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Salaries in the construction industry are higher than in other industries. Among construction engineers, construction management engineers face a particularly severe labor shortage. However, their salaries are not high enough given the nature of their work. Therefore, I believe the salary system for construction management engineers should be reformed. To encourage greater mobility among construction management engineers and ensure a steady supply of these professionals…

Should Full-Body Harnesses Be Mandated? No matter where or when, “safety first” is a universal theme on any construction site. Even today, most sites likely held a morning meeting where site supervisors, project managers, and workers all came together to say, “Stay safe today!” The safety of the workers, the safety of the neighbors, and of course, the supervisors…

The Rising Star of Civil Engineering and 3D Construction: A 39-year-old man currently working at a small civil engineering firm with 13 employees is breaking new ground in civil engineering construction by making full use of cutting-edge technologies such as 3D data. His efforts have caught the attention of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as well as a number of prominent major corporations. Last year, Komatsu, NTT Docomo, and others jointly established…

The Secret Behind the High Salaries at Major Paving Companies The major paving company I worked for consistently ranked near the top in annual salary rankings for the construction industry. So whenever I ran into classmates, they’d often pester me, saying, “You make good money, so you’re buying this round.” But the reality wasn’t quite so peaceful…

The heat index for civil engineering work is about 45 degrees Celsius. This is hardly what you’d call “late summer heat.” The scorching summer—the harshest season for civil engineering work—continues. The other day, the temperature reached 36 degrees, and the heat index while working on the asphalt hit about 45 degrees. Even at my worksite, an elderly worker complained of feeling unwell due to heatstroke, and work was suspended…

The Reality of “Two-Day Weekend” Construction Starting this fiscal year, all projects contracted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Construction have adopted the “two-day weekend” schedule. Since this is technically a pilot program, contractors have the option to participate or not; however, our company is also implementing the two-day weekend schedule as a trial run. There have been mixed opinions at internal meetings, and as for how it’s actually going on-site…

The Secrets to Getting the Client to Agree to Design Changes For civil engineers, civil servants (clients)—that “inert mountain”—are a constant source of headaches. I’d like to share the secrets to getting that “inert mountain” to budge when design changes are needed. Such practical techniques and candid insights are, for now, only found in “Construction…”

It’s easy to raise construction workers’ wages and implement a two-day weekend! Even in the construction industry—which is currently reported to be booming—wages aren’t rising as much as expected. In the past, whenever construction unit prices fell, construction workers’ wages were cut as well. However, con…

Hello, everyone. This is Enta. We hear stories like this all the time, don’t we? There are plenty of people who absolutely refuse to budge from their stance, even when it leads to disastrous results, and still won’t admit they’re wrong (lol). To avoid that, we need to keep working hard every day. Collapse of formwork for exposed concrete At a certain construction site, the…