We conducted on-site SenrigaN training at the FY2024 Bridge Inspector Workshop held at the University of the Ryukyus.

This course is being held to ensure the accuracy of periodic bridge inspections and improve the technical skills of inspection engineers. In the course, participants will acquire the knowledge and techniques necessary for bridge inspections, as well as learn about the characteristics of damage caused by salt damage and strong winds, which are unique to Okinawa.
In the SenrigaN field training, we introduced how to operate SenrigaN to approximately 20 bridge inspection engineers using removed girders from actual bridges. Participants were able to handle the SenrigaN equipment and experience how it works and actually measure the locations where steel material breaks.

We will continue to introduce solutions that can contribute to infrastructure maintenance and management, so we appreciate your continued support.

I attended the Concrete Engineering Annual Conference 2024 (Matsuyama) at the Concrete Techno Plaza.

From Wednesday, June 26 to Friday, June 28, 2024, the "Concrete Engineering Annual Conference 2024" was held at ITEM Ehime - Ehime International Trade Center (Matsuyama, Ehime).

The Annual Concrete Engineering Conference is held once a year for three days, bringing together concrete researchers and engineers from all over the country. It's often called a festival of concrete because participants actively exchange information through presentations of research results and Q&A sessions. About 5,000 people attended this year's conference.

We introduced SenrigaN at the FY2024 Road Technology Committee Seminar on New Technologies and Construction Methods (online), hosted by the Kyushu Branch of the Japan Civil Engineering Consultants Association.

On June 10, 2024, Shirakawa from our company gave a presentation on the SenrigaN non-destructive testing technology at the FY2024 Road Technology Committee Seminar on New Technologies and Construction Methods, hosted online by the Kyushu Branch of the Japan Civil Engineering Consultants Association.

From the venue of the Kyushu branch of the Construction Consultants Association, our company’s Tejima gave a talk online on the theme 'Development of Automatic Detection Technology for PC Steel Breakage Based on Waveforms Obtained by the Leakage Flux Method.' Also, at Concrete Techno Plaza 2024, Ono took the stage during the 3-day booth exhibition and tech introduction sessions to present SenrigaN.

Moving forward, our company will continue to develop technology for infrastructure management and work to contribute to measures against infrastructure aging. We held a webinar, which was attended by 189 people from 62 companies. It was a very valuable opportunity to widely introduce to participants the case of detecting steel and rebar fractures using SenrigaN. As efficient use of technology is increasingly needed to maintain social infrastructure, we will continue our efforts to help preserve concrete structures and such by detecting unseen "steel fractures" with SenrigaN.

I did practical training at the JICA Sri Lanka 'Bridge Maintenance Management Capacity Enhancement' (Country-specific Training).

At the training for road managers in Sri Lanka held in Gifu Prefecture on June 4th, we had the opportunity to practice SenrigaN together with Dainichi Consultants.
Using actual measuring equipment, magnets, and steel materials for demonstration, participants carried out measurements and judgments.
They asked a lot of questions, engaged positively in the training, and were able to make accurate judgments.
We aim to solve the problem of steel deterioration not only in Japan but all over the world, and we would like to contribute to infrastructure maintenance and management.

The SenrigaN team has several types of steel materials and magnets for demonstration purposes.
If you need to check the operation using a demo steel kit like this, please feel free to contact us using the inquiry form.

Automatic determination function (beta version) is now available

Our SenrigaN team has so far investigated many pretensioned girders and RC slab bridges.
These girders, which do not have a very thick cover, give a clear signal when they break, making it possible to detect steel material breaks with high accuracy.
On the other hand, because of the influence of stirrups and magnetic materials other than steel, the interpretation of waveforms had to be carried out by specialized engineers.
Therefore, we have developed an automatic judgment function to make it easier for everyone involved in bridge maintenance management.
It is currently in beta version and there are some conditions, so if you are interested, our sales staff will be happy to explain it to you.
Please feel free to contact us.

At the 73rd Academic Conference of the Society of Materials Science, Japan, we reported on the development of SenrigaN AI fracture determination.

