How to Draw Legal Frame Drawings in CAD (Part 3) | Drawing Mountains with Steep Contours
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s Christmas, isn’t it? I’m glad it’s on a Sunday, lol. The roads get really crowded this time of year. Even if we finish the job early, our employees end up getting home late. There’s also a needless increase in accidents, and with so many people who rarely drive, there’s a lot of tailgating on the highway…
What Does 1.24 m³ of Sand for Sprayed Mortar Mean? | Basics of Mix Design Calculations
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I wrote about this before on Ameblo, but if it doesn’t show up in search results, people won’t see it, right? So, I’m reposting it here with a few minor additions. People often ask me, “What is 1.24 m³ of sand?” Currently, as a standard mix ratio, …
How to Draw Legal Frame Drawings in CAD (Part 2) | Vertical Frames and Development Drawings
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. This time, we’ll cover “How to Draw Blueprints, Part 2.” In “How to Draw Blueprints, Part 1,” I drew the development drawing for now. I tried drawing a test blueprint (to make it easier to understand). Let’s say we have a slope like this. Slope width 300…
How to Draw Building Envelope Drawings in CAD (Part 1) | Basics of Development Drawings
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. We recently had a welcome party for our new hires. In our company, we don’t really have the concept of year-end parties or New Year’s parties just because it’s the end of the year or the beginning of the year. Whenever someone suggests, “How about we all go out for drinks?”—that’s when we end up organizing something. This time, I organized a get-together…
Small Gestures and Ingenuity | The First Place to Rust on a Car Frame
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Do you know what the “3K” means these days? Back in the day, the “3K” stood for “Hard, Dirty, Dangerous.” Nowadays, it apparently stands for “Salary, Vacation, Hope.” You might be thinking, “Hope? What’s that about???” but as long as young people are interested, that’s good enough.…
Stacking Direction of Reinforcing Bars in the Frame | Transmitting Tensile Stress via Longitudinal Splices
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s gotten crazy cold, hasn’t it? It’s almost time to break out the Japanese steteko! The History of Steteko—but let’s get back to the topic at hand. This post is also about rebar, but back when I wrote about rebar overlapping (around 2,011), I wondered, “Is this really okay…?”
How to Lap Rebar (Part 2) | Lap Joints Can Cause Cracks
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’m planning to keep digging up popular posts from my old blog. After all, I’m a “digger,” lol. But anyway, this is a continuation of my last post. The overlap of rebar and the distance between overlaps Problematic overlap positions. Just like last time…
Reinforcement Bar Lap Lengths and Spacing | Basics of 45D and L/2 Offset
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I was in Kagoshima until Monday. I arrived in Azumino City, Nagano, the other day. The temperature dropped sharply from around 18 degrees to -3 degrees... But anyway, do you remember how to overlap rebar? &nbs…
Important Photos for Sprayed-Concrete Formwork Assembly | Shots Required for Government Official Inspection
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. During a labor cost audit the other day, I saw something absolutely crazy lol. You know, those accidents where people accidentally step on the gas instead of the brake—the ones that have been in the news lately! I was chatting with our general contractor when—BAM!—he plowed right into the concrete wall of the parking lot…