF publication.
Interaction program among all SCAEF member firms for fair job opportunity.
Established building fund for SCAEF's own office.
Co-organized national Conference on PPP during 24 - 25 August 2013 in Kathmandu withseven other government and development societies.
SCAEF sent directors and staffs of member firms on various training.

Annual General Body Meeting was held presided by Er. Hare Ram Shrestha, President of 12th EC.
Welcomed by Er. Ananta B. Gurung, Vice President. General Secretary's report and financial reportpresented by Er. Saroj Basnet and Er. Uddhab Chaulagain were discussed and approved by themeeting.
Third program was a felicitation program
presided by the Er. Hare Ram Shrestha,
President. Chief Guest of the program was
Minister, Hon. Chhabi Raj Pant, Ministry ofPhysical Infrastructure and Transport. Hon’ble
Vice Chairman, NPC, Dr. Rabindra Shakya was
Guest of Honor. Special guests were secretary of
PPMO Mr. Anup Upadhyaya, Secretary of
Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction Mr. Dhan
B. Tamang, chairman of Nepal Engineering
Council,Presidentof
Nepal
Engineers
Association, and Commissioner of Kathmandu
Valley Development Board. Other guests weredirector general of various engineering anddevelopment related government departments and senior engineering officials from ministries anddepartments. Er. Hare Ram Shrestha, President presented the present status of consulting industry of
Nepal. Member firms which completed 25 years
of establishment, staffs of the member firms
working more than 20 years and member firms
paying higher than fifty thousand rupees werefelicitated by Chief Guest and Guest of Honor.
Minister Mr. Pant and NPC Vice Chairman Dr.
Shakya jointly unveiled the third SCAEF annual
publication "SCAEF Mirror". Chief Guest, Guestof Honor and special guests addressed theprogram and committed their support for the upliftment of consulting industry in Nepal.
At the end cocktail dinner was hosted to theparticipants and all the guests of the function.

