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PAKISTANJAPANTHAILANDIRAN

NEW ZEALAND

CHINA

TAIPEI

AUSTRALIA

HONG KONG

SINGAPOREBANGLADESH

KOREA
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Contents

Cover Page

Page Nos.
1

Inner Cover Page

2

Contents

3

Editorial by Chairman of Information Committee

4

Message from Chairman ASPAC

5ASPAC Member Associations

6

ASPAC Committee

7News Round up
Consult Australia CEO Conference

8

FIDIC-ASPAC Tehran 2015 Conference

9Letter from Chairman Uzbek Association of consulting engineers

10News from Member Associations
CEAI, India
INKINDO, Indonesia

11-15
16

AJCE, Japan

17-19

KENCA, Korea

20

ACEM, Malaysia

21-31

CECOPHIL, Philippines

32

Young Professional Forum

33

Women Egineers Forum34

Calendar of Events of Interest to ASPAC Member Associations

35

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

36

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From the Editors Desk…..

Dear Friends
Welcome to the 6th issue of ASPAC Newsletter, the last one prior to the
Rio de Janeiro FIDIC Conference.

Amitabha Ghoshal
Rio de Janeiro and Brazil today are sizzling with the World Cup fever,which is rising throughout the world. But for us, Consultants, Rio deJaneiro will be the preferred destination at the end of September for the post centenary FIDIC
conference. For the ASPAC Members, the logistics and travel time are daunting, but I am sure weshall have a large representation at the Conference commensurate with the growing importance of the
ASPAC region in the development map of the World.
The next issue of our Newsletter is due to come out in September, but we propose to delay sameslightly to mid October, to be able to cover the Rio de Janeiro conference. We, ASPAC EC Members,
look forward to make this a most comprehensive newsletter connecting all the 22 MAs. We request
each of you to make contribution well ahead of the Conference date so that we can present ourselvesin the Rio de Janeiro as the best networked body. ASPAC has the potential of becoming the mostimportant forum under FIDIC umbrella, and we need to be well connected with all the Member
Associations.
We request all of you once again for meeting this objective and make ASPAC well placed in theinternational forum.
In this issue apart from the feedback from the MAs, we have introduced a new feature - “News Roundup”, which reports on the recently concluded CEO conference organized by Consult Australia and asneak preview of the preparations for the FIDIC-ASPAC Tehran 2015 event to be held in May.
ASPAC family looks forward to have a memorable get together at Rio de Janeiro.
Wishing you the very best
Warm regards

Amitabha Ghoshal
Chairman
ASPAC-Information Committee

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Chairman’s Speech

Dear Colleagues,
Are you watching World Cup games in Brazil?
Hardly spare time to send country articles to the Publisher?

Hoig Kang,

Chairman, ASPAC

I’d like to quote Amitabha Ghoshal’s requests saying,“Since all of you are busy in your usual business, for your quick action, I am attaching a
Response Sheet, which you may fill in and send back so that we can edit from yourresponses. We sincerely look forward to your help in this respect and request you to send asmuch material as possible before 20th June 2014 definitely. That will leave for us some time
to format the information and produce the News Letter in time.”
His request continues even after the deadline,“I am still waiting for your inputs. As of now I have received from four MAs. It will be very sad
if we could not add inputs from more countries. Out of 22 MAs only 4 responded and other18 are still to be replied. I need everyone’s cooperation to bring out the Newsletter in time.”
In Brazil, as the group stage matches have wrapped up, the entire Asia Pacificrepresentation in World Cup was eliminated. Though, this is the stage when the real fungets underway.
I think it’s time to think about our ASPAC News Letter. I am looking forward to yourfurther support and cooperation in making News Letter.
Are you planning to participate in FIDIC Conference 2014 Rio in September?
I am looking forward to your contribution now and to seeing you in Rio.

Sincerely,Thank you,

Hoig Kang
Chairman, ASPAC

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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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Consult Australia’s ASPAC CEO Conference provided a unique networking platform for the top
echelons of the major consulting and engineering firms in the Asia Pacific region. An exclusive forum
for CEOs and senior business leaders, event was spread out in two days covering the following areas:An analysis of global business trends and the shift of world wealth from West to East.



Connecting the Asia Pacific and the outlook for regional growthPerspectives on political will; the infrastructure deficit and government balance sheets;How do we balance the needs of the developing world for infrastructure development with theneed to operate with integrity and protect those communities whom we seek to serve?

How does benchmarking help an industry lift its performance? What are the key figures andratios CEO’s should be worried about?

There were other subjects also.
The speakers included:
Matthew Harris
Consult Australia President

Dr Tim Williams, CEO
The Committee for Sydney

Phil Ruthven, Chairman
IBIS World
Enrico Vink
FIDIC, Managing Director
Kiran Kapila
Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats, Chairman and Managing Director
Member FIDIC EC
Irawan B Koesoemo
PT BITA Enarcon Engineering, Executive Chairman, Member ASPAC EC
Vladislav Krasikov
World Bank Senior Procurement Specialist

Mr Enrico Vink reported that approx. 40 CEO’s from various countries had participated. The proceedings of the conference is n
yet in hand and we shall include the same in the next issue of ASPAC Newsletter.

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PROPOSED FIDIC – ASPAC TEHRAN 2014 CONFERENCE: 10-13 May 2015
THEME : SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES IN EMERGING MARKETSMR ARASH EMAMBAKHSH, CHAIRMAN OF COMING FIDIC-ASPAC TEHRAN CONFERENCEREPORTS THAT FIDIC-ASPAC 2015 CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT TEHRAN FROM 10-13
MAY 2015, ON THE THEME “SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES IN EMERGING MARKETS”:
1.

ISCE started two committees:
Conference Steering Committee; consisting of ISCE senior members from EC, J
Conference Executive Committee; consisting of YPs divided into two sub-committees:
Organizing Committee and Supportive Committee

2.

Selecting the conference theme:“Sustainable Approaches in Emerging Markets” is selected as the conference theme.
Panels will be as follows:
Panel 1: Emerging Markets Economic Outlook in ASPAC Region
Panel 2: Sustainable Procurement in Emerging Markets
Panel 3: How the Green Integrity can form the future of CE Industry
Panel 4: Quality Human Resources in Emerging Markets
Panel 5: ASPAC YPF Session

3.

Preliminary Schedule is as follows:
FIDIC ASPAC Conference: 10-13 May 2015, Tehran, Sustainable Approached in Emerging
Marketsst
1 Day: Sunday, 10-May-2015:
evening: Welcome Receptionnd• 2 Day, Monday, 11-May-2015:
morning: Welcome / Opening Ceremony
afternoon: Conference: Panels 1 and 2
evening: Local Color Nightrd• 3 Day: Tuesday, 12-May-2015:
morning: Conference: Panels 3 & 4
afternoon: Panel 5 and the Closing Ceremony
evening: Gala Dinner• 4th Day: Wednesday, 13-May-2015:
Tours (different types of tours can be planned, technical and non-technical)
4. Planning:
We have planned the conference activities in 9 phases the first of which (preliminary phase)is accomplished and we have started the second phase now. The last one will include thepost-conference activities.
5. Coordination:
We started to communicate and meet the Iranian government officers to have their most
support for this conference. Selecting the conference venue and qualifying the conference
holder companies are also some of the activities we recently started.

He requested supports by ASPAC conference committee, ASPAC EC and FIDIC Secretariat during
the next months to make this event a success.

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It was agreed in the Bali Conference that the next ASPAC Conference would be hosted by
UZACE at Tashkent. However, in subsequent meetings of UZACE, it was decided not toproceed with the 2015 ASPAC Conference due to many issues like organizational, important
political events in the country, etc. ISCE, Iran subsequently agreed to hold the next ASPAC
2015 Conference at Tehran. The Extract of the relevant letter from UZACE is appended below.

« 14 » April 2014г.
To: Mr. Hoig Kang, Chairman of ASPAC
Dear Mr. Hoig Kang,
On behalf of Uzbekistan Association of Consulting Engineers I would like to thank you again forthe support given to UZACE to host the ASPAC Conference in 2015. As we discussed during Bali
TCDPAP-ACPAC Conference-2014, such event is very important not only for the society of
consulting engineers, consulting companies, leading technical universities, but also for FIDIC and
ASPAC to advocate for the FIDIC principles in whole Central Asia. Herewith, I would like topersonally thank You and each of the ASPAC EC member for the support given to UZACE tohost the Conference.
As you aware, UZACE does its best to promote the best practices, but should acknowledge thefact of slow movement of FIDIC to be recognized in country profile. We do consider this fact astime needed process. We should focus this period on tuning the organizational structure and gain
more support and number of the member-firms.
With regard of the proposed Tashkent Conference ASPAC-2015, with regret and apologies,
UZACE proposes to ASPAC, to choose another member and country, which would be more
focused, with strong and established engineering society, strong membership and sharing fully
the best practices of FIDIC. Due to many constraints, organizational issues, and important
political events planned in country profile for the next year, we should step back of hosting suchimportant Conference in 2015.
We do hope for Your understanding.

