Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
Callion, a major British construction company, has gone bankrupt.
Well, I guess it doesn't really affect us slope engineers that much... I wonder if the fallout will reach us eventually??
I don't understand it at all, but when I look around, I see all kinds of scary things written about it.
All at once, 43,000 employees worldwide were laid off.
It’s one thing if we’re talking about technical positions where you can work anytime, anywhere, but there are quite a few general positions as well.
When a company of this size goes bankrupt, what happens to the subcontractors working for it??
It's a little scary to think about what the impact of this massive construction company's bankruptcy might be.
Japan is currently experiencing a mild construction boom.
It's what's commonly referred to as the "Olympic bubble."
That's right. It feels like a bubble that doesn't really affect us businesses outside the Tokyo metropolitan area.
If there's any connection, it's that people are being drawn to the Kanto region, which is accelerating the labor shortage (lol).
That said, though, that’ll be over before long.
Will the bubble burst if the Olympics are held?
The temporary construction industry is suddenly going to have a surplus of workers. Right now, there are an absurd number of scaffolding companies in Tokyo.
What would happen if that number suddenly dropped, leading to a sharp decline in work?
Naturally, a price war is about to begin.
However, perhaps due to the labor shortage, labor costs are skyrocketing, but it’s unclear how much they’ll drop.
Since the balance between work and staffing is already out of whack, it’s really hard to predict what will happen even just a little way down the road.
What's more, it's said that the number of craftsmen will drop sharply this fall due to the career advancement system.
The reason is that there are quite a few people—not just a handful—for whom doing something like that would be problematic.
Even if you're managing to get by for now, there will come a time when you won't be able to anymore.
This will likely be particularly noticeable among older craftsmen.
In fact, it’s said that the backlash when the Olympic bubble bursts will be significant, so I wonder how things will turn out in terms of career advancement...
We at the slope maintenance company don't have time to dawdle either; we'd better take every possible measure we can right now, or things will get serious.
These days, even scaffolding contractors install simple rock bolts.
What should we do about our slope?
What should we do to survive?
Is the slope alone sufficient??
That's a really tough part, isn't it?
How can I best ride the next wave?
Will we create a new wave ourselves?
I'm working away at it step by step because I want to make my own waves, but when will I actually be able to do it? lol
Lately, I’ve been thinking about this while struggling with redesigning rebar placement using the “Five Major Development” soil reinforcement software (lol).
I'm starting to think it might be nice to bring in someone to handle the design work...
See you later.
