General Assembly
IPA22GA002EN
9 May 2022

Report 1: Activity Report 2021
Fiscal Year 2021 (1 Apr 2021 – 31 Mar 2022)
Introduction Remarks
Some activities of the IPA were hampered by the spread of COVID-19. But in this difficult
situation the IPA tried hard to fulfill its tasks described in the Activity Plan 2021 to promote
the purposes of the IPA.
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 CommitteeA) 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 is a three-year research activity from 2019, and the fiscal year 2021 was the
final year for this activity. TC-4 proposed an extension of one year until the fiscal year
2022, which was approved by the Research Committee.
・Six oral presentations were made on ICPE 2021.
・An interim report for 2020 has been prepared.
・Work began on the final report.
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 2021 was thesecond year for this activity.
・One oral presentation was made on ICPE 2021.
・A questionnaire was prepared for the steel sheet pile method.
・In the fiscal year 2021, several working group meetings were held.
・A Joint meeting was held with the Technical Committee of Japan Press-in Association
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(JPA).
・A manuscript introducing the activities of TC5 was contributed to the Press-in
Journal of JPA.
・An interim report for 2021 has been prepared.
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 2021 was thefirst year for this activity.
・A questionnaire for market research was developed and a survey commission wascarried out.
・In the fiscal year 2021, three working group meetings were held.
・An interim report for 2021 has been prepared.
B) Case historya. Case history volume -2
Candidate articles were collected and categorized after obtaining the permission to
publish from the publishing company of the Proceedings of ICPE 2021.
b. Calling for project case histories on the press-in piling method
・A working group has been established.
・Chairperson: Tatsunori Matsumoto (Honorary Professor, Kanazawa University)
・Secretary: Tsunenobu Nozaki (IPA)
・The scheme has been uploaded at the IPA webpage and invitation letters havebeen circulated.
C) IPA Library (collection of books)
165 books (Japanese books 132, English books 33 are included) were furnished andthe total number of books is 799 in the fiscal year 2021.
D) The Press-in Engineering Seminar
The selection of the theme and the content of the lecture were discussed.
・The theme in 2022 will be heavy rainfall disasters (slope failure or flood damage).
・Keynote speech (1 - 2 speeches) and Press-in construction case history (1 case) wereplanned.

2. Development CommitteeA) Multilingualization of the Press-in Handbook
English, Russian, Thai, Portuguese, Spanish and French versions have been
completed. In addition, Vietnamese, German and Arabic languages has be2/5progressed simultaneously.
B) Seminars on Press-in Technologya.

China
On hold due to current COVID-19 situations.

b. Asia and other regions
Due to the prolonged COVID-19 situation, all the plans for seminars have been
postponed. However, the IPA has determined that Taiwan should be the next venue
for the next fiscal year.
C) Specifications of the Press-in Piling Method
Background and Project Objectives
There are no comprehensive specifications of the press-in piling method to beprovided for the global construction market as yet. Therefore, it is advantageous toprovide a comprehensive “Specification of Press-in Piling Method” for project
specifiers in the construction industries, to ensure that the press-in piling method iseasily specified in construction projects.
・The working group has been established.
Chairperson: TBC
Co-chair: Tsunenobu Nozaki (IPA)
Editorial Committee members: Osamu Kusakabe, Masaaki Terashi, Andrew McNamara,Goh Teik Lim, Jiro Takemura and Yukihiro Ishihara
・The structure (Table of Contents) of the specification has been drafted.
・Start drafting the specification.
D) Periodic interaction with other organizations in various countries
a. ChinaThe IPA has established a new technical committee TC-6 (Investigation and analysisof the development status of Press-in technology in China), which will be handled by
the Research Committee.
b. Japan・The joint seminars with JPA were held in February 2021. IPA has been focusing on
the global market more this fiscal year.
・“Press-in Retaining Structures: A Handbook 2020 (Japanese)” has been revised
and published as the second printing.
・JPA corporate members continue to participate in working groups of TechnicalCommittees 4 (TC-4) and 5 (TC-5).
E) ICPE2021
The ICPE 2021 was successfully held online on 19th and 20th June 2021. 430
participants from 19 countries and regions attended the conference. IPA funded thesum of JPY 2,000,000- (JPY 1,000,000- this fiscal year) to the ICPE2021 Organizing
Committee.
Singapore was selected as the venue for the next ICPE i.e., ICPE2024. The IPA
provided an action list for the preparation of the event.
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3. Publicity CommitteeA) IPA Newsletters
The quarterly publication of the IPA Newsletter continued in the fiscal year 2021 asfollows.
・Vol.6, No.2 June 2021

