2021. 7.1

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No.105“Proposals for Changes for the Expansion of Infrastructure Overseas”

On May 28, 2021, the Japan Society of Civil Engineers published a “statement” as“Proposals for Changes for the Expansion of Infrastructure Overseas” and held an
online symposium (359 viewers). The aforementioned statement is a summary of
the outcomes of considerations to date by the “Consideration Committee on
Changes for the Future Expansion of Infrastructure Overseas” (established in June
2020, Chairperson Masafumi Mori, Secretary-General Hideyuki Sakunaka).
“For Japan’s infrastructure-related industry, expanding its business opportunities Hideyuki Sakunaka（Secretary-General, theoverseas is an extremely important issue not only for ensuring the future of the Consideration Committee
on Changes for the Futureindustry but also for Japan’s national interests. And in order to promote overseas Expansion of
Infrastructure Overseas）
expansion, Japan’s infrastructure-related industry should demonstrate its ‘strengths’
and ‘originality’, and at the same time, it must correctly recognize its own‘weaknesses’ and ‘change’ itself so that it can play an active role in various forms of business and the rat raceof international business.” Based on this awareness of the issues, the Consideration Committee has examined
the problems, issues, measures, visions, etc. that Japan’s infrastructure-related businesses and organizations
should be aware of in order to play a major part on the global stage.
At the online symposium, after opening remarks by Hitoshi Ieda, President of the Japan Society of Civil
Engineers, and Assistant Vice-Minister for Engineering Affairs Kunihiro Yamada, a guest from MLIT, Dr. Mori,
Chairperson of the Consideration Committee, and Mr. Sakunaka, Secretary-General of the Consideration
Committee, explained the contents of the statement.
Although a long time has passed since the Japanese government called for the expansion of infrastructure
overseas, Japanese infrastructure-related industry has not dramatically increased its advance into overseas
markets during this period. The average overseas order ratio of Japanese companies is only about 4%. It is
important for many people, including small and medium-sized companies with technological capabilities, toactively take on the challenge of engaging in business overseas. For this purpose, we will look to establish“Quality Infrastructure” as a brand associated with Japanese companies, and everyone involved will take pridein maintaining the good name of the brand. We will boldly take on the challenge of engaging in overseas businessand infrastructure investment to broaden the scope of Japanese companies. Japanese companies need to secureand develop new human resources and perhaps change their corporate culture. Japanese companies should make1

requests to the government and government agencies on equal footing, and the government and government
agencies should mobilize all possible measures to support them. It was said during the online symposium that
putting these ideas into practice will lead to changes in the expansion of infrastructure overseas in the future.
Next, as an open discussion, Yusuke Amano, Director of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Katsuhito
Miyake, Managing Director of The Overseas Construction Association of Japan, Inc., and Eiji Yonezawa, ViceChairman of Engineering and Consulting Firms Association, Japan, offered up their thoughts. This was followedby an online Q&A session and those watching the event also expressed their opinions. After Chairperson Morigave a summary of the event’s proceedings, the symposium was brought to a close with a speech by Masayasu
Kayano, Chief Director of the International Affairs Division of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
The statement (http://www.jsce.or.jp/strategy/index.shtml) and a live video recording of the symposium(https://committees.jsce.or.jp/2020_Presidential_Project03/node/8) are available to download on the Japan
Society of Civil Engineers website.

【Reported by Hideyuki Sakunaka, Secretary-General,
the Consideration Committee on Changes for the Future Expansion of Infrastructure Overseas】

Project on Strengthening Resilience in
Cyclone Idai Affected Areas
Recovery of African Cities from Cyclone Damage-Efforts made in the COVID-19 Pandemic-■ Introduction
Tropical Cyclone Idai landed in central Mozambique on thenight of March 2019 and caused severe damage with 650
deaths and 400,000 people displaced.
Especially, Beira City in Sofala Province was one of the mostdevastated regions with many public facilities, such as schools
and hospitals being damaged.
In response to this circumstances, the Government ofMozambique has requested to the Government of Japan forthe cooperation for recovery and reconstruction of the cityfrom disaster and creating a resilient society, and JICA has
been continuing the cooperation through the project since
September 2019.

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Atsutoshi Hirabayashi
Masaaki Chida(The Project Manager of the (Technical Advisor, Japan
International Cooperation
JICA Team, Project on
Strengthening Resilience in Agency (JICA))
Cyclone Idai Affected Areas)Flooded Coastal Area of Beira City hit by Cyclone
Idai, March 2019

Macurungo Elementary School
Roofs were blown off by Cyclone Idai,
May 2019.

