CONTENTS

AJCE and its Activities, 2008

NEWS LETTER 2008

Akihiko HIROTANI

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Public image matters

Taisuke MIYAO

02

The 1st Asia-Paciﬁc Water Summit

Kazumasa ITO

04

Masakazu MAEDA

06

Activities of ASPAC Sub-Committee in AJCE
AJCE Activity 2007
AJCE’s Special Seminar 2007 FIDIC Red Book MDB Edition, March 2006
AJCE/ACEA Young Professionals Exchange Programme 2008
KENCA 2007 Professional Engineers Seminar in Jeju Report
AJCE Annual Seminar 2007
AJCE Year Activity 2007 at a glance

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Project Accomplishments by AJCE Members

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Recall My Life with FIDIC and AJCE
Message from New Runner

Goro FUJIE

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Yoshi YAMASHITA

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A Letter from AJCE OFFICE

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Editor's note40

Illustration
Masatoshi Tsutsui, Tsumiki Kobo

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AJCE and its Activities, 2008

Akihiko HIROTANIPresident, AJCE

The Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers(AJCE) was established in 1974 and was approved asa legal entity by the Science and Technology agencyof Japan (currently, Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology) in 1977. AJCE is amember of the International Federation of Consulting
Engineers (FIDIC) representing the interests and viewsof Japanese consulting engineers.

environmental impacts.

In recent years, there have been pronounced
changes in the business environment for consulting
engineers. In particular, strong economic growthin Asia—China, India, Korea—and elsewhere hasbrought dramatic expansion in opportunities andchallenges for the consulting industry. The roles ofconsultants are changing greatly. A wider range ofskills is demanded beyond construction engineering,extending to the solution of environmental andsocial problems such as those relating to population,
gender-equity, and education.

In October, six young Australian engineers came to
Japan for three weeks under the Young Professionals
Exchange Program. This program has been
continuing for about 10 years to foster relationships
between AJCE and its sister associations of Australia
and New Zealand and to develop internationallyminded engineers in each country.

It is now three years since the Act for Promoting
Quality Assurance in Public Works came into force inJapan. This law emphasizes that considerations otherthan cost must be taken to secure product quality.
It also specifies that designers play a crucial rolein determining the quality of the product. Revisionof this law is now being considered so that public
procurement emphasizing quality will predominate.
Consultants must therefore ensure that theirengineering skills are of the highest standard andshould pay attention to upgrading them as required.

All of AJCE's eight committees continue to be very
active. These committees are: Ethics; Policy andPlanning; General Affairs & Finance; Membership;
International Activities; Professional Development;
Engineering Development; and Publicity & Relations.

In September, the FIDIC annual conference washeld in Singapore with the theme "Global Services,Enhanced Partnerships". Our members contributed
to the conference in various roles, demonstratingthat AJCE is one of the major contributing member
associations of FIDIC.

In November, the annual AJCE seminar was held.
Design-Build and the roles of consultants werediscussed. Many members from AJCE participated.

AJCE will continue those activities in the coming
year. We will also participate in FIDIC activities suchas a meeting in Seoul in April and the FIDIC Annual
Conference in Quebec in September.
AJCE strives to enhance the position and quality ofprivate consulting engineers who are independentof manufacturers, contractors and others. By doing
so, AJCE contributes towards the advancementof science and technology, the development ofindustry, the well-being and sustainability of thebuilt environment, and the enhancement of humansecurity and welfare.

Other news
The ASPAC/TCDPAP annual conference was heldin March 2007. (ASPAC is the Association for FIDIC
member associations in the Asia-Pacific Region;
TCDPAP is the Technical Consultancy Development
Programme for Asia and the Pacific.) About 350
people from Asia and the Pacific attended theconference and discussed three themes, engineering
design, post disaster reconstruction, and social &Thank you.
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Public image matters

Taisuke MIYAO
Director
Procurement and Supervision Project Development Department
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
In mid January 2005, four weeks after the Indian
Ocean Tsunami, I was in Thailand’s Phuket Island,
wondering the difference between the image ofvastly devastated island I had from the media, andthe real situation in front of my eyes.

west coast were hit by Tsunami. Half of them had
nothing to do with even high wave.
People working for tourism industry were suffering
because of no visitors except rescuers. Thousandsof service employees were laid off. Owners ofcompanies were quite unhappy or ,I would say
frustrated about mass media who tried to focus only
on tragic stories. It missed the majority of people who
were still living normally and needed to continue
to live normally. However, influence of mass media
was so powerful to give impression to the all over theworld that Phuket island was totally destroyed. One of
my friends in Japan even thought that Bangkok was
suffered by Tsunami ﬂood.
I lear ned that the mass media cannot reportall of reality. The other side of the coin is always
missing, thus viewers or readers must be careful andimaginable to think how the real situation is behindthe news paper article.

As the senior representative of JBIC Bangkok ofﬁce, I
traveled to Phuket to see the situation of jetties, roads
and other facilities constructed under Japanese
Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans. At
that time, several thousand tourists and local people
were still missing. Daily newspapers daily showed big
photos of devastated areas on their top pages. Every
morning, NHK (Japanese public broadcasting) TV
news started scenes of rescue activities from Phuket
island, not from India, Indonesia, or Sri Lanka although
all of these countries were affected. The Embassy ofJapan in Thailand issued and maintained a warning
to the public saying that there were possibilities of
epidemic diseases due to serious unsanitary situationsin the so called "affected areas."

The Japanese ODA has always been a classic casefor this. According to a recent survey, the image ofJapanese ODA is not that positive among generalpublic. One of the major reasons is that the mass
media tend to report negative news about it, such as
corruption, unachieved object of projects, and delayof implementation. A newspaper journalist told me
once, "Good things of ODA have no news value. If an
ODA project is failed, I am happy to write it because
it is the news."

Yes, Kao Lak, most affected area in Thailand, wascompletely devastated. One boat was on the hill,several kilometers away from the shore. A number ofluxury resort hotels were completely washed away
and the scene was like a Hollywood movie set.
However, what myself and my colleague in Phuket
saw was much different to what we saw in the
media. Clean and vacant, unaffected oceans andmany hotels and restaurants were completely empty
without any damage at all.

