What Does a Slope Engineer Think Is the Right Career? How Can You Figure It Out? (Part 3)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. “What Is the Right Career, According to a Slope Engineer? How Can You Figure It Out?” (Part 1) “What Is the Right Career, According to a Slope Engineer? How Can You Figure It Out?” (Part 2) This is the final installment. Lately, I’ve been finding it easier to write longer pieces. …
What Does a Slope Engineer Think Is the Right Career? How Can You Figure It Out? (Part 2)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. “What Is the Right Career, According to a Slope Engineer? How Can You Figure It Out?” (Part 1) Last time, I talked about how I “preferred making things to being a slope engineer” and the different paths that led me to this career. This time, I’ll address the question of “How do you find the right career?”…
What Does a Slope Engineer Think Is the Right Career? How Can You Figure It Out? (Part 1)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Let me talk a little bit about myself today (lol). I actually think being a slope maintenance worker is a pretty good fit for me. But I’ve realized something recently. When I really think about it, it’s not so much that I like being a slope maintenance worker as it is that I like making things…
A single bag of retail cement costs 1,000 yen! Isn't inflation failing to keep up with the unit price!?
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s March now—the last month of the fiscal year! That said, March has been pretty slow lately, hasn’t it!? In fact, things start to slow down as early as January… I wish we’d get a steady stream of work like this more often~ Anyway, moving on… Recently in Nagoya City…
After being run over by a bulldozer, everyone—the general contractor, the subcontractor, the sub-subcontractor, and the sub-subcontractor’s employees—filed a lawsuit. Then, the negligence of ”a certain person” came to light (from the God of Construction).
At a landfill construction site on the grounds of a former coal mine in Fukuoka Prefecture, X, a construction equipment operator, was run over by a bulldozer and injured. X filed a lawsuit against the person who operated the bulldozer, the sub-subcontractor to which that person belonged, as well as the general contractor and other subcontractors. X, who is not a legal expert, sued all parties involved…
Craftsmen who won't help unless it's their job!? Why is that?
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Haven’t you seen workers like this at least once on a job site? “That’s not my job.” “Isn’t that Mr./Ms. ○○’s responsibility?” “I only do what I’m told to do.” This is exactly what I’m talking about. It’s not just slope workers—there are definitely a certain number of them on every construction site…
Could these trades disappear in just 10 years!? What will happen to slope maintenance workers?
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, a post like this sparked a lot of discussion. It’s about managing a construction business. In just ten years, there won’t be enough workers for any trade. Stonemasons, rebar workers, scaffolders, paving workers, heavy equipment operators, plasterers, painters, formwork carpenters, earthwork laborers, and site engineers—every single one. — Nobuyuki Kamasaka (@…
Is This the End of the Seed-Spreading Trade? Reflections on Current Costs.
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Types and Characteristics of Vegetation Restoration Methods Using Mechanical Seeding Item Seed Dispersal Method Topsoil Spraying Method Vegetation Substrate Spraying Method Construction Method Disperses substrate to a thickness of less than 1 cm using a pump Sprays topsoil to a thickness of 1–3 cm using a pump or gun Sprays vegetation substrate to a thickness of 1–3 cm using a pump or mortar gun…
Found a Great Product (Shumote Hand Cream)
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. The other day, someone recommended a great product to me, so I went ahead and bought it! Here it is! What is it, you ask? It’s hand cream! Hand cream specifically designed for civil engineering work! And it’s actually made by a company that specializes in slope stabilization, lol. Even though it’s “exclusively for slope stabilization workers”…