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Major policy issues affecting Consultancy fraternity
Issues with Government
Low investment: Though there are need to develop and dire need of physical infrastructure works forthe country, level of investment is very low. Both public and private sector investments in infrastructure
are still very low in Nepal. Thus the inadequate and low level of investment limits the market of theconsulting sector. Therefore consulting business is not flourishing to the required level.
Lack of supportive environment: Government support is not adequate in promoting consulting
industry. With the donors' continuous concern, policy speaks of promoting the private sector. But theattitude of government officials are not so positive and still to improve, cooperation to smooth
implementation of the project is still lacking. It has lack of supportive policy and legislation and absenceof policy to strengthen the consulting industry in Nepal.
Low estimation of consulting cost: Inadequate provisioning of consultants input in projects to savenegligible amount has adversely affected quality and smooth implementation of projects. Sufficient
overhead is not recognised by the clients as expenses required for operation of business and profits for
future development. SCAEF has proposed the standard billing rates. But, many of the procuring
agencies are not adopting the required rates. Many of them prepare the consulting costs based on thegovernment rates of remuneration, which is very low..
Delay in decision making by the client is very normal. Consultants' selection also takes long time.
Decisions on various level of development works e,g, planning stage, procurement phase andimplementation phase lacks the timely decision. Delay in decision making has caused in time and cost
overrun and giving rise to the disputes.
Black Listing: Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) and government very precisely included
provision of black listing clause in the Public Procurement Act 2007 and Public Procurement Regulation
2008 despite of very strong objection by SCAEF. But, there is no effective provision in the punishment
clause to the government agencies for the default.
Incompetent procuring agencies: Executing agencies, particularly the local bodies are not competentto handle and manage the procurement of consulting services. Fair evaluation and timely decision arelacking while hiring consulting services. Temporary and less experienced staffs are authorised in service
procurement process. They are influenced by petty interests. This results in hindrances in smooth
implementation and timely completion of projects.
Issues related to performance of consultancy profession
Low bidding: Unhealthy and cut-throat competition is taking place in the consulting sector, especiallyfor smaller projects. Low bidding has deteriorated the consulting market. This has resulted in lack oftimely and quality delivery of service to the client. Project suffers by very high cost with small saving in
consulting cost due to unnecessary delay in the cost. This also cost frequent changes of professionals.
Quality is compromised due to fierce competition and lenient supervision. Liberty provided for joint
ventures are misused and delay in most of the project. Integrity of the industry is questioned.
Issues related to performance of individual consultants
Only firms/companies are allowed for the membership In SCAEF. There is no provision for Individual
consultants for member in SCAEF. Senior individual consultants hired for policy level works with short
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Suggestions for uplifting the consultancy operation
Increase in investment Level: Government of LDCs has to increase investment level in physicalinfrastructure substantially for the implementation to meet infrastructure need. Present level ofinvestment is very low. Unless there is sufficient development works in the country, consulting businesswill not sustain due to lack of market.
Government's supportive policy: Government has to recognise that a strong and growing national
consulting industry is important to the country's sustainable economic development and support thegrowth of the industry by creating a healthy environment. Government has to understand that
consultants as; partners in national development efforts, instrument for implementing government's
development policies and programs, as an effective vehicle of technology transfer and knowledge
platform, as a trainer, as a depositors of national expertise and as employment providers.
Good Governance: Good governance is the paramount importance which includes, law and order inplace, fair and impartial evaluation process, and transparent procurement process, improved andpositive attitude of government officials.
Incentives: Adopt an incentive schemes to encourage the consulting firms to efficiently and effectively
deliver the service and to retain the national experts and attract the national experts working abroad andminimise the brain drain.
Recognize sufficient overhead for domestic firms to enhance the institutional capacity of the firm.
National associations have to campaign to the procuring entity to provision sufficient input and sufficient
overhead for the consulting services. This is very important aspect for the sustainability of the consulting
firms. Otherwise firms has to compete cutting down its overhead, which will lead to less back up in
institutionalising the company. Culture of compromising the overhead cost will lead to downfall of the
firm.
Capacity building and Training: Capacity building is very important aspect for sustainability of
consulting business. Consultants need to enhance their capacity to be able to undertake the planned
physical infrastructures. Firms are to be strengthened by providing training to young professional anddevelopment of entrepreneurship and expertise. Based on the company's strategic plan, develop andimplement a capacity building programme (training of in-house staff and develop a network of retainers).
Sharpen the skills and update knowledge of the firms professional to meet the demand of the market.
Collaboration and Partnership: Partnership and collaboration among consulting firms of Asia Pacificregions is very insignificant for the case of Nepal. Mostly consulting firms of western countries are
involved in bigger projects in Nepal. Domestic consultants are to be promoted to the international market
through various opportunities provided by regional or international associations of consultants. Role of
TCDPAP is very important in collaboration of consulting services in the region.
Advocacy by National Member Associations: Challenges lies to national member association for thecontinuous effort in advocating the clients, especially the government to make understand that
consulting sector is one of the major stakeholders of development of the country. Client has tounderstand and realise that capable and institutionally strong consulting sector can provide good andtimely delivery of the required services, which is very crucial aspect for the successful and quality
accomplishment of the development project and smooth and sustainable operation of completed
infrastructure. Regular and frequent interaction with client, consultant and contractor is to be organised
to minimise the dispute and to improve the better understanding and coordination.

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Association of Consulting Engineers, Sri Lanka

Executive Committee MembersEng. Dr Kamal Laksiri - President
Eng. Prabodha Jinasena - Vice President
Eng. R. N. Perera - Hony. Secretary
Eng. Ananda Senarath - Hony. TreasurerEng. Malith Mendis - Immediate Past President

Council Members:Eng. S.A.U.D.C. Siriwardena
Eng. K.Suntharalingam
Eng. D.R.P. Pathirage
Eng. Dr Mervyn Gunasekera
Eng. R.P. Lokuratne
Eng. J Karunaratne
Eng. Jawsi

Recent Activitiesth

The Annual General Meeting for the Year 2013 was held on the 7 December at the Royal
Colombo Golf Club, Colombo 8. The AGM was well attended. The new President Dr Kamal
Laksiri took over duties in January 2014.

Two day Workshop on Dispute Resolution, Dispute Boards and AdjudicationForming the Young Professionals Forum

Representing ACESL at FIDIC Centenary Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

FIDIC Conference Barcelona 2013
Mr Malith Mendis represented ACESL at the Barcelona Conference, at the Directors meeting and at
the FIDIC ASPAC Meeting.