■ Project Outline○ Project Objective
Project aims to develop action plans for reconstruction efforts in response to Cyclone Idai disasters and conduct
execution assistance, contributing to the promotion of smooth rehabilitation projects and the formation of adisaster - resilient society.
○ Project Outcome
1. Disaster risk assessment and hazard map creation
2. Prepare Beira Municipality recovery action plans based on hazard maps

Project Schedule■ Achievement so far○ Minimize Cyclone Damage Afterward
On December 30th of 2020, Cyclone Chalane hit the north of Beira city caused severe damage. However, themayor of Beira City in Mozambique stated, “When Cyclone Idai occurred on March 14, 2019 and caused

3extensive damage, we were confused because we did not know what actions to take in advance. This time,
thanks to JICA, we were able to evacuate the area smoothly in advance and minimize the damage. I am also
impressed by JICA’s remote implementation of the project under the limiting conditions caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic,” expressing his gratitude for Japan's cooperation.

The Areas Targeted for Evacuation are Circled on the
Storm Surge Hazard Map Created in this Project.

Inundated Coastal Area of Beira City hit byCyclone Chalane, in January 2021

○ Official Handover of the Hazard Map
On May 10th of 2021, JICA officially handed over the Hazard Map to Beira city and the designated authorities
with the presence of the Mozambican Government, Beira Municipality, the Embassy of Japan in Mozambiqueand number of related institutions.
The hazard map was formulated for the areas which are at high risk of floods and high tides caused by cyclones
or heavy rains, and places where population and assets are concentrated. The hazard map was shared to andhighly evaluated by other donors such as the World Bank and is utilized for their disaster resilience projects in
Beria, too. It is expected that the knowledge gained through the hazard map formulation for Beira City will bedisseminated to other regions, under the leadership of GREPOC (Post Cyclone Reconstruction Cabinet inMozambique), and will be utilized for developing and planning for a city more resilient to natural disasters
across the country■ Continuing Activities during the COVID-19 Situation
Renovation work of the public facilities
damaged by the Cyclone Idai is being
implemented at five sites in Beira city.
Despite the severe situations caused by
COVID-19 where people cannot travel
freely, the project team members aremanaging the work from Tokyo and
Maputo by making the most of IT anddigital technologies.
One of them is the 360-degree-pictures thatare stored in a cloud server. This systemenables

JapaneseandMozambicanengineers to check the current and past site

The 360-degree-pictures taken on site are filed on a cloud server withthe records and shooting points. This enables the project team tograsp the situation easily.

4situations as if they were standing on the site.
Currently, JICA project team can only travel to Maputo and cannot go to Beira city. However, the project teamis doing all possible measures to support the recovery process of Beira city by connecting Tokyo, Maputo andBeira online. Activities conducted through online communication not only include the above-mentioned
rehabilitation of public facilities but also include evacuation planning activities, pilot project for disasterresilient fish market in Praira-Nova area in Beira and so on. These activities are managed in cooperation withthe counterpart including government institutions in Maputo and Beira and other organizations.

Recent Picture of Construction Work

【Reported by Masaaki Chida, the Project Manager of the JICA Team, Project on Strengthening Resilience in
Cyclone Idai Affected Areas (Project Manager, Global Company, Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd.)
Atsutoshi Hirabayashi, Technical Advisor, Infrastructure Management Department,
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)】

5The Committee on Hybrid Structures
The Committee on Hybrid Structures was established in 2005. It began life as the“Research Subcommittee on Steel-Concrete Sandwich Structures” of the StructuralEngineering Committee established in 1978. Then, in 1994, the “Research Union on
Steel-Concrete Sandwich Structures” was established as a joint subcommittee of theConcrete Committee, Structural Engineering Committee, and Committee on Steel
Structures. Following the efforts of these committees and the development of the steelconcrete hybrid structures, the Committee on Hybrid Structures was established as a
Takashi Matsumoto（Chair, the Committee on
Hybrid Structures）

standing committee.
The last time the Committee’s efforts were introduced in IAC News was in 2016, butsince then the Committee has built on its track record such as publishing it’s Hybrid Structure Series and Hybrid
Structure Reports, holding symposiums regularly, publishing the JSCE Journal (Hybrid Structures), giving
annual academic technical lectures and poster sessions, and the planning and running of research discussion
conferences. Furthermore, the Committee celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015, and in December 2016, the“The Path of the JSCE Hybrid Structure Committee 2005-2015” was put together and a 10th-anniversary
ceremony and panel discussion were held.
Here I will introduce two recent efforts that the Committee is rolling out internationally.
The first is its website release of the English

