2020. 3. 2

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No.89
Technical Cooperation by Establishing Paving TechnicalStandards in Myanmar
In recent years, the international development of Japan'sconstruction technology has been strongly promoted under theleadership of its government. As an example of international
development in the field of paving technology, the following
introduces a technical cooperation project that, through utilizing
the JICA’s Grassroots Technical Cooperation Projects, has been
undertaken since 2012 by NPO International InfrastructurePartners with the full support of the Japan Road Association withthe goal of establishing paving technical standards in Myanmar.
This project was kick started by Mr. U Han Zaw (currently the<Non-Profit Organization Japan InfrastructurePartners (JIP)>
Kouji Kaminaga
Hidenori Yoshikane(President)(Myanmar Road Surface
Treatment TechnicalCommittee)

Minister of Construction of Myanmar), whom was chairman ofMyanmar Engineering Society of when he participated in the2011 Road Conference, requesting that Myanmar also create its
own paving technical standards with the cooperation of Japan.
The project was initiated by International Infrastructure Partners(JIP) in 2012 by utilizing JICA's Grassroots TechnicalCooperation Projects. From a technical perspective, the project
received the full support of the Japan Road Association’sPavement Committee, and in Phase 1, implemented from 2012 toResult of this Project

2014, a technical manual was created for the penetration macadam method, which has been widely implemented
in Myanmar, in reference to the Japanese Handbook for Asphalt Pavement. In Phase 2, which has beenimplemented since 2016, a technical manual was created for so-called high-grade pavement in Japan that uses aplant-produced heated asphalt mixture and ready-mixed concrete. Both manuals were translated into Burmesebased on the high acclaim and expectations of everyone on the Myanmar side, and the translated text was printedside-by-side with the English text before binding it as a book.
As a result, Myanmar's unique paving technical standards have been established based comprehensively on
Japanese technology, and in the future it is expected to greatly contribute to the establishment and maintenanceof pavement in Myanmar, which has huge development needs.
In this project, a test paving was implemented in Myanmar based on the content of each manual. With the test1

paving, we were able to effectively transfer the skills involved by directly teaching the Myanmar engineers andworkers about logical and efficient methods such as quality control required for each curriculum of production
at plants and construction on site, rather than simply checking the contents of the manual. Furthermore, during
the test paving, it was observed that the Myanmar engineers and so forth were still lacking basic knowledge, andso although it was not part of the original plan, on site we also created construction guides (in English) for onsite engineers that clearly show the technical items to be learnt for quality control, confirmation, and efficientconstruction through the use of photos and the like, and this was later handed to the personnel involved on theMyanmar side. We believe that this guide will significantly improve the skills of engineers in Myanmar.
The results of this project were featured in a seminar hosted by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers on December
17, 2019 where they were explained to over 90 attendees. It received a positive response.

Reconfirmation of Safety Awareness at Morning Assembly【Reported by Kouji Kaminaga and Hidenori Yoshikane, NPO International Infrastructure Partners】

The 7th Joint Company Information Sessionin Tokyo 2019
The 7th Joint Company Information Session in Civil Engineering for International
Students was held at the Headquarter of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) in Tokyoon December 7th, 2019. 54 international students and 9 companies joined it. IAC
International Student Network Group has hosted the joint company information session,
which is carried out in English, every year since 2013. The session’s objective is to provide
international students studying in Japan with an opportunity to acquire the knowledge andunderstanding of the Japanese construction industry, latest technologies, construction
Ji Dang（Internationalcompanies businesses, their overseas projects, and job recruitments. This year, after a Student Network Group,
successful one held in Kansai, the 7th joint company information session in Tokyo hadparticipants more than before.

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≪Participating Companies≫
TODA CORPORATION, OBAYASHI CORPORATION, HAZAMA ANDO CORPORATION, TOKYUCONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc., Nippon Koei Co., Katahira &Engineers International, Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd.
After the host gave the outline of that session at the opening, Mr.
Luong Van Binh and Mr. Sabin Singh gave speeches about theirexperiences as an international student studying at a Japaneseuniversity and as a engineering professional working in Japan.
They also introduced their companies’ overseas projects withsimple and clear-cut English.
Next, 4 general contractors and 5 consulting companies delivereda presentation on their company profiles, specialities, and major
projects. Some of them used a short video and some invited theirMr. Binh Gives a Speechinternational staff members to discuss their businesses. It was most impressive for the participants that thosecompanies had been running business for many years, leading the Japanese construction industry.
Then, Booth Session lasted for two hours. The participants visitedcompany booths and had time to directly talk with the company
staff one by one. The company staff listened to the participants
about their majoring fields, research projects and interests, andkindly answered their questions.
Many of the participants realized the importance of acquiring
Japanese skills if they like to work in Japan in the future. Japaneseconstruction companies generally don’t give international
students special treatments and scaffolds in the job recruiting andCompany Presentation

hiring process; thus, it is essential for them to acquire the highlevel of Japanese skills. In the meantime, some companies cameto realize that it was necessary to review their international
recruiting strategies back to office. Both the participants andcompanies noticed that the Session offered a meaningful andinformative opportunity to build commination between them.
Last, I, representing International Students Network Group,
IAC, would like to express my gratitude to all the speakers, theInteraction at Company Booththcompanies and the students who attended the 7 Session. Thankyou for your continued support.