At the 73rd Academic Conference sponsored by the Japan Society of Materials Science held at Dejima Messe Nagasaki on Sunday, May 26, 2024, we reported on the fracture determination system using AI implemented by SenrigaN.
SenrigaN detects steel material breaks from the waveform of the magnetic sensor. Until now, waveforms had been judged by specialized engineers, but we have developed a system that automatically makes judgments, and we would like to report on its status.

We will continue to develop infrastructure management technology and work to contribute to countermeasures against aging infrastructure.

Introducing our efforts regarding concrete pavement.

SenrigaN was first developed to solve the problem of "finding fractures in prestressing steel inside bridge girders," but it is gradually expanding its scope of use, and is currently targeting steel and reinforcing bars inside "concrete pavement."

In joint research with the Public Works Research Institute, we have confirmed its application to the inspection of fractures in "dowel bars" inside concrete pavement. There is a report on the Civil Engineering Research Institute's website.
https://thesis.pwri.go.jp/public_detail/1001227/

In addition, regarding concrete pavement at airports, we conducted model experiments on continuous reinforced concrete pavement and PC precast pavement, and presented the results at an airport technology briefing session.
You can view the announcement from the URL below on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website.
https://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/koku_tk9_000088.html
Starting with bridge girders, it has now become applicable to cable-stayed bridge cables, steel materials and reinforcing bars inside pavement, etc. We hope to continue responding to new needs. Thank you for your continued support.

We gave lectures on SenrigaN in Osaka and Kumamoto.

Kitamura of the SenrigaN project gave a lecture on the non-destructive testing technology SenrigaN at the Infrastructure Maintenance National Conference Kinki Headquarters Forum ``9th Pitch Event'' (held in Osaka) on November 27, 2023, and the following day on the 28th at the Kyushu Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ``New Technology/New Construction Method Explanation Session'' (held in Kumamoto).
Although we had a tight schedule that required long distance travel, over 100 industry participants attended each venue, and it was a good opportunity for everyone in the infrastructure maintenance industry to broadly deepen their understanding of Konica Minolta's efforts using SenrigaN.

Information on the Infrastructure Maintenance National Conference Kinki Headquarters Forum is Click here
Information on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Kyushu Regional Development Bureau "New Technology/New Construction Methods Explanation Session" Click here

We would like to continue to contribute to improving the safety and sustainability of social infrastructure, mainly concrete structures, through the non-destructive testing technology called SenrigaN.

At the Social Infrastructure Tech 2023 conference, we gave a presentation introducing overseas cases.

Yamada, who is in charge of overseas expansion of the SenrigaN business, took the stage at the "Social Infrastructure Tech 2023 Conference", a comprehensive exhibition on infrastructure maintenance management and aging measures, held at Tokyo Big Sight on Friday, December 8, 2023.

The title of the presentation was ``Introducing the case study of overseas expansion of new technology (SenrigaN) from the inspection support technology performance catalog'', and the presentation was about the overseas expansion of Japan's new technology and the challenges faced during overseas expansion.

Our company will continue to expand overseas through industry-government-academia collaboration, and will work to ensure that Japanese technology can contribute to countermeasures against aging infrastructure around the world.

SenrigaN (leakage flux method) has been registered in the Ibaraki Prefecture version of the new technology information providing database "IT'S".

The Ibaraki Prefectural Civil Engineering Department is actively working on "utilization of new technology" as one of the measures to reduce costs, aiming to develop inexpensive and high-quality social infrastructure. Since fiscal year 2004, the Center has established IT's as a place to receive proposals for new technologies and make them widely available.The aim is to contribute to increasing the ability of the private sector to develop new technologies, and to create an environment in which clients can easily introduce new technologies in public works commissioned by the prefectural civil engineering department.
Following the magnetic stream method (A-21107), the leakage magnetic flux method (A-23110) has been additionally registered as a new technology (construction method) with a proven track record in the prefecture.

Ibaraki Prefecture board new technology information provision database "IT'S"
SenrigaN page (PDF)

We will continue to work hard to help you.

The magnetic flux leakage method has been registered in NETIS.

