 Outline of the Division |
| The division performs research on standards, more efficient and more advanced systems, and on the evaluation and reduction of construction costs related to the series of processes that comprise a construction project-surveys, planning, design, estimation, and supervision of the execution-that it a vital process in the provision of social capital. |
| Principal theme of research and development |
| Establishment of a civil engineering project estimation system
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| The division is performing research to construct an integrated and consistent estimation system in order to clarify contract conditions and price calculation conditions, and to perform more efficient and more rational estimations of public works projects. And to further rationalization, the division is also performing research to determine what form of estimation process is appropriate in the future. |
| Research on the evaluation and reduction of construction costs |
| The division is performing research on methods of evaluating overall construction costs incorporating external costs. It is also using a data base of past estimations to perform structural analysis of the cost structure at the execution stage, in order to evaluate basic technologies for cost reduction and to clarify research policies in this field. |
| Review of standard designs for civil engineering structures to lower costs |
| The division is reviewing standard designs for civil engineering structures in order to replace the "material minimum" with the "labor minimum" to minimize overall prices in response to changes in the economic environment. |
| Research on supervision, inspection, and payment methods
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| The division is performing research on "periodic - design change consultations and partial payment method": periodically consulting on design changes and paying according to the quantity of completed work. The division is also performing research on the way that public works project should be supervised and inspected. |
| Research staff |
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Head |
| Sakon Hiroyuki |
| General |
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Deputy Head |
| Ookami Kazunori |
| Rationalization of estimations, Supervision/inspection, Construction cost analysis |
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Senior Researcher |
| Komada Tatuhiro |
| Cost reduction and evaluation, External costs, Stock management |
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Senior Researcher |
| Yoshida Kiyoshi |
| Unit price-type estimations |
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Researcher |
| Sekine Takayoshi |
| Unit price-type estimations |
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Researcher |
| Ichimura Yasumitsu |
| Standard designs of civil engineering structures, Green procurement system |
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Researcher |
| Ito Yoshihiro |
| Estimation systems, Rationalization of estimations, Construction cost analysis, Unit price-type estimations |
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Researcher |
| Sakamoto Toshihide |
| Supervision/inspection, Payment methods |
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Chief Official |
| Sakuma Yoshio |
| Administration |
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| Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and TransportNational Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management |