No.39
January 5, 2016

No.27

A New Year’s Message from the President
Noriaki Hirose
President of JSCE
Seasons greetings.

proposed by JSCE, has been approved and is expected toLooking back to 2015, we were able to deepen ties withpromotepeople from around the world at a number of opportunities.

reduction and disaster risk impact assessment among

I represented Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) atcountries. We will continue to encourage young people inthe Executive Committee Meeting (ECM) of Asian Civil

Japan to focus their attention overseas through activities

Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC) in Dhaka insuch as the “Construction Industry Global Vision Lecture

March. In addition, I attended the annual conventions ofSeries" and the “IAC Japanese Civil Engineers Global

the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and theLeaders Symposium Series”. Also, we will stimulate theKorean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE) in October. I

activities of overseas sections of JSCE and strengthen ties

also attended international events in the JSCE Annual

among JSCE members, who include engineers in variousMeeting in September including the special discussioncountries and Japanese engineers who are engaged inentitled “Message to the Japanese Civil Engineering /activities overseas. This year, we will further enhance

Construction

International

JSCE’s activities to transcend the boundaries of civil

Students who Studied in Japan” and the international

engineering and to help improve the lives of people aroundroundtable meeting entitled “Leveraging Big Data for

the world.

Infrastructure

Industry

fromManagement

Formerandthesharingofknowledge

aboutdisaster

SustainableDevelopment.” These experiences reminded me that weIt has been approved that Civil Engineering Conference inshare common concerns in the world such as fostering

the Asian Region (CECAR), which is the largest activity ofyoung generation and climate change issues. I was also

ACECC held every three years, will take place in Japan inable to deepen the JSCE’s international exchanges at the2019. This is an opportunity for civil engineers fromWorld Engineering Conference and Convention (WECC)

various countries to get together and discuss common

2015 in Kyoto and communication with people fromconcerns. We will begin preparations for this conference inoverseas who visited JSCE.

earnest this year, and I hope that we can count on yourassistance and cooperation.

JSCE 2015, the midterm action plan, places priority on
international technology value transfer, and we willcontinue to promote it in the coming year. A new technicalcommittee on Trans-disciplinary Approach for Building
Societal Resilience to Disasters (TC21) of ACECC,

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Global Vision Lecture Series (February 27, 2015)
From left: Chairperson Fukumoto (Construction
Management Committee), FIDIC President Bueno, JSCE
President Hirose (at the time, president-elect)

Report on “Joint Seminar on Maintenance ofConcrete Structures in Philippines”“Joint Seminar on Maintenance of Concrete Structures inInternational Roundtable Meeting
Meeting (September 16, 2015)

Coffee Break“Outline of JSCE Concrete Codes”

Speaker：Dr. Kyuichi Maruyama（Emeritus Prof. ofNagaoka University of Technology）

Specification for Concrete Structures of JSCE (Concreteand Repair”

Committee, JSCE Philippine Section and University of thePhilippines Diliman.
The venue of the seminar was “Eastwood Richmond Hotel”
located in Queson City, where is northern part of Metro

Annual◆9：55－10：55◆10：55－12：10

joint seminar was co-organized by JSCE ConcreteJSCE◆9：40－9：55

Philippines- Utilization of the Knowledge of StandardCodes)” was held in Metro Manila on Aug. 26th 2015. Thein“JSCE Concrete Codes MaintenanceSpeaker ： Dr. Hiroshi Yokota （ Prof. of HokkaidoUniversity）◆12：10－13：30◆13：30－14：30

Lunch Break“Current Situation of Road Structures

and their Maintenance in Japan”
Speaker：Dr. Yoshinobu Ohshima（Senior Researcher ofPublic Works Research Institute）◆14：30－15：30“Recent topics on maintenance ofManila. The purposes of this seminar was to introduce thePort Facilities in Japan”

effectiveness of “JSCE Concrete Codes” to Philippine

Speaker ： Dr. Toru Yamaji （ Director of Structural

engineers and to spread Japanese maintenance ideas andEngineering Field Port and Airport Research Institute）

concepts of concrete structures based on “JSCE Guidelines◆15：30－15：45

Coffee Breakfor Concrete NO.4 Standards Specifications for Concrete◆15：45－16：45“Cutting-Edge Technologies forStructures 2001 Maintenance”, especially related tohighway and port structures. The time schedule ofseminar is shown as below.