Although the magnetic stream method has been registered in the past, the leakage magnetic flux method has also been registered as "KK-230059-A". I would appreciate it if you could take advantage of it.

Presented at the Infrastructure Maintenance National Conference Tohoku Forum Matching Event in Yamagata.

At the Infrastructure Maintenance National Conference Tohoku Forum Matching Event in Yamagata held on December 1st, we selected and introduced our non-destructive testing technology "SenrigaN".
Tohoku Forum holds events that match the needs of administrative members with the technology and know-how (seeds) held by corporate members in order to resolve the infrastructure-related concerns (needs) faced by administrative members in Tohoku.
This was the first time the event was held in Yamagata Prefecture, and a total of 221 participants participated, including 105 face-to-face participants and 116 web participants, the largest ever. We were able to get a glimpse of the high level of awareness towards infrastructure maintenance initiatives.
We would be happy if SenrigaN could contribute to the maintenance and management of road infrastructure.

Date: Friday, December 1, 2020
Venue: Yamagata Civic Hall (2-9-45 Kasumicho, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture)

We introduced SenrigaN at the Yamagata prefecture road maintenance training in 2020.

At the Yamagata Prefecture Road Maintenance Training (New Technology Utilization Edition) held on November 16, 2020, Konica Minolta's Niiyama and Ono introduced the non-destructive inspection technology "SenrigaN."
Yamagata Prefecture established the "Yamagata Prefecture Road Maintenance Council" to deal with aging road infrastructure during the period of high economic growth, and is working to strengthen preventive maintenance and anti-deterioration systems.
As part of this effort, a training session on new technology was held for approximately 30 participants, including local government officials from the Yamagata Prefecture Road Maintenance Council.
We received many questions about SenrigaN technology, and we were able to see the high level of interest in new technology for road maintenance in Yamagata Prefecture.

We took the stage at the 2nd Chiba Sensan Technology and New Technology Presentation in 2025.

At the second FY2023 Chiba Local Technology and New Technology Presentation held on November 28, we introduced the SenrigaN non-destructive testing technology.
In Chiba Prefecture, in order to improve the technical capabilities and development motivation of construction-related companies within the prefecture, we are working to widely disseminate information on new technologies and construction methods within the prefecture such as in the civil engineering field, ``Chiba Chisan Techniques,'' as well as new technologies (construction methods, materials, etc.) developed by the private sector outside the prefecture, and to promote their use and dissemination.
We were able to get a glimpse of the high level of interest in new technology.

Date and time: Tuesday, November 28, 2020
Venue: Chiba City Cultural Center Art Hall
Sponsored by: Technology Management Division, Chiba Prefecture Construction Technology Center

Non-destructive testing solution "SenrigaN" received the Japan Road Conference's "Excellence Award"

Detection of fractures in dowel bars on concrete pavement... Please refer to the URL below for the text. https://www.konicaminolta.com/jp-ja/newsroom/topics/2023/1201-01-01.html/public_detail/1001227/

We conducted on-site SenrigaN training at the FY2023 Bridge Inspector Workshop held at the University of the Ryukyus.

On October 29, 2020, a bridge inspector training course was held at the University of the Ryukyus for the purpose of training bridge inspection engineers.At this training course, we provided technical explanations of SenrigaN and on-site training using the actual machine.

During on-site training, we used removed girders from actual bridges to introduce how to operate SenrigaN to approximately 20 bridge inspection engineers. Participants were able to touch the actual SenrigaN machine and experience how it works and actually measure the locations where steel material breaks.

We will continue to introduce solutions that can contribute to infrastructure maintenance and management, so we appreciate your continued support.

We gave a presentation at Generative AI Business Day X held on August 29, 2023.

Kodama, who is in charge of AI development at our company, took the stage at "Generative AI Business Day During the event, we introduced how to use generative AI in this project and examples of AI development, and a talk session was held.
External link: Generative AI Business Day X

In this session, a discussion was held about practical examples, challenges, and the future of generative AI with experts from different backgrounds, including venture companies, universities, and prompt artists. I also had the opportunity to introduce the non-destructive testing solution "SenrigaN".

