In the End, There’s Only One Switch You Have to Flip Yourself | Choosing a Slope Contractor
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The technical interns were doing spray concrete work! lol It’s been two weeks since they started. From tying rebar to spray concrete. I doubt a commuter program would let them get this far at this pace, right? lol But here’s the thing. Think about what their goal is…
When You Mess Up the Precise Head Position of a Tie-Down Anchor (Part 4)
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. I didn’t manage to schedule the post for my article the other day, so I was in a panic trying to get it up lol. That really gave me a scare. Anyway, moving on—in Part 3 of my previous series, I received a message asking if the jacks need to be replaced when upgrading to a larger apartment with a tie-back anchor. I suppose as for that…
The Whereabouts of the Client Who Engaged in Power Harassment | Relationships in the Construction Industry
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, I had the chance to talk with a supervisor who works for a major company. During our conversation, we got really into talking about how NEXCO job sites are the ones we least want to go to! lol His experience was pretty much the same as mine, so I totally understood how he felt! What…
Theoretically Reducing Tension Time | Improving the Efficiency of Anchor Tensioning
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. My eyes look like Colonel Muska’s. (See *Castle in the Sky*.) But anyway, to all you anchor installation supervisors out there—you aren’t actually waiting 60 or 180 minutes for the anchors to set, are you? Cycle, test load, minimum measurement…
When You Mess Up the Precise Head Position of a Tie-Down Anchor (Part 3)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Picking up where I left off last time, here’s a solution for when the SEEE head housing is too short to apply tension. There’s actually something like this! It’s a sort of bushing that you slip over the SEEE-specific head housing. Now, a bushing is…
The Power of Distraction Over Concentration | How to Manage Attention on a Construction Site
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Are there any of you who get so absorbed in your work that you lose sight of what’s going on around you? Because you’re so focused, you can’t see anything but your own work and don’t notice what’s happening around you. Concentration is absolutely essential! And yet, it’s not always easy to stay focused…
[Light Industry] Develops “Remote Sky Drill” (Wireless-Controlled Backhoe Drill); One Person Can Perform All Operations, Including Drill Hole Length Control
Light Industry has developed the “Remote Sky Drill” (a wireless-controlled backhoe drill), an ICT drilling system designed to enhance productivity for rebar installation and rock bolting operations. This system enables a single backhoe operator to perform all tasks—from setting the drilling position to drilling and managing the drilling depth—thereby contributing to labor savings…
When You Mess Up the Precise Head Position of a Tie-Down Anchor (Part 2)
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. The rain we had the other day—our first in a while—made the pollen situation a lot more bearable, but as it gradually gets warmer, it’s probably going to turn into hell lol. It would be perfect if only there weren’t any pollen… Anyway, back to where we left off the other day. Installing the head module is a pretty precise process…
When You Mess Up the Precise Head Position of a Tie-Down Anchor (Part 1)
Hi everyone, this is Enta. It’s not something that happens very often, but I just finished a construction project on a mountain where a landslide was actually happening lol. The mountain was shifting almost every day! lol. That’s definitely not something you get to experience very often, is it? It had shifted a few millimeters in just a few days after we arrived. We started drilling…