Construction machines, step by step

The machines are in the order they work in the process. Ask us about any of them: we check feasibility and the import rules before we quote.

Site preparation and earthworks

The site is cleared, dug out and levelled, and the ground is compacted so it can carry the building.

Excavator
A tracked machine with a boom and bucket that digs foundations, trenches and ponds, and loads trucks.
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Wheel loader
A wheeled machine with a wide front bucket that scoops, carries and loads soil, sand and aggregate.
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Vibratory roller
A heavy steel drum that vibrates as it rolls, compacting soil and stone layers into a firm base.
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Piles are driven or bored deep into the ground so the building stands on firm soil.

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.
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Concrete is mixed to a set recipe, carried to site and pumped into the formwork.

Concrete batching plant
Weighs cement, sand, stone, water and admixtures to a recipe and mixes them into ready concrete.
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Transit mixer
A truck with a turning drum that keeps ready-mixed concrete moving on the way to site, so it does not set.
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Concrete pump
Pushes concrete through a pipeline or a folding boom to upper floors and other places a mixer cannot reach.
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Steel, formwork and materials are lifted to the working floor, and workers and loads go up by hoist.

Tower crane
A fixed tower with a long jib that lifts steel, formwork and materials to every floor as the building rises.
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Mobile crane
A crane on a truck or crawler chassis that drives to wherever a heavy lift is needed.
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Construction hoist
A cage that runs up and down a mast fixed to the building, carrying workers and materials between floors.
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Concrete blocks and pavers are pressed and vibrated in moulds, then cured until they are strong.

Concrete block machine
Fills moulds with a stiff concrete mix, then presses and vibrates it to form blocks, bricks or pavers.
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Fresh concrete is vibrated to remove air, and floors are smoothed to a level, hard surface.

Concrete vibrator
A vibrating poker dipped into fresh concrete that shakes out trapped air, so the concrete sets dense and strong.
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Power trowel
Rotating blades that float and smooth a concrete floor to a flat, hard finish as it sets.
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