As of October 2008, ODA activities of JBIC will betransferred to JICA, which will become one of thelargest bilateral development institutions in the world.
One of our important tasks at the New JICA is tomake an effort to create a good image of ODA andmaintain it, by of course doing good job and trying to
explain more the reality of ODA activities to the mass

If I thought carefully in advance, the situation
could be easily understood. Tsunami hit west sideof the island, therefore, central and east side of theisland had no affect at all. But it was beyond myimagination that only 6 or 7 out of 13 beaches in the2NEWS LETTER 2008
media and general public.

disaster. High level of soft skill as well as technical skill isrequired to realize projects which various stakeholders
with different background are involved in.

Similar to ODA, tourism and other industries, theconsulting industry may need to create and maintainits strong positive public image in order to progress
forward. At the FIDIC annual conference held in
Singapore on September 2007, one participantfrom India raised the issue of how to attract young
people to consulting industry rather than information
technology or financial industry. I have heard that
this is not only the situation in India but also in manyother countries including Japan.

I believe that young generation has a strong interestin a job to contribute to the world and society,not only to the financial benefit. The key is how tosend the good image of the job to young people
effectively. It should not be manipulation but honest,
genuine, and real feature of the excitement.
The basic question I have to ask here is whether
you can talk enthusiastically to your children (grandchildren, spouse, or, friends) dream, fun, value andpride of your work. If the answer is positive, the futureof the industry would be bright. How about my case?
Let me think for a while and I will talk to my sonsabout my job tonight.

Consulting engineer is, in my view, the job of creation,
innovation, and intelligence. It is the job to transfer
mere concept on the paper to real materials. It is thejob to challenge issues human being is facing in the
21st century such as water, food, energy and natural3

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The 1st Asia-Paciﬁc Water Summit

Kazumasa ITO
Membership Committee , AJCE

The 1st Asia-Paciﬁc Water Summit, which was hosted
by Asia-Pacific Water Forum and Asia-Pacific Water
Committee, was held on 3 rd & 4 th of December in2007 in Beppu, Oita, Japan.
The Water Summit was the ﬁrst highest level meetingfor water resources.
The Summit which encouraged solution of the issueof water resources and shared scientiﬁc knowledge,
practices and experiences about water resources
and strengthened efforts by reaching politicalcommitment was held for gathering to consider waysof solution for the issue of water resources.

Asia-Paciﬁc region is composed of 60 %, 37 hundred
million of population has still faced serious problem,
such as one out of five cannot use safe drinking
water, about half of population cannot use sanitary
accommodations, and about 80% of death by ﬂood
damage in the world, occur in this region.
I s s u e s o f w a t e r r e s o u rc e s h a v e b e c o m e o n eof significant issues which affected not only forconcerned parties of water resources but also
governmental affairs.
The Summit was held as the first step to address theissues for working together with heads of states.

Opening ceremony

Conference room

On 3rd and 4th of December, the opening ceremonyof the summit was held opening remarks by Mr.
Yoshiro Mori, Chair of Steering Committee of 1st
Asia-Pacific Water Summit/ Former Prime Minister ofJapan, remarks by His Imperial Highness the Crown
Prince of Japan, greetings by Mr. Yasuo Fukuda,
Prime Minister of Japan, Keynote Speech by His RoyalHighness Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands,
Chairman of United Nations Secretary-General's
Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, memorial

speech by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince ofJapan, speeches by the heads of governments andsessions by themes..
At the session, participants had vigorous discussions
about climate change, glaciers, and water
resources in Himalayan region, the small island’s
dialogue on water and climate, water-related
disaster management, water for development andecosystems.

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◆ Empower a high-level coordinating mechanism in

The summit adopted proposals from each session as
the statements from Beppu at the end.
◆ Recognize the importance of provision of safe
drinking water and sanitation are a basic humanrights and a fundamental aspect of human security;◆ Reduce by half the number of people who do nothave access to safe drinking water by 2015 andaim to reduce that number to zero by 2025;◆ Reduce by half the number of people who do nothave access to basic sanitation in our region by
2015 and aim to reduce that number to zero by2025, through the adoption of new and innovative
sanitation systems that are not as water reliant as
current methods◆ Accord the highest priority to water and sanitationin our economic and development plans andagendas and to increase substantially ourallocation of resources to the water and sanitation
sectors;◆ Improve governance, efﬁciency, transparency andequity in all aspects related to the managementof water, particularly as it impacts on poor
communities. We recognize that while women are
particularly vulnerable, they are also resilient andentrepreneurial, hence, should be empowered in
all water-related activities;◆ Take urgent and effective action to prevent andreduce the risks of ﬂood, drought and other waterrelated disasters and to bring timely relief andassistance to their victims;◆ Support the region’s vulnerable small island states intheir efforts to protect lives and livelihoods from theimpacts of climate change;◆ Exhort the Bali Conference to take into account therelationship between water and climate change,such as the melting of snowcaps and glaciers inthe Himalayas and the Pamirs, and rising sea levels,
which are already having an impact on somecountries in the region;◆ Establish concrete goals for the 2008 Toyako G8
Summit to;-commit to support the developing countries toachieve their MDG targets on water and sanitation;and-take immediate action to support adaptation toclimate change by developing countries;.

our cabinets and where possible, appoint a ministerin charge of water to ensure that all issues related
to water and sanitation would be dealt with in aholistic manner,◆ Respect and strengthen the region’s rich historyof water-centered community development,
including the rehabilitation of urban waterways
and protecting the environmental integrity of rural
watersheds; and◆ Work together with other like-minded institutions,entities and individuals in order to achieve ourcollective vision of water security in the Asia-PaciﬁcregionWe will support the Policy Brief as prepared by the
Asia-Paciﬁc Water Forum family.
We encourage all governments to make all efforts
to implement its recommendations.
We have the will and courage to realize our vision.
The summit which was held by participating 56
nations and regions around the world, 10 headsof nations, 32 cabinet officials discussed an issueof water resources in Asia-Pacific region and sent
messages of the summit to the world.
The issue of water resources is not only environment
concern but also a problem of poverty. The agendaof the summit were not only to discuss the issues ofAsia-Pacific region but also related to around theworld, such as 80% of death by ﬂood damage occurs
in Asia-Pacific region which makes up 60% of theworld population.
Even though the conference was held as summit
to have various discussions and propositions, we,consulting engineers, should make efforts as our tasks
to take on concrete form.
Heads of nations made suggestions to solve theworldwide issues of the 21st century using experiences
and knowledge.
Some of these issues have already been brought torealization at the political level, nevertheless it is achance for us, consulting engineers, should take all
the effort for solution.

