Concrete Pumps in High-Rise Building Projects: Innovations and Best Practices
Concrete is often the foundation of many buildings and projects in construction. During large-scale projects, a very large amount of concrete has to make its way to the job site. Often, this is done through a concrete pump, one of the many fundamental and indispensable tools on a job site.
Types of Concrete Pumps
Boom Pumps
These pumps have a hydraulic arm, or boom. This hydraulic arm can maneuver over obstacles and terrain to deliver concrete to wherever it needs to go. Boom pumps are a huge help during large-scale projects, such as building high-rise buildings!
Line Pumps
Line pumps can also be referred to as trailer-mounted pumps. They are versatile, and can be used in a variety of projects, but tend to be used for smaller ones, like residential. Line pumps are mounted to trailers, and dispense concrete through a flexible hose.
Specialized Concrete Pumps
Specialized concrete pumps tend to be used for specific applications, like construction and projects that are under water and require lightweight concrete. Specialized concrete pumps are not used very often, as they are tailored for use with very specific circumstances.
How Concrete Pumps Work
Concrete pumps are fairly simple machines. Once the pump is loaded with a concrete mix, pressure is applied. Using pistons or hydraulics, concrete is pushed through the pump to the location it’s needed.
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The Benefits of Concrete Pumps in High-Rise Building Projects
Concrete pumps bring higher efficiency, precision, consistency, and convenience to a project.
Since the pump can deliver large amounts of concrete quickly and accurately to a job site, this reduces the amount of time that it would have taken for just team members to do it themselves. A pump will also ensure that the concrete is dispensed exactly where it is needed, and in the exact amounts that it is needed, which will lower the possibility of mistakes.
Concrete pumps can also take a chunk of labor off of the crews backs. HIgh-rise construction is a long, laborious, and tedious project. With hundreds if not thousands of man hours put into them, the use of a machine such as a concrete pump is an invaluable tool on the job site.
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