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Hello, everyone. This is Enta. It’s November. Only two months left in the year! It’s getting colder, but let’s keep up the good work! This is a continuation of my previous post. Thinking About the Future of Vegetation Engineering and Material Selection (Part 1) Thinking About the Future of Vegetation Engineering and Material Selection (Part…

Hello, everyone. This is Enta. We’ve been hit by a major cold snap for the past few days—how is everyone holding up? Here in Nagano, we’re working on a slope at minus 15 degrees Celsius, installing the retaining wall almost directly on the slope. The other day, heavy snow fell again in the afternoon, bringing work at the site to a halt. Snow at this time of year is really tough. Overall, the...

Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’ve been saying this for a while, but I just thought of something good regarding the antifreeze tests. It’s that there’s no need to go to the trouble of conducting experiments on antifreeze—which is meant to prevent freeze damage—on-site, lol. Well, I guess people who know this are probably thinking, “Of course,” lol… In the end, freeze damage…

Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. It’s really starting to get cold, isn’t it? Do you use antifreeze? lol There are all kinds of antifreeze products from various companies out there, but do they actually work? Do you really think they’re effective? lol I’m planning to put them through a thorough test this year, but as far as I know…

Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. It finally arrived the other day! Here it is! As you can see, it’s a submersible pump! But wait—it’s actually a submersible pump for hot water!! And it just arrived right now, when winter is almost over lol. I guess I won’t be able to use it until next winter…