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Activities of ASPAC Sub-Committee in AJCE

Masakazu MAEDA
Chief of Secretariat
ASPAC Sub-Committee of International Activity Committee, AJCE

1. Introduction

secretariat organized in AJCE, the ASPAC Sub
Committee of International Activity Committee. This
article brieﬂy describes the major activities of this SubCommittee that may not be popular with the readers.

ASPAC (FIDIC Asia-Pacific Member Associations)
was initiated at the FIDIC 1977 Helsinki Conference
based on an unofficial meeting among delegatesfrom Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New
Zealand, and Singapore to discuss issues that thesecountries are interested in. After this, these members
continued to have a meeting every time the annual
FIDIC Conference was held, gradually joining someother member associations (MAs). The number of
MAs as of February 2008 is 19, as shown in Table 1.
As for regional member associations under FIDIC,
there are only two: GAMA (Group of African Member
Associations) established in 1992 and ASPAC.
AJCE has been participating in ASPAC activities since
its establishment. For example, Dr. Yumio Ishii, former
Chairman of AJCE, as well as former FIDIC Executive
Committee Member and present Chairman of theJapan Society of Civil Engineers, worked as Chairmanof ASPAC from year 2000 to 2003 to enhance theperformance in each region. In 2006, Mr. Akihiko
Hirotani, present Chairman of AJCE, was elected
as Chairman of ASPAC and worked with the new

2. Formulation of ASPAC Action Plan
ASPAC Action Plan 2007-2009 was formulated aiming
at promoting better relations among ASPAC member
associations in order to commoditize informationand expand business chances in the Asia Pacificregion. These actions will result in the enhancementof interaction within the member associations more
and more, and in the expansion of their business
opportunities. Target and concrete actions to betaken in each year are as set out below.
1) First Year (2007)
Target: Raising awareness and creating communication
environment among the MAs
Concrete Actions:a) The ASPAC Newsletter shall be issued periodicallyand displayed on the ASPAC page of the FIDIC
website.
b) Information regarding the annual action planof each member association shall be provided
to the ASPAC Secretariat presently established
in AJCE (Association of Japanese Consulting
Engineers), which shall compile and tabulate
the information provided. The annual action
plan of member associations after compilationand tabulation shall be displayed on the ASPAC
page of the FIDIC website.
c) A list of field of expertise, number of engineers
and so on of each member association shallbe displayed on the ASPAC page of the FIDIC
website.
2) Second Year (2008)
Target: Gathering and arranging information from
the MAs and providing it to them as needed
Concrete Actions:a) Information regarding annual action plans, list

Table 1 ASPAC Member Associations
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Australia
Bangladesh
China
China, Hong Kong
China, Taiwan
India
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Nepal
New ZealandPakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
VietnamAlphabetical order as of February 2008

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be launched because arrangement by the FIDIC
Secretariat is required. The Secretariat of the ASPAC
Sub Committee in AJCE has exerted more pressure
on the FIDIC Secretariat to complete and open thewebsite to the public.

of ﬁeld of expertise, number of engineers and soon of all member associations shall be displayedon the ASPAC page of the FIDIC website.
b) News and activity reports of all member
associations shall be collected and compiledby the Secretariat and displayed on the ASPAC
page of the FIDIC website.
3) Third Year (2009)
Target: Securing consistency and sustainability of
ASPAC activities, and presenting directions
toward the future
Concrete Actions:a) The per for mance in three years shall be
reviewed, and general directions of the follow
up actions of ASPAC shall be proposed.
b) Problems on the establishment of an ASPAC
permanent secretariat shall be identified andsorted out, and solutions to these problems shallbe suggested.
The above actions are also expected to bring about
the increase in number of consultant associations
representing countries that wish to join ASPAC, so
that consequently the number of FIDIC member
associations will grow.

4. Participation in Seminars andConferences, and Convene of ASPAC
Executive Committee Meeting andGeneral Assembly Meeting
ASPAC has been holding an international conferencewith the Technical Consultancy Development
Programme for Asia and the Pacific (TCDPAP)
once a year. The theme of the conference heldat Lahore, Pakistan from the 20 th to 22 nd of March
2007 was "Engineering and Disaster Management."
Approximately, 350 participants attended, including
the delegates from 16 countries.
Some three presentations by Japanese engineers
were made in this conference: "Disaster in Japan"
by Mr. Akihiko Hirotani, Chairman of AJCE; "Japan’s
Experiences - Tyuuetsu Earthquake -" by Mr. Momoseof Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.; and "Disaster Prevention
Measures in Global Local Context" by Dr. Yamashita
of CTI Engineering Co., Ltd., the Secretary Generalof AJCE. During the conference, the ASPAC Extra
Meeting was held to discuss the new ASPAC’s website
as mentioned above, as well as the introduction oftraining programs supported by FIDIC. A joint seminarof TCDPAP and ASPAC will be held in Seoul, Korea,
between the 22nd and 25th of April this year, with thetheme "The Role of Engineering in the Globalization
Era." The ASPAC Extra Meeting is planned to be held
during the conference in the same way as before.
Apart from the above meeting, the annual FIDIC
conference has included the ASPAC Executive
Committee Meeting and the General Assembly
Meeting as well. In the last FIDIC conference inSingapore, a new ASPAC Executive Committee
member was elected and the ASPAC Action Plan
was presented.

