A Look At Concrete Pumping

Concrete pumping, as impossible as it sounds, truly is something that can be done. Since it is a liquid, concrete lends itself well to being pumped at considerably high volumes. When assisted by the right kind of equipment it can be delivered into unbelievable places where a standard concrete delivery process would never make it.

Pumping Services – Most everyday ordinary citizens probably think of these companies as huge construction corporations being contracted for massive building sites where the smallest of equipment might have to be air lifted in. Well, that is also the case, however these pumping services also have rigs that can maneuver into residential sections, and smaller industrial areas, where the streets are too narrow for any large trucks.

Other places concrete pumping services are used would be where a smaller rig can be sent in to pour swimming pools, sidewalks and where new housing construction needs home concrete slabs. You or someone you know might very well be living in a house that had the concrete floor pumped in by one of these services.

Pumping Equipment – The first type is called a boom because it stretches out and can reach up to 300 meters. All of those huge forms of support structures where probably filled by a boom. You would think this to be massive, but when folder up it sits neatly in accordion fashion on a unit that looks much like a large fire truck.

Anytime there is a location where it is impossible to get any other type of equipment in there, it is very likely you will see a boom truck taking care of the concrete job.

If you can picture the head of a monstrous mosquito who is using its mouth (proboscis) to inject concrete into a designated area all the way up and over buildings and then down into some alley, that is kind of what these boom trucks look like. Having this ability these rigs can reach into some of the most unbelievable places that would otherwise be impossible to manage getting any other type of equipment in there. These can also be seen in big city construction where one of these rigs might be on top of a building across the street from where the concrete is to be pumped. And using this long boom they stretch way above the cars below to deliver concrete to a building across the road.

Another kind of concrete pumping equipment is a line pump which has a slower volume rate, but is small enough to be used in places where a boom rig cannot fit. Such areas might be pumping concrete into a ground slab, or swimming pool.

These Concrete Pumping Ontario units make possible the construction of sites which would be way too expensive and take many decades to complete to attempt by any other means. Most roadways with traffic sorting ramps used concrete being pumped, skyscrapers that require intricate placement of concrete, and even a farmers silo or bank of windmill towers can be built from concrete being pumped to complete the job. This industry is responsible for constructing countless facilities we used each day and never even imagine the details of how it came into being. With concrete there is always a sure way to get it delivered and at exactly the point it was intended. Pump it full of concrete and continue to build.

Quality concrete Pumping Ontario provides the customers with trained, professional operators and reliable concrete pumping equipment and all related concrete pumping services.