We heard from the participating companies, VCs, and university officials that our efforts are necessary for society, and expressed their expectations for the future possibilities. We will do our best to ensure that our technology contributes not only to preventive maintenance and anti-aging measures for road infrastructure, but also to the evolution of generative AI.

At the 1st Technical Seminar in 2020 (1st Kochi Prefecture Road Maintenance Personnel Conference in 2020) We held a training session on SenrigaN.

At the 1st Technical Seminar in 2020 (1st Kagawa Prefecture Road Maintenance Personnel Meeting in 2020) We held a training session on SenrigaN.

On-site training of SenrigaN was conducted at the 2nd Inspection Mini Seminar (Bridges) of the Shizuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Conference in 2020.

At the 2nd Inspection Mini Seminar of the Shizuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Conference held on January 24, 2020, Mr. Yamada of BIC-Japan provided on-site training using the new non-destructive inspection technology "SenrigaN".
The Shizuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Council is working on formulating inspection plans for road bridges, placing regional bulk orders, holding inspection seminars, etc. in order to strengthen the system for preventive maintenance and measures against aging of road facilities.
As part of this effort, we conducted on-site training for approximately 20 local government employees from the Shizuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Council.
During the on-site training, we allowed local government officials to use SenrigaN and introduce the technology.
We would be very happy if our technology could contribute to preventive maintenance and anti-aging measures for road infrastructure.

Selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's ``Technology research and development that contributes to improving the quality of road policy in 2021.''

Selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's ``Technology research and development that contributes to improving the quality of road policy in 2021.'' The research theme is ``Development of a maintenance management system for concrete bridges by combining deterioration imaging technology and magnetic/electrochemical technology,'' and we will conduct research and development in collaboration with Associate Professor Okazaki of Kagawa University. We will conduct joint research on a non-destructive inspection system that can be used to identify corrosion areas using Kagawa University's research theme of detecting the chloride ion concentration and water content on the concrete surface and extracting areas of concern for corrosion.Then, Konica Minolta's SenrigaN will detect corrosion areas using Konica Minolta's SenrigaN.
We will continue to develop our technology so that we can contribute to infrastructure maintenance and management, so we appreciate your continued support.

I gave a presentation at the 2020 Shimane Prefecture Concrete Diagnostic Association New Year Training Program.

Morita, the project manager, introduced SenrigaN at the Shimane Prefecture Concrete Diagnostic Association New Year training program.
http://shimanecon.web.fc2.com/03_katudou/2023shinsyun_annai.pdf

The purpose of this training session is to widely share the latest technology, know-how, and seeds, such as application examples of new technology in the inspection of concrete structures, and to support the implementation of new technology related to infrastructure maintenance and local governments in China.
We conveyed the importance of improving the quality of bridge health surveys by using non-destructive testing such as SenirgaN, which looks at the deterioration of internal steel materials, and the importance of creating the evidence necessary for load-bearing capacity diagnosis for repair and reinforcement, as well as monitoring the deterioration of internal steel materials.

[Training content]
1): 13:10-14:10 (60 minutes)
Title: "Today's road maintenance issues and future policy"
Toshio Umeda, Road Maintenance Planning Officer, Road Department, Chugoku Regional Development Bureau

2): 14:20-15:20 (60 minutes)
Title: “Overview and Utilization of Bridge Maintenance Management System (BMSS)”
IHI Infrastructure Systems Co., Ltd. LCB/DX Promotion Office LCB Promotion Department Business Promotion Group Hiroyuki Nishiguchi

3): 15:30-16:30 (60 minutes)
Title: “Non-destructive inspection technology to detect steel fractures inside concrete structures using magnetic sensing and IoT (SenrigaN)”
Konica Minolta Corporation Business Innovation Center Japan Hiroshi Morita

We introduced SenrigaN at the Fukuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Conference training session in 2020.

At the Fukuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Conference training session held on January 23, 2023, hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Kyushu Regional Development Bureau Fukuoka National Highway Office, Konica Minolta's Shirakawa introduced the non-destructive testing technology SenrigaN.
The "Fukuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Council" was established to disseminate and disseminate road bridge periodic inspection guidelines, and this time, a training session on new inspection support technology was held for administrative staff. On the day of the event, in addition to about 20 municipal employees from Fukuoka Prefecture, newspaper publishers also came to cover the event, and we were able to experience the high level of interest in new road maintenance technology, as well as learn about the ease of use of SenrigaN.

