Oct 31, 2012

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No.4
ACECC Selected Dr. Kenichi Horikoshi as Secretary General &Continuous Secretariat in Japan
Dr. Kenichi Horikoshi, the chairperson of JSCE ACECC Committee, was elected
the next Secretary General of Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council
during the 23rd Executive Council Meeting held in Manila on September 22, 2012.
Dr. Horikoshi will begin his tenure right after the 6th Civil Engineering Conferencein the Asian Region (CECAR 6) to be held in August 2013. With his inauguration,the ACECC Continuous the Secretariat office will be placed in the JSCE HQ.
He, while running the secretariat as the Secretary General, will continue to work
as a leading member of the ACECC. We are expecting him to take an active
leadership in upgrading the activity, making the ACECC more attractive, moreeffective, and enhancing its contribution to a infrastructure development in the Asianregion.

Dr. Kenichi Horikoshi
the next Secretary
General of ACECC
Continuous Secretariat

JSCE will give him full support and assistance so as to help him fulfill his responsibility, pursue his vision andachieve the ACECC’s mission.
<What is ACECC?>
The initial concept of ACECC was formed by JSCE, American Societies of Civil Engineers, Philippines Instituteof Civil Engineers, and then founded on September 28, 1999 in the cooperation of the above 3 societies,
Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineers and Korean Society of Civil Engineers. Current members
are 10: the above 5 organizations plus Engineers Australia, Indonesian Society of Civil and StructuralEngineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, India, Mongolian Association of Civil Engineers and Vietnam
Federation of Civil Engineering Associations.
Some of the objectives are:
1. To promote and advance the science and practice of civil engineering and related professions forsustainable development in the Asian region
2. To encourage communication between persons in charge of scientific and technical responsibilities for any
field of civil engineering
3. to improve, extend and enhance such activities as infrastructure construction and management,
preservation of the precious environment and natural disaster prevention.

【Professional Education and Education Program G: Report 1】】
2012 International Construction Management Seminar Series, Part 1/5
The 2012 International Construction ManagementSeries, Part 1/5 was held at the JSCE HQ on
August 23, 2012. There were 58 attendees. The
second year of this series was planned to place afocus on the demands for the internationalizationof civil engineering industry, the development ofproject management skills, and industry-focusedmanagement taking a step forward fromconventional company-focused management incooperation with Prof. Shunji Kusayanagi of Kochi
University of Technology.

Prof. Kusayanagi

Every meeting in the series will consist of two parts: a lecture by Prof. Kusayanagi in the first part of themeeting, and lectures experts, or a panel discussion on a chosen issue in the latter part. Attendees will be
asked to answer a questionnaire at every meeting, which will be useful for us to plan future meetings.

【Professional Education and Education Program G, Report 2】】
The 14th International Summer SymposiumInternational Summer Symposium is held as one of theinternational activities of JSCE, and its objectives are toprovide international students and young engineers working inJapan with an opportunity to introduce their research projects
in English and to encourage them to network with each other.
Since the first symposium held in 1999, the Symposium has
been held as an independent event, being supported with theJSCE International Scientific Exchange Fund.
This year the 14th International Summer Symposium was held
as one international session of the JSCE Annual Meeting,which was the first experience for us, at Nagoya University
Higashiyama Campus on Sept 5 and 6.

Opening Ceremony

On the 1st day, Prof. Kohei Nagai (The Univ. of Tokyo), the Int’l Student Network Group Leader led the opening
ceremony. Prof. Tamon Ueda (Hokkaido Univ), the IAC Senior Director delivered opening remarks, followed bythree expert lectures:
1) "Disaster Management" by Prof. Kimiro Meguro, the University of Tokyo
2) "History of Japanese Civil Engineering -Trend of Research & Study on Civil Engineering History andHeritage" by Prof. Hiroshi Isohata, Nihon University, Vice-Chair of Committee on Historical Studies in Civil
Engineering, JSCE, and3) "State-of-the-art Construction Technologies in Japan" by Mr. Jun Nobuto, Shimizu Corp. / Construction
Technology Research Committee, JSCEDuring two days, total ninety four papers were presented: ninety papers were submitted to be presented in theinternational session and four were done by international students studying in International Centre for WaterHazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHARM). There were a good number ofaudience, and active exchanges of ideas and views were made in any session.
On the evening of the first day, the symposium participants joined the delegations of JSCE’s Agreement ofCooperation (AOC) societies and government officials at the welcome reception. It should be interesting anduseful for those participants to expand their network of friends, peers and colleagues to get introduction toother people.
On the second day, a technical tour which visited Ozone Rainwater Treatment Facility was carried out incooperation with the IAC International Program.
Considering many positive responses we received for the symposium, we would like to hold anotherSymposium in the similar next year

