Hello, everyone. This is Enta. When managing stress in ground anchors, we look at the load and the amount of elongation, right? It’s not enough to just look at the load cell and say, “Okay, that’s good.” We also check how much the prestressed steel strands have elongated and whether there are any unusual deviations from the design elongation. Basically, this is important, isn’t it? Qualification tests and…

Hello, everyone. This is Enta. After installing ground anchors, it’s quite common to find that the grout has settled when you check the opening. As usual at this job site, the top of the grout was about 1 meter below the opening. There was probably some grout that had shifted downward as well…

Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s that muggy, hot time of year… It’s still bearable with my air-conditioned work clothes, but it’s only a matter of time before they stop being so effective!? This summer is probably going to be insanely hot again, but at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, summer vacation is… I guess prefectures, cities, and towns will keep working as usual, regardless…

Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, after I wrote an article about set loss, I got a question asking, “So, what exactly is relaxation?” lol. That’s a good question, lol. If I told you, “It’s in the Design and Construction Guidelines for Ground Anchor Works!” you’d probably be like, “Whaaaat?!” lol. At our company…

Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I wrote an article a while back titled “For Those of You Who Can’t Sleep Because Your Anchor Came Loose” (what a terrible title, lol), and even now I still occasionally get messages asking, “It came loose… what should I do…?” lol I know exactly how you feel. It’s happened to me countless times too…