Essential Equipment You Can Hire for Your Construction Site
While every construction site is different, there’s always a core complement of equipment that’s needed. From earth moving machinery to generators and lighting, the following lists the 6 categories that every site needs and the different components that fall under these.
The 6 Construction Categories Every Site Needs
There’s not a construction site across Australia (indeed, the world) that doesn’t require at least one piece of equipment in the following categories:
Earth moving equipment: Such as excavators and loaders.
Access equipment: Scissor lifts, straight booms etc.
Site set up equipment: Including track mats, fencing and toilets.
Compaction equipment: Wacker plates and rollers, for example.
Generators: For running power tools, lighting etc.
Other general tools and equipment: Such as water carts, scaffolding, lighting and smaller tools.
1: Earth Moving Equipment
Excavators and loaders are staples of every construction site. There are options to suit every level of earth that needs to be moved. From small, 1.7 tonne models that can easily be moved around on a trailer to the heavy-duty 8 tonne, 14 tonne and larger options, selecting the right excavator/s is essential to getting the job done safely and quickly.
Loaders go hand-in-hand with excavator hire. They can transport far greater amounts of material than an excavator can, hence the two are often hired in tandem with each other.
2: Access Equipment
Getting to high or difficult-to-reach areas is safely accomplished with the right access equipment. Scissor lifts, cherry pickers and knuckle booms come in all shapes and sizes according to the working height you need to access, complexity of angles and the terrain that engineers and personnel will be working on.
3: Site Set Up Equipment
Every construction site needs to be safe and adhere to multiple H&S standards. From having adequate toilet facilities to erecting fencing around hazardous areas, it’s vital to create a location that reduces all potential risks.
It’s also necessary to ensure that vehicular and foot traffic has sturdy and safe routes around the site – no matter what the weather might throw at it. Track mats and steel road plates create accessible pathways come rain or shine. Where noise control is needed, setting up acoustic curtains is an efficient solution. And installing lockable shipping containers provides safe housing for valuable equipment overnight and when it’s not in use.
4: Compacting Equipment
Once the groundworks are complete then it’s time to get levelling. This is where trench rollers, vibrating rollers, vibrating plates and wacker plates come into play. Such equipment is often only in use for a relatively short period over the whole construction task – and renting means you can reduce overheads by only having it on-site for the number of days it’s needed.
Hiring also means you get the latest kit with the exact specification for the task, as well as being in perfect working order with support on immediate hand should there be a breakdown or issue at any point during the rental period.
5: Generators
No site is complete without a generator or two. Whether it’s a small portable back-up to power smaller equipment away from a power source – or a large, 50kva skid-mounted option to run everything without relying on the mains, it’s an essential piece of kit.
Even if you have reliable mains power on-site, removing the need to run extension cables long distances gets rid of the many hazards they present. Plus, if there is an interruption to mains electricity, your team can continue working thanks to the generated power source.
6: Other General Tools and Equipment
Lighting is essential on any construction site. Not only is it vital to keep personnel and visitors safe during hours of darkness, it’s also a crucial security element. Lighting is often best run or is backed up by a generator to ensure that, in the event of a power failure, there’s no loss of visibility.
Other essential items include scaffolding tarps, props and smaller hand tools, such as breakers nail guns, exhaust fans, welders, wall chasers and more.
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In addition, if we don’t have the exact equipment you need then our highly experienced team will procure it or work with you to find the perfect solution.
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