Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

It’s the end of the fiscal year, so I’m sure everyone is busy.

We're busy too, but we have a few openings here and there due to gaps between on-site jobs and scheduling conflicts.

But I don't have enough free time to go to other sites...

We’re also waiting for private construction projects, but we can’t just jump right in.

After all, once we’ve started work on-site, we want to see the job through to the end, so we can’t just walk away until then, can we?

As a construction crew that the supervisor dislikes, the thing we hate the most is,

From Monday through the weekend, the two of us work on the project at a leisurely pace, and then on Friday—the start of the weekend—ten people come in all at once.

And next week, it'll be just two or three of us pottering around doing some construction work again!

This is what I hate the most.

 

What I don't like is that it's hard to make plans! I can't predict how things will go!

What's more, when this happens, people who are surplus to requirements tend to show up just because another site has opened up, which tends to throw the site into chaos. (This makes accidents more likely.)

Depending on the nature of the work, it might not be a problem if having people around actually helps things move along, but,

Even though we had carefully planned the delivery arrangements in anticipation of situations where there might not be enough space on-site to store materials,

All of a sudden, a bunch of people show up, we run out of supplies, and we’re left wondering, “What are we going to do next week?” (Especially during times when new supplies don’t arrive right away.)

 

It’s ultimately more efficient to have a steady flow of people coming in as much as possible.

This is usually the kind of situation where you get a call the day before saying, “We’ve got openings tomorrow, so we can fit 10 people in!” lol

And then there’s the foreman who gets told by the workers that “the planning is poor” when there’s no work to be done on site...

From the director's perspective, you'd be like, "Huh??" lol

Construction companies don't want to have people sitting around doing nothing, so they try to get them on site. (I can understand why.)

However, the construction capacity at that site is fixed.

For example, with six people, we can work efficiently, but with seven, one person might end up just hanging around.

Site supervisors usually have a good handle on things, so in cases like that, just ask, “We have some people available—how many reinforcements should we send over there?”

It’s better to just take a day off than to go to work for no reason—and that’s in line with the times, isn’t it? (Two days off a week?)

 

At this time of year, as the fiscal year comes to a close, there are many workplaces that could use some extra help but don’t need quite that many people, so,

I think it's a good option if you're planning to use it regularly, don't you?

I think it’s a good idea for the contractor to keep the general contractor in the loop, so the general contractor can call them in on an ad hoc basis.

 

If there are any directors who are having trouble,

If you're okay with just occasional spots, feel free to contact me too lol (if I'm free at the time, lol).

Let's work together and get things done during this time ^^

 

See you later.