3. Renewal of ASPAC Website
An ASPAC home page in the FIDIC website has beencreated, but the site has some problems such as:i) difficulty of retrieval by the public; ii) difficulty inunderstanding the screen composition with misspelled
and omitted letters; and iii) the inability to update
information appropriately. Therefore, the ASPAC Sub
Committee in AJCE tried to create a new website
and proposed it to the FIDIC Secretariat in order tosolve these problems and improve the exchange of
information among the MAs. The main contents ofthe proposed website are as follows:◆ Introduction of ASPAC (About us)◆ Message from the Chairman◆ List of ASPAC Member Associations (can be linked
from the top page to the home page of each MA’s
website)◆ What’s New◆ Activities of each MA◆ ASPAC Newsletter◆ Linkage (FIDIC, AJCE, GAMA, etc.)
The concept and contents of the website wereexplained at the ASPAC Extra Meeting in Lahore,
Pakistan in March 2007 and at the ASPAC Executive
Committee Meeting and General Assembly Meeting
during the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference in
September. Although the proposed website was
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AJCE Activity 2007

AJCE’s Special Seminar 2007
FIDIC Red Book MDB Edition, March 2006

Masafumi MIYAMOTO
Chair International Activity Committee, AJCE

AJCE held a special seminar on FIDIC Red Book MDB
Edition on 13th July 2007 at the conference room ofOriental Consultants. Red Book MDB Edition (official
title: Conditions of Contract for Construction, MDB
Harmonized Edition) was prepared by the World Bank
based on the Red Book published by FIDIC in 1999.
MDB Edition is to be utilized for construction works
funded by multilateral development banks. The firstedition was released in May 2005, and the amended
edition was published in March 2006. Contract SubCommittee of International Activity Committee
analyzed and studied changes made to New FIDIC
Version (1999). Results of the analysis and study were
presented at this seminar.
Red Book MDB Edition, explanation of the Red Book,and comparison tables of MDB Edition and New
FIDIC Version were handed over to the participants.
Sub-Committee chair Mr. Konishi gave a lectureusing power point slides explaining features of the
MDB Edition and amended clauses included in 1st

to 20th clauses. Mr. Konishi mentioned backgroundof amendments on amended clauses based on theanalysis conducted by Contract Sub-Committee.
Amendments were made mainly for, i) clarificationof rights and duties by mentioning un-clear points in
New FIDIC Version, ii) correspondence with current
changes of society, and iii) requirements by MDBs.
Mr. Konishi indicated some points to be clarified
further in clauses regarding "Risk and Responsibility","Insurance", and "Claims, Disputes and Arbitration".
The lecture was followed by discussions. Questions
and comments were presented by participants
representing contractors and consultants.
Over 100 applications were received which was morethan expected, and many were to be rejected. This
indicated increased interest of membersin Red BookMDB Edition. AJCE invited ten-member delegationfrom Korean Engineering Consultants Association(KENKA) to the seminar. A social gathering for KENKA
and AJCE members was held after seminar.

Mr. Konishi

KENKA and AJCE members

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AJCE/ACEA Young Professionals Exchange Programme 2008
-unique experiences for young engineers-

Keiichi KANAI
ChairmanProfessional Development Promotion Sub-Committee, AJCE
Young Professionals Exchange Programme (YPEP)
was established in 1996 to develop good relationships
and friendships between Japanese and Australian
young consulting engineers through mutual visit andstay with member firms of AJCE and its Australiancounterpart, ACEA (Association of Consulting
Engineers Australia). In the past decade, more than
90 young engineers participated in the programme,
and it has been noted in the FIDIC society as a good
example of international capacity building effort.

Last year, AJCE and its member companies hosted
six young professionals from Australia’s leading
consulting firms for three weeks in October. The
programme consisted of internship at host companies
and various ofﬁcial events offered by AJCE, such asYoung Summit Forum and Weekend Trip to Kyoto &Nara. While I believe everybody fully enjoyed andappreciated the programme in Japan, I would like toemphasize the importance of the new component

Welcome Party

List of companies and exchangees of YPEP 2007
No.

Company in Australia Name

NAME

Host company in Japan

1

Arup

David Murchland

CTI Engineering Co., Ltd.

2

Costin Roe Consulting Pty Ltd

Mark Wilson

IDEA Consultants ,Inc.

3

Costin Roe Consulting Pty Ltd

James Disher

Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.

4

Maunsell Australia

Katherine Alexander

Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.

5QANTEC McWILLIAM

Nathan Scott

Chodai Co., Ltd.

6

Simpson Kotsman Pty Ltd.

Robert Spenceley

P.T. Morimura & Associates, Ltd

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added to the programme last year, which is previsit "dialogue" between a participant and his/her
mentor from the host company. The "dialogue" wasintroduced to YPEP as a result of intensive discussions
between AJCE and ACEA toward improvement andrevitalization of the 10 year old programme. It was
intended to help a participant and a mentor knoweach other in advance so that the programme could
be started more readily and effectively. This worked
as well as we had expected. Despite some difﬁculties
in communication experienced in the early weeks,
the engineers on both sides introduced themselves
and exchanged such information as their technicalbackground, their ﬁrms’ business lines and their points
of interest. By the time the programme started, they
had become somewhat familiar with each other, andthe opening session on October 12 turned out to be
the most lively and effective one in the YPEP history.
The contents of internship programmes were leftto each host company, so it could be structured
to meet a participant’s interest and utilize a hostcompany’s area of expertise. Generally, they
included discussions with young Japanese engineers,
working on actual projects with mentors, project site
visits and meeting with clients, and I am sure that theyalso included many Japanese-style dinner parties, ofcourse.
As a main social event, AJCE organized a weekend
trip to the famous historic cities of Kyoto and Nara,
where all the participants and mentors enjoyedbeautiful temples, shrines and gardens in a pleasantautumn setting. They stayed at a traditional Ryokan(Japanese-style hotel); perfect accommodation fora group of young people with its casual tatami-room
banquet (Enkai) that went on well into midnight.
One of the highlights was Young Summit Forum,
held on the last day to summarize and conclude
the three-week programme. All participants madepresentation on what they had seen, felt and learnedin the programme. They found many differences
between two countries, of course, in terms of nature,
culture, customs, work environment & practiceand ways of running companies or projects. In themeantime, however, as one participant pointed out,
it was also conﬁrmed that there are many things we

Trip to Kyoto & Nara

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have in common as consulting engineers who strive
to create and maintain better environment andinfrastructure for the people. Young Summit Forum
offered another opportunity for the participants todiscuss two selected issues; (1)Human Resources &Capacity Building, and (2)Living in multi-cultural world.
Through active group discussions and presentations,the participants exchanged and shared theirexperiences and opinions on these interesting topics.
Everybody appreciated the opportunity so much that
it was recommended by them to include more time
for discussions in the future programmes, to which I
totally agree.
When YPEP started 12 years ago, it was expected that
this programme would help CE ﬁrms in two countries
develop close business relationships and eventuallywork together in the international consulting field.
So far the outcome in this context is limited, due tothe change in business environment. However, nowthat good partnering in the international market isbecoming essential, the network built up through
YPEP will surely be a big asset for any Australian orJapanese CE firms that are contemplating further
expansion into the ever-growing Asian-Pacificregion. In order to make sure this will happen, every
participant in YPEP has to recognize the value of theobtained network and keep an effort to maintainand develop it in the future. AJCE will enthusiasticallysupport their effort to do so.