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The Consulting Engineers Association of Thailand,
Thailand

Executive Committee Members
Mr. Supote Lohwacharin, President
Dr. Pholdej Therdphithakvanij, Vice President
Mr. Suphot Jiamjaratrangsee, Vice President
Mr.Widhoon Chiamchittrong, Vice President
Dr. Aphichat Sramoon, Secretary General
Mr. Jirasak Thiproj, Treasurer
Mr. Isara Prapasawasdi, Public Relations
Asst. Prof. Somkiat Khwanpruk, Director
Mr. Noppadol Jaisue, Director
Mr. Niwat Thanpitinan, Director

Mr. Chawalit Chantararat, Director
Mr. Sayan Imsom-Somboon, Director
Mr.Sangha Limthongchai, Director
Mr. Terdsak Poungchinda, Director
Mr. Chawalit Lohseetong, Director
Mr. Udom Chatsirikun, Director
Mr. Chaiyached Tanghom, Director
Mr. Anuchit Chareonsupkul, Director
Dr. Kritsakorn Luangvilai, Director

CEAT by 2015 shall encourage Thai consulting engineers to work overseas in regional area.
Improvement on international competence shall be the key target of the association activities
Activities held•
Study on compensation standard scheme of engineering services for government•
CEAT membership strengthening program•
Improve CEAT engineers technical competency (Training programs)•
Review guideline for fair engineering service contract
Young Engineers Forum
Board of Directors agreed to start YPF from year 2014. Mr. Niwat Thanpitinan has been assigned forthis activity.
Women Engineers Forum
CEAT will discuss about formation of Women Engineers Forum in the next Board meeting.
Suggestions for upliftment of Consulting Engineers•
Train consulting engineers for understanding and implementing FIDIC contracts.
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Invitation for more CEAT members.
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Continuing professional development program in both technical and management aspects•
Professional governance in engineering services governance in engineering services

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ASPAC – YOUNG PROFESSIONAL FORUM
ASPAC Young Professional Forum makes Rapid Strides at Bali Conference 2014.
A Report compiled based on Reports by Mr Shah Izzni Talif and Mr Arash Emambakhsh
The Formation of the FIDIC ASPAC Young Professionals Forum
During FIDIC annual conference in Seoul in 2012, FIDIC President, Geoff French, announced that thefederation has aimed two main goals as improving the regional activities and improving theattendance of young professionals.
Achieving the mentioned goals, FIDIC Young Professional Forum Steering Committee (YPFSC)
decided in January 2013 to start the forum of young professionals within FIDIC two regions: ASPAC
and GAMA.
This report summarizes the main activities ASPAC YPF made to make this goal.
Background
ASPAC had started YPF in 2008-2009 after the FIDIC Annual Conference in Quebec but the Forumwas deactivated in 2010 after a) the active members of the steering committee left the SC and b)
movement of the secretariat office.
In March 2013 during the ASPAC FIDIC conference held in Bangkok Thailand, Arash Emambakhsh
from Iran was the only individual representing the Young Professionals (YPs). With the backing ofboth the FIDIC Young Professionals Forum Steering Committee (YPFSC) and Mr Enrico Vink
(Managing Director of FIDIC), the vision of restarting the ASPAC Young Professionals Forum (YPF)
was given the nod of approval by the FIDIC ASPAC Executive Committee with Arash taking up the
position of Chair of the ASPAC Young Professionals Forum Steering Committee (YPFSC). Research,
Education and Networking were raised as the key activities expected from the forum.
By June 2013, 8 countries are represented in the ASPAC YPFSC:• Arash Emambakhsh - Iran
• Garrett Bray - Australia• Zhou Sheng - China• Atasi Das - India• Takashi Matsuo - Japan• Shah Izzni Talif - Malaysia• Patrick John Ramos - Philippines• Sung Joon Park - South Korea.
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The advisor to the group is Jomanah Al Btoush from Jordan. With the founding of the Steering
Committee, the objectives for the ASPAC YPF were laid out:
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Provide a voice for the YPs within the Asia Pacific region
Provide channels for networking, awareness and interaction
Publicise best practices and standards
Share success stories about YPs
Provide a supportive space for YPs to discuss and communicate
Pursue capacity building initiatives
Enhance the culture of dialogue
Provide connection with FIDIC
Enhance the profession and industry.

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ASPAC - YPF
Reporting ASPAC YPFSC Activities in FIDIC-ASPAC 2014 Bali Annual Conference
During the EC meeting, ASPAC YPFSC reported that:• 5 goals (56%) were achieved completely (3, 4, 6, 8 & 9), which should be continued;• 2 (22%) were touched just within the forum (5 & 7); and• 2 (22%) were not achieved (1 & 2).
Hurdles that affect Achievement of balance 44% of the Goals
Following items were reported as the main problems that prevented YPFSC to achieve its goals fully:••

The Image: under this topic, it was reported that ASPAC EC is not refereeing to its YPFSC
during its official virtual meetings, website and Newsletter.
The Contribution: the presence contribution of the delegates of only 8 MAs out of the 22
Member Associations within the region was referred under this title.

