General Assembly
IPA23GA002EN
8 May 2023

Report 1: Activity Report 2022
Fiscal Year 2022 (1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023)
Introduction Remarks
With the easing of regulations concerning COVID-19, we were able to gradually resume
physical activities in FY2022, including the Board Meeting and the 15th Anniversary Seminarin Singapore and the 13th Press-in Engineering Seminar in Japan.
This report is made in the same format as the Activity Plan 2022 i.e., on the basis of the fiveStanding Committees. We hope that this format makes it easier for the IPA members tocompare and understand the report and the plan.

1. Research Committee
The meeting of Research Committee was held at the time of the Board of Directors Meetingin Singapore in November 2022, discussing the issues such as future plans for holding
seminars and publishing Case History, and the need to establish a Preparatory Committee
and Follow-up Committee to further promote the Technical Committee activities.
A) Technical Committees
a. Technical Committee 4 (TC-4)
Research Subject: Vertical performance and construction management of sheet piles
installed by the Press-in Method and tubular piles installed by Rotary Cutting Pressin Method
Activities: TC-4 was initially planned as a three-year research activity from 2019.
It was expected to submit the final report to the Research Committee within the fiscalyear 2022. However, there have been delays in the activities and the final report was
not ready. It appears that the management and action plan of the TC-4 needs to bereconsidered and rescheduled.
b. Technical Committee 5 (TC-5)
Research Subject: Influence of operator skill and experience on field performance ofPress-in Piling
Activities: TC-5 is a three-year research activity from 2020, and the fiscal year 2022
was the third year for this activity with the submission of the final report. There havebeen delays in activities. In the fiscal year 2022, two TC meetings were held andseveral Joint meetings were held with the Technical Committee of Japan Press-in
Association (JPA) and TC-5 has collected three cases of data for Press-in monitoring
system so far. One year extension is needed to gather more cases of the data.

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c. Technical Committee 6 (TC-6) - *China
Research Subject: Investigation and analysis of the development status of Press-in
technology in China
Activities: TC-6 is a three-year research activity from 2021, and the fiscal year 2022was the second year. TC-6 has conducted a survey and received 3 responses fromoperators so far, as well as collected 91 construction cases that were carried out from2003 to 2022. A meeting was held towards the revision of Press-in Handbook in
Chinese and a questionnaire survey was prepared for this purpose.
B) Case history
a. Case history volume -2
The Research Committee has been editing articles and plans to publish it in the firstquarter of next fiscal year 2023.
b. Collecting the case histories of the press-in piling method
To be continued to the next fiscal year.
Refer to the Case Histories of the Year Awards ProgramC) IPA Library (collection of books)
Books in a variety of fields are being collected. See the Library web page154 books (Japanese books 113, English books 41 are included) were furnished andthe total number of books is 953 at the end of the fiscal year 2022.
D) The Press-in Engineering Seminar
The Press-in Engineering Seminar in Chiba was held on 13th February 2023 in a
hybrid format. Total 92 people participated in the seminar. The theme of the seminar
was watershed planning and management related to heavy rainfall disasterprevention as planned. (Reported in IPA Newsletter 2023, issue 1)

2. Development Committee
The meeting of Development Committee was held at the time of the Board of Directors
Meeting in Singapore in November 2022, discussing mainly the issues of IPA Seminar on
Press-in Technology in Taiwan and terminology on press-in technology.
A) Multilingualization of the Press-in Handbook
Up until now, the IPA has published the Press-in Handbook in 10 languages i.e.,
Japanese, Chinese, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Vietnamese,
Thai and Russian. In addition to these, the Development Committee has organized tobe able to publish the Press-in Handbook in Arabic and Korean in the fiscal year 2023,
and is searching the other languages, which disseminates the Press-in Handbook
and promotes the press-in technology for more nations and regions.
B) Seminars on Press-in Technology
a. Singapore
The Global Best Practices of Press-in Piling Method - IPA 15th Anniversary Seminarin Singapore - was held on 18th November 2022 in a face-to-face meeting as acommemorate the 15th Anniversary of the Association. A total of 91 participants
attended including IPA Directors from 11 countries, consultants, contractors, andgeotechnical engineering practitioners.
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The seminar featured the latest applications of Press-in piling in Asia, Europe, NorthAmerica, South America, and Africa, such as coastal protection are highly relevant toSingapore and Southeast Asia. The past, present, and future of IPA were alsopresented. (Reported in IPA Newsletter 2022, issue 4)b. Other regions
The Development Committee decided to hold a press-in engineering seminar inTaiwan on 14th June 2023, aiming for dissemination of the Press-in Handbook. Theseminar is under preparation and will be cooperated by the following co-organizers.
- Taiwan Geotechnical Society (TGS)- Taiwan Foundation Engineering Institute- Taipei Foundation Engineering Institute- Sino-Geotechnics Research and Development FoundationC) Specifications of the Press-in Piling Method
The working group was formed and established the framework of the table of contents
in the FY2022 and started drafting. 30% of the whole contents has been drafted.
D) Terminology on Press-in Technology
The Development Committee will compile the terminology on Press-in Technology
and make the platform to open them for the IPA members and the public, since thecommon use of terminology related to Press-in Technology has become urgent andcritical issues as the multilingualization of the Press-in Handbook progresses.
The working group was formed, chaired by Prof. Chun Fai Leung (President of IPA)
with the 2 years term (FY2022-2023). Tentative time table of preparation andpublication was made as below.
WG

