Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

There's something I've been thinking about for a long, long time.

The other day, I saw it being used at a job site, which reminded me of it for the first time in a while.

I’ve been thinking lately that this seems to be relatively common in the field at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

This is it.

This is what’s called a “sheath,” which is used when inserting rebar.

"There's a material called 'Sheath'—is that necessary?"

This is also included in the Q&A section for rebar installers.

You don't need a sheath pipe for rebar insertion!

I mentioned this in a previous post, lol.

Just having this sheath adds unnecessary work, and depending on the situation, you might even forget to put it in—which could lead to you wondering, “Should I really go through the trouble of cutting it out just to put it in later?”...

It really is a pain to work with on-site, lol.

If this makes sense in its own way, I’ll certainly include it if necessary.

However, since it’s completely unnecessary and there are areas where it won’t adhere due to the structure, it’s a part that could end up being a problem (insufficient adhesion?).

I want to say this to those involved in design.

I don't need this sheath!!

I want to tell the government, too!

If this sheath is included in the design drawings, please remove it.

This is a total waste of money—and, to put it bluntly, a waste of taxpayers' money (Am I a politician or something!? lol)

I think those actually involved in construction understand this well, but very few people are willing to speak the truth, and the designers and government officials around them are almost never aware of it.

I suspect that in projects like ours, there are probably plenty of other items (products) that have been included in the design for a long time even though they’re completely unnecessary—products that we’ve been using for years but serve no real purpose.

Since both the design consultants and the government office are still using the original drawings from back then, I guess things have just stayed the same all this time.

I think it’s the service providers who should take the lead in making improvements like this.

I think our company's profits are important, but I also think the overall good is important.

To use the national budget—which is already dwindling due to the pandemic—more effectively, we should probably eliminate wasteful spending like this.

I wrote something pretty grand—that if we immediately revise the design to remove the formwork and reduce costs, and use that savings to hire even just one more rebar installer, it would benefit the nation, the prefecture, the city, the village, and the citizens lol.

See you later.