Remain sincerely Yours,

Mirodil Mirakhmedov
Chairman of Uzbek Association of Consulting EngineersХалқаро инженер-консультантлар Федерацияси аъзоси
Член Международной Федерации инженеров-консультантов
Member of International Federation of Consulting Engineers
100076, Ташкент, ул. Бакинская, 179,А. Тел./Факс (99871)238-41-34
E-mail: info@uzace.org, http: //www.uzace.org

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
Governing Council Members
A P Mull, President
Amitabha Bhattacharya, Vice President
Sudhir Dhawan, Vice President
Somenath Ghosh, Secretary
N Bandyopadhyay, Treasurer
Members
Aman Sharma
Sitaram Aggarwal
Arvinder S BraraO P Goel
Samarjit Chatterjee Srikumar GhoshR V Chakrapani
Amitabha Ghoshal
Debidas Datta
Satish Chandra Gupta
Sangeeta Wij
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,
The country now has a credible central polity which like I expressed in the previous Newsletter is
expected to maintain our democratic system but have the courage of its own conviction in the ideas it
purports and put its shoulder to the wheel in order to spur the country’s development. The new
government at the centre is promising all that and moving on all fronts, hence it's upto the engineering
fraternity and other professionals to gear up and meet the challenges that come up.
Good and sound knowledge coupled with appropriate experience and the willingness to work with apositive attitude are the necessary qualities in professionals which are required to achieve thecountry's vision. India is not lacking in talent; its available in abundance; all it needs is to be tuned into
the correct channel with due training. The old masters have to have a big hand in that so that the newgeneration is more knowledgeable - theoretically and better than the previous. Practical experience
will come with time as they mature, during which also the older generation must hold the hands of theyounger - guide and mentor them till they are ready to take off on their own. They need to be taughtthat in all that they do, a defined process or procedure needs to be followed so that the deliverable iserror free. Taking short cuts normally end up with creating other issues which invariably lead to not
only delaying the project but also increasing its cost.
In order that the country gets the best, we all must abide by our code of ethics, take up and deliverstate of the art solutions which are sustainable. A number of definitions have been given forsustainability. I find the one by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Chairperson, World Commission on
Environment and Development very appropriate. "Sustainability means meeting the needs of thepresent without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." She
was also the Prime Minister of Norway in 1987. Another definition is "Strip aside the environmental
implications and sustainability means simply the ability to keep going, to endure and to last
for a long time". Resources are becoming scarce and its therefore upto the professional engineers todesign and utilise them properly by recycling and reusing them; also using regenerateable local
materials which often last for decades when regularly and properly maintained. They may not only becheaper but may also be easier to repair and replace when necessary.
Let us girdle up and pick up the gauntlet that our country has thrown before us.
With best regards

A P Mull, President

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TECHNICAL LECTURE ON "THE STATUS QUO OF HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS IN INDIA AND
JAPAN"
CEAI organized a Technical Lecture on “TheStatus Quo of High Speed Railways in India &Japan” on 16th May 2014 at CEAI Centre, New
Delhi. 40 participants attended the lecture fromvarious organisations.
Mr. Harutoshi Hayasaka, General Manager,
Japan
International
ConsultantsforTransportation Co. Ltd, delivered it.
a)Punctuality of High Speed Train operationin Japanb)
Framework for implementation of HSR
Project in Japan
 Shinkansen Network in Japan Main Feature of Shinkansen
 Framework for Implementation of Shinkansen Project.
 Procedure of Shinkansen Construction
 Flow of Railway Construction Projects & Role of JRTT Urban Railways & Scheme of Subsidies
 Percentage of Structures on Shinkansen
 The Longest Railway Tunnel in the World
 Railway Station Equipment
 Measures against Snow and Ice
Mr. Hayasaka briefed about the high-speed
trains being operated in Japan and gave avideo presentation and explained the various
types of railway construction in Japan. He also
explained the possibility of high-speed trains
in India and presented a long term vision for
Indian Railways until 2020.

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June 2014“CURRENT DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO – CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES”
Proceedings of event held at Kolkata
The Consulting Engineers Association of India (East – North East Regional Centre) in association withThe Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC & I) held a seminar on "Current
Development Scenario-Challenges and Strategies" at Kolkata on May 23 – 24, 2014. It was
attended by over 100 delegates.
Inaugural Session was held in the afternoon
of May 23, 2014. Mr. A P Mull, President
CEAI, in his welcome address stressed on
the multifaceted challenges faced by themultitude of engineers graduating every year
for shaping India’s destiny over the next few
decades. He stressed on the need for holistic
solutionsencompassing
inclusive
development, environmental concerns andsocial reforms.
Mr. Amitabha Ghoshal, Chairman, CEAIE&NE Centre, elucidated the thoughts andextensivedeliberations heldby theOrganizing Committee and the Advisory
Committee leading to selection of the Theme and the timing of the Seminar, in relation to theformation of the new Central Government. He elaborated how the sub themes panned out of the main
topic, with careful selection of speakers.
Mr. Dip Sen, Sr. VP (Infra) of L&T spoke extensively on the prospects in the key Infrastructure sectorsof Roads, Railways and Ports. He highlighted how land acquisition issues and delay in a score ofclearances from different departments, coupled with deficiencies in planning and design documents,
have resulted in inordinate time overruns or non-completion of a host of projects running into lacs ofcrores of Rupees.
Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta, Head Management Consulting of KPMG Advisory Services, covered theentire gamut of the economic domain and strongly emphasized on the importance of use ofindigenous solutions, commodities and products towards import substitution over international
options. He maintained that overt borrowing of overseas funds would be extremely detrimental to
India’s growth pattern, as has been witnessed by other emerging countries.
The last speaker of the Inaugural session, Mr. Kallol Datta, President, BCC & I, and CMD, Andrew
Yule, emphatically stated that if India is to realize it’s dream of positioning herself as a robust, andleading economy of the world, the skewness in contribution of the manufacturing sector as against theservice and other sectors need to be rectified at a very fast pace. The manufacturing sector has tocontribute much more than the present figure of 15%, so that like China, in can catapult and drive thecountry's economy, or otherwise it would be staring at a very gloomy picture as early as 2020.

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Technical Session -I on May 24, 2014 was chaired by Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta, Director of M N Dastur &Co.
Prof. S S Chakrabarty, Chairman, CES (I) Pvt. Ltd. emphasized that innovative marketing was the callof the day. Private players have to seek opportunities for partnerships with Public Sector
organizations in carrying forward projects in various infrastructure sectors and seek new businesswindows; instead of waiting for `things to happen’ - we have to `make it happen’.
Mr. Abhin Alimchandani, JMD of STUP Consultants Pvt. Ltd, deliberated on the problems theConsulting Industry is facing from external sources as well as internally. He articulated on the need foruse of innovative approach by consultants to succeed in the face of all odds. He presented somesuccessful examples on use of innovative solution by Indians, to fortify his submission.
Mr. Aloke Mookherjea, Chairman of Solyvent Flakt (I) Pvt. Ltd. through visual illustrations brought out
India’s dichotomy of having the very good vs the very bad, very rich vs the very poor and made thepoint that such imbalance in every sphere of activity has to be bridged for India to be recognized as
an 'emerged' country.
Technical Session II was chaired by Mr. Sutanu Ghosh, Secretary, CEAI- E&NE Centre
Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta, portrayed the present scenario in three core development sectors viz. Steel,
Aluminum and Power and presented how poorly India benchmarked with China on consumption
levels in all three disciplines. The yawning gap between demand and supply was conveyed throughstatistics. The cardinal importance of the core sectors of engineering and practicing engineers in
restoring this position was well brought out.
Mr. Indrajit Sen, Managing Director of International Combustion (I) Ltd. made very tangible
observations on the `Terms of Agreement’ for international collaborations, stating that overseasorganizations could only have a maximum share of 39% in such joint ventures. He mapped out theentire scenario of collaborations - how to avoid the pitfalls and the modality for successful ventures.
Mr. P R Dhar, Corporate Advisor of Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. remarked that since EPC contracts
are already here to stay, the need for Consultants and Constructors to effectively network has
increased manifold. He stated that such arrangements make it imperative for Consultants to intensify
their effort towards enhancement of 'precision and accuracy' in all the documents produced by them.
Technical Session III was chaired by Mr. Samiran Sen of E to E Consultant.
Prof. Nitin Som, Consulting Geotechnical Engineer and a renowned academician, presented thecurrent pitfalls in the academic arena, which is the first step towards producing engineers for future
India and stressed that the industry has a definite contributory role in this regard to inculcate therequisite residual skills.
Mr. N A Chaudhuri, Executive Director of DCPL amply dwelt on quality aspects in the different stagesof a Consultant’s work from `Concept to Completion’. He laid down the road map for Consultants to beable to promote quality in deliverables.
Mr. A D Narain, Presiedent of ICT Pvt. Ltd. dealt on the importance of collective approach between
owners, contractors and consultants and how the same can optimize cost of projects and make Indian
projects globally competitive.