Task

FY2022Making a policy
Preparing a corresponding table
Translating English into Japanese if necessary, and vice versa
Reviewing and modifying
JG
Opinition gathering to the opened terminology, modification ofplatform, and data addition and correction
Meetingx
Publish ★, update ☆
Selecting key words* and checking a priority
G1 Giving a definition if necessary, and translating Japanese into English
Reviewing and modifying, addition by requests
Selecting key words and checking a priority
Considering alternatives/Renaming to some words if necessary
G2 Giving a definition, if necessary
Preparing figures for definition
Reviewing and modifying, addition by requests
G3 Preparing a corresponding table b/w English and other languages
Maintenance and updating by Development Committee★1: provisional WEB opeing of English and Japanese terrminology DB★2: provisional WEB openig of other languages teminology DB★：official opening of WEB opening of terrminology DB

FY2023xx★1FY2024
3rd ICPE*3ICPMGx★2★

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E) ICPE2024 (The Third International Conference on Press-in Engineering 2024)
The ICPE2024 is to be held in Singapore on 3-5 July 2024 and the Organizing
Committee and International Advisory Board have been established and started
preparation for the conference. The ICPE2024 official website has been launched
and the first bulletin (call for abstract) has been circulated.
See the ICPE2024 offical website

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3. Publicity CommitteeThe two meetings of Publicity Committee were held to discuss the following issues.
A) IPA Newsletters
The quarterly publication of the IPA Newsletter continued in the fiscal year 2022 asfollows.
- Vol.7, Issue 2 June 2022
- Vol.7, Issue 3 September 2022
- Vol.7, Issue 4 December 2022
- Vol.8, Issue 1 March 2023

26 pages
24 pages
33 pages
30 pages

The Editorial Board Committee meetings were held 4 times this year.
B) Booklet-2: Pile Foundation
The special contributions related to pile foundations that appeared as follows in theprevious Newsletters were re-edited and published in March 2023.
Title

Authors

Development of Sheet Pile Foundation

Hidetoshi Nishioka
Masayuki Koda

Potential Damage to Steel Pipe Piles During Installation
Rapid Load Test of Piles
Piled Raft Foundation Combined with Deep Mixing Wall Grid
Long-term response of piled foundations to sustained load
Comments on Analysis of a Static Loading TestMark Randolph
Tatsunori Matsumoto
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Bengt H. Fellenius
Bengt H. Fellenius

4. Awards Committee
The meeting of Research Committee was held at the time of the Board of Directors Meetingin Singapore in November 2022, discussing the issues to accelerate the applications forexisting award programs.
The Awards Committee commenced work on collection of suitable material for review during
2023.
A) Preliminary collection of potential candidates for each award.
The Awards Committee proceeded a list of technical and academic papers for thepast three years, from January 2020 to the end of December 2022.
It involves collection of on-going or completed project information and innovativetechnology information for the following categories:
1) Outstanding project award,2) Innovative technology award,3) Distinguished research award
B) Preparation of the ICPE Best Paper Award at ICPE2024.
A call for papers leading to the ICPE Best Paper Award has been launched by theOrganizing Committee of ICPE 2024.

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5. Administration Committee
The meeting of Administration Committee was held at the time of the Board of Directors
Meeting in Singapore in November 2022, discussing the issues to ensure the smooth andefficient operation of the IPA activities.
A) Recruitment of Directors to enhance IPA activities as well as the cultivation ofthe next generation in the organization.
Assisting the Nomination Committee in the recruitment of IPA Directors with regional
consideration for diversification of IPA activities, a new IPA Director candidate wasnominated from Australia and Japan. Additionally, the Nomination Committee
prepared the short list of Directors and Auditors in the next term (2023-2024) including
younger generations.
B) Aiming for globalization through enhancement of the activities of IPA RegionalOffice.
The Regional Offices contributed to the IPA activity through writing articles inNewsletters.
Read the articles from regional offices:
Europe/Netherlands, South East Asia/Singapore, America/U.S.A.

C) Aiming for economic self-sustainability operation
The IPA kept applying the economic self-sustainability principle to events. Both the15th Anniversary Seminar in Singapore and the 13th Press-in Engineering Seminarin Japan were held in the fiscal year 2022 with this principle.
D) Soliciting young researchers and engineers’ participation in the editing processof technological books and papers with respect to the Press-in technology
The IPA held the 15th Anniversary Seminar in Singapore and the 13th Press-inEngineering Seminar in Japan and encouraged young researchers and engineers tojoin our activities.
E) Driving collaborative activities with the Japan Press-in Association (JPA) for
viable study or research workCurrently progressed as planned.

