The Field Is Still the Best | A Slope Contractor’s Honest Thoughts
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’m working on a rather unusual frame. It looks something like this. What makes it unusual is the pitch. The pitch of this frame is about half that of a standard product. For a size 300 frame, I believe the standard pitch is 2,000 mm. However, …
In inner drilling, the borehole wall becomes temporarily self-supporting | Drilling Technology
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, I spent a day on site—for the first time in over half a year (lol). Being on site really is tough! That says it all. I’m so grateful! Whether it’s hot, cold, or just plain grueling, they’re doing a great job. I can proudly say, “Our employees are the best!” But, honestly…
Questioning Everyday Life | A Thought Experiment by the Slope Builder
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I often run into people who say, “Just give me the blueprints for a similar project—anything will do for now.” But even if the projects look similar, the details are completely different (lol). Still, maybe they don’t like the way I handle it, because they get a little upset (lol). What’s “Oko”? But if I hand over those blueprints…
The Design Process Is Almost Entirely Handled by 3D CAD | Slope Construction Design
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It looks like a typhoon might be coming—or maybe not... Monday’s looking a bit iffy... The other day, I finished the load-bearing plate I designed in 3D CAD. I took measurements based on this drawing and ordered the materials. When I say “measuring,” I mean the dimension lines in the CAD software…
Birds Don't Bend to Human Convenience | The Field and Nature
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The rainy season is in full swing, and it feels kind of muggy and unpleasant, doesn’t it? Anyway, today I went to a design firm—or maybe a research firm?—in Nishinomiya. lol It was surprisingly close—as long as I didn’t get on the wrong train! But it was a really good learning experience…
The Shortage of Construction Workers and the Foreign Technical Intern Training Program | The Future of the Construction Industry
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’ve been running all over the place lately, and there’s quite a bit of construction going on. It looks like we’re going to keep this up all the way through the end of the year. But first, we’ve got a scorching summer coming up, lol. Anyway, getting back to the point—lately, I’ve been getting emails and phone calls from a general contractor I’ve had absolutely no contact with…
The Bamboo-Splitting Method Is the Work of Slope Construction Workers | Its Relationship to Formwork Workers
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Have you heard of the “bamboo-splitting method”? I recently got a request to use it and am currently working on a project using this technique. The “bamboo-splitting method”—it’s a technique that looks like this ↑. Doesn’t this remind you of something? Actually, this is exactly the kind of work slope engineers do! At the top, there’s a ring…
The Ability to Judge People | Recruitment and Training in the Construction Industry
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Today I took a job posting to the Hello Work office in Matsumoto City. (It’s for a company in Nagano.) The place looked pretty quiet… lol. Since this is the time of year when recent college graduates are starting to get discouraged and are about to head back to their hometowns, I figured I’d drop off the job posting. With the Obon holiday coming up, there’s going to be a flood of people…
The Power of Nameplates | The Importance of Product Identification
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, while reading the Construction News, I came across an article stating, “The Kanto Regional Development Bureau has revised its operational guidelines regarding the installation of nameplates on civil engineering structures and has notified its various offices. The nameplate must include the name of the general contractor’s site representative, the name of the engineer in charge, the name of the subcontractor, and the name of the subcontractor’s dedicated chief engineer…”