At the 1st Inspection Mini Seminar (Bridges) of the Shizuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Conference in 2020, we conducted on-site training of SenrigaN.

At the 1st Inspection Mini Seminar of the Shizuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Conference held on December 9, 2020, Mr. Yamada from BIC-Japan gave us an on-site training session using the new non-destructive inspection technology "SenrigaN".
The Shizuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Council is working on formulating inspection plans for road bridges, placing regional bulk orders, holding inspection seminars, etc. in order to strengthen the system for preventive maintenance and measures against aging of road facilities.
As part of this effort, we conducted on-site training for approximately 40 local government employees from the Shizuoka Prefecture Road Maintenance Council.
During the field training, we received many questions from participating local government officials, demonstrating their high level of interest in new technologies for road maintenance in Shizuoka Prefecture.

I gave a presentation at the Tohoku Forum of the National Conference on Infrastructure Maintenance.

At the Infrastructure Maintenance National Conference Tohoku Forum Matching Event in Miyako held on December 20th, Ono from BIC-Japan introduced the non-destructive inspection technology SenrigaN.
The Tohoku Forum holds events aimed at solving infrastructure-related issues faced by local government members in the Tohoku region, with the aim of introducing needs (issues) from administrative members and matching proposals with technology and know-how from corporate members.
Approximately 110 people participated in both the in-person and online seminars, and we were able to experience the high level of interest in new technology in the Tohoku region.

Date: December 20, 2020 (Tuesday) 10:00-12:30
Venue: 1-30 Miyamachi, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture
Miyako Citizen Exchange Center 2nd floor multipurpose hall

I have joined the Repair Association General Incorporated Association.

Konica Minolta Co., Ltd. has recently joined the Repair Association, a general incorporated association.
We aim to deepen our collaboration with the member companies of the Repair Association and combine our non-destructive steel fracture inspection technology SenrigaN with the various infrastructure maintenance-related technologies owned by the member companies to develop and provide solutions that meet the needs of infrastructure managers.

Repair Association General Incorporated Association
https://repairkai.or.jp/

We introduced SenrigaN at the Transportation Knowledge Management Seminar "Road Asset Management Technology".

We introduced SenrigaN at a seminar hosted by JICA's Transportation Group, Social Infrastructure Department, held on November 22nd.
JICA's Transportation Group, Social Infrastructure Department has launched the Road Asset Management Platform (RAMP) and is working to support the realization of effective and efficient road administration based on asset management methods for road infrastructure in developing regions.
The purpose of the "Transportation Knowledge Management Seminar" is to introduce cutting-edge technology initiatives and exchange opinions to those involved in cooperation in the field of road asset management, and this time around 90 people participated via web conference.
This technology is listed in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Inspection Support Technology Performance Catalog, so after the lecture, we received a variety of questions from the participants, and we got a sense of the growing movement to utilize new Japanese technology in overseas sites.
Through these activities, we will work together with you to contribute to road asset management in developing countries.

Announcement of year-end and New Year business hours.

Thank you very much for your continued support.
We would like to inform you about Konica Minolta BIC-Japan's business days during the year-end and New Year holidays.

[New Year's holiday period] December 28, 2021 (Wednesday) - January 3, 2022 (Tuesday)
[New Year's Business] Business as usual from Wednesday, January 4, 2022

Inquiries during the closure period will be responded to sequentially from the beginning of the year.
We would like to thank you for your continued patronage in the new year.

We exhibited SenrigaN at the 31st Symposium on the Development of Prestressed Concrete.

