Calculating Frame Materials (Part 5) | Auxiliary Anchors
Hello, everyone. It's Enta. Last night, I went to a class reunion in Nagoya. I graduated from that famous high school, lol. Some of you might not know this, but it was Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School. That bad habit of Kagoshima people really comes out (especially among the upperclassmen...). They make you drink! Drink, drink, drink...
Calculating Formwork Materials (Part 4) | Formwork for Retaining Walls
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. I’ve been taking my meds nonstop lately, so I’ve been feeling a little sleepy during the day. But I guess it’s better than having a runny nose… Whenever I ride in the passenger seat of a car, I always end up falling asleep. Please bear with me lol. Anyway, moving on—in my previous posts, I covered “Calculating Formwork Materials (Part 1)” and “Reinforcement…”
Calculating Reinforcement for Formwork (Part 3) | Formwork Cross-Beam Reinforcement
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I finished the vertical beams for the formwork the other day. Calculating Formwork Materials (Part 1): Wire Mesh for Lath Calculating Formwork Materials (Part 2): Formwork Vertical Beams Horizontal Beams and Reinforcing Bars This time it’s the horizontal beams, but it’s pretty much the same as last time lol. Last time, the horizontal beams were 12 meters long…
Calculating Formwork Materials (Part 2) | Formwork Vertical Beam Reinforcement
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Today, I went on a company tour—or something like that—at Fujiwara Sangyo Co., Ltd. in Osaka. It was a really interesting and fun company! I’ll save that story for another day lol. But anyway, Calculating Formwork Materials (Part 1) Since we covered lath installation last time, this time we’ll cover formwork…
Calculating Materials for Frame Structures (Part 1) | Lath and Wire Mesh Edition
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s been raining for the past few days—the first rain in a while. I wonder if there’s snow on the mountains? Rain at this time of year is really tough. It gets you so cold, so be sure to wear long underwear under your pants! Long underwear these days is super stylish! Back in the day, I used to wear this stylish long underwear…
Quality Control for Formwork Construction | Sequence from Lathing to Completion of Spray Application
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta. My usual hairstyle is a buzz cut. Since I have a drinking party this week, I figured I’d get a haircut, so I used clippers to trim it myself. I usually keep it at about 3mm, but today I accidentally set it to 1mm… It would look cute on a kid, but…
Reducing Variation in Concrete Compressive Strength | Tips Learned from a Testing Technician
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The three-day weekend, which included the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, has come to an end. There were all kinds of 20-year-olds with wild hairstyles appearing on TV all over the country, lol. It’s great to have that youthful energy! I know that many of those kids are actually pretty serious and well-behaved. When you’re young, you want to stand out and…
The Difference Between Open-Type and Sealed-Type Frame Structures | An Explanation of Selection Criteria
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’m migrating my Ameblo posts. Did you know there are two types of concrete walls: closed-type and open-type? This is the closed-type. This is the open-type. It depends on how the space within the frame is handled. (There are different ways to describe them.) In areas with relatively high water levels and saturated conditions…
The Role of a Slope Reinforcement Worker | The Absolute Basics of Slope Construction
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. Today is the last day of work for almost every company, isn’t it? Our field operations wrap up today, too. Don’t you just feel like going shopping when the end of the year rolls around? Even though you don’t usually think twice about it, you suddenly find yourself wanting something, lol. A while back, I think I got scammed on Yahoo! Auctions around the end of the year…