CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

SREEJITH CHANDRAN
ROLL NO: 64
YEAR: 05 SEM: 09
SIGMA COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
 Construction Equipment & Machinery Used in Construction
Industry
Modern Construction equipment plays a vital role in the construction industry where business objectives are strictly time
and margin driven. The modern construction equipments are very swift and reliable with high-quality control measures
embedded into them as they have evolved over the years. Proper utilization of these equipment helps in the economy,
quality, safety, speed and timely completion of the project. It optimizes the usage of material, manpower, finance, and
the shortage of skilled and efficient labor and at the same time keeps a direct check over the quality measures that are
being used.

The following machinery list helps any construction industry:

• Hydraulic Mobile Stone Crusher
• Self Loading Concrete Mixer
• Mini Dumper
• Concrete pipe truck
• Excavators
• Backhoe Loaders
• Bulldozers
• Skid-Steer Loaders
• Motor Graders
• Crawler Loaders
• Trenchers
• Scrapers
• Common Dump Trucks
HYDRAULIC MOBILE STONE CRUSHER:
 Hydraulic-driven stone crusher is mostly used for crushing and
screening in many applications, such as road construction,
bridge construction, building, mining, metallurgical and energy
industries, etc. Commonly materials like granite, marble, basalt,
iron ore, copper ore, coal, slag and others are easy to be crushed
by the mobile stone crusher.

SELF LOADING CONCRETE MIXER:

Self Loading Concrete Mixers reduce labour and time in various
construction sites. Single Operator can weigh and load the exact
required amount of cement, sand and aggregates from different
locations, and mix the concrete while in transit to your preferred
work site, all done within no time.
Self Loading Concrete Mixer Features
• Reliable, High-Performance Concrete Mixing
• Compact Design
• Fully Automatic Operation
MINI DUMPER
 This mini dumper truck is a mechanical design with 4wheels driven. The max
loading weight is 250kgs. It can be used on outdoor sites, carrying bricks,
cement bags, sand and stones around various sites. There have rich
accessories such as a flatbed, extended sides, ball hitch, power lift and so on.

CONCRETE PIPE TRUCK

 Concrete pump trucks place the concrete right where you need it, pumping
concrete is fast which saves on labour cost, pumping the concrete reduces the
amount of manpower you need to place the concrete.

EXCAVATORS
 Excavator is large machinery that can be driven on wheels or tracks, but tracks
are more standard for such large machinery. An excavator has a long arm
attached to a pivoting cab that can rotate 360 degrees. The long arm is
operated off the cab with a high vision facility.
 The most common uses for an excavator include:

 • Material handling
• Excavating trenches, dugouts, and foundations
• Brush cutting with hydraulic attachments
• Destruction
• Rough grading
• Heavy lifting and pipe installation
• Mining
 TYPES OF EXCAVATOR:

o Compact excavator
o Crawler excavator
o Wheeled excavators
o Dragline excavator
o Bucket wheel excavator
o Long reach excavator

BACKHOE LOADERS:
Backhoe loaders have a body that is similar to a farm tractor an
adjustable shovel is attached to the back for digging. This
machine is in a medium-sized construction facility. It is capable of
working in a limited space, and it can perform various operations
like moving dirt, backfill excavations, dig holes and trenches, and
place pipes and other materials. The bucket in the back can be
changed to dig trenches of different widths
BULLDOZERS:
A bulldozer is a powerful, extremely heavy machine employed to
move dirt. Bulldozer considered as a strongest and most solid
heavy machinery in the construction industry. Bulldozers have a
wide, flat blade in front of the cabin is operated using two
hydraulic pistons to move the blade in a limited range of angles
and depths. A bulldozer's heavyweight can crush the solid stones in
the way of its operations.

SKID-STEER LOADERS:
Skid-steer loaders are small and quick they can turn within its own
footprint, like a tank. It is wheel driven with good traction in snow
and mud.These loaders come in different sizes and can be equipped
with various tools to perform digging, drilling, compacting, log
grappling, snow blowing, jack-hammering, and other tasks.

MOTOR GRADERS:
Motor Graders are heavy machinery equipped with an adjustable
blade that meets different angles and creates a flat surface. It can
also be fitted with a second blade in the front axle for some
instances it can be used for underground mining. Motor graders are
typically used to fine-grade dirt or gravel roads or to prepare the
road base course. Graders can also be used to create sloped
surfaces or drainage ditches with shallow V-shaped cross-sections
CRAWLER LOADERS:
A crawler loader is a mixture between an excavator and a
backhoe. Its tracks give it exceptional stability, and its
versatile bucket makes it useful for moving soil and detritus for
loading material onto trucks. Crawler loaders are also used as
excavator on relatively small projects.

TRENCHERS:
A trencher is used to dig trenches, usually narrow trenches for
piping and cabling. It sizes, from small walk-behind versions to
very large machines that can cut asphalt pavement and other
hard surfaces. It has a conveyor system that carries the
excavated material and deposits it onto the ground next to the
trench. Trenchers can use different digging implements
depending on the depth of the trench and material being
excavated.

SCRAPERS:
A scraper can move dirt and heaps quickly around a
construction site and is used primarily for digging and levelling
large areas of land. Scrapers are large heavy machinery
designed for open areas, where they can run at high speeds for
cut and fill operations. Large self-propelled scrapers are called
motor scrapers. There are smaller scrapers, called pull scrapers,
that are pulled behind another vehicle.