Message
from the Chairperson
Professor Junichiro NIWA, Tokyo Institute of Techinorogy, became the new chairperson in April 2011

I have been elected chairparson of the JSCE Concrete Committee for the current term to succeed Prof. Toyoaki MIYAGAWA of the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University...
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Revised Specifications

Standard Specifications for Concrete Structures 2010:
Revision of "Test Methods and Specifications, JSCE Standards"

"Test Methods and Specifications" as a part of Standard Specifications for Concrete Structures was revised in November 2010 and will be released soon by Concrete Committee in Japan Society of Civil Engineers. The revised points are introduced in this issue.

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Disaster Survey Report

First report on damage situation of concrete structure by M9 earthquake in Japan 3.11, 2011
One of the hugest earthquakes hit North East region of Japan in March 11. SCE concrete comittee dispatched the 1st survey teams to heavily damaged area in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. 1st reports show damage situation of concrete structures in areas other than coast hit by tsunami.
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Links to Earthquake Information Web Sites

Scientific data and reports
related to the earthquake
Japanese internet sites are liseted, which produce scientific data and report written in English.

A part of links is below.

Japan meteorological agency:
Regarding the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention:
http://www.bosai.go.jp/e/
international/110318/110318.html

Reading of environmental radioactivity level, Ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology :
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/index.htm
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Downloadable New Publication
Recommendations for
Design and Construction of Pre-stressed Concrete Structures Using Advanced Pre-stressing Steel Coated with Epoxy Resin
This recommendation was drafted by the JSCE subcommittee 276 (Chaired by Prof. Junichiro Niwa, Tokyo Institute of Technology) based on the outcome of 2-year comprehensive research. The recommendation was first published in June 2010.
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Free Download Available

JSCE Guidelines for Concrete No.1, "Recommendations for design and construction of concrete structures using electric arc furnace oxidizing slag aggregate"
JSCE Guidelines for Concrete becomes free in downloadable form sequentially. In this issue, Guideline No.1( published July 2004) is now available for free download
(PDF, 2.3MB).
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Conference Information

HPC 2011(Aug. 9-11, 2011)
The 9th International symposium on High Performance Concrete, Design, Verification & Utilizeation, City

Notice! The symposium site has been changed from Christchurch to Rotorua in North Island, New Zealand because of damage by the earthquake.

http://www.hpc-2011.com/home/home.aspx

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