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Valedictory Session was chaired by Mr. Amitabha Ghoshal
Prof. Suman Mukerjee, Principal and Deanof Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Institute ofManagement, emphasized the deep chasms
prevalent in all spheres of activity that needattention and redemption for the 'utopia' tobecome a 'reality'. Prof Ajoy Ray, Director
IIEST, Shibpur reinforced this fact, withparticular emphasis on the academic
sphere. He implored that the deficiencies inthe educational front can be solved to alarge extent by successful interaction
between the Industry professionals and theacademia.
The Seminar continued late into the evening,with delegates dispersing only around 1800 hours. The Seminar may be accessed through thefollowing remark made by a very senior delegate, who exclaimed `I wanted to leave earlier, but wascompelled to stay’. This made for a very rewarding summing up, particularly for the organizers !
Recommendations
The Seminar brought out the following wish list of Development Stakeholders to reverse the present
gloomy situation.


The thrust on successful and rapid implementation of Infrastructure projects needs to be
increased manifold for generation of employment and wealth. The present bottlenecks need
to be removed by radical change in application of rules and regulations.



Projects need to be prioritized based on their reach to larger, disadvantaged sector of
populations, who need facilities of Health, Education and Nutrition to enhance the Happinessquotient. The Core Industry Sectors as Power, Steel, Mining, et al need immediate special
attention.

Technical Education needs large scale reform to make them effective, knowledge based andrelevant for making the trained and skilled manpower the engine of growth. Greaterinteraction by Industry into academic fields can provide the required course correction.

The participants hope that the new Government will take due cognizance of these recommendations

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ASSOCIATIONCONSULTANTS (INKINDO)

OF

June 2014

INDONESIAMR ZULKIFLI HALIM, CHAIR PERSON AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDONESIAN CONSULTANTS (INKINDO) REPORTS INKINDO HOLDS TWO HIGHLY SUCCEESFUL FIDIC PROGRAMME AT HOTELBANDUNG, INDONESIA, IN THE GRAND BALLROM 1.
nd

One, two-day Training was held on 2rd
and 3 June 2014 on FIDIC RED
BOOK, Conditions of Contract For
Construction by the Trainer Dr.
Sarwono Harjomulyadi.
31 delegates drawn from Law Firms,
EPC Contractor and State-owned
General Electricity Company attended
the same.
The delegates opinioned that the topic
was relevant to their professional work
and will increase their knowledge
base. The Trainer was found to havegood knowledge and well experienced
in the subject.
thSecond, two-days Training was held on 5 and 6th June 2014 on FIDIC SILVER BOOK, “Conditionsof Contract For EPC/Turnkey Project” by the Trainer Dr. Sebastian Hok.
42 delegates drawn from Law Firms, EPC Contractor, Oil Companies and State-owned General
Electricity Company attended the same.
Most of the delegates appreciatedthe subject, which was very
relevant
totheireverydayprofessional
activities.
The
contents were excellent and theTrainer was considered to havegood knowledge about the subject.
The delegates for the above
Training/Workshop
found
the
Training Sessions beneficial andthanked INKINDO for organizing
such valuable events.
Theyrequestedholdingof
suchinformative seminars in future.

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Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers,Japan
Executive Committee
Konomu Uchimura, President
Yasuji Nakaya, Vice-president
Ichiro Seko, Vice-president
Masatsugu Komiya, Vice-President
Hiroshi Tanaka
Hidenori Nozaki
Shinichi Hasegawa

Kaoru Kariya
Tadaki Kumagai
Toshio Kurashige
Keiji sasabe
Minoru Shibuya
Yukinobu Hayashi
Hiroki Fujiwara
Hiromichi Murata

Mr. Konomu Uchimura was elected as the new president of AJCE at the generalthassembly meeting held on 20 May. During his 2 years term as the president, he will
exert effort for raising the social status of Japanese CEs in cooperation with FIDIC
and ASPAC based on “Quality”, “Integrity”, and “Sustainability”. This year, AJCE willthcelebrate its 40 year anniversary on July 9 in which strategic role of consulting
engineers will be explored.

Inaugural Addressth

I was elected as the new president of AJCE at the general assembly meeting held on 20 May, 2014.
I will exert myself for raising the social status of Japanese consulting engineers in cooperation with
FIDIC and ASPAC.
AJCE was established in April, 1974 and was approved as a member association of FIDIC in October.
Since the establishment in 1974, AJCE has been exerting its effort in raising the status of consultingthengineers. I am pleased to inform that we will celebrate 40 year anniversary on July 9, 2014.
According to the fundamental policy of FDIC, i.e., “Quality”, “Integrity”, and “Sustainability”, Japanese
consulting engineers have been promoting international business practice under the policy of aiming
at exporting high quality and sustainable infrastructure, based on fare competition. Similarly indomestic projects, new role of CE is expected in this context. Existing value of FIDIC and AJCE lieson this point.
During my 2 years term as the president, I sincerely hope that CE industry in Japan would progressbeyond AJCE’s 40-years accomplishment.

Konomu Uchimura
President

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Commemorative Undertakings for AJCE’s 40th Year Celebration
AJCE will celebrate 40th year anniversary in July 2014 since its establishment in April, 1974.
Following the establishment, AJCE was approved as a FIDIC member association at FIDIC Cape
Town Conference in Oct 1974. Biggest event since its establishment was holding the FIDIC Tokyo
Conference in Sept 1991. Approximately 650 participants gathered from 40 countries, largest scale atthat time.
We will undertake following events for the celebration

Conference for commemorating
FIDIC membership (Tokyo, Oct 1975)(left: Tanaka, AJCE president,

FIDIC Tokyo Conference
General Assembly Meeting (Sept, 1991)

right: Olson, FIDIC president)
1.

Commemorative Seminarth

The seminar titled “Mission of Consulting Engineers” will be held on 9 July, 2014 in Tokyo. Guest
speakers are Mr. Konomu Uchimura, AJCE President; Mr. Pablo Bueno, FIDIC president; Mr.
Toshiyuki Kuroyanagi, Vice-president of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Mr. Toru
Shimizu, Deputy
Director-General, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT); and Prof. Izumi
Ohno, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
2.

Celebration Party
Following the seminar, celebration party will be held in the same venue in Tokyo. Guests areinvited from FIDIC, government entities, international organizations (WB and ADB in Tokyo),ambassadors, JICA, related associations and media. FIDIC president and vice-minister of MLIT
will present opening address.

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Award of Excellence
AJCE’s award of excellence will be presented in the celebration party to those members who
contributed for the development and raising the status of consulting engineering industry in Japanfor over 2 decades.

4.

Support of Dispatching Young Professionals (YP) to FIDIC and ASPAC Conferences
As a part of the event, AJCE will financially support YPs for attending FIDIC Rio Conference and
ASPAC Conference in 2015. Financial support equivalent to registration fee will be provided tothose YPs wishing to participate in the subject conferences. The support is intended to serve as aleverage for encouraging member firms to fully support YP’s participation.

5.

Commemorative Publication
Forty years of accomplishment by Japanese consulting engineers, AJCE in particular, andthoughts in future role and responsibility of consulting engineers will be summarized and reported
in AJCE’s Commemorative Issue. It will be published on 1 January, 2015.

