The Organizers Have the Most Fun at Festivals | Activities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Youth Division
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. For the past few days, we’ve been selling Iwakura yakisoba and roasted sweet potatoes at the Fureai Festival being held in Iwakura City, Aichi Prefecture. The sweet potatoes just won’t roast properly. Usually, people from all sorts of different industries come together just for that day to cook the yakisoba. From car mechanics to welders, plumbers, and real estate agents…
What Is This New Thing? | The Slope Engineer's Curiosity
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Today is the Kazutoyo Festival in Iwakura City. I’ll be doing my best as a volunteer! But on another note, I was talking to someone from a major materials supplier the other day, and I wondered: How do you actually create innovation? At work, we’re always being told to come up with something new…
If you sow bad seeds, bad results are bound to follow.
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Lately, whenever I write a blog post like this, I’ve been getting inquiries. Back when I was posting on Ameblo, everyone used to leave comments in the comment section. But these days, it’s mostly direct emails or phone calls, lol. I guess that just shows how close we’ve become…
How We Make Things | The Slope Construction Company's Prototyping Process
Hello, everyone. It's Enta here. I've been working on something new again lately. My creative process starts with imagining... lol (People often think I'm just spacing out.) Then, I sketch out a rough draft by hand. From there, I gradually refine the sketch...
Enta's Blog Theory (2018 Edition) | The Meaning of Perseverance
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s been a while, but a new edition of the “Handbook on Rockfall Countermeasures” came out. I knew about it, but since I hadn’t ordered it, I ended up buying it on Amazon. It’s an absolutely essential book for site managers, isn’t it? After all, books are one of our tools…
The Only Way to Prevent Construction Equipment Theft | Installing SECOM
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about theft prevention. How do you prevent theft of construction equipment? Do you use GPS or something similar to track it? It seems to me that small and medium-sized contractor firms like ours aren’t taking any precautions at all. If something gets stolen, we just have to accept our loss…
When You're Getting Carried Away, There's Potential for Growth | Paradoxical Growth
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. You know the expression “getting a big head,” right? lol Have you ever gotten a big head? Have you ever been like that? I’m actually pretty level-headed, so it only happens to me once in a while. And even when it does, everyone around me laughs at me, so I snap right back to normal lol …
Most Motor Problems Are Caused by Bearings | Repair Examples
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’m repairing my MG-10 grout pump, which has been acting up for a while. That said, the problem is the motor bearings. Usually, when a motor is acting up, it’s because the bearings are worn out. So, I took it apart, and sure enough, it was the bearings. Inside…
Risks for the CEO | Company Assets Belong to the Corporation, Not the CEO Personally
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. For some reason, there’s a shortage of slope engineers out there. We’ve been getting more and more requests for slope design estimates… but I’m afraid we can’t take any more right now. We’re currently swamped. That said, we’ll be a little less busy in November, though (lol). We can help out with small, one-off projects, but ongoing work is a bit…