Message from the ChairmanJuly 2014

A few months have elapsed since we last met in Honolulu,

Hawaii, U.S.A. to have our meetings and to visit the CECAR7

conference venue. Besides ACECC business, I hope everybody

has an enjoyable and relaxing time in Hawaii. On behalf of

the Organizing Committee of CECAR7, I would like to ask all

the participants to give your feedback, comments, ideas or suggestions to the

Organization Committee after your visit to the conference venue. The Organization

Committee had a conference call last week and CECAR7 is taking shape under the

able leadership of Dr. Udai Singh. If any member society would like to organize or

to have a session or a workshop of particular interest to your members, please let

the Organization Committee know so that we can try our best to accommodate your

needs.

The Secretary General is working diligently preparing the ACECC meetings to

be held in Tokyo in November 2014. If there are any agenda items you would like

to include for discussion, please inform the Secretary General in advance. At the

same time, JSCE is working extremely hard organizing the international symposium

to celebrate the 100th anniversary of JSCE. I understand there will be an excellent

technical program. We are all excited to participate in such an important event in

civil engineering history. In the meantime, I am grateful to the Institution of Engineers,

Bangladesh for their acceptance of the responsibility to host our first series of

meetings in 2015.

The Finance Committee under the leadership of Professor Jae-Woo Park,

our Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee, is working diligently drafting

guidelines for allowable expenses for ACECC officials representing ACECC to

attend various events. A well-established finance system is extremely important for

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the healthy development and sustainability of ACECC. On the other hand, the

participation of ACECC officials in international events, such as WEFO meetings,

Annual Meetings or Conferences of member societies etc., is equally important to the

growth and prosperity of ACECC.

ASCE will have their Global Engineering Conference 2014 – "From Community

Projects to Giga Projects: Civil Engineers having a Global Impact" during October

7-11, 2014 in Panama City, Panama. The registration is open now. This is the first

ASCE Annual Conference outside North America. Both of the last two ASCE annual

conferences outside the United States were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2014 also marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal – a civil engineering

wonder that every civil engineer should be proud of. If you have not visited the

Panama Canal yet, this is your golden opportunity.

All in all, we are all busy with ACECC business to make civil engineering a

better profession and to benefit mankind. If you have any questions or comments,

please feel free to contact me at albert-yeung@graduate.hku.hk. If you have any

chance to stop by Hong Kong for business or pleasure, please let me know. In the

meantime, I look forward to meeting all of you again in Tokyo, Japan in November

2014 if not earlier.

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Albert T. YeungDepartment of Civil EngineeringUniversity of Hong Kong

CECAR 7 – Schedule at a Glance (Preliminary)

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

9:00 AM-12:30 PM: Workshops/Special Sessions (2 concurrent sessions)

1:30-5:00 PM: Workshops/Special Sessions (2 concurrent sessions)

1:00-5:00 PM: Technical Tours

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

8:30-10:30 AM: Opening Plenary Session

10:30-11:00 AM: Morning Coffee Break

10:30 AM-5:30 PM: Exhibits Open

11:00 AM-1:00 PM: Technical Sessions (4 or 5 concurrent sessions)

1:00-2:00 PM: Lunch

2:00-3:30 PM: Technical Sessions (4 or 5 concurrent sessions)

3:30-4:00 PM: Afternoon Coffee Break

4:00-5:30 PM: Technical Sessions (4 or 5 concurrent sessions)

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Message from the LocalOrganizing Committee (LOC)

Aloha from the LOC!

Planning is in full swing for CECAR 7. The LOC has prepared

the following preliminary schedule at a glance for the conference.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

8:30-9:30 AM: Plenary Session

9:30 AM-5:30 PM: Exhibits Open

9:45 AM-11:15 AM: Technical Sessions (4 or 5 concurrent sessions)

11:15-11:45 AM: Morning Coffee Break

11:45 AM-1:15 PM: Technical Sessions (4 or 5 concurrent sessions)

1:15-2:00 PM: Lunch

2:00-3:30 PM: Technical Sessions (4 or 5 concurrent sessions)

3:30-4:00 PM: Afternoon Coffee Break

4:00-5:30 PM: Technical Sessions (4 or 5 concurrent sessions)

7:00-10:00 PM: Awards Dinner

Friday, September 2, 2016

8:30-9:30 AM: Plenary Session

9:30-10:00 AM: Morning Coffee Break

10:00 – 12:00 PM: Technical Sessions (3 or 4 concurrent sessions)

12:15 – 12:45 PM: Closing Plenary Session

1:30 – 5:30 PM: Technical Tours

Technical sessions will include sessions composed of abstracts submitted

from the general call for abstracts (in 2015), sessions from ACECC’s Technical

Coordinating Committee (TCC), and other invited sessions. I am inviting each

ACECC member society to organize one session (4 or 5 papers, 90 minutes total). If

you accept, I need the title, a brief summary description, and the point of contact for

your session by the end of October 2014. Please make sure that this is not from one

of the TCC committees, as the TCC Chairman is already submitting those sessions. I

look forward to receiving session proposals from all of you.

