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Low Contract Amounts for Public Works Projects—Is It Normal for Public Works to Be Both Cheap and Good? Does Winning a Bid with the Lowest Price Reduce Wasteful Spending of Taxpayer Money? No, no—wait a minute! Even if you don’t know the realities of the construction industry, that’s a terrible way of thinking! Are the public’s lifelines just a waste? Cheap and good…

Is This the Inconvenient Truth About Construction Sites That Only Site Supervisors Don’t Know? I’m a worker at the fourth-tier subcontractor level, but based on my own experience, there’s something I really want to convey to site supervisors all over Japan, which is why I wrote this article. Site supervisors possess the technical skill to visualize the best possible blueprints in their minds…

The Term “Kensetsu Komachi” That’s All the Rage in the Construction Industry I’m a rookie engineer in my second year at a general contractor, having joined the company right out of college to work as a construction manager. However, I’m already starting to feel out of place in the construction industry. That’s because they’ve even coined a term like “Kensetsu Komachi” and are desperately trying to attract women…

Penalties for Contractors Who Fail to Meet Deadlines: Whether in civil engineering or construction, as professionals working on construction sites, failing to meet the specified project deadlines is simply unacceptable. However, in reality, there are quite a few contractors who fail to meet these deadlines and are subject to penalties. Even so, occasionally there are delays…

The Challenge of Job Mobility for Construction Management Engineers at Regional Construction Companies and Local Governments The “regional disparity” between major general contractors in the Tokyo metropolitan area and regional construction firms is widening. Furthermore, there is a marked trend toward widening “disparities between companies” even within the same region. Under these circumstances, construction management engineers are seeking higher…

The average bonus in the construction industry is 1,593,228 yen. The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) announced the average agreed-upon amounts for winter bonuses (bonus payments and lump-sum payments) at major companies. The average bonus across all industries is 934,858 yen, representing a 6.14% increase compared to last winter. The average bonus amount is 900,000…

Are there many site supervisors who work over 100 hours of overtime? There are many site supervisors who work more than 80 hours of overtime. I think there are quite a few site supervisors for whom working over 100 hours of overtime is the norm. Moreover, since the Dentsu overwork-related suicide case came to light, the Labor Standards Inspection Office has been cracking down, so 80 hours of overtime…

About 90% of Civil Engineers Don’t Want to Recommend the Construction Industry to Their Families A survey conducted by a certain organization targeting civil engineers (certified civil engineering construction managers) working in the local construction industry yielded shocking results. A staggering 89.31% of civil engineers said they would not recommend a career in the construction industry to their families…

Civil Engineering Construction Managers Who Are Looked Down Upon We in the construction industry are often asked, “Which is more prestigious: architectural or civil engineering construction managers?” I don’t know what exactly makes one more prestigious than the other, and since they’re different fields to begin with, comparing them is fundamentally wrong—but the general perception is that architectural…