－Schedule on Aug. 26th 2015－

Assessing Infrastructures”
Speaker ： Dr. Tomoki Shiotani （ Prof. of KyotoUniversity）◆16：45－17：30

Discussion & Ending Remarks－Schedule on Aug. 27th 2015－◆9：00－9：30

Registration◆8：00－12：00

Site visit to Sky Way Construction◆9：30－9：40

Opening Remarks & Ceremony◆15：00－17：00

Visit to Manila CitySpeaker・Dr. Nathaniel B. Diola（Associate Prof. of University ofthe Philippines Diliman）
・ Dr Ricardo G. Sigua （ Prof. of University of thePhilippines Diliman）

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Attendances：Prof. Shiotani, Dr. Yamaji, Dr. Nishida

There were 50 of participants from the fields ofIn the process of maintenance of deteriorated concrete

Governmental works, structural designers, constructors

structures, it is difficult to find a proper answer, and weand university faculties. They were highly impressed inshould find adaptable systems or methods in each country

the presentations of Japanese lecturers. The population

with considering technical levels, cultures, climate anddensity of Metro Manila is now 18,000 person/ km2, which

economy. The joint seminar successfully ended as a firstis 3 times larger than that of Tokyo. Under this highly

step in building collaborative discussions between Japan

crowded region, there are plenty of concrete structures

and the Philippines, and will be continued to furthersuch as buildings, loads, highway bridges and train

examine future maintenance of concrete structures.

bridges.

Special thanks to JSCE International Scientific Exchange

Now

thePhilippines

hasbeenin

the“Construction Age” enhanced by 5 to 6 % of economic

Fund which supported the joint seminar.

growth while they should maintain old concrete structures,
which contained concrete structures founded by Japanese【JSCE Concrete Committee, Takahiro Nishida (KyotoODA Projects. In the seminar, the participants exchangedUniversity)】

their ideas and opinions under the situations of above.
※ This report is also published in the JSCE Concrete
Committee News Letter No.43.
http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/concrete/e/newsletter/new
sletter43/index.html

Prof. Maruyama delivers a presentation about the JSCE
Concrete Codes

Improving Natural Disaster Resilience in Japan－ Action Declaration and Action Plan －Participants of seminarfurther strengthen its efforts for disaster reduction.
InDecember

2013,

JSCE

established“Research1. Introduction

Committee on Disaster Reduction and Prevention toIn order to protect people's lives and property from theRealize Strong and Resilient Society” under the umbrella

threat posed by natural disasters such as the 2011 GreatofEast Japan Earthquake, torrential rains in Hiroshima,

considering how to create a “nation that is strong andand other serious natural disasters that have occurred inresilient to natural disasters,” where people can live inrecent years, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) has

peace and safety.

decided to develop an action declaration and action plan toIAC News No.39, Jan.5 2016

thePlanning

Committee,

withthepurposeof

2. Action declaration and action plan of JSCE

3. Future activities for disaster prevention and mitigation

In June 2015, the committee issued a report summarizing

JSCE

the results of their activities, called "Action Declaration

Hashimoto, and other JSCE members met with Akihiroand Action Plan: For the Creation of a Nation that isOhta, then Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport

Strong and Resilient in regard to Natural Disasters." Theand Tourism, in July 2015 to explain the content of theJSCE action declaration and action plan in the report arereport. Minister Ohta indicated his expectation that JSCE

as follows.

will carry out locally based activities, produce specificPresident

NoriakiHirose,Advisor

Kotaro◆Action Declaration

examples soon, and work in collaboration with theJSCE, as an organization of civil engineering technology

Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land,experts, in order to create a nation that is resilient to natural

Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

disasters, will engage in the accumulation and disseminationof scientific knowledge and present the solutions to technical

Both in Japan and internationally, JSCE will publicize its

challenges to communities. At the same time, we will utilize

disaster reduction and prevention activities by means

scientific and technical knowledge in order to take concretesuch

action to protect, insofar as possible, the lives of citizens, andTrans-disciplinary

the economic activity and vitality of the region.

Resilience to Disasters (chairperson: Kuniyoshi Takeuchi,◆Action Plan

Advisor of ICHARM), whose establishment was proposed

JSCE, based on their own expertise, seek consistent support

by JSCE and approved by the Asian Civil Engineeringand cooperation from disaster-related fields, in order to protect

Coordinating Council (ACECC) in October 2015.

asthenewTechnicalApproachforCommittee
BuildingonSocietal

the safety of the country and citizens. Based on the recognition
that disasters will not wait, we aim to urgently upgrade branchsystems, and have decided to carry out concrete disaster
reduction activities rooted in the localities (region, district),
and to urgently address the pressing issues shown below:※Development assistance for district disaster reduction plans,
inspections of regional disaster reduction plans, development ofdisaster reduction leaders, support for disaster response
capacity building and human resource development, promotion
and improvement of information sharing in disasters, promotionof disaster resilient urban planning, international cooperation,etc.

※Note：Committee report, in Japanese only
http://committees.jsce.or.jp/kikaku/node/87

Minister Akihiro Ohta meeting with JSCE President
Noriaki Hirose and Advisor Kotaro Hashimoto on
July 29, 2015.

【Yoshihiro Katsuhama, Membership & Planning Division,
JSCE】

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Symposium Series No.6 on” Sindhuli Road Construction
Project” at the JSCE HQ, Tokyo
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