8%version of “Basic Theory and Design ofHybridStructures”

published

by

the

15%

Committee. This content was made available
Education/Learning
教育・学習

to the public in July 2019, and the cumulative

Research
研究number of downloads as of March 2021 is 473(including multiple downloads by individual

Work
仕事

11%
66%

users). Based on recent records, the types of

その他
Other

people who have downloaded the publication
are as follows. Firstly, a breakdown of the
purpose of use is Education/Learning = 66%,

Purpose of Use (Classification by Author)

Research = 11%, Work = 15%, and Other =8%. About two-thirds of the respondents answered that they would use the content for university-based
education or were students or full-time employees using the content for self-study. The number of people
downloading the publication for research purposes and work purposes was roughly equal, and there were
responses from individuals at universities, private companies, and public institutions. By country, individuals
from Japan accounted for 11% of the respondents, and individuals from overseas accounted for 89% of the
respondents. Not all answers are necessarily accurate because it is possible to download the publication withsimplified answers, but we were able to confirm that people of the 26 different countries shown in the table.
After the release of the publication, we introduced its release through IABSE (International Association for6

Bridge and Structural Engineering) and fib (The International Federation for Structural Concrete), so we know
for a fact that it was downloaded by people from all over the world.

Country（Alphabetical order）

Afghanistan

England

Peru

Syria

Australia

Italy

PolandTurkeyAustriaJapan

Portugal

UkraineBelgium

Korea

Romania

Uruguay

Brazil

Nepal

Spain

the United States

CanadaNetherlands

SwedenChina

NorwaySwitzerland

This English version can be downloaded from the Committee's website by anyone who enters their name,affiliation, and purpose of use. As well as the English page(http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/fukugou/e/filedownload.html), it is also available to download from theJapanese page (http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/fukugou/downloadfiles.html). For those who are interested inusing the publication, I encourage you to use either of the links.
The other recent effort of the Committee is engaging in technical exchanges with members of the Committee
on Hybrid Structures living overseas. Although there are only a few committee members, there are some whohave remained members of the Committee even after they have changed jobs from working in Japan to a job
overseas. Utilizing the network of these people has given birth to opportunities for technical exchange between
those in different countries. The Hybrid Structures Report Vol. 16 “Current Situation and Advanced Application
Technology for Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes” published in 2021 contains case studies of concrete-filled steel
tube arch bridges that have rapidly developed in China in the last 20 years or so. The aforementioned report isa survey report by a committee member living in China. China has the world’s largest span of concrete-filledsteel tube arch bridges for through, half-through, and deck type bridges (430 m, 530 m, and 380 m, respectively).
The report explains that technological innovations and technical regulations and design standards are being
developed one after another while the number of cases where this technology is being applied is still on the rise.
The exchange of technical information based on these differences in technological development in Japan andoverseas is very important, and it is fair to say that this exchange is a product of the openness beyond country
borders, which is one of the characteristics of the Committee on Hybrid Structures.
The Committee on Hybrid Structures published the Hybrid Structure Series 2 “Guidelines for Performance
Verification of Steel-Concrete Hybrid Structures” in 2006, and introduced the Hybrid Structure Standard
Specifications at the EASEC and the Japan-China-Korea Society of Civil Engineers Symposium. Although thelatest version of the Hybrid Structure Standard Specifications is the 2014 version, it is currently in the processof being revised. I believe that the Committee needs to continue to improve the expansion of its international
efforts that take advantage of the needs and opportunities that exist.

【Reported by Takashi Matsumoto, Chair, the Committee on Hybrid Structures (Hokkaido University)】

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The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC)
40th Executive Committee Meeting in Taipei
1. Overview
ACECC is an organization established in September 1999 by civil engineering-related academic societies in the
United States, Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Japan to improve and develop sustainable social capitalin the Asian region. The Executive Committee Meeting (ECM), the highest-level decision-making body of the
ACECC, is held twice a year by affiliated academic societies on a rotating basis. The 40th Executive Committee
Meeting was held as an online meeting from March 25 to 27, 2021 under the facilitation of the Chinese Instituteof Civil and Hydraulic Engineering (CICHE). The two photos below show the meeting in full flow. In addition
to the Executive Committee Meeting, two seminars hosted by the Technical Committee and the Future Leaders
Forum (FLF) were held at the same time.

