Are Green Infrastructure Projects on the Rise? | Industry Trends
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Working on-site really gives you all kinds of insights—the kind that can’t be reflected in cost accounting or on-site budgets. I actually discovered something new just the other day!! It’s definitely something I can put to good use!! I hope to share it with you all sometime soon…
Before and After Using the Super Save Rope | Durability Review
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Lately, I’ve been getting job requests from some really unexpected places. It makes me wonder just how severe the shortage of slope maintenance workers really is... Everyone is complaining that no matter where they go, there’s a labor shortage and the job sites aren’t getting done. Despite that, the situation is getting even worse now that the two-day weekend system has been introduced…
Creativity Becomes Obsolete | Always Come Up with New Ideas
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. My former teacher from Kagoshima (from my days at Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School) sent me some raw chicken sashimi. There’s really nothing like raw chicken!! It’s absolutely delicious, but apparently people from Kagoshima are super resistant to Campylobacter, so we can eat it without any worries. My kids, though…
Today's Civil Engineering Is All About Scores: The Reality of the Evaluation System
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. There’s a trade called “lath installer,” and it’s actually one of those trades that’s pretty well known even outside the slope construction industry. I think I’ve written about what this means before. The Meaning of “Lath Installer” Well, this is pretty common knowledge, but these days, the spacers I introduced before are often used…
I Tried Using a Full-Body Harness | Review of the Full-Body Harness Experience
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. It’s really gloomy out today, isn’t it? What I hate most is the humidity. It’s unbearable—especially when I have meetings indoors lol. A crisp, sunny day would be better, but then it’d be too hot… I’m going to make sure to eat well so I don’t get summer fatigue before summer even starts…
Causes of Nut Loosening and Countermeasures | Maintaining Lock Bolt Tightness
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s already May! The rainy season is just around the corner! But we’re already short on spray painting crew members at this time of year, aren’t we? lol The workload starts to increase rapidly around this time, but we’re already short-handed right now… This is a problem. Thinking about balancing the workload…
Fiber for Grout | The Rainy Hell of the End of the Fiscal Year
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It rained heavily again today in the Tokai region. Because of that, we’re running way behind schedule on the job site... Spring rain really takes a toll at the end of the fiscal year! orz... But anyway, I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about the fibers added to grout. Fibers added to grout…
I Tried Using a PC Spacer | A Rookie’s Mistake: Cutting a Hydraulic Hose Too Short
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, I saw a young guy at work performing maintenance on the hydraulic hoses of a large drilling machine. He was replacing a worn-out hose, and instead of simply removing the hose to check its length, he was using a ruler to roughly measure it and then cutting the hydraulic hose. Sure enough…
Discontinuation of the φ65 Clip Spacer | Voices from Site Supervisors
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. For some reason, I feel a little bad about posting this blog so late today lol. I usually try to post at 8:00 a.m., but things have been pretty hectic... This is regarding the discontinuation of the φ65 clip spacers, which I mentioned the other day. There are various...