Young Summit Forum

This year YPEP will take place in Australia. We would
like to encourage young professionals in bothcountries to have interest and participate in YPEP,
and hope this outstanding programme will contributeto further development of the productive relationshipbetween Australian and Japanese CE industries.

Farewell party

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Young Professionals Exchange Program (YPEP)David Murchland
Arup

OutlineResearch Centre for Sustainable Communities, to a visit
to the Tohoku region; technical exchanges with theRoad & Water Divisions, to an AJCE tour to Kyoto/Naraand the Young Summit to wrap it all up.

The YPEP actually began in July via pre-training dialogue
with my host company (CTI Engineering),a very valuable
preparation. Once in Tokyo, an AJCE orientation session
helped get me settled. Just in time! In the next 3 weeks
there was no time to spare, from a day with CTI’s

Ito-san & Wada-san of CTI’s RESCO division

Site Visits

Many site visits were kindly arranged by CTI, including
to Izawa Dam; to numerous
transport infrastructure (Yurikamome,
Metropolitan & Gaikan expressways,
Umihotaru & the Tokyo Wan Aqua
Line, Nissoku Tunnel, and Iroha-zaka);
and to CTI’s Tsukuba hydraulics
laboratory and the Arakawa MLIT
centre. Unfortunately a typhoon
filled the Metropolitan outer area
Izawa Dam, thanks to Kaburaki-san,discharge channel so that I couldn’t
Yamashita-sansee it (but at least it worked!).

Technical Exchangeriver-sewer modeling, real time sewer control systems,
hydrological circulation models with GIS, insurance,
privatisation, energy strategy & sustainability tools.

I learnt a lot about roads (both in Japan and Australia!)
through the exchange, but it was time with CTI’s Water
Management & Research Division that really got
technical. Four days of presentations from me andCTI covered company and national characteristics/
issues, flood forecasting, distributed hydraulicmodels,environmental ﬂows, water quality improvement,
Australian drought characteristics and strategy, natural
hazard risk management in Japan, CTIMike11, coupled

Kinkaku-ji, thanks to AJCE

CultureThe AJCE group tour to Kyoto and Nara was awonder ful opportunity to understand Japanese
history and culture.

FriendshipThanks especially to Sasaki-san (CTI), and to AJCE formaking my time in Japan so memorable!

Road & Transport Division, thanks to
Maeda-san, and Katsuki-san especially

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Water Management & Research Division,
thanks to Fujiwara-san, Yagami-san ... &everyone else!

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YPEP 2007 REPORTMark Wilson
Costin Roe Consulting

Where to start? The task of condensing the experienceof spending three weeks in Japan into a single pageis a particularly difﬁcult one. First I would like to express
my thanks to The AJCE and The ACEA for giving me
this great opportunity and secondly to the people
at my host company, IDEA consultants, in particular
to Terashima-san, Ogawasan, Hashitani-san andKobayashi-san, all of who have made my time in Japan
both enjoyable on a social level and rewarding in mycapacity as a professional engineer.

The nearly completed New Tomeii Expressway in
Shizuoka Prefecture, which I observed during mystay here, is a good example of this point. Throughmountainous terrain this expressway, with a design speedof 140km/hr, comprises 40% bridges, 20% tunnels and
40% earthworks over a 400km length. A number of thesebridges, which are in the order of 1km in length, havebeen constructed using composite steel and concrete
systems as opposed to conventional concrete box girder
systems. Unconventional construction staging has beenused been used to good effect in order to overcome
constraints on space and also to reduce costs for bothmaterials and labour.

In my time with IDEA Consultants I have been exposed
to many areas of civil engineering and environmental
monitoring that I have not before been privy to. These
areas include road and river planning, environmental
testing and monitoring, meteorological studies, mapping
for flood prevention, overseas aid projects throughJapans ODA Charter, disaster planning and many others.
And although not all that I have learned while in Japan
can be directly related to the work I perform in Australia
it has all been valuable and interesting information forme to add to my knowledge base. I also believe thatthe aim of the YPEP 2007 is to obtain an appreciation
for not only the technical aspects of the Japanese
consulting engineer but also the cultural and social.

I have enjoyed seeing and learning about the history
and culture of Japan and also seeing the natural beautyof the mountain areas, the temples, shrines and thebright lights of the cities, Tokyo in particular. I think that inmy three weeks here I have only just begun to scratch
the surface of what is a very rich and diverse country. Allof these things been highlights of my time in Japan but
I think that overall it is the people I have met that havemade my time here a memorable experience.
Again I thank all the people for the hospitality shown tome and look forward to returning to Japan sometime in
the near future.

It has been great to get an understanding of theconstraints and challenges Japanese engineers facewhen performing design. These may be in the form ofnatural occurrences such as the consistently occurring
earthquakes, typhoons, floods, global warming andeven volcanic eruption. Other challenges may comefrom human activities like a lack of usable space causedby urban buildup or to a lack of natural resources. But
these constraints do not appear to limit the scope of the
projects that have been performed in the past or thosethat are currently being constructed. On the contrary
these constraints appear to be a catalyst for innovative
design in large-scale projects.

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Summary of YPEP 2007

James Disher
Costin Roe Consulting

The two and a half weeks spent at the Kansai ofﬁce
of Oriental Consultants in Osaka was a fantastic
opportunity to experience some of the best ofJapanese culture and also provided wonder ful
opportunities for sightseeing. The time spent in the
Kansai ofﬁce of Oriental Consultants also provided an
opportunity to observe Japanese Engineering andlearn many things from the experience.

particular favourites of mine. Conducting English
lessons during my time in the ofﬁce was also anotherhighlight. Discussion at these informal lessons included
topics like language, cultural identity, sports, popular
culture and the like. They allowed an insight into
Japanese culture that I don’t think would have beenpossible for a tourist visiting Japan and not interactingwith the people as closely.