【Reported by Ji Dang, International Student Network Group, IAC (Saitama University)】3

A Seminar in Vietnam to Present the Project to Deal withConcrete in Hot Weather and the Maintenance ofConcrete Structure
In December 2019, a half-day seminar to introduce the project related
to hot weather concreting and maintenance was held in December
2019 at the National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) and theHochiminh City University of Technology (HCMUT) in Vietnam.
The seminar is finically supported by a JSPS core-to-core program
entitled “Collaborative research network on standardization of designand construction for hot weather concreting based on Asian climate
and materials” and one of activities of JSCE infrastructure
management technology deployment research. In order to discuss thepractical problems of deterioration in concrete structures, the author
asked the maintenance master of Japan Railway East, Dr. Yoshinori
Matsuda to give a presentation to practical engineers. At the National
University of Civil Engineering, the deterioration of the buildings at
the university and the bridge pier with large cracks were studied withadvice by Dr. Matsuda. At the Hochiminh City University ofTechnology,Mr.

Yuji

MitaniofTAIHEIYOCEMENT

CORPORATION also gave a presentation of fly ash cement effect on
massive concrete in hot weather conditions. Dr. Phan Huu Duy Quocof SHIMIZU CORPORATION gave a presentation of fly ash
application in Vietnam and translated all presentations to Vietnamesein order to discuss with practical engineers in Ho Chi Minhstraightforwardly. About 30 participants, mainly students, and about
60 company engineers and more than 40 students and lecturers joined
the seminar at the National University of Civil Engineering and theHochiminh City University of Technology, respectively. Indiscussion, the cathodic protection method, the countermeasure forlarge cracks, what occurs when the maximum temperature reaches 71
degrees, the possibility to inhibit ASR and DEF when the alkali infry ash is high and others were asked by Vietnamese engineers. Since

Seminars at NUCE and HCMUT

Vietnam has expressed interest in construction issues in hot weather conditions and maintenance related tocracking, it is of importance to discuss the causes of and countermeasure for concrete problems based on theconditions. The author set up a Technical Committee (TC) in Asian Concrete Federation (ACF) to deal with theconcrete practices and feasible measures for construction and design in hot weather conditions. The TC aims todevelop construction and design standards for concrete in the hot weather conditions of Asia based on the climateand materials through the discussion with researchers and engineers in Asia.
【Reported by Shingo Asamoto (Saitama University)】4

- The Earthquake Engineering Committee FY2019 Joint Seminar (CECAR8)
1. Overview
We, Earthquake Engineering Committee JSCE, have continued international exchange
activities for promoting and exchanging ideas on the ISO23469 (Bases for design ofstructures-Seismic actions for designing geotechnical works (2005)) with a support of theInternational Scientific Exchange Fund.
We organized the technical session "Advanced Concept and Implementation of Seismic
Design Methods for Resilience Against Intense Earthquake" at the 8th Civil Engineering Masayuki Yoshimi(Secretary-General, theConference in the Asian Region (CECAR8) held in Tokyo in April 2019. Also, we held Earthquake EngineeringCommittee)

the international workshop "International workshop on seismic design of civil structures"at the conference room of the Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), Kokubunji, Tokyo. We invited fourexperts on seismic design from overseas (Republic of Korea, Turkey, USA, Republic of Chile) to attend andmake presentations on these meetings.
2. International Workshop on Seismic DesignOn April 16 the day before our Organized Session at
CECAR8, we held the international workshop "Internationalworkshop on seismic design of civil structures" at RTRI. Fiveexperts made a technical presentation on the current status
and issues of seismic design in each country, and gave a
lively Q & A session.
Dr. Dong Soo Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and

The Speakers and Secretary at the Workshop inRTRI.

