Categorizing by Importance and Urgency | Task Management
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. My second job site of February starts today lol. I’m really bored, lol. The machinery is being maintained smoothly, but it’s kind of a mixed bag—I’m both happy and frustrated… I guess I like it best when things are busy. In the meantime, I’ll be working on cost estimates, design, and quotes for private-sector projects, as well as public-sector projects…
Why Directors Change So Often | Challenges in the Industry
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’ve been in Yokohama since last weekend conducting a survey. The number of slope surveys for private residences has been increasing significantly lately. That’s why I’ve been traveling all over the place, but I don’t charge for estimates. Well, charging for estimates helps gauge how serious the client is, so it’s actually a good thing…
Overly Involved? Hands-Off? What Is the Ideal Site Supervisor Like? (From the God of Construction)
No Practical Experience: The Obstacles Facing a Rookie Construction Manager After 17 years of working as a carpenter—a job I’d always considered my calling—I abruptly quit and switched to residential construction management. Perhaps because I was a “former craftsman” with on-site experience, I was assigned work at a breakneck pace from my very first day on the job. That first week was…
Exposé! The Reality of Kickbacks and Excessive Entertainment Rife in the Construction Industry (The God of Construction)
Do Kickbacks and Excessive Entertainment Really Exist? “I often hear that kickbacks and excessive entertainment are commonplace in the construction industry—but is that really true?” People who don’t work in the industry have started asking me this kind of question more and more often. Every time they do, I think to myself, “The construction industry…
Trust Them, and They’ll Grow on Their Own | A Slope Maintenance Specialist’s Guide to Training
皆さんこんにちは。 エンタです。 先日はうちの若い子にガス切断を教えました。 以前作成したPC鋼線用ターンテーブルの切断ですｗ 元の形はコレなんですが、最近使わないので切断練習。 かなり場所取るのでもう抹殺ですねｗｗｗ まぁ切断して次の何か…
Here's What the "Mini" Suspended Drilling Rig Looks Like | Introducing Our Compact Machines
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Here’s the “Mini” suspended rock drill I built the other day lol. The thing attached to the back of the rock drill is a winch. It’s a winch specifically designed to pull it backward. There’s a rag on top of the rock drill—that’s my noise-reduction setup lol (just for peace of mind). Eventually, a crane…
Post-Earthquake Slope (Cliff) Measures Are Water Management Measures | Disaster Prevention
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Did anyone get hurt in the recent earthquake in the Tohoku region? lol People are saying this earthquake was an aftershock of the previous one, but it’s still terrifying. However, the real scare is yet to come. Today’s post is aimed more at the general public…
No Matter How Much You Inspect, It Never Ends | The Essence of Maintenance
Hello, everyone. It's Enta here. Can you guess what I'm doing in this photo? lol I'm gas-cutting a casing... The thing is, our crawler-type rotary percussion drill bit the dust lol. The engine suddenly blew up while we were drilling on site...
Jig for Bolt Scale When Using a Flat Plate
皆さんこんにちは。 エンタです。 先日この様な治具を作成しました。 ちょっと後ろが同色でわかりにくいと思いますが、コレをうちの旋盤で作りました。 しっかり3/100位の精度で、同心加工してあります。 途中のくびれば矢印がスポン…