Major policy issues affecting Consultancy fraternity:
Issues with Government, if any
1) Enforcement of Revised Quality Assurance Act, enacted 4 June, 2014: significant step to QBS
2) Recovery from long deflation through “Abenomics” - economical and financial stimulus policy3) Recovery from East Japan disaster4) Treatment of polluted radioactive areas affected by Fukushima No1. Nuclear power station
5) National nuclear energy policy in the future6) Maintenance of infrastructure7) Oversea business promotion
8) Preparation for 2020 Tokyo Olympic
Issues related to performance of consultancy profession
1) Budget cut in public works
2) Raising social status of CE
3) Involvement of CE in project formation process4) Consultant selection by QBS (QCBS is increasing in public works projects)5) Aging of CE human resources
6) Need to attract young engineers in CE industry
7) Promotion of women engineers
8) Strengthening of CE industry in oversea market
Issues related to performance of individual consultants
1) Create good work-life balance2) Securing young professionals
3) Improvement of remuneration
4) Capacity building and opportunity for strengthening competence in domestic/oversea consulting
service5) Quality assurance of deliverables
Suggestions for uplifting the consultancy operation
1) Consolidate CE industry and strengthen political influence2) By raising social status of CEs in school and society, etc, enhance affinity of CE industry
3) Activate activities of young professionals
4) Promote capacity building/ training
5) Strengthen competence through coordination with FIDIC MAs – globalise/ 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
The 2014 Global Project PlazaKENCA(Korea Engineering & Consulting Association) and
KOTRA(Korea Trade and Investment Agency) held the2014 Global Project Plaza (GPP) at Lotte hotel in Seoulfor 3 days from 20 to 22 May.
They who are approximately 90 foreign invitees from 40
countries including Czech, Paraguay, Mongolian, etc.
participated in the conference, made presentations on
projects of respective countries and exchanged
information on business opportunities through 1:1 business meetings.
Special section was held for urban development to
new town developments or urban redevelopment
projects.
In the opening speech, Mr. Chi-Dong Kim, executive
vice chairman of KENCA as the host of this event,
expressed that the 3-day event will be served as avaluable
opportunity
for
Koreanengineering
companies to strengthen its business in global market.

The Engineering Forumth

The Engineering Forum in remembrance of the 40
anniversary of KENCA was held in Seoul on May 29. The
aim of this forum was the future strategy of engineering
industry through an industry analysis and sharing
information.
The
themeswere in detail
first
FutureStrategies of Korea Engineering, second Engineering &Media and third The Overview of South-North Economic
Cooperation. All participants who are approximately 120
members from engineering firms, professors andspecialists attended the forum.

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Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysiast

51 Annual General Meetingst

The Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM) had its 51 Annual General Meeting on 21
June 2014 in Kuala Lumpur. The newly elected ACEM Council for Session 2014/2015 comprises:
President
Deputy President
Honorary Secretary
Honorary Treasurer
Immediate Past President
Council Members

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Ir. Wong See Foong
Ir. Prem Kumar
Ir. Anuar Mohd Aris
Ir. Mohd Adnan b Mohd Nor
Ir. Wong Loo Min
Ir. A. Dorhat Rahani
Ir. Ahmad Izdihar b Supaat
Ir. Ahmad Rashidi Zainudin
Ir. Chen Chean Sin
Ir. Chua Eng Thye
Ir. Mohd Aman b Hj. Idris
Ir. Romesh Srinivasan
Ir. Shaik Abdul Wahed
Ir. Walter Sim Kian Joo
Ir. Paul Yap Kok Wai

Standing (L – R): Ir. Chen Chean Sin, Ir. Chua Eng Thye, Ir. Mohd Aman, Ir. Romesh Srinivasan, Ir. Walter Sim, Ir. Ahmad
Rashidi, Ir. Ahmad Izdihar & Ir. Anuar Mohd Aris.
Seated (L – R): Ir. Dorhat Rahani, Ir. Mohd Adnan, Ir. Prem Kumar, Ir. Wong See Foong (President), Ir. Wong Loo Min, Ir.
Shaik Abdul Wahed & Ir. Paul Yap.

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Membership
The ACEM Forum 2014 organised by the ACEM Membership Committee was held on 3 April 2014.
This annual event by ACEM focuses on current practicing issues which affect the industry. This year’s
forum covered the following topics:“Goods and Services Tax (GST) – Implementation and Procedure for Consulting Engineering
Services.” This is an awareness talk to prepare members for the impending implementation of
GST by the Malaysian Government in 2015.

“Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC)” An update on the status of CCC waspresented to the members including common errors made by consultants in issuing the certificate.

“The Evolving Landscape of Professional Indemnity Insurance” provided an insight on the current
trends in PII.

Education & Training Activities
The following seminars and courses were organised by ACEM during the last quarter:(1)“Special Lecture on Underground Construction in Limestone” was held on 21 April 2014. The
lectures were conducted by Dr. Harald Wagner, an internationally active consultant forunderground infrastructures with more than 40 years of experience.

(2)“Fibre to the House (FTTH) Induction Course” was conducted on 10 May 2014. The course wasdesigned to instill the fundamental knowledge in “Fibre to the x” (FTTx), the next generation of
network standards, widely sought after across the Asia Pacific region.

(3)

The 3-day “Induction Course for New M&E Engineers” was held from 19 – 21 May 2014. This isa course designed for young engineers with up to 2 years of experience. The course is meant tointroduce professional M&E consulting engineering services to the young engineers. Lecturers
are practicing engineers sourced from within ACEM member firms.

(4)The “Seminar on Lightning Protection and Earthing” held on 28 May 2014 aimed to clarify theimportance of the air terminal placement according to MS IEC 62305 as an effective tool inlightning interception to effectively protect structures from being struck and damaged bylightning.

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Extracts from First Quarter 2014 Magazine of ACEM
Having entered the first quarter of 2014, we are beginning to see the results of ourattempts to streamline the Associations’ subsidiaries. The two subsidiaries in East
Malaysia, i.e. ACEM Holdings (Sabah) Sdn Bhd and ACEM Holdings (Sarawak) Sdn
Bhd were originally set up to hold the properties that are occupied by our Sabah andSarawak Branches. Over the past couple of years, we have attempted to transfer the properties to
ACEM Holdings Sdn Bhd which also owns the premises that ACEM is now occupying in Kuala
Lumpur. In the case of ACEM Sarawak, the title of the property has been transferred to ACEM
Holdings Sdn Bhd while for ACEM Sabah, we are still awaiting the strata title from the developer. With
this development, we are now proceeding with the winding up proceedings for ACEM Holdings(Sarawak) Sdn Bhd. We will do the same with ACEM Holdings (Sabah) Sdn Bhd once the strata title
is transferred.
A recent development relates to our government’s commitment on the phase-out of
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (or HCFC) in compliance with the Montreal Protocol and its subsequent
amendments. The HCFC Phase-out Management Plan (HPMP) was initiated on 28 August 2012. Aspart of this plan, the Customs (Prohibition of Import) Order was amended and gazetted on 31
December 2012 which restricts the importation of HCFCs through issuance of Approved Permit (AP)steffective 1 January 2013. The application for the AP will be processed by the Department ofEnvironment (DOE).
As the next step, the DOE is proposing regulations on prohibition of manufacturing, assembly andimport of HCFC-based air-conditioners of up to 25,000 BTUH capacity for use in Malaysia. A dialogue
was held by DOE on 11 February 2014 with members of MACRA who are manufacturers, importers,
suppliers and installers of air-conditioning equipment. The consensus is that the regulation is to be
enforced from1st July 2015.
What are the implications to us as engineers and consumers? Most of the air-conditioning units
installed in the residential market today uses the refrigerant R22 which is a HCFC. Once theregulation is enforced from 1 July 2015, no more such units will be manufactured and imports will also
be banned. This will effectively stop the flood of R22 units from China that is coming in right now.
Presently, the most commonly available alternative refrigerant to R22 is R410a. Unfortunately R410a
is not a drop-in replacement for R22. In other words, one cannot just discharge the R22, pump in
R410a and expect to get the same performance. R410a operates at a higher pressure and therefore
requires thicker and stronger copper piping. Herein lies the problem for developers who provide only
the copper refrigerant piping and leaving the air-conditioning units to be installed by the purchaser or
tenant. As consultants, we need to advise developers that should they be providing only the copper
piping, the thicker type suitable for R410a should be installed. This has to be made known early as
the piping need to be installed and concealed well before the building is completed.
This is not the end. Although R410a is a non-ozone depleting substance (non-ODS) it has a highglobal warming potential (GWP). This means that it is also a potential candidate for phase-out toreduce global warming. As often said, the only thing constant in life is change.
Thank you.
Ir. Wong Loo Min
President of ACEM

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The Zhijinghe Bridge- High SteelArch Bridge in China
Juhani VIROLA, Eur Ing-FEANI
Helsinki Finland
http://koti.kontu.la/jvirola/cv-jv.rtf

A great bridge by name the Zhijinghe Bridge was built in Chinaa few years ago. At completion it was the world’s highest
steel arch bridge, Ref. [1].
General view of the Zhijinghe Bridge.