Proposed Solutions
Following solutions were proposed by ASPAC YPFSC:•••

Encouraging YPs by full / semi assignment of some activities to YPF such as Newsletter Website Conference Committee
Encouraging YPs by rewarding / promoting the following YPs
 YPs Attendees to the Conferences YP Speakers
 Active YPF Members
The eligible YPs can be rewarded by free registration and full accommodation theregional conferences
Rewarding the Young Professional of the Year within the region
The rewarded YP may receive free registration and full accommodation at FIDIC annual
conference

Successes and Milestones
In the relatively short time that the ASPAC YPF was formed, the group had achieved a number ofsuccess which includes:• Online meetings and brainstorming sessions.
• Production of a flyer to introduce the ASPAC YPF and successful distribution of theinformation during the 2013 FIDIC Centenary Conference in Barcelona• Prepared a database of regional trainees of the Young Professionals Management Training
Program (YPMTP)• Having 6 of the 8 ASPAC YPFSC members attending the ASPAC Bali Conference 2014.
The biggest achievement for the ASPAC YPF came in the form of dedicated time allocations for theYoung Professional presentations during the FIDIC ASPAC Conference 2014 in Bali, Indonesia with 7
Young Professional Speakers. The success of the YP presentation came about with the support of
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SPEAKER
Arash
Emambakhsh(Iran)
Garrett Bray
(Australia)
Takashi Matsuo(Japan)
Sasan
Karbasizadeh(Iran)
Mandana Cont
(Iran)TOPICASPAC Young Professional Forum
An introduction to the “New Sun Burning From the East”, the newly reformed
ASPAC YPF.
Pro Bono Engineering And The Role of Young Professional
Contributing engineering services and skills as a form of aid, and a case studyof designing and constructing bridges in a rural town in Tanzania.
Fundamental Information For Establishment Of Young Professionals Exchange
Program (YPEP)
Exposure and understanding of social and work culture of Australia and Japanthrough the means of an exchange programs.
rdConsulting Engineering Industry In The 3 Millenium
Highlights potential challenges for the engineering industry in the future under
the sub categories of Business Environment, Management Systems andInformation Technology.
Women In Engineering
A comprehensive look into the perception, challenges, position, and contributionof women in the Iranian engineering consultancy business based on feedback
from a comprehensive survey.

The ASPAC Young Professional session was well received by the conference members, with thenoted attendance by Mr Pablo Bueno and Mr Jae-Wan Lee (members of the FIDIC Executive
Committee). The moderator of the YP presentations closed the session by requesting countries
which currently has no representative in the ASPAC YPFSC to pledge a member to join the course.
Moving Forward
The ASPAC YPFSC will continue to promote the Young Professionals Forum with plans to gain more
ASPAC member countries to have a representative in the steering committee, promote the forum toeach countries’ respective Member Association, produce a business plan for the group, contribute to
ASPAC FIDIC online newsletter, and conduct online webinars for the YPs.
The steering committee hopes that there will be more Young Professionals attending conference torepresent the generation, and that the New Sun from the East will not set for a very long time.

ASPAC Young Professionals Forum in Bali, Indonesia
From left: Patrick J Ramos (Philippines, ASPAC YPFSC), Shah Izzni Talif (Malaysia, ASPACYPFSC), Arash Emambakhsh (Iran, ASPAC YPFSC), Takashi Matsuo (Japan, ASPAC YPFSC),
Garrett Bray (Australia, ASPAC YPFSC), Zhou Sheng (China, ASPAC YPFSC), Mandana Cont (Iran,
ISCE YPFSC), Sasan Karbasizadeh (Iran, ISCE YPFSC)

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Young Professionals Presenters – Bali, Indonesia

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ASPAC Young Professional Forum – Activities of various MAs
Sri Lanka:
The need for the YPF was identified at the FIDIC& TCDPAP conference in 2013 held in Bangkok,
Thailand and FIDIC world conference held in Seoul, South Korea, where ACESL drew attention about
the concept.
The YPF was formed in order to uplift the industry where new ideas could be generated to assist andpromote the industry and also to identify possible problems which the industry may be facing. The
Forum will also involve capacity building of Young Professionals and will make a platform to create
opportunities for knowledge sharing among the professionals and the member firms.
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The inaugural meeting of the YPF was held on 10 September 2013 with the participation of the
President and the Secretary of ACESL. Eng. Damkith C Siriwardane will take the responsibility as thecoordinator and representative of ACECL. The committee consists of nine members and the first
Chairman and the Secretary of YPF have been elected are Eng. Deshapriya Weerakkody and Eng.
Yasoja Gunawardena.

Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers, Japan
YPEP was established in 1996 according to the Memorandum of Understanding by AJCE and ACEA
(present Consult Australia) to promote good relationship and friendship between Japanese andAustralian young professionals, in view of possible future collaboration among participating firms. In
the past 18 years, more than 130 young professionals from Australia, New Zealand and Japanattended this programme, and it has been attracting attention of other organizations like FIDIC, as agood example of successful overseas training program.
In 2013, 7 Japanese young engineers from 7 AJCE member firms visited 7 Australian consulting firms
in 4 cities. They stayed and worked for three weeks at the host firms which were assigned to themaccording to their technical background and interest.
Although the on-site training in Australia is only for 3 weeks, the entire program is designed for a 6months period, including “Pre-visit Dialogue”, which requires trainees to communicate with host firms’
personnel for several months beforehand on a variety of issues; technical, cultural or personal. The“Previsit Dialogue” helps the participants to understand each other well in advance and thus enables
them to start the on-site training much smoother.

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YPF
In the post-training seminar, which was held for the 7 trainees to share their experiences with AJCE’s
other young engineers, they reported that they had very stimulating and fruitful 3weeks, full oftechnical exchanges, discussions, site-visits, seminars and entertainments after work, of course. They
also reported that they were really impressed by the dissimilar work environment and excellent worklife balance.
I hope that all 7 young engineers will continue to develop their capacities further, capitalizing on the
precious experiences, and maintain the network built with the Australian engineers, which will be theirvaluable asset in the future. I also expect them to return their home companies’ investment with their
future contribution to the companies in any possible way.
This year AJCE and its member firms will be hosting Australian young professionals in October. I
have no doubt that this year’s program will be another big success and add a new page to YPEP’slong outstanding history. In order to maintain a solid friendship between CA and AJCE, I ask member
firms, especially those which sent trainees last year, to participate in YPEP again as a host firm.
Activities heldndth

2 YP Award for YPs and 4 “YAKAl”
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4 “YAKAL” Social Networking Eventnd
2 Panel Discussion entitled “Career Path and Work-Life-Balance” for female Consulting
Engineersrd
3 YPEP Reporting Workshop
CE Promotion in Univiersity
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1 AJCE Cup Futsal Game

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For Future

In 2014, activity of current YPSC has entered into the fourth year. We believe it is very important tokeep spirit and these activities continuously in the future.
We recognize some difficulties that may lie in our front. However, we need not be hurry. We shallprogress step by step by steadily while enjoy new challenges.
Finally, our achievement was not possible without dedicated contributions by FPs and big hearted
support by many seniors. We would like to thank and count on your continuous support,
understanding and encouragement on our activities.

Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers (ISCE) – IRAN
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ISCE YPs General assembly meeting held in October 2013
Having regular executive committee meeting once a week
Revising the ISCE YPF bylaw based on requested modification by G.A
Effective cooperation with ISCE committees and specialized groups
Cooperation with FIDIC committee to have an effective presence in the centenary FIDIC
conference in Barcelona
Introducing the YPs representation as a member of sustainable development committee inprivate-government interaction dialogue
Translation of FIDIC publication to Farsi language in fields of construction quality andsustainable development
Effective presence in the sustainable development committee.
Conducting workshops for ISCE members in skills development and management fields

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10- Cooperation with training committee of ISCE to conduct several courses such as Financial
Management course based on FIDIC Guide to Practice Manual.
11- Rendering “ Tehran air pollution seminar”

Consult Australia, Australia
Consult Australia’s forum for young professionals working in the built and natural environment,
FutureNet has seen exceptional success over the past year. The initiative celebrated its tenth birthday
in Queensland and started up new branches in Townville and Darwin in 2013. Consult Australia has
also recently appointed BG&E Structural Engineer, Garrett Bray to join both the ASPAC and FIDIC
Young Professional Forum Steering Groups to represent the interests of Australia’s future leaders

