"The Fusion of Sports and Construction Sites": Why Were Mizuno Work Boots So Well-Received by Tradespeople?
Why Mizuno Makes Work Shoes Mizuno Co., Ltd. is a long-established sports equipment manufacturer founded in 1906. Although the company is strongly associated with sports, it also manufactures work shoes for a wide range of industries, including civil engineering, construction, and transportation, and is currently rapidly expanding its…
Choosing Products with the Best Value for Money (Spray Application) | Selecting Materials
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Here’s a consumable we use when doing spray application: the delivery hose. I wonder if the name varies by region? It’s also called a material hose, right? We’ve been using this hose on a trial basis recently. If you take a closer look, you’ll notice it has some unique features…
This Is the Best Base Layer for Winter Construction Work | Cold-Weather Gear
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s gotten pretty cold lately. How do you go about choosing your winter base layers? Our job involves working in cold places and breaking a sweat. Writing it out like this makes it sound like a really tough job, lol. That said, it’s half machine…
An Era When Fuel Is No Longer Easily Available | Procurement in the Construction Industry
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s become quite difficult to fill portable gas cans! At self-service stations, you generally can’t do it yourself. It seems it’s only allowed if a station employee with a hazardous materials certification fills the can for you. However, under the Fire Service Act, the number of portable gas cans you can fill per day…
Effective December 1: Stricter Penalties for Using Cell Phones While Driving | Safe Driving
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It got a lot colder all of a sudden starting the other afternoon. It’s definitely time to break out your winter gear. You should all finish getting ready for winter by this weekend! But anyway, I was transporting some machinery in a 4-metric-ton truck. I was driving on the Shin-Tomei Expressway…
Weatherproof Enclosure for Electric Winches | On-Site Improvements
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I finished it! I made it in time for the job site I’m heading to this week! Do you remember? I told you about building the winch box for Toyo Koken. What do you think? It turned out really nice-looking. They probably polished it…
This is like this, and that is like that, so this is what happens! (Talking about money)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Lately, I’ve been receiving a lot of work requests from far away. Thank you very much. However, I won’t be able to take on any projects until February of next year. I’m very sorry for the inconvenience, but I may be able to accept projects starting after that, so please feel free to contact me…
More Important Than the Olympics! The Job Market for “Interim Storage Facilities”
Job Openings for Olympic Construction and Interim Storage Facilities If you had to choose just one of the most important construction projects currently underway in Japan, which site would you pick? Would it be the Chuo Maglev Line, which has been making headlines due to allegations of bid-rigging? Or perhaps the 2020 Tokyo…
Results of Taking the Skills Certification Exam for Technical Intern Trainees and Others (Part 2)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’m going to share some tips for the recent scaffolding assembly certification exam! Here’s a front view. The key point is that the starting point for the jack base is 100 mm from the decking board. This is an absolute must! Place two decking boards parallel to each other (1.8 m apart), and…