The Zhijinghe Bridge is situated in Hubei province, along highway
G50 between Shanghai and Chongqing. The bridge was built
across the Zhijinghe River, between Yesanguan and Dazhiping
towns. The highway continues to tunnels at both ends of thebridge. Along the bridge and the tunnels, there are 2 roadways
to both directions, each containing 2 traffic lanes [2].
There is scarcely information of the bridge, some pictures anda longitudinal profile (side elevation) are available, not a crosssection drawing of the deck. The main span of the bridge is 430
m, near the leading 10 long-span steel arch bridges in the world[3]. The bridge was opened to traffic in 2009, and at completion it
was the world’s highest steel arch bridge with an underclearanceof 294 m. In 2017, the Chenab Bridge in India will be the world’s
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Both roadways of the Zhijinghe Bridge are supported by steel
girder arch structure of rectangle shape, containing at eachcorner hollow circular steel pipes, connected by steel trusses. The
steel pipes were assembled by help of temporary ropes. Then theall 4 + 4 hollow steel pipes were filled by concrete to strengthen
the structure. In China, there are also other notable concrete
filled steel tube arch bridges, like the Wushan Bridge (span 460m) [4].
China is currently the leading bridge building country in theworld, having great bridges of various types more than anywhere
else. In the attached table [3], the majority (6/10) of the world’s
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The 10 longest-span steel arch bridges in the worldNo.

BridgeSpan

LocationYear

1

Chaotianmen

552 m

Chongqing, China

2009

2

Lupu

550 m

Shanghai, China

2003

3

New River Gorge

518 m

Fayetteville, WV, USA

1977

4

Bosideng

513 m

Sichuan, China

2012

5

Bayonne504 m

New York, NY, USA

1931

6

Sydney Harbour

503 m

Sydney, Australia

1932

7

Chenab467 m

Katra, India

2017

8

Wushan460 m

Chongqing, China

2005

9

Yongjiang

450 m

Ningbo, China

2011

10

Xijiang

450 m

Guangdong, China

2013

...

Zhijinghe

430 m

Hubei, China

2009

References:[1]

Juhani Virola: “Zhijinghe Bridge – highsteel arch bridge in China” (in Finnish).
Tierakennusmestari TIRA 2013:2, p. 32-34.

[2]

Information and illustrations kindly given by
Eric Sakowski, www.highestbridges.com[3]

Bridge tables of Helsinki University ofTechnology,
http://bridge.aalto.fi/en/
longspan.html[4]

ZHANG Zhuo-an, LIU Shilin, Juhani VIROLA& DING Dajun: “The Wushan Bridge –worldwide longest-span concrete filled steel
tube arch bridge”. Rakennusinsinööri ja–arkkitehti RIA 2006:6, p. 87-91.

The roadways enter
inside rock tunnels at
both ends of the bridge.

Tunnels at the west end of the bridge.

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The first arch under construction.

Location of the both parallel steel arches.

The two lowest steel pipes of one of the two steel arches.

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www.acem.com.myf o c u sAdverse Implications Of Delayed Payments[Audit-Management-Monitoring of Construction
Projects] Responsibilities of Technical
Professionals
By Mr. Gursharan Singh, CMIIA