The Chinese Association of Engineering Consultants, Taipei (CAEC)
Since 2003, TFEC support 5 YPs to join FIDIC’s Young Professional Management Training
Programme (YPMTP). Talks on the development of young professionals. Activities on the innovationcompetition with focus on engineering projects at Taiwan universities

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Women Engineers Forum – Activities of various MAs
Consult Australia, Australia
The most significant action for the Australian industry in recent years was the formation of the Consult
Australia Champions of Change group, which is comprised of the CEOs and Managing Directors ofConsult Australia’s largest member firms. Each Champion has signed a Charter, which commits thesignatories to actively advance equality across their businesses and to act as advocates for the
consulting industry. They believe that this is important because the talents of employees with broad
experiences in their professional and personal lives deliver productivity, problem solving and businesssuccess dividends.
The formation of the Champions of Change group was perhaps the most significant of Consult
Australia’s initiatives in this space, but not the first. Diversity has always been a focus for Consult
Australia. In July 2011 Consult Australia formed the Workforce Diversity Roundtable which is made upof the Human Resources managers from member firms. The group works to explore the wide range ofissues related to diversity—in the broadest sense of the word—within our industry. The first item ofwork for the Roundtable was to produce the Diverse Approaches report, which is an examination ofexisting best practice for improving workforce diversity, and an exploration of the different ways thatvarious professions and industry sectors have chosen to tackle diversity. The report is supplemented
by Consult Australia’s bi-annual Diversity Survey—the objective of which is to provide quantitative
data to identify areas in the careers of female employees which may require greater attention toensure that the business benefits of diverse and inclusive workplaces are reaped.

Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers, Japan
Panel discussion entitled “Career path and work-lifebalance” for female consulting engineers Recently,
women participation in society is calling attention in
the world. Though number of working women isincreasing in society, however, those working in CE
industry is still small. This situation makes difficult
for female professionals working in CE industry tobuild up sound career path and to manage goodwork-life balance, etc. Based on the above
background, YPSC organized the captioned 2nd
panel discussion on 15th Nov 2013 for sharing
information and experience among participants,
composed of 20 female CEs and 8 YPSC malemembers.
Following self-introduction by all participants, 3 female professionals presented their experience.
Common issues in their presentations being women professionals were i) difficulty in managing both
work and private life, ii) difficulty in returning to the same position and work after giving birth, iii)
custom of working overtime when work load is heavy, iv) support of career-up by boss and firm, etc.
After presentations, panel discussion by speakers and exchange of opinions with floor were carriedout after which fruitful and positive outcomes were drawn. There were many requests fromparticipants that this kind of dialogue should be continued in regular basis.

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FIDIC NEWS

Mauro Ribeiro
President ABC

Pablo Bueno
President FIDIC

The FIDIC Centenary Conference in Barcelona identified the many challenges facing humanity in the
coming years. Millions of people still have limited or no access to basic infrastructure, and moredeveloped nations need to find more sustainable options for investment in infrastructure.
Today, the critical decisions being made on infrastructure investment require suitable professional
advice, as early as possible and taking into account the full cycle of the infrastructure asset. There is
now a greater expectation to do more with less; to be more creative and innovative; to maximise thesolutions available; to offer SMART infrastructure that is more responsive to the needs of society.
With the backdrop of the buoyant Brazilian market and within the context of the broader demands
across Latin America, the FIDIC 2014 Conference will explore in depth these cross cutting issues
utilising a range of international experts and industry leaders.
Please join us in Rio de Janeiro from 28 September - 1 October 2014 to explore how the Consulting
Engineering industry will tackle these global challenges. What are the key infrastructure needs anddevelopment in emerging markets? What new business opportunities are there in emerging
economies? How to attract business partners for sustainable solutions? These are the key themesthat will be discussed at the 2014 FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference.
We look forward to welcoming you to Brazil in 2014!
A Provisional programme is given below:
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29-09-2014
1100-1200
1200-1330
1330-1530
1600-1700
1930
30-09-2014 1000-1130