The "Symposium on the Development of Prestressed Concrete" sponsored by the Prestressed Concrete Institute was held in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture from October 20th to 21st, and SenrigaN was exhibited.
We exhibited it in a corner of the booth of the PC Nondestructive Testing Association, of which Konica Minolta is also a member.
http://www.jpci.or.jp/dddd/d_002-sinpo-32-posuta-kettei-fr.htm

On the day of the event, we exhibited the SenrigaN itself, allowing people to actually touch it and experience non-destructive testing. We have had many inspection and construction company customers operate SenrigaN and experience how easy it is to perform non-destructive testing on-site.
We will continue to introduce solutions that can contribute to infrastructure maintenance and management, so we appreciate your continued support.

We introduced SenrigaN at the 2020 Nagasaki Prefecture Road Maintenance Conference training session.

At the Nagasaki Prefecture Road Maintenance Conference training session hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Nagasaki River and National Highway Office, held on October 20th, Mr. Kitamura of BIC-Japan introduced the non-destructive inspection technology SenrigaN.
The Nagasaki Prefectural Road Maintenance Council was established to effectively and efficiently maintain, repair, and update aging road facilities in Nagasaki Prefecture.This council was established with the aim of smoothly carrying out preventive maintenance and measures against aging of road facilities, etc. by communicating and coordinating road administrators and related organizations, and sharing road facility inspection plans, etc. As part of this activity plan, a training session on new inspection support technology was held for administrative staff.
Approximately 30 employees from the national government, Nagasaki Prefecture, and municipalities within Nagasaki Prefecture, as well as members of a local television station, came to interview us on the day, and we were able to see the high level of interest in new road maintenance technologies.

I gave a presentation at the Shikoku Forum of the National Conference on Infrastructure Maintenance.

At the Infrastructure Maintenance National Conference Shikoku Forum held on October 6th, Morita, the business manager, introduced SenrigaN.
The purpose of this pitch is to widely share the latest technologies, know-how, and seeds, such as application examples of new technologies in inspections, and to support the implementation of new technologies related to infrastructure maintenance and local governments.
On the day of the event, in addition to SenirgaN, promising new technologies that could be integrated were introduced, such as examples of drone use and technology to monitor the deterioration of road pavement, and we were able to get a sense of the expectations for the development of new technologies in the Shikoku region.
Participants included many key personnel and managers from local governments and national highway management offices in the Shikoku area, including the mayor, and over 130 people participated in a hybrid of real and remote sessions.
We conveyed the importance of improving the quality of bridge health surveys by using non-destructive testing such as SenirgaN, which looks at the deterioration of internal steel materials, and the importance of creating the evidence necessary for load-bearing capacity diagnosis for repair and reinforcement, as well as monitoring the deterioration of internal steel materials.

Date: October 6, 2020 (Thursday) 15:30-17:00
Venue: 3-33 Sunport, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture
Takamatsu Sunport Joint Government Building South Building 101 Large Conference Room
*Everyone other than Shikoku regional forum leaders, planning committee members, presenters, etc. can participate online

I have joined the NEXCO Central Japan Innovation Exchange Association.

At NEXCO Central Japan, an innovation exchange meeting was established in July 2019 with the aim of promoting new expressway maintenance management and customer service reforms that go beyond traditional frameworks through open innovation.
By matching expressway business needs with the seeds held by member companies and organizations, we are creating a menu of demonstrations in a variety of fields and creating projects that will lead to practical application.
Konica Minolta will become a member in July 2022 and will aim to improve infrastructure maintenance technology and develop solutions that are more useful to society.

I appeared as a panelist at the "Research Discussion Session" at the 2020 Japan Society of Civil Engineers National Conference.