During the time at the Kansai office there were four
projects that I participated in. The subject of eachof these projects was different, but the process andgoals were similar, to research and survey the different
topics in order to provide background information for
future projects that the company was planning.

Osaka also provided an opportunity to travel to somefascinating sightseeing areas. I was fortunate enoughto be able to visit places such as Kobe, Himeji,
Hiroshima, Miyajima, Takamatsu and Shikoku, as wellas Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo. These places, full of bothnatural beauty and history were different to anything
I had experienced before.

The four projects I worked on the Kansai officeconsisted of sourcing information on Light Rail Transit
systems from around the world, various Architects anddesigners and their body of works, different "Barrier
Free" laws and initiatives around the world, and also
research into how tourism could be generated inrural areas by using old road systems to attract visitors
to the area. Each of these projects highlighted one
common aspect of Japanese Engineering which wasthat Japanese Engineers are very aware of the latest
technical developments internationally and not only
use these initiatives but also like to build on them anddevelop the ideas further.

My time in Osaka was incredible and I would like tothank all of the people that contributed to making
it such a wonder ful time. I will never forget thehospitality and openness of the people there. In
particular I would like to thank my contact person,
Mr Yusuke Kanda and the whole team from thetransportation department of Oriental Consultants
Kansai ofﬁce.
I would also like to thank the AJCE for being suchgracious hosts of YPEP 2007.

My time spent working in the transportation
department in Osaka and the generosity of thepeople working there gave me a wonderful insight
into Japanese culture. The Osaka area is well known
throughout the nation as being the "Kitchen of
Japan" and the food and drink from the area wereamazing. Many traditional foods I had not tried
before and simply aren’t available in Australia. The
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AJCE Activity 2007

Young Professional Exchange Program 2007
ReportKate Alexander
Maunsell Australia

The Young Professionals Exchange Program (YPEP)
2007 provided me with an opportunity to exchange
and compare ideas regarding engineering problems,
methods and solutions between Japanese andAustralian engineers, as well as between different
engineering disciplines. Oriental Consultants andMs Watatsu planned an interesting training programthat enabled me to experience many elements of
their business. As a young engineer, the YPEP wasan invaluable opportunity for me to experience andunderstand the roles of various engineering disciplines
from many senior and knowledgeable professionals.

wastewater to a quality for reuse. The recycled water
is provided to various Shinjuku buildings by secondary
infrastructure for uses such as ﬂushing toilets.
In addition to observing and discussing projects,
I was also able to experience working in Oriental
Consultants Office. Oriental Consultants requested
that I assist with one of their projects by undertaking
research into greenhouse gas emission reduction
initiatives around the world, and the greenhouse gas
emission reduction policies of various governments
post the expiry of the current phase of the Kyoto
Protocol in 2012. This research enabled me to better
understand the issue of greenhouse gas emissions
reductions from an international perspective.

D u r i n g t h e p ro g r a m , I w a s b a s e d i n O r i e n t a l
Consultants’ Tokyo Office. I observed infrastructure
and projects in areas including transportation, urban
environment, urban planning and landscape. Someof the project highlights that I observed included:◆ Ohashi Junction: a large intersection underconstruction in Shibuya, to connect a new tunnel tothe metropolitan Route 3 expressway bridge deck.
As the intersection is located close to a residentialarea, noise reduction techniques were required
including fully enclosing the intersection, additional
noise barriers and noise-reducing pavement.
◆ Itabashi Yamato-Cho intersection: Approximately
240,000 vehicles pass through this intersection
each day. The intersection has two overpasses,
was surrounded by buildings, resulting in little air
movement and poor air quality. Measures for
improving air quality included jet fans (normallyused in tunnels) to move air from the intersection
upward, planting of vegetation in the road reserveand demolishing one of the buildings to create avegetated open space and increase air movement.
◆ Shinjuku Water Recycling Plant: While this is not a
project that Oriental Consultants is involved in, theykindly arranged for me to visit the plant information
center. The plant treats combined stormwater and

AJCE organised a trip to Kyoto and Nara for those
involved in the program to visit culturally significant
sites and experience traditional Japanese cuisine andaccommodation. This visit enabled the Japaneseand Australian engineers to exchange ideas andlearn more about the similarities and differences
between Japanese and Australian culture.
I would like to thank Oriental Consultants, AJCE and
ACEA for making this opportunity possible. I believethat this program has enhanced my professional
development and has been an invaluable
experience. I look forward to sharing my experienceswith my company, Maunsell Australia.

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YPEP 2007 REPORTNathan Scott
OPUS QANTEC McWILLIAM

Participation in the Young Professional Exchange
Program promised opportunity; opportunity to travel
to a place I had never been before, to experience a
culture I had not known and work in an environment
totally foreign to me.
Looking back on my three weeks in Japan, I see
that as a result of my involvement I have realised
all of these benefits... but I have also benefited inother ways that I would not have anticipated. As aprofessional engineer, the most compelling beneﬁt of
YPEP07 can be summarised in one word – inspiration.
Over these past three weeks, I have had opportunity
to work alongside a group of engineers who haveachieved some remarkable feats of engineering.
An example of the calibre of engineers that I had
opportunity to meet with is found in the case of the
Akashi Strait Bridge. On this project, engineers frommy host company Chodai Co Ltd designed a bridgewith a centre span of 1,991m. This bridge is not only
the longest span suspension bridge in the world; itis also the tallest (and most expensive) suspension
bridge in the world.
Walking the streets of Tokyo, Nagoya and Kyoto
I saw buildings and bridges that stretched myunderstanding of what I considered possible in
the world of structural engineering. Different use

of materials and construction techniques havechallenged me to re-evaluate my own perceived
limitations and think expansively and more creatively
about the way I approach structural design.
The cultural experience afforded by YPEP07 has also
been invaluable. Experiencing Japanese life as amember of the local community (albeit temporary) isa rare opportunity. I have found that the best way tounderstand a culture is to become a part of it. While
the Japanese culture is very different to the Australianculture, we were able to ﬁnd much common ground.
At all times I found my hosts and the community atlarge to be extremely welcoming, hospitable, friendly
and possessing a great sense of humour.
In addition to experiencing the Japanese culture
generally, my time at Chodai Co Ltd gave me
opportunity to experience the Japanese working
culture. The team at Chodai Co Ltd were highly
skilled, dedicated and focussed; something that I
understand is a hallmark of Japanese Consulting
Engineering ﬁrms. As far as the working culture wasconcerned, I observed that while long hours wereroutine, the office environment was outwardly stressfree and quiet. Office structure reflected a highlyorganised company divided into a number of
specialities with clearly defined responsibilities andhierarchies in place.
I expect that the full benefit of my three weeks inJapan will be revealed in the coming months andyears of my career as a professional engineer.
I intend to approach my career with a newperspective as a result of my broader world view. I
also hope to maintain the professional and personal
contacts that I have established during YPEP07.
As I prepare to return to Australia, I am grateful to
my company Opus Qantec McWilliam, my hostcompany Chodai Co Ltd, and to AJCE and ACEA for
the opportunity to participate in this program.