E-mail gursharan38@gmail.com

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Money is the economic life blood of every individual,organization and company, It is important for sustainability
as well as its operations and future expansion. This is equallyimportant for those involved in Construction Projects. The
scope of ‘Project’ includes Works Contracts [‘Works’] tobe implemented under the ‘Contracts’ by Contractors/SubContractors [‘Contractors’], Technical Services [‘Services’]
provided by Technical Professionals [‘Consultants’] andProcurement of Building Materials/Assets [‘Supplies’
also referred to as ‘Procurement’] supplied by respective
companies including Sub-suppliers [‘Suppliers’].
1.2 The Terms and Conditions [‘T&C’] prescribed in therespective Contracts/Agreements Formats [‘Contracts/
Agreements’] awarded to the respective ‘Contractors’/’
Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ provide for payments for ‘Works’
done, ‘Services’ provided and ‘’Supplies’ delivered. ‘T&C’
may provide for payments to be made in installments orperiodically over the completion and defects liability period.
Prescribed ‘T&C’ normally provide for payments to bemade within thirty/sixty/ninety days or some other mutuallyagreed period. Thus it is important that the ‘Contractors’/’
Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ have sufficient amount of in-housefunds or access to other sources of funds to finance thecontinuation of their operations and funding the received‘Contracts/Agreements’ pending receipt of any payments[‘Payments’] from the Owners [‘Clients’] of the ‘Projects’
which payments normally are paid only after the works
progress. However there could be cases where the ‘Client’
will make only full payment after the ‘Contract’ is certifiedcompleted and handed over for use by the ‘Client’ in whichcase the ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ may needto provide higher amounts of funds.
1.3 ‘T&C’ in ‘Contract/Agreements’ normally provide for two
types of ‘Payments’ namely Progress/Interim Payments[‘PP’] and Final Payment [‘FP’]. There could be provision
for another type of payment by the ‘Client’ that may be
included in ‘T&C’ referred to as Advance Payments’ [‘AP’]but subject to financial safeguards. This article will makereference to only these three types of payments i.e. ‘PP’, ‘FP’and ‘AP’.
2.0 Advance Payments
2.1 Provisions for ‘AP’ are generally provided in ‘T&C’ inContract Formats used for public funded ‘Contracts’ by
Government/Authorities/Agencies. The amount of ‘AP’ isnormally specified as 25% of the Contract Value as stated in
the Letter of Award/Acceptance [‘LOA’] and disbursed after
the issue of the ‘LOA’ and compliance with some prescribedfinancial safeguards such as issue of ‘Bank Guarantees’
equivalent to the amount of the ‘AP’ and some others.
2.2 The private sector ‘Clients’ may also provide for ‘AP’ in casesof mega ‘Project’ where the cost may be in billions of ringgit
and thus beyond the financial capability of any ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’. The approval of the ‘AP’ will
normally result in reduction of overall costs of the ’Project’and also show the commitment of the ‘Client’ towards its
financial viability.
2.3 Recovery of ‘AP’ is done through deduction of certain
percentage from the approved ‘PP’ as the works progress.
It is normal for the full recovery of ‘AP’ to be completed by
the time the 75% of ‘PP’ become due and paid.
3.0 Progress/Interim Payments
3.1 ‘T&C’ in Contract Formats normally provide for ‘PP’ to ‘C
ontractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ where the quantum ofeach certified ‘PP’ is in tandem with the physical progress ofthe ‘Contract’/’Service’/’Supply’. The quantum of physicalprogress is based on measurement records maintained at
the work sites which are then priced at agreed/scheduled
rates as listed in the ‘Contract’ documents to arrive at thefinancial quantum of completed physical progress. To thisfigure is then added the value of building materials on site.
Thus the amount of ‘PP’ is ascertained and recommended
for payment. The ‘SO’ will normally commence the ‘PP’
certification process only after receiving a claim from the‘Contractor’.
3.2 ‘PP’ Certificates are normally prepared by ‘Contractors’/’C
onsultants’/‘Suppliers’ on a monthly or as prescribed basis
using the maintained measurement records on site by the‘Clients’ Site Professionals and is inspected regularly bythe ‘Clients’ designated technical professional referred toas the ‘Superintending/Supervising Officer [‘SO’]. The ‘SO’
recommended ‘PP’ is forwarded to the ‘Clients’ Financial/
Accounting Professionals [‘F/AP’] for issuing the chequeto the respective ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’.
‘PP’ claims from ’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ may be submitted
according to stages of services or supplies certified ascompleted and settled within the prescribed time frames.
In cases where a ‘Consultant’ is appointed to supervise theimplementation of any ‘Works’ the ‘Consultant’ would bethe ‘SO’.
4.0 Final Payments
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mandatory that the ‘FP’ is agreed by the respective ‘Contr
actors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ before being forwarded tothe ‘Clients’ Financial/Accounting Professionals [‘F/AP’] forissuing the cheque to the respective ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’.
4.2 The ‘SO’ must take care that all computations are examined
to be correct and all Variation/Change Orders have beenaccounted in the ‘PP’. He should also ensure that all due
deductions are made such as for ‘AP’, ‘PP’, value of any otherfacilities/materials/equipment that may have been provided
by the ‘Client’ and any imposed penalties and finally that
all legal requirements have been complied with such as
those referring to protection of workers and obtaining theprescribed approvals or certifications for occupation/usageof the ‘Contract’ Works.
4.3 The quantum of ‘FP’ is subject to the concurrence of both the‘Client’ and the respective ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Supp
liers’ before any ‘Contract’ can be deemed to be financiallycompleted. Absence of any such concurrence will result in
the claim being deemed to be a ‘PP’. It is in the interest ofboth the ‘Client’ and the respective ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ to reach agreement in the shortest possible
time as delays can result in possible litigation where both
may end up as losers. The Site Personnel of both parties canbe of great assistance in this respect and their knowledge/
expertise should be utilized.
4.4 The period of settling the recommended ‘PP’ or ‘FP’ isnormally prescribed in the ‘T&C’ and may be between thirty
to ninety days or may be shorter or longer. This should beof particular importance to ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Su
ppliers’ as they should provide for sufficient funds pending
approval of any claims and receipt of the funds from the‘Client’.
5.0 Responsibilities of Technical Professionals
5.1 It is the responsibility of the Technical Professionals suchas the ‘SO’ representing the ‘Client’ and the ‘Site Agent’
representing the respective ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ and other Professionals to ensure that the
Measurement Records of works being implemented
and materials on site are comprehensive, accurate andmaintained current at all times. These should be monitoredon continuous basis as they form the basis of all ‘AP’, ‘PP’and ‘FP’ which have financial implications and any error
or neglect can result in errors resulting in over paymentsthat may not be recoverable by the ‘Client’ or gross short
payments which may create financial problems for therespective claimant ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’.
5.2 It is emphasized that the amount certified in the ‘PP’ by
the ‘SO’ is deemed to be legally final and not subject toany unilateral changes by the ‘Client’ or his ‘F/AP’ even incases where there are arithmetical errors. The only remedy
available is that the ‘PP’ Certificate be returned by the ‘F/AP’to the ‘SO’ prior to issue of the cheque for him to amend andmake the correction. However this should be done promptly
so as not to provide the respective ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ opportunity to submit claim for financial costs/
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6.0 Responsibilities of Financial/Accounting Professionals
of Both Parties
6.1 It is the responsibility of the respective ‘F/AP’ representing
the ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ to submit claims
as provided for in the respective T&C’. The claimed amountshould be fully supported by documentary evidence before
submission to the ‘Client’ who should scrutinize the contentsof the submitted invoice and ensure that all due ‘AP’ andcertified ‘PP’/‘FP’ are settled promptly in compliance withthe prescribed ‘T&C’. This is not to imply that they should
accept the Certificates of the ‘SO’ without any scrutiny but
this suggestion is to advise that they should scrutinize thedetails in the Certificates to ensure accuracy of computationof the quantum payable.
6.2 The ‘PP’/’FP’ should be accounted correctly and recorded
promptly. Every ‘PP’ should be verified with the ‘Contract
Register’ to ensure that previous ‘PP’ and other entries arereconciled. This is of particular importance in the case of‘Variation/Change Orders’ which may have increased or
reduced the total value of the ‘Contract’ and also where
deduction needs to be made in the case of any ‘AP’ madeto any of the ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ and toprevent any excess payment.
6.3 The ‘Client’s ‘F/AP’ does not have the right to amend any‘PP’ certified and recommended by the ‘SO’ even if there
is an error in computation that may result in possible overor under payment. The right course of action would be
to promptly return the certified ‘PP’ to the ‘SO’ to makethe necessary correction and then settle the correctedamount. However it is suggested that in the event of any
underpayment or possible over payment the ‘F/AP’ should
settle the certified amount and make the adjustment in thesubsequent ‘PP’/’FP’ which will normally due after a lapseof sometime during which there would be further progressin implementation and thus no danger of excessive overpayment.
6.4 It is also the responsibility of the ‘F/AP’ representing therespective ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ to ensure
prompt recording receipt of cheques and reconcile thefinancial status. Both parties should also maintain records
of forwarded/recommended/received dates and officers
involved in the claims to ensure prompt action and preventionof cost of finance claims in case of delays. Both parties
should maintain comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date‘Site Records’ and ‘Contract Register’ as they would greatly
assist in the effective Management in the implementationof the ‘Contracts’ and prevent disputes and assist in case of
any litigation.
7.0 Responsibilities of Internal Auditor
7.1 The ‘Auditors’ representing the ‘Client’ and the respective‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ should conduct theiraudit to safeguard the interest of their respective employers
and not to increase their own work load by covering theinterest of other parties. The main responsibility of any‘Auditor’ should be to ensure that the ‘SO’ [or ‘Consultants’
if appointed], ‘Site Agent’ and ‘F/AP’ of both parties performtheir responsibilities in compliance with the prescribed ‘T&C’.
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Records’ and ‘Contract Register’ would greatly assist in theeffective audit of the ‘Contracts’ and thus the ‘Projects’.

9.0 Financial Impact of Long Settlement Periods or Delayin Settling Claims

8.0 Fraudulent Opportunities/Possibilities in ‘AP’-‘PP’-‘FP’

9.1 The immediate financial impact of long settlement periods
is that the respective ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Supplie
rs’ will increase the cost of their bids to include the costof finance which can be substantial. Thus it is importantfor ‘Clients’ to keep the settlement periods as short as
possible to prevent ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’
from loading their bids with this cost element which costs
are ultimately borne by the ‘Client’. This is of particularimportance to cash rich ‘Clients’ and those who haveaccess to low cost financing which is normally lower than
the finance costs included in their bids by ‘Contractors’/’Co
nsultants’/‘Suppliers’.

8.1 All three types of payments in respect of ‘Projects’ are very
susceptible to fraudulent opportunities and possibilities as
they can be created during the various stages as follows:[a]Drafting the Terminology of ‘T&C’;[b]

Preparation and Computation of Claims;[c]

Recommendation of quantum of Claims;[d]Certification Period for Claims;[e]Approval of Claims; and[e]Issue of dispatch of cheques or direct credit to thebank account of the Claimant.

8.2 Listed below are a few examples of payments that were
subject to fraudulent practices.
[a]‘AP’ of RM7.0m paid with defective ‘Bank Guarantee’
without proper legality;[b]‘AP’ of RM160.0m computed as 25% of value of‘LOA’ of RM640.0m that included RM60.0 m for‘Contingencies Sum’ and other components listed inthe ‘Preliminaries’ which components do not qualify
and thus not eligible for ‘AP’;[c]‘PP’ computed on over-priced ‘Materials on Site’ by
RM20.0m;[d]‘PP’ certified and approved for ‘Works’ Not done;
and

[e]

‘FP’ of RM7.0m certified and approved for ‘Works’though ‘Contract’ Not fully completed.

8.3 Above are just a few examples which were detected by
the writer during his audit service days. The Reports of the
Auditor General of Malaysia on the accounts of Government
and Agencies/Authorities provide regular examples offrauds and mismanagement that occurs in publicly funded‘Contracts’. Similar frauds are disclosed in the reports issued
by the USA General Audit Office and may include othercountries including developed countries.
8.4 Fraudulent cases in the Corporate Sector are only known
when the cases are exposed in the media or are subject
to litigation or there is differences among those involvedin the mismanagement or frauds or the amounts are toolarge to be concealed. The bi-annual Report to the Nation
prepared by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners of
USA based on surveys of the various industries lists several
modes and the extent of frauds which includes those
involving payments. Similar fraud reports are also preparedfor some other countries by other organizations such as
KPMG.

