Senior Researcher, Taisie Rotec Corporation
Kazunari Hirakawa joined Taisei Rotec Corporation in 2002 and worked at Institute of Research and Development division from 2003 to 2009. In 2009 to 2013 majored in pavement technology and materials as work at Department of consulting & Investigation. In 2013-2015, on loan to Public...
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Bridge Engineer, IHI Infrastructure Systems Co., Ltd.
Tatsuya Idani, born in 1986, received his MSc in civil engineering from Yokohama National University in Japan. He has been working for IHI Infrastructure Systems Co., Ltd. for 8 years. He worked as a design engineer for repair work of Binh bridge, a major cable stayed bridge in Vietnam...
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Senior Research Engineer, NIPPO Corporation
Dr. Tsutomu Ishigaki joins Japanese road contractor of NIPPO CORPORATION as a senior research engineer. Tsutomu's proffession is the International Development Engineering (IDE), and in 2009, Tsutomu was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering by Tokyo Institute of Technology...
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Chief, Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
Ryuhei Kondo is a Chief of the Overseas Projects Division, the Engineering Consultants Department of Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited, Japan. He has extensive experience in the fields of highway construction and maintenance management in central Tokyo. Currently, he is promoting...
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President and CEO, NEXCO-West USA, Inc.
Masato Matsumoto is a globally recognized structural engineer, is currently a Committee Member for the IRF Asset Management Committee. He is a registered professional Engineer both in the United States and Japan in Civil Engineering. He is an expert on technical aspects of bridge...
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General Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd.
Dr. Naoki Nagamoto is General Manager of Structural Engineering Service Department in Sumitomo Mitsui Construction. One of his duties in this role is research and development of new type of bridge structures. He has been also developing monitoring technologies of structures such as...
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Manager, NEXCO-Central
Toshiyuki Oka is a business development manager working for NEXCO-Central. He is working on the application development for pavement asset management using the latest image recognition technologies and deterioration prediction algorisms. He has over 15 years of experience of highway...
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