From empty site to finished structure: the machines a project needs
A step-by-step guide to the machines builders, contractors and block makers use, and how to ask Jantrayan for a quotation.
What machine are you looking for?
Type a machine name or a step of the work.
- Excavator
- Wheel loader
- Vibratory roller
- Piling rig
- Concrete batching plant
- Transit mixer
- Concrete pump
- Tower crane
- Mobile crane
- Construction hoist
- Concrete block machine
- Concrete vibrator
- Power trowel
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Construction machines
Step 1: Site preparation and earthworks
Excavator
A tracked machine with a boom and bucket that digs foundations, trenches and ponds, and loads trucks.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 1: Site preparation and earthworks
Wheel loader
A wheeled machine with a wide front bucket that scoops, carries and loads soil, sand and aggregate.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 1: Site preparation and earthworks
Vibratory roller
A heavy steel drum that vibrates as it rolls, compacting soil and stone layers into a firm base.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 2: Foundations and piling
Piling rig
A tall mast machine that bores holes for cast-in-place piles, or drives precast piles, to carry the building down to firm soil.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 3: Concrete
Concrete batching plant
Weighs cement, sand, stone, water and admixtures to a recipe and mixes them into ready concrete.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 3: Concrete
Transit mixer
A truck with a turning drum that keeps ready-mixed concrete moving on the way to site, so it does not set.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 3: Concrete
Concrete pump
Pushes concrete through a pipeline or a folding boom to upper floors and other places a mixer cannot reach.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 4: Lifting
Tower crane
A fixed tower with a long jib that lifts steel, formwork and materials to every floor as the building rises.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 4: Lifting
Mobile crane
A crane on a truck or crawler chassis that drives to wherever a heavy lift is needed.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 4: Lifting
Construction hoist
A cage that runs up and down a mast fixed to the building, carrying workers and materials between floors.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 5: Blocks and bricks
Concrete block machine
Fills moulds with a stiff concrete mix, then presses and vibrates it to form blocks, bricks or pavers.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 6: Floors and finishing
Concrete vibrator
A vibrating poker dipped into fresh concrete that shakes out trapped air, so the concrete sets dense and strong.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 6: Floors and finishing
Power trowel
Rotating blades that float and smooth a concrete floor to a flat, hard finish as it sets.
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A building project, machine by machine
The main stages of a building project and the type of machine that usually does each job.
Site preparation and earthworks
The site is cleared, dug out and levelled, and the ground is compacted so it can carry the building.
Machines at this step: Excavator, Wheel loader, Vibratory roller
Foundations and piling
Piles are driven or bored deep into the ground so the building stands on firm soil.
Machines at this step: Piling rig
Concrete
Concrete is mixed to a set recipe, carried to site and pumped into the formwork.
Machines at this step: Concrete batching plant, Transit mixer, Concrete pump
Lifting
Steel, formwork and materials are lifted to the working floor, and workers and loads go up by hoist.
Machines at this step: Tower crane, Mobile crane, Construction hoist
Blocks and bricks
Concrete blocks and pavers are pressed and vibrated in moulds, then cured until they are strong.
Machines at this step: Concrete block machine
Floors and finishing
Fresh concrete is vibrated to remove air, and floors are smoothed to a level, hard surface.
Machines at this step: Concrete vibrator, Power trowel
Where does your steel come from?
See how a re-rolling mill turns scrap into the bars you build with.