9.2 Non-settlement of claims within the prescribed periods canhave two main losses for the ‘Clients’. The first is that the‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ may be able to claim
for compensation under common law even if there is noprovision for such compensation that can be claimed bythem for delayed settlement of claims beyond the period
prescribed in the ‘T&C’ contained in the contract formats.
The second loss thought intangible, is the loss of reputationin the construction industry which can lead to ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ to increase their bid values by
inclusion of contingent losses which may be incurred in theevent of problems created by delays in certifications andpayments.
9.3 Delayed payments can result in providing opportunities forcorruption and kickbacks and may indirectly lead to fraud.
These risks can cause even major financial losses which may
be difficult to identify and quantify and even higher costs
to get back the lost reputation in the industry. Preventionof delays in settlement is the best cost-effective and costefficient method to reduce costs and increase profitability
which the ‘Clients’ should bear in mind. The above
comments will also apply to other claims.
9.4 Employer will rarely delay payment of salaries/allowances/
etc or payments to regulatory authorities such as EPF,
SOCSO, IRD or other Statutory Payments to Regulatory/
State Authorities as delays can result in financial/legal
action. Unfortunately the same treatment may not be given
by ‘Clients’ to claims from ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Su
ppliers’ and other suppliers of services or goods. Enquiries
about this lack of consistency made during the Annual
General Meetings attended by the writer as a shareholder
received responses from Chairman of Board of Director
or Chief Executive Officers/Managing Directors or ‘F&AP’representing both the ‘Clients’ and the ‘Claimants’ which
responses included the following:[a]

Claimants could/would not take any legal action
unless the amounts were substantial;[b]

Claimants did not want to damage their relationshipto safeguard their future business;[c]

Legal costs were expensive and may not be fully
recoverable and may damage their reputation in theindustry resulting in possible loss of future business forthe company and standing in the industry; and[continued on page 14]
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The estimated financial loss caused by possible delayed
payments had been taken into the pricing of the bid
amount as this was a common culture in the industry
and corporate sector.

9.5 It has been observed by the writer by personal and audit
experience over the past thirty seven years in the public andprivate sectors that some ‘F/AP’ may not be practicing theprompt payment culture as their professional leaders may
not have been practicing the prompt payment culture.
9.6 The writer attempted to break this delayed payment culture
by giving a monetary value to the delay period by providing
an incentive to a Contractor. In this case the writer discussedwith a Contractor the possibility of a discount if ‘PP’ on a
RM25.0million road construction contract could be settled
by the cash rich ‘Client’ within seven working days of thecertification of a claim instead of the prescribed sixty days.
After protracted negotiations the ‘Contractor’ offered a
discount of one percent of the ‘PP’ amount if it could besettled within seven working days of the certification of theclaim notice.
9.7 The discount was agreed by the ‘Client’ and the ‘Contractor’
was requested to submit his offer in writing which wasthen attached as an ‘ADDENDUM’ to existing contract
terms. This prompt payment process continued resulting insavings of RM50,000.00 over a five months period until the‘ADDENDUM’ was cancelled by the ‘Client’ for reasons best
known to him and were not disclosed. It was suspected that‘kickbacks’ was the reason but could not be proved.
10.0 Implications of Cash Flow Interruptions - Example
10.1 Construction and other companies/organizations/individuals
have been financially stressed in the past due to latepayments or non-payments of claims/dues when agreed to
be settled. The latest example reported in the local media isthe case of a Sub-Contractor tasked with a RM62.0million
sub-contract to build the baggage handling and sortation
system for the proposed KLIA2 project who became victim
of delays as the system could not be installed as the terminalbuilding was not ready. Consequently cash flow was
disrupted as payment could not be claimed from the Main
Contractor until the installations were completed. Further
the Main Contractor who had its own problems with the‘Client’ on the delayed KLIA2 project.
10.2 Consequence of the cash flow disruptions was that its listing
status of the Sub-Contractors on the Bursa Malaysia has
been downgraded to PN17 category and this downgrading
was directly attributed to the financial stress experienced
due to non-completion of the sub-contract caused by thedelays experienced by the KLIA2 project and may even bedelisted as one of its subsidiaries is subject to a winding up
order. [StarBizWeek-6.7.13].
10.3 The fate suffered by the Sub-Contractor referred to inparagraphs 1.2-1.3 above has not only adversely affectedfinancially directly the Company and its staff but also thethousands of shareholders whose share value has tumbled
substantially and the share has been suspended fromtrading. There could be a domino effect as the adverse
financial impact may also be experienced by its suppliersand customers. Others who may feel the adverse financial
impact could include all the other ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ involved with the delayed mega KLIA2 ‘Project’
whose full adverse impact may never be quantified. There

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may have been other similar examples where in some cases
the companies/individuals had gone into bankruptcy.
10.4 In this case the consequence of the delays experienced by the
KLIA2 mega ‘Project’ and the resultant impact on the cash
flows of the involved companies has been well illustrated.
It has shown clearly that delays and interruptions in cash
flows whether caused directly or by third parties as in thecase of mega ‘Projects’ whose implementation can involve
large number of ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ andhundreds of others in the medium/small scale categories,
can have serious adverse impact on their very existence.
Thus it is important that the Managements and ‘F/AP’ andInternal Audit Professionals always and continuously foreseeand provide for this contingency in their own cash-flowplanning and monitoring.
10.5 It may be wrong to assume that the ‘Client’s benefit fromdelayed payments as delays may give little financial benefit
compared to the direct or indirect losses. Another loss would
be the adverse impact on his reputation which may result inthe ‘Contractors’/’Consultants’/‘Suppliers’ overpricing theirbids to include the possibility of delays in payments and thusincrease the cost of the ‘Projects’ which can be avoided.
11.0 Recommendation and Conclusion
11.1 It may be observed that the major cases of frauds, kickbacks,
corruption and mismanagement relating to ‘AP’/’PP’/FP’ in‘Projects’ normally involve professionals and those holding
positions of trust and perceived to be with honesty, integrityand ethics and practice corporate governance and highvalues. Most cases that have been perpetuated may fall inthis category where those who were entrusted were theperpetuators who fall in this category [or ‘Pagar Makan
Padi’ category].
11.2 The best form of Effective Management and Audit would
be to have comprehensive Policies, Procedures, Internal
Controls, Monitoring, Deterrent Penalties and Leadership
by Example with continuous enforcement and deterrent
punishments for those found to be guilty. These aspects
would also apply to ‘AP’/’PP’/FP’ and other professionals
assigned to manage, record, monitor and audit them.
11.3 Though this article refers mainly to the construction industry
the aspects are equally applicable to other industries,
companies, professionals and individuals whether they arein the public or private sectors.
Mr. Gursharan Singh C.M.I.I.A. is a retired Audit Officer with over
37 years of experience both in the Government, Statutory Authorities
and Private sector. His experience is primarily in respect of various
aspects pertaining to ‘Audit and Management of Construction
Projects’ [Infrastructure, Building & Procurement] These aspects also
include Services of Technical Consultants.
He is a regular contributor of articles on the various aspects pertaining
to Construction Projects that are published both in local and overseas
media. Further regular public and in-house training seminars are
conducted for technical/financial/other professionals. The mainemphasis is on the financial implications, fraudulent opportunities& possibilities, from the inception/planning to the post-completion
stages of projects with suggested solutions in the form of Procedures,
Internal Controls & Risk Management.
[Enquiries and comments are welcome from readers with a viewto enhance and share knowledge. Tel No. 019-2927178 or e-mailgursharan38@gmail.com.]

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A C E Mn e w sYoung Consultants ClubASPAC & TCDPAP BALI CONFERENCE 2014 FIDIC ASPAC–The
Formation of the FIDIC ASPAC Young Professionals ForumIn 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 thebacking of both 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 Chairof the ASPAC Young Professionals Forum Steering Committee(YPFSC).
By June 2013, 8 countries are represented in the ASPAC YPFSC:
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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.

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 andinteraction.
Publicise best practices and standards.
Share success stories about YPs.
Provide a supportive space for YPs to discuss andcommunicate.
Pursue capacity building initiatives.
Enhance the culture of dialogue.
Provide connection with FIDIC.
Enhance the profession and industry.

Successes and Milestones
In the relatively short time that the ASPAC YPF was formed, thegroup had achieved a number of success which includes:
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Online meetings and brainstorming sessions.
Production of a flyer to introduce the ASPAC YPF andsuccessful distribution of the information 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 theform of dedicated time allocations for the Young Professionalpresentations 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 the IranianYoung Professionals Society. The topics presented are:
SPEAKER

TOPIC

Arash
Emambakhsh(Iran)

ASPAC Young Professional Forum
An introduction to the “New Sun Burning From
the East”, the newly reformed ASPAC YPF.

