Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

Don't you think selecting a pressure plate is pretty difficult?

 

It often happens that we can’t carry out construction work based on plans provided by design consultants.

List the issues encountered on-site in bullet points

1. How do I upload this?

2. How do I set this up?

3. There's no leveling, right?

4. There will be uneven settlement, right?

5. Concrete slabs are way too heavy, aren't they?

6. The ground isn't stable, is it?

7. This is going to break, isn't it!?

 

Is this what you had in mind?

Why does this happen?

Probably.

Could it be because the designer didn't design it?

That's what I think.

 

The reason is that a recent trend in design consulting is...

Major construction consulting firms often win contracts and then pass them on to subcontractors.

Besides, isn't that a multi-tiered subcontracting structure??

 

Look at the survey map, check the cross-section, look at the column diagram, and do the calculations for now.

Well, based on past experience, I guess doing it this way should be fine, right?

There are a lot of designs like that, aren't there?

And then they just say something like, “The general contractor (a major design consulting firm) will handle it from there.”

 

Although construction plans are actually required more often than you might expect, the plans that are drawn up are sometimes quite lax—or even haphazard.

This is because a representative from a major design consulting firm is passing the work off to a subcontractor,

It seems there are cases where the person in charge doesn't understand the design.

I know you're probably thinking, "What are you talking about like you know everything?!" but I actually heard it from those people themselves lol

So, I don't think it's a lie.

It seems to me that the design has become quite a mere formality.

It's fine to leave it to the contractors, but it's still better if the person in charge designs even the small jobs, isn't it?

After all, if a design isn't aligned with on-site realities to some extent, it'll end up being nothing more than a pipe dream.

 

Since requests for design changes and construction plans like that have been on the rise recently, this is the aspect I’ve noticed the most.

Even though I thought, "This is really going to be a problem if things keep going like this,"

Since it’s part of my job, I do it, but I always find myself thinking, “What’s the point?”

 

We do get quite a few inquiries from the design side, but we definitely receive even more from the construction side (general contractors).

I can’t help but feel that if the design and construction teams could get along a little better going forward, we’d be able to create better products more efficiently.

 

I hope we can somehow make it work...

After all, we’re constantly running into all sorts of obstacles with public works projects.

 

See you later.