1130-1200
1230-1400
1400-1530
1530-1600
1600-1730
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Opening Ceremony
Plenary 1 – Tackling the Global Infrastructure Challenges
Lunch BreakPlenary 2 – Rethinking Infrasture through Integrated Urban PlanningB2B Sessions – Exhibitor Presentations – FIDIC Awards Posters
Local Colour Night
Plenary 3 – Emerging Economics, Key Infrastructure Needs &Development
BST Presentation
Lunch BreakPlenary 4 m- Smart and Innovative Solutions that optimize efforts
Coffee Break
Panel 1 - Making the Best of Business Opportunities
Panel 2 - Skilled Business Partners for Innovative Infrastructure
Gala Dinner and FIDIC Awards Ceremony

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Calendar Events of Interest to ASPAC Member Associations
FIDIC
29 Sept – 1 Oct 2014 in Rio de Janeiro: FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference
ASPAC
May 2015 – Annual Conference at Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Consult Australia
19-20 July 2014 in Sydney : Consult Australia’s upcoming inaugural ASPAC CEO Conference. A
unique networking platform for the top echelons of the major consulting and engineering firms in the
Asia Pacific region. An exclusive forum for the CEO’s and senior business leaders, this event provides
an opportunity for insightful debates and discussions with peers from over 25 nations in the region.

Society of Consulting Architectural and Engineering Firms (SCAEF), Nepal►►►►

May 2014 in Kathmandu : Special General Body Meeting
July 2014 in Kathmandu : Initiation for promulgation of Consultancy Development Act from
Parliament in Next session of house
August 2014 in Kathmandu : National seminar
November 2014 in Kathmandu : International seminar on Urban Infrastructure Planning andManagement: Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Cities

Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers (ISCE) – IRANoooo

Conducting scheduled training courses throughout the year
conducting the training courses for the clients based on FIDIC Guide to Practice Manual.
Promoting of ISCE professional ethics by rendering conference and training courses
Conducting two seminars in fields of sustainable development

Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers, Japan
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May 2014 in Tokyo : Young Professionals’ Futsal- AJCE Cup competitionthth
9 July 2014 in Tokyo : AJCE 40 year celebration activities - Special seminar
August 2014 : Site visit and YP networking forum
14-31 Oct 2014 in Tokyo: Young Professionals Exchange Program between AJCE& CA ,October 2014 : FIDIC Conference reporting seminar
November 2014 in Tokyo : YPEP reporting seminar, Tokyo
Nov 2014 Tokyo: Lecture on Metropolitan Univ. – Works of CES & introduction of CE industry
November 2014 in Tokyo : Contract Administrator Training Seminar for the Overseas ProjectFebruary 2015 in Tokyo : Contract Administrator Training Workshop for the Overseas Project

China National Association of Engineering Consultants (CNAEC)
May 2014 in Taipei : The Fifth Conference of the Cross-Strait Forum on Consulting Engineering

Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI), India
23-24 May 2014 in Kolkata, India : Seminar on “Infrastructure Development : Current Scenario –Challenges and Strategies” arranged by CEAI Eastern and North Eastern Region

The Chinese Association of Engineering Consultants, Taipei (CAEC)
May 15-22, The fifth Cross Strait Engineering Consultant ForumThe Consulting Engineers Association of Thailand, Thailand• Revive Federation of ASEAN Consulting Engineers – FACE, June in Bandung (tentative)• Anti-corruption guideline for consulting engineer service, on-going• Code of practice for consulting engineers, on-going
National Association of Indonesia Consultants, Indonesia (INKINDO)
Training FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction, June 2014
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AN APPEAL
Request to All Member Association and Readers
To make this ASPAC Newsletter purposeful and effective, we require contributions from all
ASPAC MAs. It is essential that we all Consultants operating in the ASPAC region knoweach other well, know of the achievements made and the hurdles faced by all of us.
Consulting Engineering fraternity in this region require complementary support from eachother to make the profession successful and forceful in its operations.
We sincerely request all of you to make contribution in the forthcoming newsletter, to make it
an effective tool for achieving our goal.
We need your inputs on the following areas in editable WORD FORMAT:
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Name of Executive Committee Members. with a Group Photo, if possible
Name, Email address of concerned person for providing us News Items
Events of Common interest
Reports on happenings in different centers, with photographs
Views on issues facing the consultancy fraternity
Suggestions for uplifting the consultancy operation
Separate Report on YPF activities
Separate Report on Women Engineers Forum, if you have
Any other points, you feel beneficial to the MAs

Please, please, contribute for the next issue scheduled to be brought out in June 2014.

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PAKISTANJAPANTHAILANDIRAN

NEW ZEALAND

CHINA

TAIPEI

AUSTRALIA

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