This is my guide to concrete. Concrete may not seem like a very sexy subject to write about but I hope that by the time you reach the end of this blog, you will have been inspired to use concrete to improve your home. Concrete isn't just for driveways and walls. You can use concrete in a lot of pretty creative ways around your home. I discovered this when I hired a team of concrete contractors. They were really great guys and while they were completing work around my home they taught me lots of cool things about working with concrete. I hope you enjoy this blog!
Concrete pumping has long been an established technique for large-scale commercial construction projects. Concrete pumping provides greater accuracy and less waste than other methods of concrete placement because the pumps can deliver the mixed concrete exactly where it is needed without spillage or leaving lumps. Importantly, using pumps helps to prevent the concrete shrinking or producing cracks, meaning that the resulting concrete is stronger and will require less maintenance or repair in the future.
How Concrete pumping helps smaller construction sites
While pumping concrete is widely accepted on large sites, it sometimes isn't appreciated that it can offer the same cost-saving benefits for smaller construction operations. Here are three key reasons that you should think about using concrete pumping whatever type of construction project you have underway.
1 — Speed of construction is increased
Whatever the size of your project concrete pumping can help to reduce your construction costs and increase your concrete-pouring speed. Instead of using labour-intensive techniques such as cranes and wheelbarrows to transport and pour concrete you can arrange for a concrete pumping truck to arrive on your site and deliver the concrete exactly where it is needed. Pumping the concrete in this way will free up your labourers to concentrate on other tasks allowing your whole job to move much faster.
2 — Ease of access is assured
One of the key advantages for smaller projects (especially renovations) is that concrete pumping allows much easier access to the area that the concrete is needed. On a new development, using wheelbarrows to move the concrete may be feasible, but if you are working down a flight of stairs or in a cramped space between existing structures then wheelbarrow access becomes difficult or impossible. This is much less of a problem for a pumping tube and a single operator.
3 — Less waste is generated
A further advantage of using pumping on smaller sites is the lack of waste created by this technique. Using traditional construction methods, the concrete must first be mixed and then transported to where it is needed. There will be waste generated at every stage of that process. Not only will some of the concrete be lost during transportation, but you will undoubtedly mix more than you need to avoid the risk of not having quite enough to finish the job. With concrete pumping, there is no leftover concrete and therefore no waste, and you normally only pay for the concrete you actually use.
Contact a concrete pumping service near you in order to learn more.
Share8 August 2019