【Professional Education and Education Program G, Report 3】】
Study Tour Grant 2012
JSCE invites the young civil engineers who are nominatedby JSCE’s Agreement of Cooperation (AOC) societies toto participate in the Study Tour Grant (STG) program
funded by International Scientific Exchange Fund
Committee every year.
This year four young engineers were participated in theSTG program for ten days on Sept 3-12: Mr. Kim, EuiSung (Korea), Mr. Agung Rizky Fajri (Indonesia), Ms.
Siriporn Thongjaen (Thailand) and Ms. Huong Trinh
Thuy (Vietnam)
They began their STG program by participating in theJSCE Annual Meeting in Nagoya (International Program,STG Recipients on Akashi Bridge
an international session and the 14th International Summer
Symposium and welcome reception). In this meeting they had chance to meet the symposium participants,
the AOC delegations and other international guests. After the annual meeting, they left Nagoya to visit
Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution and Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Kobe, and Public Works
Research Institute in Tsukuba and learned about the latest infrastructure development. On their trips, theysaw various buildings; they seemed be impressed by Tokyo Sky Tree and numerous skyscrapers in urban
areas and the sophisticated civil engineering program and facilities of Nagoya University.
In the weekend when they were off, they went out to see the areas and buildings which interested their civil engineering minds. They fully enjoyed their time in Japan. Their experiences gained on the STG program
will be able to broaden their horizons, and come to play an important role in improving the relationshipbetween JSCE/ JSCE Int’l Sections and AOC societies.

What’s Happening：International Construction Management Series 1/5(http://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/management2012)10/26, 27：The 56th ECCE General Meeting in Croatia(http://www.dubrovniksun.hr/prijave/ecce/)
10/29, 30：ICE-JSCE International Symposium: “Reilient and Adaptive Society to Great Natrual Disaster:
Infrastructure Development Considering Public Response”(http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/ip/index.shtm)
11/22：International Construction Management Series 2/5(http://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/management2012)
12/1：Abstract submission deadline-2nd Int’l Balkans Conference on Challenges of Civil
Engineering@ Epoka Univ. Tirana, Albania, May 23-25, 2013 (httep://bccce2013.epoka.edu.al)
10/25

Updates

ACECC 6th CECAR in Jakarta, Indonesia (August 20-22, 2013)
http://committees.jsce.or.jp/acecc/6thcecar
Concrete Committee Newsletter No. 30.
http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/concrete/e/newsletter/newsletter30/index.html
The JSCE magazine, mini-series “Can the construction industry become a Japan’ s major exportindustry?” (“Civil Engineering,” Vol. 93, No. 9, 2008)

President’s Mumbling
The 1st International Symposium on Infrastructure was held by the joint effort between Vietnam Association ofStructural Engineering and Construction Technology (VASECT) and JSCE in Hanoi on August 28 and 29.
There were about 170 attendees including Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nghi, the Deputy Minister of Construction,Vietnam. Seven sessions on the following themes were held:
1. Advanced Technology for the Construction of Expressway: the case of Second Route Between Tokyo andNagoya
2. Projects of the Institution of PPP in Vietnam
3. The Experience of High-Speed Railway in Japan
4. Damage to Transport Systems from the Great East Japan
Earthquake and Recovery Measures
5. Research to Using Ground Anchor Technology ofJapanese
JGS 4101-2000 into Vietnam
6. Advanced Technology for Soft Ground Improvement inJapan
7. Existing Concrete Bridges in Vietnam: an Analysis ofDeterioration
Modes and Their Main Causes
We examined issues and solutions from a variety of practical perspectives and gained useful and interestingideas. After the sessions, we had a meeting with VFCEA members to discuss the future symposium which
would focus on underground structures in urban areas.
The 1st symposiums co-organized by two organizations will create a future opportunity for Japanese civilengineers to work for the development of infrastructures in Vietnam.

Staff’s Mumbling
It is time for me to breathe deeply. I have had big events in these couple of months. One of them is the ACECC
ECM which was held in Manila in September. During the ECM, our member was elected as the next Secretary
General. His appointment will begin in the next August and the secretariat office will be placed in JSCE at thesame time. It will be our real test, and we have to roll up our sleeve. Now there is another busy spell ahead ofus. There are some AOC societies’ annual meetings until the end of year; we are forming delegations from Int’l
Communication and Collaboration Group leaders, members and speakers to attend their annual meetings.
Participating in their meetings is one of the activities to promote the communication with them, and in order tofurther develop that, it is vital for us to work together with all groups of the IAC. We are so grateful for yourcontinuous. (HY)【Comments and Questions】
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