29 pages・Vol.6, No.3 September 2021

35 pages・Vol.6, No.4 December 2021

25 pages・Vol.7, No.1 February 2022

64 pages

The fifth bound version No.5 in a hard cover which contains the four issues (Vol.6,No.1 to No.4) was published in March 2022.
The Editorial Board Committee decided to start holding regular meetings this year inorder to share information and exchange ideas among the committee members. We
held 4 meetings in this year.
B) Booklet-1: Development history of Silent Piler
The booklet was published in February 2022 with Japanese and English version
including “Development of Press-in Machinery”, “Utilization of monitoring data during
press-in piling” and other contents. Publication of this booklet is a part of IPA 15th year
anniversary project.

4. Awards Committee
In accordance with the selection of the Awards Committee the following awards werepresented at the time of ICPE 2021:
・Outstanding Project Award: 2 projects, 5 corporations and 3 individuals
・Innovative Technology Award: 2 papers, 4 corporations and 2 individuals・Distinguished Research Award: 2 papers, 8 individuals
・Life-Long Contribution Award: 1 individual
According to the selection of the Awards Committee in cooperation with the organizing
committee of ICPE, the ICPE Best Paper Award was presented at the time of ICPE
2021 to the following:
5 papers and 20 individuals

5. Administration Committee
A) Recruitment of Directors to enhance IPA activities as well as the cultivation ofthe next generation in the organization.
As a result of recruiting IPA Directors with regional consideration for diversification ofIPA activities, new IPA Directors were selected from Turkey. Additionally, theNomination Committee prepared the short list including younger generations.
B) Aiming for globalization through enhancement of the possible establishmentof IPA Regional Office.
The Regional Offices contributed to the IPA activity through writing articles in4/5

Newsletters.
C) Aiming for economic self-sustainability operation
The IPA kept applying the economic self-sustainability principle to events. TheICPE2021 was held in the fiscal year 2021 with this principle.
D) Soliciting young researchers and engineers’ participation in the editing
process of technological books and papers with respect to the Press-in
technology
The IPA held ICPE2021 and encouraged young researchers and engineers to join
our activities.
E) Driving collaborative activities with the Japan Press-in Association (JPA) for
viable study or research work
Currently progressed as planned.

6. OthersA) General Assembly
The General Assembly was held during the period of 24th to 28th May 2021 (fivedays), approving the new Board Members together with the Activity Report andIncome and Expenditure Statement for the fiscal year 2020, the Activity Plan andBudget for the fiscal year 2021.
B) Board of Directors meeting
・Due to COVID-19, the Board of Directors could not meet physically this fiscal year.
A Zoom meeting was held on 11th June 2021 with the participation of 24 Directorsand 1 Auditor. The Directors unanimously approved proposals on Vice Presidents,
Chairs of the Standing Committees and Secretary General.
・An e-mail meeting was held on 2nd to 6th November 2021 with the participation of26 Directors and 1 Auditor. The Directors unanimously approved proposals on thenext ICPE and the forming of the Nomination Committee.
・Another e-mail meeting was held on 22nd to 25th March 2022 with the participationof 23 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 were two online
meetings on 2nd December 2021 and 22nd February 2022. The main agendas of themeetings included the Activity report of the fiscal year 2021, the Activity Plan of thefiscal year 2022 and the agendas for the next Board of Directors meeting and theGeneral Assembly.
D) Memberships
Numbers of IPA members as of 31st March 2022
Individual members
Student Members
Corporate members

7117653［ Last year 680［ Last year 61［ Last year 54

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General Assembly
IPA22GA003EN
9 May 2022

Report 2: Income and Expenditure Statement for 2021
Income & Expenditure Statement for the Fiscal Year 2021

Period : 1st Apr. 2021 - 31st Mar. 2022

(Unit: JPY)
2021 Budget

2021 Actual

7,000,000
7,100,000

7,150,000
7,300,000

16,000,000

16,000,000

235,000
4,500,000
10,00034,845,000

05,569,500 Design and construction manual of the Press-in
Method (JP version) - March 2020, etc.
4,206
36,023,706

2nd International Conference on Press-in Engineering (ICPE2021)

1,000,000
1,200,000

1,000,000 Financial aid to ICPE2021 Organizing Committee
0 Seminar in Taiwan, Indonesia, China *Postponed

Design & Construction Manual of the Press-in Method, March 2020 (JP version)

