Final Report of the 4th CECAR
Reported by
Dr. Kuo-Chun CHANG, LOC Chair, and
Dr. Hui-Ping TSERNG, LOC Secretary General
The Fourth Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region, 4th CECAR, organized by the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council, ACECC, and co-hosted by the Chinese Institute in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering (CICHE) and the Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University (NTU), was held in Taipei, Taiwan from June 25th to 28th, 2007. The conference attracted 1065 participants from 9 member societies of ACECC including 36 participants from 15 non-member countries.
1. Background of the 4th CECAR
CICHE (Chinese Institute in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering), a member of ACECC, officially submitted to the 6th ECM (Executive Committee Meeting) of ACECC held in Washington DC, in November 2002 a proposal of hosting the 4thCECAR in 2004. At that time, CICHE was decided as the host for the conference by a vote of 6 to 2. At the 9th ECM held in Seoul, August 2004, the LOC of 4th CECAR was initially established while its key members were officially approved. Dr. Kuo-Chun Chang of CICHE was initially committed as Vice Chair of the LOC (Local Organizing Committee) of the 4th CECAR. Subsequently, at the 10th ECM held in Kaohsiung, December 2004, he was officially approved as the Chair of the LOC.
The LOC, in close collaboration with the ACECC-ECM, selected “Working for Asian Sustainability” as main theme of the conference and the followings as major technical tracks:
Track 1 (T1): Ecology, Environment and Engineering
Track 2 (T2): Sustainable Construction
Track 3 (T3): e-Construction and Information Standards
Track 4 (T4): Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Track 5 (T5): Innovative Technology and Modern Management
Track 6 (T6): Mega Project and International Cooperation
Since the inauguration of the LOC in 2004, progress of preparation for the conference had been continuously reported to the ACECC-ECM through the 10th ECM in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Dec. 3, 2004, the 11th ECM in Tokyo, Japan, May 26, 2005, the 12th ECM in Los Angeles, U.S.A., October 23, 2005 , the 13th ECM in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 17, 2006, the14th ECM in Cebu, Philippine, January 20, 2007, and the 15th ECM that was held in Taipei on the eve of the conference.
