I Went to the Heatwave Countermeasures Expo at Tokyo Big Sight (Part 1)
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Last Friday, I went to “Maintenance & Resilience TOKYO 2024.” lol There was an exhibition on heatwave countermeasures there. I wanted to check it out, so I went. The main method for dealing with heatwaves is still air-conditioned clothing…
“Work-style reforms in the civil engineering sector began at the ”worst possible time.” “If things continue like this, the skill level of engineers will decline, and we’ll run out of good craftsmen” (from the “God of Construction”).
“The ”Civil Engineering Evangelist” Speaks Out on Work-Style Reform In April 2019, the so-called ”Work-Style Reform-Related Laws” went into effect. The main points include “caps on overtime work (45 hours per month and 360 hours per year, in principle),” “mandatory annual paid leave (5 days per year),” and “equality between regular and non-regular workers…”
I'm sure it would be so much easier if we started work on site at 9:00 a.m.!!
Hey, everyone. It’s Enta. Why do we have to start so early in the construction industry, anyway?? Mornings are a total drag, right? Especially when you’re young. Getting up in the morning is like 30% of the job—it’s that tough, lol. I’ve always thought they should just start work at 9 a.m.…
As a foreman, this is the most important time of day during this season!
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. What’s the most important job for a foreman during this sweltering hot season? That’s right! Keeping track of the employees’ health!! (Did you guess it right? lol) And the timing of that health check is crucial. It’s usually in the morning, right? &nbs…
I tend to get negative when I have free time, so I'm going to do what I can right now and work out!
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, the belt on our 4-metric-ton truck was making a squeaking noise, so I did a little maintenance. Well, it was just a matter of tightening the belt, really. Since our Vietnamese colleague, Dinh, used to be a mechanic, I just gave him a few quick instructions, and he fixed it easily. It was like…
Work clothes with built-in fans just aren't enough anymore! It's so scorching hot that you need work clothes with built-in fans plus something else! What's the right solution?
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Following up on my recent post about heatstroke prevention, are you wearing work clothes with built-in fans? For professions like slope maintenance workers who work in temperatures above 40 degrees, work clothes with built-in fans are ineffective! I wrote an article about this last year. The temperature in Nagoya around 1:00 p.m. the other day…
I'm so glad it's becoming more common to use shade cloth as a heatstroke prevention measure!
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. It’s insanely hot out there, isn’t it! Is everyone on site okay? We’re super short on work here, so that’s actually what’s making it tough for us… How’s everyone’s order intake looking? To think something even tougher than the summer heat could happen…
This is the vegetation stabilization method used in slope engineering.
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Landscaping is one aspect of slope construction. The types include: 1. Seed Broadcasting, 2. Seed Spraying (commonly known as “mud spraying”), 3. Vegetation Mat Installation, and 4. Vegetation Substrate Spraying (t=○○ cm). 1. Seed Broadcasting: Seeds (pasture grasses or native species), fertilizer, adhesive, …
Here's an experience that really drives home the fact that civil engineers can't do their jobs without a PC!
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I use a Let's Note laptop for business trips, but the other day it suddenly bit the dust lol. The cause was a Windows 11 automatic update. It just downloaded the update on its own and kept prompting me to restart. Well, as for me, updates and stuff…