Morita from BIC Japan took the stage at the "Research Discussion Session", which is one of the programs of the 2020 Japan Society of Civil Engineers National Conference. The subcommittee for the promotion of new technology application of the Infrastructure Maintenance General Committee provides a topic entitled "International expansion of infrastructure management technology - industry-government-academia collaboration and the role of academia" and the topic is "Overseas expansion challenges and learnings from in-house non-destructive inspection technology SenrigaN from other industries." Although the business has only just started in countries such as South Korea, Australia, and Italy, I was able to provide topics and discuss from the perspective of a business operator, especially from my experience of actually hitting a wall in terms of how to expand business into target countries. I am very grateful to everyone involved for giving me this opportunity, even though I am from a different industry. In addition, in order to contribute even a little to this activity, I strongly feel that we need to continue to share information and have a stronger awareness that in this era of major maintenance, and even more importantly, in the large overseas market, industry, academia, and government work together from Japan.
[Date and time] Wednesday, September 14, 2022 15:00-17:00
[Title] International expansion of infrastructure management technology - industry-government-academia collaboration and the role of academia
https://zenkokutaikai.jsce.or.jp/2022new/2294.html
[Chairperson] Kohei Nagai (Chairman, International Development Subcommittee, New Technology Application Promotion Subcommittee, Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo)
[Panelists]
① “JICA’s Initiatives” (Keizumi Koyanagi, Manager, Team 1, Transportation Group, JICA Social Infrastructure Department)
② “Efforts related to bridge maintenance and management in Zambia” (Koji Kinoshita, Associate Professor, Gifu University)
③ “Challenge and learning from overseas expansion of in-house non-destructive testing technology from a different industry” (Hiroshi Morita, Konica Minolta, Inc. BIC Japan)
④ “Efforts of Kensetsu Giken International” (Masatoshi Watanabe, Kensetsu Giken International Co., Ltd.)
For more information, please visit the Japan Society of Civil Engineers National Conference website.
https://zenkokutaikai.jsce.or.jp/2022new/1683.html

We conducted a demonstration experiment of SenrigaN in South Korea in collaboration with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Institute of Construction Technology, and Wookyung Construction.

Most of the concrete bridges in South Korea are PC bridges, so SenrigaN has been paying attention to us since before the coronavirus, and to date we have been giving remote presentations at the Open Innovation Society in Seoul and introducing our technology in South Korea. Finally, in the summer, entry into South Korea was lifted, and we were able to conduct a demonstration experiment there (8/22-8/26). This time, in the presence of the City of Seoul, we carried out demonstration experiments on a sample bridge at the Institute of Construction Technology in northern South Korea, and visited Namwon City to conduct performance verification on a sample bridge at the Woogyeong Construction Factory. In South Korea, non-destructive testing is attracting a lot of attention as people are searching for maintenance-related technologies globally. SenrigaN's convenience and cloud-based analysis system were highly evaluated. However, it was extremely difficult for SenrigaN, which uses magnetic force, to arrange bridge reinforcements that can withstand 40-ton trucks and other military aircraft such as tanks, and the fact that the structure is different from that of Japanese bridges was a big learning experience. Due to this trend, we are planning to try again in October on an old, deteriorated bridge that is similar in structure to Japan. As we move forward with demonstration cases like this one, and with local implementation in mind, we have learned that industry-academia-government collaboration is extremely important overseas as well, and that the existence of local partner companies that are serious about investing in pursuing the project as a business is also extremely important. I strongly feel that creating a group like this from an early stage is the path to success when expanding overseas. SenrigaN will continue to actively take on the challenge of global expansion and evolve with our "Imaging to the people" management vision in mind, which aims to make the invisible visible and solve social issues.

SenrigaN was introduced at the 10th Civil Engineering Technology Seminar in Shimane Prefecture in 2020.

With the theme of "new technology and new construction method initiatives" in Shimane Prefecture, we have introduced SenrigaN as a non-destructive inspection method for the maintenance and management of PC bridges. The lecturer was Morita, who is in charge of the project, and he had about an hour of his time, so we collaborated with Suntechnos, who is working with us on the Shimane Prefecture expansion. On the day of the event, a demonstration of the actual equipment was also set up at the venue, allowing everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the equipment's convenience and measurement techniques. This time, three venues in Shimane Prefecture were connected in a hybrid format of real and ZOOM, and approximately 140 people participated. Since this technology is listed in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Inspection Support Technology Performance Catalog, we received many questions and were able to experience the high level of interest in new technology in Shimane Prefecture.
“New technology and new construction method initiatives”
Date and time: Friday, July 22, 2020 9:40-16:30
Location: Eastern venue Kunibiki Messe multipurpose hall (1-2-1 Gakuen Minami, Matsue City)
Western venue Hamada Construction Hall 3F large conference room (908-28 Haraicho, Hamada City)
Oki Construction Hall Conference Room (34-1 Nada-no-4, Nishimachi, Okinoshima-cho, Oki-gun)
Sponsored by: Shimane Prefecture Construction Technology Center
Sponsored by: Shimane Prefecture Civil Engineering Construction Management Engineers Association

SenrigaN has been registered in the Ibaraki Prefecture version of the new technology information providing database "IT'S".