Mahalo!

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Dr. Udai P. SinghChairman, LOC

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MACE Annual meeting 2014 was successfully organized in Ulaanbaatar,

Mongolia during June 13-15, 2014. Delegates from the Societies in Agreement of

Cooperation with our Association took a part in the meeting, namely two delegates

from KSCE headed by president Prof.Myung Pil Shim; eight delegates from PICE

headed by 1st vice president Engr Eugenio R,Pipo,JP ; three delegates from

JSCE headed by Prof. Eiki Yamaguchi and three delegates from CICHE headed by

Secretary General Mrs.Kerwin NI.

Joint international round table discussion by the Ministry of Construction and

Urban Development of Mongolia and Civil Engineering Societies of Korea, Japan,

Taiwan, Philippine and Mongolia was held on June 14 in the Mongolian National

Chamber of Commerce and Industry,Conference Hall on theme of “Development on

Construction Sector Administration and Future Tendencies”. Following presentations

were discussed: “Modificationof the legal environment for construction sector in

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Mongolia” by B.Tsedensamba, Chairmen, Department of Construction and Building

Materials Policy implementation of Ministry of Construction and Urban development;

“The present situation of MLIT policies, and future direction” by Yoshitaka MORITO,

Minister's Secretariat Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the

JSCE; “Governmental partnership and playing role of professional associations in the

construction sector’s development” by Mr.G.Batsukh- Executive director, Natioinal

Integrated Center for Construction Development; “ Issues in the Korean Construction

Industry and Future Opportunities” by

Prof. Joong Hoon Kim, Vice President of

the KSCE; “Climate change adaptation

and resiliency program” by Engr.Remedios

Belleza of the PICE; “Challenging issues

of colsulting, expertising services and

verification in construction sector” by Dr. L.Shagdarragchaa, President of Barilga

Corporation.

MACE organized events like city tour, visiting museum and natural scenic

places by the specific program for foreign delegates in order to introduce Mongolia,

Mongolian heritage, tradition and custom.

International activities of the MACE

MACE has extended its foreign relation and presidents of the MACE and PICE

signed the Agreement of Cooperation between two societies on June 14, 2014 in

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Major objectives of this Cooperation are to study building

codes of two countries, exchange their experiences, to jointly work on joint events

all kinds, to implement exchange programs of civil engineering students and young

engineers.

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Join ASCE to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of

the Panama Canal during the Global Engineering Conference 2014

– From Community Projects to Giga Projects: Civil Engineers having

a Global Impact.

See if you need a visa to travel to Panama!

http://content.asce.org/conferences/annual2014/index.html

One hundred years ago, through innovation, planning, and

hard work, civil engineers made the impossible possible — forging

new ground across dense jungle and swamp, linking the world.

Watch this video to see how.

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ACECC Event Calendar (Feb. 2014)

• ell as ACECC sponsored events are listed on request.

• Contents will be revised at the end of each month based on the latest information.

• The events listed on the table should be that official language is English and that

any persons who belong to ACECC can participate.

Jun. 13-14, 2014

Aug. 26-28, 2014

Sep. 10-12, 2014

Oct. 7-11, 2014

Oct. 22-24, 2014

Nov. 2-7, 2014

Nov. 18-19, 2014

Nov. 20-21, 2014

Nov. 24-28, 2014

Dec. 6-7, 2014

Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2015

MACE: Annual Meeting

HAKI: Annual conference 2014

JSCE: Annual Convention

ASCE: Global EngineeringConference 2014

KSCE: 2014 CONVENTION

WFEO: World EngineeringConference on SustainableInfrastructure

ACECC 27thECM

JSCE: JSCE’s 100 years anniversary

EA: Engineers Australia National Convention

CICHE: Annual Convention

WFEO: World EngineeringConference and Convention

Ulaanbaatar-Mongolia.

Jakarta-Indonesia

Osaka-Japan

Panamahttp://content.asce.org/conferences/annual2014/

Daegu-Korea

Abuja-Nigeriahttp://www.wecsi2014.org/index.php

Tokyo-Japan

Tokyo-Japan

Melbourne-Australiahttp://www.convention2014.org.au

Kaohsiung-Taiwan

Kyoto-Japanhttp://www.congre.co.jp/wecc2015/

Date Name of Event CityFurther information

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