Technology: KAIST, Korea) gave a lecture on a new style of pile foundation invented considering seismic
response of soils under centrifuge tests. Prof. Beyza Taskin (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) made apresentation about a newly revised seismic standards in Turkey, and explained that building owners'
understanding was essential to resilient society to earthquakes. Dr. Akihiro Toyooka (RTRI, Japan) gave a lectureon the development of earthquake resilient railroad structures improving reparability or redundancy after strong
ground motions. Mr. Victor Pabro Diaz (Ministry of Public Works, Chile) gave a talk on Chile's seismic designstandards revised in 2017. Dr. Stephen Dickenson (New Albion Geotechnical, Inc., USA) made a presentation
about some issues on US design standards for pile foundations on the soft ground, claiming importance ofconsidering non-linear behavior of the ground in evaluation of pile response under diverse input ground motions.
After the workshop, a technical guided tour in the RTRI campus was held courtesy of the RTRI.
3. CECAR8 Organized Session
On April 17, the organized session of CECAR8, "Advanced Concept and Implementation of Seismic DesignMethods for Resilience Against Intense Earthquake," was held as a 90-minute-long session. Professor RikiHonda (The University of Tokyo, Japan) and Dr. Dong Soo Kim (KAIST, Korea) co-chaired the session. Fivetechnical presentations, four by invited speakers from overseas and the other by Dr. Shojiro Kataoka (NationalInstitute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Japan) were made each with 20 minutes time slot.
5Dr. Kim (Korea) gave a lecture on "Evaluation of seismic
coefficients for pseudo static analysis of gravity type quay wallby centrifuge tests" and talked about earthquake input to gravity
type quay wall using centrifugal model experiments. Mr. Diaz(Chile) gave a lecture on "Seismic design methods for resilienceagainst intense earthquake in Chile" and explained about thedamage to bridges due to earthquakes in Chile. Dr. Kataoka(Japan) gave a lecture on "Implementation and new approach forresilience design against extreme events: seismic design of

CECAR8 Organized Session

highway bridges in Japan", and showed a concept of ensuring
earthquake resilience of road viaducts. Prof. Taskin (Turkey) gave a lecture on "Strong ground motions to beemployed during the design and performance analysis of the building type of structures according to the New
Turkish Seismic Code." Finally, Dr. Dickenson (USA) gave a lecture on the performance design of port structures,
entitled "Overview of the state of the art in performance-based design of port waterfront structures."
There were nearly 100 participants, and lively questions and answers were exchanged after each presentation.
4. Conclusions
These organized session and workshop were successfully implemented. We could make a strong connection
between key experts abroad thanks to these activities. We believe that it become a great asset for future activities
for the promotion and enhancement of the ISO23469, or other technical and engineering issues in earthquake
engineering. We thank great support by the International Scientific Exchange Fund.
<The Invited Experts>
Dr. Dong Soo Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Prof. Beyza Taskin, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Dr. Stephen Dickenson, New Albion Geotechnical, Inc., USAMr. Victor Pabro Diaz, Ministry of Public Works, Republic of Chile【Reported by Masayuki Yoshimi, The Earthquake Engineering Committee (AIST)】JSCE Taiwan Civil Engineering Heritage Visit
The JSCE Communication and Public Relation Center planned an event titled “Reiwa’sFirst History, Journey to Civil Engineering Heritage, Visiting Historical Heritage inTaiwan, Let’s Experience Yoichi Hatta’s Wushantou Dam Facilities, Jiufen, and Historical
Railway Heritage!” The tour ran for four days from Wednesday, December 4 to Saturday,December 7, 2019.
The main event of this annual tour (seventh time) was special civil-engineering

Hideki Ogata (Directorsightseeing and included Wushantou Dam facilities, which was recommended by JSCE as of Civil Engineering
Literacy Promotion

the FY 2009 Civil Engineering Heritage, a boat tour on the Wushantou reservoir, and a Group, JSCE

Communication andsupply-channel tour. Participants also saw the special discharge of water from the former Public Relation Center）
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outlet, visited the mechanical room, and saw the moldof Yoichi Hatta’s bronze statue in the management
office of the Taiwan Chia-Nan Irrigation Association.
Thanks to the efforts of the Taiwan Chia-Nan Irrigation
Association, which was established by Yoichi Hatta andcontinues to function, friendships were deepened.
Our relationship with the Irrigation Association has
continued through events such as the JSCE tour, since it
helped us produce the animation film featuring Yoichi

Special Discharge of Water from the Former Outlet

Hatta: Batain Lai!! Minami no Shima no Mizu
Monogatari. The Ministry of Culture, Executive Yuan of Taiwan Government, Tainan County, private film
companies, and many other organizations in Taiwan supported us during the production of the film. In November
2009, before the general release, previews of the film were held in Hsinying, Tainan County and Taipei. FormerPresident Ma Ying-jeou visited the Tainan event, and Former President Lee Teng-hui, Former President of theExecutive Yuan Hsieh Chang-ting, and Judy Ongg attended the Taipei event.
Apparently, participants of the visit were surprised and pleased to find that people in Tainan still deeply
appreciate the achievements of the civil engineer Yoichi Hatta.
They also learned that Yoichi Hatta, who conducted irrigation projects in Taiwan, is liked by people because ofthe Taiwanese concept of insuishigen, that is, “When you drink water, you have to thank those who dug the welland pass on the fact to your offspring.”

Questions and Answers at the Headquarters of Taiwan
Chia-Nan Irrigation Association Went on for a LongTime.

FY2019 JSCE Taiwan Civil Engineering Heritage Visit【Reported by Hideki Ogata, JSCE Communication and Public Relation Center】

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