A Snapshot of the Meeting with CICHE Representatives Making Opening Remarks to Kick-off the ECM

Schedule of the 40th ECM
DateThursday,March 25
Friday,March 26
Saturday,March 27

Local Time in Taipei
10:00-12:00
13:00-16:30
10:00-10:30
10:30-13:00
14:00-18:00
10:00-12:30
13:30-15:30

Local Time in Japan
11:00-13:00
14:00-17:30
11:00-11:30
11:30-14:00
15:00-19:00
11:00-13:30
14:30-16:30

Event
Technical Coordination Committee Meeting (TCCM)
Planning Committee Meeting (PCM)
Confirmation of TCCM and PCM Minutes
Executive Committee Meeting (ECM)
TC14 Seminar
TC25 Seminar
Future Leaders Forum Seminar

2. Technical Coordination Committee Meeting: TCCM
(1) Reports on TC efforts
At the Technical Coordination Committee Meeting, reports were made on the efforts of nine TechnicalCommittees (TCs) currently engaged in activities, and the contents of each effort were approved. Of the nine
Technical Committees, TC21 (Technical Committee on Transdisciplinary Approach (TDA) for Building
Societal Resilience to Disasters), for which JSCE is acting as the presidency holder, reported on the TC seminar
held at the previous Manila ECM and the plan for efforts in anticipation of CECAR 9.

8(2) Guidelines and Terms of Reference (TOR) for Technical Committees
In 2017, the ACECC Secretariat, with JSCE at its core, created the TC Guidelines. On this occasion, however,the Secretariat proposed the Terms of Reference, which gave more specific guidelines for efforts. While theseTerms of Reference were generally accepted, it was decided that discussions would continue on the topic.
(3) Proposal to establish a new TC
The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) proposed the establishment of a TC that examines the futureof infrastructure and proposes long-term strategies. It was decided that a TC entitled “Interdisciplinary Strategic
Foresight for Infrastructure” will be established. Discussions still need to take place on the details of the new
TC’s efforts, and JSCE will also lend a helping hand.
3. Planning Committee Meeting (PCM)(1) MD-RSCE’s membership application
The Moscow Department of the Russian Society of Civil Engineering (MD-RSCE), which had requested to join
the ACECC last time, participated as an observer. The membership of MD-RSCE was unanimously approved.
(2) About the ACECC Awards
CICHE showed the selection process of the ACECC Awards at CECAR 9, and it was approved. Domestic
responses for recommendations from JSCE began in April. We hope for a large number of responses.
(3) About the forthcoming Executive Committee Meetings (41st and 42nd)
The forthcoming Executive Committee Meeting was scheduled to be hosted by the Federation of Myanmar
Engineering Society (Fed. MES) in October 2021, but due to the unstable situation in Myanmar at this present
time, the next Executive Committee Meeting will be hosted by ASCE. Fed. MES will host the 42nd Executive
Committee Meeting, but if the current situation continues as it stands, another organization will host the meeting
instead.
4. Executive Committee Meeting (ECM)(1) TCCM and PCM approval
Although there were further discussions about the efforts of the Strategic Planning Meeting, the decisions madeat the TCCM and PCM were accepted as they were for the other matters.
(2) Decision on which organization will host CECAR 10
The Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE) and PICE had put themselves forward as potential hosts for
CECAR 10 to be held in 2025. At this Executive Committee Meeting, both organizations gave presentations,and the representatives of affiliated academic societies voted as to which organization they thought should host
CECAR 10. It was clear that both organizations were highly motivated to host CECAR and manage thesecretariat, but KSCE, which had a more concrete plan, received the most votes. CECAR 10 is scheduled to beheld during October 21-25, 2025 on Jeju Island in South Korea.
5. Conclusion
On this occasion, the Executive Committee Meeting was held online for the third time in its history. The meeting
was run by taking advantage of the online format to hold many seminars in unison with the Executive Committee
Meeting. I would like to pay tribute to those of CICHE who hosted the event. The 41st Executive Committee
Meeting will be hosted, albeit at short notice, by ASCE in Washington D.C. during September 23-25, 2021.

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Organizations other than ASCE are planning to participate online as well as just like the 40th Meeting of the
Executive Committee Meeting on this occasion.