Garrett Bray
(Australia)

Pro Bono Engineering And The Role of Young
Professional
Contributing engineering services and skills as
a form of aid, and a case study of designingand constructing bridges in a rural town in
Tanzania.

TakashiMatsuo(Japan)Fundamental Information For Establishment ofYoung Professionals Exchange Program (YPEP)
Exposure and understanding of social andwork culture of Australia and Japan throughthe means of an exchange programs.

Sasan
Karbasizadeh(Iran)

Consulting Engineering Industry In The 3rd
Millenium
Highlights potential challenges for theengineering industry in the future under
the sub categories of Business Environment,
Management Systems and Information
Technology.

MandanaCont (Iran)

Women In Engineering
A comprehensive look into the perception,
challenges, position, and contribution of womenin the Iranian engineering consultancy businessbased on feedback from a comprehensive
survey.

The ASPAC Young Professional session was well received by theconference members, with the noted 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 havea representative in the steering committee, promote the forum
to each countries’ respective Member Association, produce abusiness 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 to represent the generation,and that the New Sun from the East will not set for a very
long time.

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

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The Council of Engineering Consultants of the Philippines(CECOPHIL),
FIDIC Member Association from the Philippines Supports theDevelopment of Young Professionals of its Member Firms
The Council of Engineering Consultants of the Philippines(CECOPHIL), the FIDIC-accredited MA from the Philippines, aims
to promote the growth and development of young professionals(YPs) within the country’s consulting engineering industry. Last
year, CECOPHIL has endorsed a young engineer to participate in
the FIDIC Young Professionals Management Training Program aswell as to attend the FIDIC Centenary Conference in Barcelona,
Spain. Also at the same time, the Council has established its Young
Professionals Forum (YPF) and nominated members to the YPF
Steering Committee (SC). This committee then conducted its firstever planning session last November in order to prepare andfinalize the guidelines and internal rules of the group; come up with
the YPF’s mission and vision statements; and set concrete andworkable YPF plans and programs for this year. Overall, theplanning session was very productive and proved to be a beneficial
step for the promotion and future success of the CECOPHIL YPF,
which was officially launched in a meeting of the Council’s
Executive Committee with the current FIDIC President, Mr. Pablo
Bueno, during the latter’s visit to Manila in February this year.
A month after, a representative from the CECOPHIL YPF has again
attended the FIDIC-ASPAC & TCDPAP Conference held fromMarch 2-5 in Bali, Indonesia, which again is a testament to thecommitment of CECOPHIL and its YPF to strengthen linkages with
YPs and YP groups of other member associations within the Asia
Pacific region. Indeed, with the full support and encouragement
given by CECOPHIL to its YPF and the thrust of the YPF to attract
more energetic and competent YPs to its fold, it is expected that the
YPs of the Council’s member firms will be trained to become future
dynamic leaders of both domestic and global consulting industry.

Members of CECOPHIL YPF Steering Committee during their Planning Session

CECOPHIL
Young
Professionals
Forum
VISION:The CECOPHIL
YPF is a catalyst
for the cultivationand promotion of
young
professionals as
future dynamic
leaders in the
global consulting
industry.

MISSION:
Our mission is tomotivate and inspireyoung professionals
to become active
players in the
consulting industry byoffering activities that
foster learning,leadership, andcamaraderie while
instilling the values ofintegrity,
professionalism, andexcellence.

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YOUNG PROFESSIONAL FORUM
YP of AJCE

AJCE Young Professional (YP) Sub-committee has
been promoting capacity building, networking withdomestic and international groups, introduction of
CE industry to university students, etc. for young
engineers. As a part of these activities, futsal
competition was held twice in Tokyo. Winner teamreceived AJCE Cup.

First Competition
Date and time：13 Dec, 2013, 19:00 ～21:00
Participants：38 ( 6 teams); 1 woman player
The second competition had many players. One of
the firms sent 2 teams. Due to many players,competition was carried out in 2 leagues. Top teamin each league battled for championship.
【Teams】
Winner Nihon Suido Consultants Team Gespenst
2nd Oriental Consultants Team Oricon
3rd PT Morimura and Associates Team Arserna
4th Kukusai Kogyo Team KKC
Chuo Kaihatu Team CKC
Kukusai Kogyo Team JKE
Chodai Team Largo
Yachiyo Engineering Team YEC1
Yachiyo Engineering Team YEC2
Despite of late evening in cold winter, many players participated and deepened theirfriendship. Needless to say they enjoyed get-together after the competition. Winner
was the team of Chodai Co. Ltd. Players requested the second competition at theend.
Teams】
Winner Chodai Chodai - teamJVnd
2 Chuo Kaihatu Team CKCrd
3 Oriental Consultants Team Oriconth
4 Nihon Suido Consultants Team Gespenstth
5 Kukusai Kogyo Team KKC
th
6 PT Morimura and Associates Team Arserna

Winner, ChodaiteamJV■Second Competition
Date and Time: 30 May, 2014 19:00 ～21:00
Participants：77 (10 teams ,8 firms), 2 women

Winner, Nihon Suido Consultants, Team Gespenst

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Women Engineers Forum – Activities of AJCE

Background
Young Professional (YP) Sub-committee of AJCE has beenpromoting capacity building for young consulting engineers (CE),formation of enhanced networking, dissemination CE practices toyoung college students, etc. As a part of these activities, second
Forum on “Career Path and Work-Life Balance of Women Consulting
Engineers” was held. It was aimed at exchanging sustainable ways ofpleasant and vivid working.
Date and time：15 Nov. 2013 14：30～17：00
Venue: Oriental Consultants, Meeting room
Participants: 12 women CEs, 5 YP sub-committee members (men)Address by Moderator
It is my understanding that practice in CE industry is hard regardless of men or women. Instead ofsaying “hard”, we gathered here today to share ingenuity of overcoming difficulties.
After presentation by 4 panelists, following subjects were discussed:- Balance between work and Private- How firms are supporting women engineers for continuing their career path
Request from Women Engineers to CE Industry
There are many articles on women civil engineers, however,campaign for kind and cooperative men is necessary. Therefore,
this kind of meeting should be held not only for women but also
women and men together. It may be a good idea thatmanagement people also join future forums. There are many
men who are worried about nursing care of parents and childcare.
Some Comments from Men YPs
I was worried about myself in the past, however, I realized today that women consider work and family
at the same time. I think men should work together with women staffs to reinforce working conditionsof women in our firm.
When we talk about work-life balance, we often find out that only few women are participating. Thismay be attributable to the fact that women manager are scarce. Creation of ideal working condition
for women is indispensable. I am currently in the course of child-care. I take my kids to day carecenter every morning. Understanding by partner as well as people around is quite important.
Summary
The second round-table discussion was quite meaningful as participants could share various genuine
ideas. Regardless of men or women, we CEs are satisfied with our work as it is challenging andrewarding. We are sure that we can manage both work and private intelligently. Consensus wasreached to the point that cooperation of people surrounding us, understanding by family, health of inindividual are indispensable for sustainably continue our work with satisfaction. It is expected that CE
industry shall provide comfortable working conditions and its continuous improvement.

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Calendar Events of Interest to ASPAC Member Associations
FIDIC
FIDIC International Conference – RIO 2014
28 September – 01 October 2014

AJCE Japan
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40th Year Celebration activities – 9 July 2014
Site Visit and YP networking forum – August 2014
FIDIC Conference Reporting Seminar – 6 November 2014
YPEP Reporting Seminar, Tokyo – November 2014
Contract Administrator Training Seminar for the overseas project, Tokyo – November 2014
Interdisciplinary Seminar, Tokyo, 4 December 2014

CEAI INDIA►

FIDIC TRAINING COURSE ON "PRACTICAL USE, MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
OF FIDIC CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT"CEAI in association with CEAI-Western Region Centre, is organising FIDIC Training Courses
on “Practical Use, Management and Administration of FIDIC Conditions of Contract” at
Delhi and Mumbai on the following days:
Delhi:►

4 and 5 August 2014 and Mumbai 7 and 8 August 2014

CEAI ANNUAL SEMINAR ON “ROLE OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS,DEVELOPERS AND AUTHORITIES IN NATION BUILDING”
CEAI is organizing its Annual Seminar on “Role of Consulting Engineers, Contractors,
Developers and Authorities in Nation Building”.
28th and 29th November 2014 in New Delhi.

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AN APPEALTo all MAs to contribute to the September 2014 edition of ASPAC Newsletter
to make it Memorable as a complete ASPAC information exchange edition

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 September
2014.