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AJCE Activity 2007

Young Professionals Exchange Programme (YPEP)Tokyo October 2007
Robert Spenceley
Simpson Kotzman

Introduction

to be shown around many projects both completed
and in progress, with services designed by PTM. Sitevisits included the following:◆ ﬁtout at the new Daimaru building adjacent Tokyo
Station for a bank client;◆ refurbishment of mechanical equipment at Kamata
Toky
ōky
¯ ū
¯ Plaza;◆ refurbishment of office building (including
specialised communications room services) for abank client in Ogikubo;◆ completed (but not yet fully operational) slurry
thermal storage system at the Kawasaki Azalea
Station Building;◆ partly constructed, partially ﬁt out Marunouchi (MoriTrust) Building, also adjacent Tokyo Station;◆ completed ice thermal storage plant at T ōkai¯
University, Isehara;◆ guided tour of Shinjuku District Heating and Cooling
Plant (largest in the world, services not by PTM).
Each site visit was preceded by a thorough briefing
session in the office whereby I was introduced tothe types of systems employed for the project, andshown actual calculation data used to arrive at thesolutions.

The 2007 AJCE/ACEA Young Professionals Exchange
Programme began on Friday 12 October 2007,
with a welcoming ceremony and presentations/introductions at the offices of Oriental Consultants,
Tokyo. I was one of six engineers selected from
Australia who participated in this programme. I am
employed as a mechanical engineer by Melbourne
Australia based consulting engineering practice,
Simpson Kotzman Pty. Ltd. My employer specialises
in building services, and I was fortunate to behosted in Tokyo by Morimura Sekkei (also known
as P.T. Morimura & Associates (PTM)), who provide
virtually the same type of service to clients as we doin Australia. PTM with approximately 80 personnel,
are larger than Simpson Kotzman which has
approximately 40.

Training
People at PTM were extremely warm and welcoming,
and went (often a long way) out of their way toaccommodate me, in introducing me to theirprojects and demonstrating how business waspractised at their company. I was fortunate enough

Various contrasts between Australian and Japanese
consulting practices became apparent throughout
my stay, though they were certainly subtle in theindustry in which I had my training. While in Australia
we tend to choose equipment and build systems
based on previous projects similar in nature, it seems
that PTM place a signiﬁcant emphasis on the design
stage of their projects.
The result of this appears to be system designs thatare more closely suited to the application than their
Australian equivalents, and systems that are often
more energy efﬁcient. It is not to say that we pay no
attention to design in Australia; indeed at Simpson

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Kotzman we produce many projects where systems
are carefully designed. However, my observations
about design suggest a necessity in Japan to consider
energy efﬁciency in a manner that (presumably due
to our lower cost of energy) in Australia we are only
more recently coming to appreciate. The building
industry in Japan certainly seems to suggest that inAustralia at present we’re playing catch-up with therest of the world regarding energy consumption.

of work hours either, with lunch times, dinners andnomikai all part of the generous hospitality. Part of the
programme included a sojourn to Kyoto and Nara on
our ﬁnal full weekend, which meant that fortunately
we didn’t miss out on seeing (albeit briefly) at least
some elements of traditional Japanese culture.

Acknowledgment
I would like to thank all involved with my stay inJapan, for a thoroughly enjoyable and worthwhile
experience: staff at ACEA and AJCE ensured ourprogramme ran very smoothly, and I wish to thank
PTM for the time and effort they invested in my staywith them. I would especially like to thank the people
who went to so much effort helping me understandtheir projects, and showing me around site, as well as
my host for her much appreciated efforts organisingboth my cultural and technical experience at PTM.

Based on my limited experience with meetings at
PTM, consulting in Japan appears to involve more
frequent meetings with clients than we might haveat Simpson Kotzman. An upside of this is obviouslythat projects can be more closely controlled atearlier stages of development, saving potentiallycostly errors or omissions from discovery later down
the track. However the result of this is that staff in
the industry are attending meetings during normal
working hours, meaning design work takes placeoutside normal office hours – and once again, thisdesign work is often more detailed than would bestandard practice in Australia. Staff at PTM werecertainly very hard workers, and their attention todetail really showed through in the quality of theirwork.

CultureA homestay was organised for a weekend for me,
which my homestay host ensured was both fun
and interesting. And PTM staff went to great efforts
to make sure I wasn’t left to my own resources out

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KENCA 2007 Professional Engineers Seminar in Jeju Report

Konomu UCHIMURA
Vice President, AJCE

From Nov 09 to 11, I was invited as a speaker for theseminar "2007 Professional Engineers Seminar" in Jeju,
Korea hosted by Korea Engineering & Consulting
Association (KENCA). Through my presentation andexchange of opinions, I could deepen professional
relationship with Korean civil engineers. Mr. John
Boyd, the president of FIDIC, and Ir. Ronny Trianggono
from VIRAMA KARYA, Indonesia also presented theirspeeches in the seminar. Mr. Cho, the Chairmanof KENCA, about 150 of professional engineers, therepresentatives affiliated with the association andguest engineers joined the seminar.
KENCA holds the Professional Engineers Seminar once
every year which consist of speeches by domestic
and foreign guest engineers and business promotion
dialogues. KENCA invited the government officials
and business partners from 8 countries in Asia andothers. I was impressed by Korean engineers’
high motivation for promoting overseas business
opportunity.

