They are either called weighty machines, heavy vehicles or trucks, engineering and construction equipment or heavy hydraulics.

Proper selection of equipment leads to good economy, safety, speed, quality and timely delivery of the project. For all construction process selecting the proper equipment is very essential.

Types of Construction Equipment

There are many types of construction equipment used, which are as follows:

1. Construction Vehicles

2. Equipment for Earth Moving

3. Equipment for Material Handling

4. Equipment for handling other Construction Materials

1. Construction Vehicles

Trailer

A trailer is an motorless vehicle dragged by a controlled vehicle. It is generally utilized for the transport of products and materials including concrete, steel, TMT Bar, rods etc.

Dumper

Used for the purpose of unloading bulk materials frequently on construction locations. Unloaders are recognized from dump trucks by setup.

Tippers

A dump truck, referred to likewise as an unloader truck or tipper truck, is utilized for carrying dumps from construction sites. A tipper is a heavy truck structure fitted with an open-top body, utilized for carrying pile of concrete, crushed stone, soil and other form of materials to and from building locations.

2. Equipment for Earth Moving

To carry out different sorts of digging work like excavation, earthmoving equipment are used. Every earthmoving equipment have their special applications and used mainly for constructing, repairing, demolition.

Excavators

These are famous earth-moving vehicles that highlight a vessel, arm, revolving cab, and moving tracks. These parts give prevalent force to dig and versatility, letting this weighty machine to carry out several actions, from burrowing breaking holes to digging.

Loaders

Loaders are heavy construction machine which used to load or move materials such as demolition debris, recycled material, dirt, gravel, wood logs, snow, rocks etc into a different machinery as a conveyor belt, garbage truck or railroad car.

Bulldozers

A bulldozer is a huge and weighty farm vehicle furnished with a large metal plate used to push huge amounts of sand, soil, stone blocks, or other such material during excavation or construction work and usually equipped at the back with a claw like tool to relax thickly crushed materials.

3. Equipment for Material Handling

Crane

A crane is a machine which is used to lift and lower materials and to move them parallelly. It is designed with an elevator rope, strong cable or chains, and bundles. It is basically utilized for lifting overweight things like TMT bar, steel, blocks, etc and moving them to different places.

Forklift

It is designed in the 20^th century and it is basically an industrial truck, utilized to transfer and lift things within short distances.

4. Other Construction Materials

Conveyer system give a proficient, dependable, profitable and lower-hazard strategy for eliminating garbage and ruin from digging removal sites.

Concrete Mixer

A cement mixer is a machine that regularly combines concrete, like sand or rock, and water to shape concrete.

An ordinary mixer utilizes a spinning drum to blend the components.

Road Roller

A road roller is a compactor-type designing vehicle used to reduced soil, rock, cement, or black-top in the construction of highways and foundations.

Different contractors can quote different prices that will lead only confusion. Here we are going to highlight the factors that can help you to estimate the costing and factors to consider for getting the best output by keeping in mind the budget.

Cost of Home Building

Costing for Home building can start from 750 square feet. Typically more queries arise for 750, 1000 and 1250 SQFT. Here we are going to provide the standard approximation for 1000 SQFT.

Constructing your house involves all type of complex work but the quantity remains very small compare to the civil/commercial construction. Thus, it becomes very difficult to track the billing and rates individually. That is why it is recommended to calculate the approximate unit rate for construction and multiply it by build up area.

Dependable Variants for Cost of Construction

1. Build-up Area:

Build up area is not your plot area. Within the total plot area, the area you are planning to construct is known as Build-up Area or the Area of Construction.

Built Up Area + Common Areas = Super Built Up Area

Example, if you are planning to construct a 2 storied building (G+1) with 1000 SQFT in each floor then your Super Build up Area will stand at

2 X 1000 SQFT = 2000 SQFT

2. Construction p/Unit Rate:

Per unit rate for the construction material depends upon the quality of product you are opting for.

It is essential to go for the best quality construction material as well as choosing the right grade to build your home strong and long lasting. The area is also dependent about the quantity of the material.

For example, when you are choosing TMT Bar for the construction, the first point that should comes to your mind is the grade of TMT Steel Bar (Fe415, Fe500, Fe 500D, Fe 600D). As per IS Standards Fe 500D TMT Steel rods are perfect for all type of construction purpose. It provides best result in RCC Construction.

Now, you need to know about the area, it comes under which Seismic Zone? Structural components quantity of RCC (Reinforced Cement Concrete) depends upon the seismic zone. An average estimation chart of the Structural quantities here below as per Seismic Zone Divisions.

Hope this will help you to have an understanding about the quantity of construction material you need for your dream home. For any further assistance please get in touch and take the advice from Home Building Expert to resolve all your queries.