【Reported by Jun Izawa, Secretary-General, the Committee on ACECC(Railway Technical Research Institute)】

FY2020 JSCE Awards
Twenty-seven civil engineers including six non-Japanese engineers were recognized with International Lifetime
Contribution Award, Continuing International Contribution Award, and International Outstanding Collaboration
Award. The JSCE Award Ceremony was hold on June 11, 2021. The award recipients are listed in the tablebelow.
For further details, please visit http://www.jsce-int.org/a_t/international .
< International Lifetime Contribution Award: 5 recipients >The Award recognizes (1) Japanese civil engineers for their significant contributions to the development of civilengineering technology and/or the infrastructure development through their professional practices in and outside
Japan; (2) non-Japanese civil engineer(s) for his/her commendable achievements to the progress and promotion ofJapanese civil engineering.
NAME
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Koji Kuroda
Toshio Koike
Katsuji Hashiba
Ikuo Fujita

AFFILIATION
Japan International Consultants for Transportation Co., Ltd.
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
Public Works Research Institute (PWRI)
Infrastructure Development InstituteFudo Tetra Corporation< Continuing International Contribution Award: 16 recipients >The Award recognizes young professionals who have made and will make a significant contribution to thedevelopment of civil engineering and/or the development of infrastructure outside Japan with their unique andinspiring perspectives and solid technical skills.
NAME
Makoto Ikawa
Toshiyuki Izumi
Manabu Inoue
Yusuke Uchiyama
Tetsuya Urakawa

AFFILIATION
Dai Nippon Construction
PENTA-OCEANCONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
IHI Infrastructure Systems
Co., Ltd.
Kobe University
TOBISHIMACORPORATION

NAME
Tetsuya Tanaka
Saburo Tsuchida

AFFILIATIONTAISEI CORPORATION
Shimizu Corporation

Keisuke Machida
Yoshiyuki Matsui

OBAYASHICORPORATION
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Masato Matsumoto

NEXCO-West USA, Inc.

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Fumiaki Kiyosue
Kazumasa Sanui
Kenichiro Tachi

Oriental Consultants Global
Co., Ltd.
Japan International
Cooperation Agency
World Bank

Yoshiyuki Morikawa
Yuchi Yamane
Taishi Yamamoto

National Institute of Maritime,
Port and Aviation Technology
Kansai Electric Power Co.,
Inc.
Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport andTourism< International Outstanding Collaboration Award: 6 recipients >The Award recognizes foreigners who have made contributions to the development of civil engineering in Japan orother countries, through the exchange and collaboration with Japan, and are expected to play an active role in the
progress and development of civil engineering field.
NAME

AFFILIATION

Lau Jeck Deng

Fujita Corporation

Mohsin Usman Qureshi

Head of Research & Development, Sohar University

Ng Kwok Wei

SATO KOGYO (S) PTE. LTD.

Robert P. ElanoTAISEI CORPORATION

Sreng Sokkheang Suzuki

Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Narentorn Yingyongrattanakul

Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd.

Updates◆7th Engineers' Lounge “DOBOKU” (Japanese)
https://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/node/222◆2nd JSCE Concrete Committee Webinar "Frontiers of Concrete
Technology"
Aging Management of Concrete Structures in Nuclear Power Plants- Internal swelling reaction of concrete – (August 4)
https://www.jsce-int.org/node/720◆Salon for International Students and Engineers in Japan
https://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/node/220◆【Abstract Deadline Extended: July 31】9th Civil Engineering
Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR9) in Goa, India (Sept 21,
22, and 23, 2022)
http://www.cecar9.com/◆Joint Japan-US Symposium on Assessment, Management, andGovernance for Infrastructure Resilience*Pre-recorded Presentation Available on the Website.
https://www.infraresil.jp/event/01/◆The International Infrastructure Archives – A Compilation ofJapan’s Greatest Projects in Transfer of Civil Engineering
Technology in Service –http://www.jsce.or.jp/e/archive/◆ASCE Lifeline Conference 2021 2022
https://samueli.ucla.edu/lifelines2021/◆The 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (17WCEE)
http://www.17wcee.jp/index.html

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https://ec-intl.co.jp/evaces2021/◆IAC “News Pick Up!!” on the JSCE Japanese website
https://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/iac_dayori_2021◆Summary of featured articles in JSCE Magazine Vol. 106, No.7, July 2021
http://www.jsce-int.org/pub/magazine◆Journal of JSCE
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