6. OthersA) General Assembly
The General Assembly was held during the period of 16th to 27th May 2022 (twelvedays), approving the new Board Members together with the Activity Report andIncome and Expenditure Statement for the fiscal year 2021, the Activity Plan andBudget for the fiscal year 2022. (Reported in IPA Newsletter 2022, issue 2)B) Board of Directors meeting- On-site and online hybrid Board of Directors meeting was held on 11th July 2022with the participation of 23 Directors and 1 Auditor. The Directors unanimously
approved proposals on President, Vice Presidents, Executive Director, Chairs, CoChairs and membership of the Standing Committees and Secretary General.
(Reported in IPA Newsletter 2022, issue 3)

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- With the easing of regulations concerning COVID-19, a face-to-face Board ofDirectors meeting was held on 17th November 2022 in Singapore with theparticipation of 20 Directors (17 on-site and 3 online) and 1 Auditor. The Directors
unanimously approved proposals on the forming of the Nomination Committee andthe progress report of each committee's activity and the ICPE 2024 was shared
among the participants.
(Reported in IPA Newsletter 2022, issue 4)- An e-mail Board of Directors meeting was held during the period of 20th to 24th
March 2023 with the participation of 21 Directors and 2 Auditors. The Directors
unanimously approved proposals including new Directors, the draft Activity Plan and
the Budget for the next fiscal year.
C) Steering Committee
The Steering Committee consists of the President, all Chairs of the Standing
Committees, Executive Director and Secretary General. There was an online meetingon 1st March 2023. The main agendas of the meeting included the Activity report ofthe fiscal year 2022, the Activity Plan of the fiscal year 2023 and the agendas for thenext Board of Directors meeting and the General Assembly.
D) Nomination Committee
The Nominating Committee was formed at the Board of Directors meeting on
November 17, 2022. The Nominating Committee prepared a short list of possible
candidates of IPA Directors and Auditors in the next term 2023-2024 for resolution atthe 2023 General Meeting.
E) Memberships
Numbers of IPA members as of 31st March 2023
Individual members
Student Members
Corporate members

7135452［ Last year 711［ Last year 76［ Last year 53

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Report 2: Income and Expenditure Statement for 2022
Income & Expenditure Statement for the Fiscal Year 2022
Period : 1st Apr. 2022 - 31st Mar. 2023
Items

（Unit: JPY）
2022 Budget

Note2022 Actual

Operating Activity
1 Operating Income① Membership Fee
Individual Member's Annual Fee

7,150,000

7,130,000

Corporate Member's Annual Fee

7,100,000

6,796,000

16,000,000

16,000,000② Contribution
Contribution③ Miscellaneous Income
Research commission
Sales of Books
Other Income
Total Operating Income

00

5,100,000

2,022,750

200

18,95735,350,200

31,967,707

2 Operating Expenditure① Expenditure for Conference and Seminar
Press-in Seminars on overseas

500,000

406,334 Preparation cost（Taiwan)② Expenditure for Publication
Press-in Handbook

5,000,000

2,213,210 Editing and printing cost

Case History Volume 2

800,000

IPA Newsletter

250,000

214,767 Editing cost

0 Editing and printing cost

Booklet 2: Pile Foundation

500,000

267,300 Editing and printing cost

③ Expenditure for Research Activity
Board of Directors' meeting

5,100,000

5,461,603 Board of Directors' meeting / Steering committee expenses

Research committee / Technical committee expenses

500,000

500,000 Research committee / Technical committee expenses

Specifications of the Press-in Method

500,000

Awarding expenditures
IPA library
Other activities (e.g., Participations to other conferences)

01,400,000
500,000

0 Specifications of the Press-in Method
01,365,966 Books for IPA Library, etc.
487,523 Other activities (e.g., Participations to other conferences)④ Administrative Expenditure
Celebration of the 15th Establishment Anniversary of IPA
System maintenance

500,000
2,160,000

Membership cards and certificates

20,000Printing expenditures

50,000820,853 Cost for the 15th Anniversary Seminar in Singapore, etc.
2,624,316 System maintenance, online submission and paper review system, etc.
0 Membership cards and certificates
6,640 Guidance of IPA, etc.

Postage cost for international / domestic

250,000

Communication expenses

100,000

Director's remuneration

10,970,000

10,768,445

Lease expenses

3,310,000

3,285,946 Office rent, Copy machine, etc.

Outsourcing expense

1,650,000

1,641,204 Certified accountant fee, and etc.

Commission expense

300,000

Office supplies expense

120,000

53,783

Miscellaneous expense

230,000

376,596

Reimbursement

0Total Expenditure

34,710,000

Surplus / (Deficit) of Income over Expenditure
Balance brought from the Previous Year
Surplus / (Deficit) of the Current Year
Balance carried forward to the Next Year

146,518
95,335 Telephone charge

255,407 Bank Charges

191,940 Replacement cost of airfare for Taiwan seminar
31,183,686

640,200

784,021

12,482,816

12,482,816

640,200

784,021

13,123,016

13,266,837

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In our opinion, the above statement of accounts is presented fairly in all material respects.
監査の結果、重要な点において適正に表⽰しているものと認める。

Date:

8 May, 2023,

Auditor __________________________________
Dr. Goh Teik Lim

Auditor __________________________________
Mr. Tsuyoshi Tanouchi

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