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Given how hot it is, I think we should make sure to fully account for the costs associated with summer construction in our cost estimates.

2024/08/23

Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

The hot weather is set to continue!

Hot

It's seriously hell during the day when even air-conditioned clothing doesn't help.

I can't stand it.

 

Are you eating heatstroke-prevention jelly while sweating buckets?

Salt Jelly

This is seriously delicious lol

Isn't this the tastiest snack I've ever had among the heatstroke prevention items I've carried with me?

It's so delicious that I find myself thinking, "Wow!"

 

Last month, I bought some lychees (brown) and muscat grapes (yellow-green), but I like lychees.

It tastes kind of like the gummy candies sold at convenience stores, so,

It has a flavor that’s easy to imagine, and whether you chill it, freeze it, or eat it at room temperature, it goes down smoothly.

 

Our interns eat it without a second thought, too.

Since it's made from konjac jelly, it has no calories, so you can eat as much as you want.

 

I highly recommend it.

But I guess they're selling so well right now that there are delivery delays??

It was sold out before Obon.

Well, please contact the manufacturer about that.

Salt Jelly Made by a General Contractor

Heat Stroke Alert

Even when a heatstroke alert is in effect, work doesn't stop.

So that means the alert no longer serves any purpose at all, right?

 

In Okinawa, it appears that the expense ratio rises to 1.2 times the normal level as a measure against heatstroke during the summer.

Pilot Program for Adjustments to On-Site Management Expenses to Help Prevent Heat Stroke

 

The WBGT index and air temperature measured near the construction site office are as follows:

In reality, the situation on the ground is even more complex, so this tends to become nothing more than an academic theory.

Well, the people on the ground are well aware of this, so they’ve been taking various measures to address it.

 

But if you don't have the money for that, it gets tough, doesn't it?

Just like Okinawa, I think it’s about time the mainland started paying more attention to the financial situation as well.

 

Salt jelly isn't free, after all.

It's all coming out of the on-site budget, right?

 

See you later.

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