In an Era Where One in Three New Graduates Quits, the Real Challenge for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Lies Ahead (Part 1)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Today’s topic isn’t directly related to our construction site, but it’s a matter of life and death for small and medium-sized construction companies like ours, lol. It’s about hiring. Every year around this time, people start quitting. In April, new graduates and mid-career hires join the company, and just when I think, “Great, we’ve got a great team again this year!”—people start quitting one after another…
Are posts featuring new employees’ faces just a way for the company to show off?
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s April already. When I scroll through my social media feed, I see posts about new hires in various industries popping up one after another—it’s that time of year again. While major companies don’t do this much, small and medium-sized businesses are all rushing to announce, “We’ve hired this many new employees this year!”…
Modern AI has reached this level of capability!!
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Setting up formwork can be quite a challenge, can’t it? If you’re a supervisor or foreman, I imagine you’d start by drawing a line along the main reference line and then use that as a guide to set up the formwork. Construction Sequence for On-Site Cast-in-Place Formwork in Slope Work (Part 1) On-Site Cast-in-Place Formwork in Slope Work…
A Field-Level, Unbiased Look at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Heatwave Countermeasures Support Package (Part 2)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. This is a continuation of my previous post: “Taking an Unbiased, On-the-Ground Look at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Heatwave Countermeasures Support Package (Part 1)” ④ Raising Awareness Among Local Governments and the Private Sector: Significant Disparities in Actual Conditions The data that struck me as the most “alarming” in this package is this…
A Field-Level, Unbiased Look at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Heatwave Countermeasures Support Package (Part 1)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It looks like this summer is going to be intense again! We’re already seeing temperatures over 30°C—true summer days—even before Golden Week, and the cherry blossom front is moving north at a rapid pace due to unusually high temperatures. One-Month Forecast: As I’ve mentioned before, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism released the “Support Plan for Extreme Heat Countermeasures in Construction Work” on December 23, Reiwa 7…
It’s precisely when things get tough that you shouldn’t stay in your comfort zone. Why the construction industry needs to act now
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Lately, when I’ve been reading business books, I’ve been coming across this term “comfort zone” a lot, lol. You know, the whole “Get out of your safe and comfortable zone!” thing. What exactly is a comfort zone, anyway…
Understanding Through the Petroleum Products Pyramid: Why Prices for Asphalt, Thinner, and Diesel All Rise During War, and the Impact on Civil Engineering (Part 2)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Continuing from last time! Understanding Through the Petroleum Products Pyramid: Why Prices for Asphalt, Thinner, and Diesel All Rise During War, and Their Impact on Slopes (Part 1) What Comes from Naphtha: This Is the Core Naphtha is the “king of raw materials in the petrochemical industry.” From here…
Understanding Through the Petroleum Products Pyramid: Why Prices for Asphalt, Thinner, and Diesel All Rise During War, and the Impact on Civil Engineering (Part 1)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Since the start of this week, I’ve been getting a flood of notifications about soaring material costs. To be honest, I didn’t expect them to all come at once in such a short period of time. And the thing that surprised me the most was this: “We can no longer buy the thinner used for painting machinery”…
When a lack of verification combines with assumptions, that’s when the biggest mistakes happen on the job!
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Who do you think is most likely to make mistakes on a construction site? Newcomers? Mid-level workers? Or veterans? I’m going to be completely honest here, including some stories from my own experience. My early days were full of mistakes and failures, so when it comes to stories about failures…