What are the ASCE International Groups/Sections doing?
The ASCE Japan Section successfully held its Annual Meeting on April 18, 2005. The program included a lecture by Mr. Nishimura, of Central Consulting Inc., on the Asian Highway Project. On February 3, 2005, the ASCE Japan Section held its third lecture series on the Chuetsu Earthquake in Nigata Prefecture. Leading the lecture was Dr. Masayuki Takemura of the Kobori Research Institute (Kajima Corporation). Please contact Ms. Togari at togari@jreast.co.jp for more information. Congratulations to the ASCE Thailand Section! The ASCE Thailand Section had cause for celebration in April when, fresh out of his second reelection, Section President Pratim Ghose announced that Louis Berger Group, Inc. would be sponsoring them for 2005 and will allow them to use the Louis Berger Group’s office in Bangkok for the TIS meetings as well as its address for any communications. ASCE thanks the Louis Berger Group and Roger Bryan, Director of Engineering in Bangkok. ASCE-TIS won the “Best International Sec