I would like to thank KENCA for their heartfelt
hospitality to me as well as to, Mr. Yamashita,
Secretary-general of AJCE. It was very meaningfulthat we could promote trustworthy relationshipwith KENCA secretariat and executives of member
companies of KENCA. It is my understanding that
establishment of mutual cooperation is important
based on accepting the pre-condition of differencesin each other’s standpoint. I sincerely hopethat interaction between Korean and Japanese
consultants could be nurtured through participation
to ASPAC & TCDPAP Conference being scheduled forApril 22-25, 2008 and other exchange programs.

On behalf of AJCE, I presented the speech entitled"Infrastructure Development in Japan and Consulting
Engineering Industry" whose contents are as follows:◆ Challenges and prospects of Infrastructure in thedecreasing trend of construction investment◆ Importance and changing role of Japanese
consulting engineers◆ Present status and challenging issues of consulting
industry in Japan◆ Trend of consultant selection in the light of QBS and
FIDIC support◆ Future cooperation between Korean and Japanese
consultants

Cake Cut at the Welcome Reception of KENCA’s
Professional Engineers Seminar (from the left: ①Uchimura
Vice President of AJCE, ③Mr. Cho, President of KENCA,④Dr. John Boyd, President of FIDIC)

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AJCE Annual Seminar 2007

Shigemichi HATAO
Vice President, AJCE

1. The Annual Seminar 2007

2) Design–Build Contact for a cable-stayed bridge in
Inchon Bridge Project in Korea by Mr.J. Akimoto,
Chodai Co., Ltd.

The annual seminar is one of the main events of
AJCE for continued professional development for
the association members. The seminar has usually
been initiated by the PDC in cooperation of theother committees such as the international activities
committee. The seminar of the year was held on
November 20, 2007, with a theme as " Role ofConsulting Engineers in the Design-Build Project( DBProject)".

2. Outline of the Seminar of the YearThe seminar consisted of two sessions; one was set to
introduce some examples in the DB projects which
the member firms experienced in the overseas
countries, and the other was to have discussion on
the theme in a form of a panel discussion among thepresenters and participants. The ﬁrst session included
the following.

3) Design-Build Contact for a sewerage treatment
project in Mexicali City in Mexico by Mr.S.Oniki, NJS
Consultants Co., Ltd.

1) Introduction of an Overview on the Design and
Build Contract presented by Mr. R. Fujiwara, Nippon
Koei Co., Ltd.

4) Design-Built Contracts in Tunnel Projects in UK and
Ireland by Mr.T. Sugiyama, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

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than the presenters, some participants provided
some information for the theme, which included
introduction of the current trend for implementationof DB projects in Japan by Mr.A.Hirotani, Presidentof AJCE and the views and policy of JBIC to the
DB contracts in the ODA loan projects by Mr. T.
Miyao, Director of JBIC. An unique experience wasintroduced by Mr. Y.Takemura, a committee memberof PDC, who joined a reconstruction project of a
Buddism temple.

3. Some Remarks of the Seminar
It is an increasing trend in the world that designbuild contract is applied for construction of
infrastructures. While many infrastructure havebeen traditionally implemented under a designbid-construction contract, due and more attention
should be addressed to the DB contract system by
the consulting engineers. This issue was also taken up
for discussion at the recent FIDIC annual conferences.
Therefore it was quite timely to have held the seminarwith a focus on the issue. The participants to theseminar numbered more than 90, which was much
more than in the past seminars. There are several
possible roles for consulting engineers to participate
in the design-build contract, such as an advisor
to the implementing agency or the SPC, a joint
member of EPC contractor or a subcontractor to
the EPC contractor as a designer. Some of the major
concerns for the consultants might be contractual
position, risk share and amount of fee when they join
the DB Projects. It is also a key issue how to maintainthe presence of the consulting engineer in the DB
projects.

In the first session, very useful infor mation andpractices were presented, such as risk allocation,
procedure and responsibility of design change,
difference of the specifications in English andSpanish versions, etc. In the Inchon bridge project,
the consultant participated in design work andconstruction supervision with the contract withthe developer(SPC). In this example process andprocedure for the design checking was introduced.
For the sewerage project in Mexico under the
JBIC loan, the consultant was employed as an inhouse consultant to the implementing agency for
preparation of tender design and construction
supervision. Experiences in the tunnel construction
projects in UK and Ireland were reported, in which
the Japanese contractor participated as an EPC
contractor, and some useful information and lessons
for consultants or design engineers were provided.
The second session of the seminar was made undera panel discussion among the above presenters,with the chairman of PDC as a moderator. In thispanel discussion, more information were provided on
the executing mode and role and duty contractual
position of the consultant in the DB projects. Other

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AJCE Yearly Activity 2007 at a glance
January

February

March

Seminar
Conference

April

May

Ju ne

3/20-22
ASPAC/TCDPAP Annual
Conference 2007
[p6]

■ AJCE Visited Australia, United Kingdom and USA

6/30
AJCE-YPG
Seminar■ Nihon Suido Consultants Conference room
■ "Report of ISCE YPF Seminar" "FIDIC-YPF,
FIDIC-YPMTP,AJCE-YPG"

July

August

7/13
FIDIC Redbook(MDB Edi.) Seminar[p8]

September
9/9-9/13
FIDIC 2007
Singapore
Conference

10/5
Seminar ofReporting
FIDIC Annual
Conference■ AJCE participants:33

November

December

11/20
AJCE Annual Seminar"Role of Consulting
Engineers in the DesignBuild Projects"
[p20]

12/7
Professional
CareerDevelopment
Seminar■ Nippon Koei Conference room
■ Number of participats:100

Joint meeting between FIDIC/JBIC/AJCE
Mr. Iijima Director General of JBIC
shake hand with president Boyd.

Training
Program

OctoberPresentation by Mr.Taisuke Miyao JBIC Director

10/12-11/2
Young Professionals Exchange Program [p9 - p19]

ResearchResearch on the Current Status of Design-Build Projects■ CTI Engineering Conference room
■ Title "Mechatronics" "Update of global environment in EU"" Risk assessment"

Research on QBS through FIDIC MAs

Others
1/10
New Year
Celeblation Party

3/13
4/26
Extra General
Guests from FIDIC
Assembly Meeting

5/15
General Assembly Meeting

Left : Gregs Thomopulos FIDIC EC
Right:Richard Stump:FIDIC YPF Chair

Publication

AJCE Executive
Committee
Meeting

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