3,000,000
3,050,000
2,500,000
500,000
1,000,000
600,000
1,200,000

4,147,331 Reprinting cost
1,918,261 Editing and printing cost
7,255,123 French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish,Thai, etc.
77,001 Preparation cost
711,344 Published in March 2022 (bound version #5)
734,800 Editing and printing cost
1,155,000 Proceedings of ICPE2021

5,100,000
1,000,000
100,000
2,400,000
1,300,000

0 Travel expense, etc.
1,000,000 TC1, TC3, TC4, TC5 and new TC(s)125,840 Trophies, Certificates, etc. for 3 Award categories
1,253,221 Books for IPA Library, etc.
0 Registration fees, costs for interviews on construction project

1,000,000
2,090,000
20,00030,000500,000
100,000
10,860,000
3,460,000
1,710,000
280,000
150,000
210,000
44,360,000(9,515,000)
14,493,324

363,000 Cost for celebration, etc.
1,666,698 System maintenance on IPA website, etc.
060,026 Greeting Cards, Envelopes, etc.
241,925 Shipping cost of IPA's publications
95,529 Telephone charge
10,968,810
3,284,324 Office rent, Copy machine, etc.
1,641,204 Certified accountant fee, and etc.
384,382 Bank charges
204,940
299,183
38,587,942(2,564,236)
14,493,324(9,515,000)(2,564,236)
553,728 Please refer to "Note 1" for details.
12,482,816

Items

Note

Operating Activity
1 Operating Income① Membership Fee
Individual Member's Annual Fee
Corporate Member's Annual Fee② Contribution
Contribution③ Miscellaneous Income
Research commission
Sales of Books
Other Income
Total Operating Income
2 Operating Expenditure① Expenditure for Conference and Seminar

Press-in Seminars on overseas (for the Press-in Handbook)② Expenditure for Publication
Press-in Handbook 2nd edition (EN version)
Press-in Handbook 2nd edition (Other languages)
Case History Volume 2
IPA Newsletter
The History of Silent Piler
Other Publications (Proceedings of ICPE2021, etc.)③ Expenditure for Research Activity
Board of Directors' meeting / Steering committee expenses
Research committee / Technical committee expenses
Awarding expenditures
IPA library
Other activities (e.g. Participations to other conferences)④ Administrative Expenditure
Celebration of the 15th Establishment Anniversary of IPA
System maintenanceMembership cards and certificates
Printing expenditures
Postage cost for international / domestic
Communication expenses
Director's remuneration
Lease expenses
Outsourcing expense
Commission expense
Office supplies expense
Miscellaneous expense
Total Expenditure
Surplus / (Deficit) of Income over Expenditure
Balance brought from the Previous Year
Surplus / (Deficit) of the Current Year
Amendment of Prior Year Balance
Balance carried forward to the Next Year4,978,324

Note1:’The amendment of prior year balance is to correct the discrepancy between the accounting record and cash
balance in the fiscal year 2017 and before that were detected as a result of further examination so that the balance
carried forward is correspond to the actual cash balance.
Note2: The Income & Expenditure Statement of ICPE 2021 is attached on this agenda for reference.
’Please refer to “Appendix: Income & Expenditure Statement - ICPE 2021”.

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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。

9 May
Date: ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿,
2022,

Auditor __________________________________
Dr. Goh Teik Lim

Auditor __________________________________Mr. Yoshihisa Fujisaki

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Appendix: Income & Expenditure Statement - ICPE2021
Attendees: 430 (from 19 countries)
Items

Amount(Unit: JPY)

Note

1 Income① Registration Fees

4,745,800 Registration, Full paper processing charge② Sponsorship

1,650,000 Ads on Guidebook / Webpage, Virtual booth③ Subsidies

1,500,000 Subsidies from 2 organizations④ Sales of Publications

1,500,000 ICPE2021 proceedings(Total 11 organizations)⑤

Miscellaneous Income

Total Income
2 Expenditure① Expenditure for Printing and Shipping②Preparatory Meetings

2,000,000 Financial support from IPA
11,395,800

1,315,923 ICPE2021 proceedings (Hardcover version)
875,775 Travel costs, Venue fees related to the Organizing Committee andScientific Working Group meetings③Expenditures for international conference

8,314,785 Costs for online conference (IT support), Simultaneous interpretation,Venue, Reward for the keynote lecturers, etc.

④Miscellaneous Expenses

Total Expenditure
Surplus / (Deficit) of Income over Expenditure
Balance brought from the ICPE2018
Balance carried forward to the Next ICPE

593,380 Paper review, Bank charges, etc.
11,099,863
295,937
98,291
394,228

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