The Ibaraki Prefectural Civil Engineering Department is actively working on "utilization of new technology" as one of the measures to reduce costs, aiming to develop inexpensive and high-quality social infrastructure. Since fiscal year 2004, the Center has established IT's as a place to receive proposals for new technologies and make them widely available.The aim is to contribute to increasing the ability of the private sector to develop new technologies, and to create an environment in which clients can easily introduce new technologies in public works commissioned by the prefectural civil engineering department. SenrigaN has been registered as a new technology (construction method) with proven results in the prefecture as of July 30th.
Ibaraki Prefecture board new technology information provision database "IT'S"
SenrigaN page (PDF)
We will continue to work hard to show it to everyone.

We exhibited at SYDNEY BUILD EXPO 2022.

We exhibited "SenrigaN" at SYDNEY BUILD EXPO 2022, which was held on June 1st (Tuesday) and 2nd (Wednesday), 2022.
https://www.sydneybuildexpo.com/photo-gallery
Approximately 17,500 participants visited the exhibition over two days. Although this was our first time exhibiting overseas, the reaction from the customers who visited our booth was positive, and they listened intently to the explanation and asked a variety of questions. There was so much to gain from this exhibition, and it was an exhibition that will lead us to the next step. We hope to continue to help maintain social infrastructure while co-creating with our customers the global social issue of aging infrastructure.

We held a new technology practical seminar at IPAC, the Construction Innovation Promotion Organization.

J A seminar was held at the ``Construction Innovation Promotion Organization IPAC'' in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. The day was attended by people who were highly aware of the issue of aging infrastructure, asked many questions, and had the opportunity to experience operating the actual equipment. The participants measured fractured steel materials using the leakage flux method and magnetic stream method, and were able to experience for themselves how light, fast, and easy inspection can be. We will continue to work on the non-destructive testing business, aiming for a future where we can quickly and easily understand the effects of salt damage and snow melting agents.

We gave a lecture at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

JICA has launched the Road Asset Management Platform (RAMP) and is working to establish preventive maintenance in each country over the long term and in stages, by not only introducing domestic research results to developing countries, but also combining various support methods such as disseminating human resource development methods and accepting long-term trainees.
As part of these support activities, the "JICA International Student Seminar Spring 2022" was held. At this seminar, we gave a lecture on SenrigaN technology to RAMP long-term trainees (20 people from 11 countries) who were studying abroad as an introduction to the technology of Japanese companies in the field of road maintenance and management.
As the aging of social infrastructure becomes an issue internationally, maintenance and management through appropriate inspections and inspections becomes even more important. In the future, we hope that SenrigaN will be used globally and that we can work together with people in various countries to help maintain social infrastructure.

We held a study session for Kumamoto Construction Consultants Co., Ltd.

Kumamoto Construction Consultants, headquartered in Kumamoto City, is actively collecting information in order to steadily introduce new technologies related to the maintenance and management of social infrastructure.
As part of this, we held a study session on our company's SenrigaN non-destructive inspection for steel materials, which is listed as a new technology in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's inspection support performance catalog.
As social infrastructure continues to age, appropriate inspections, inspections, and maintenance are becoming more important. In the future, we hope that you will utilize new technologies, including our SenrigaN, and work together to contribute to the maintenance of social infrastructure.

We held a technical and sales study session for our inspection partner Suntechnos

Suntechnos has officially joined SenrigaN as an inspection partner in the China area.
This time, we held not only a technical study session but also a sales study session for vice presidents and managers, in order to have a greeting with the president and to strengthen our sales in the future.
In the future, we would like to utilize our technology and Suntechnos' non-destructive testing know-how to contribute to the maintenance and management of dilapidated social infrastructure.