With a beautiful harbour and thriving fishing community, facilities in Gladstone may need some renovation some time. If you need a demolition contractor in Gladstone, you need to understand what tools and machines you are paying for.

Today, we will share some of the most common machinery used in the demolition business. With this information, you will be to have a deeper understanding of what is happening during the demolition process.  

Excavators

These are heavy machines that have appendages. The good thing about these machines is that we can change the attachments.

Excavators are great for digging. However, we can also use them for demolition. They have powerful arms that can demolish a small building, like an apartment.

They work well with concrete but are more effective with wood. We also use excavators to gather waste and then load them to dump trucks.  

Backhoe Loaders

A backhoe loader is like an excavator, but the attachment is inverted. It is the machine of choice for digging holes. We use this tool if we also need to demolish the foundations of a building.  

The thing with backhoe loaders is that they are best only for small projects. We use them to demolish small apartments, but they are not ideal for high-rise buildings.

Wheel Loaders

These are machines that we use to store and move debris. The demolition process will certainly produce scraps. It will also produce dust and mud, and we have to clean that up.

Wheel loaders are always present. It is difficult to work in a crowded space, so we remove as much waste and scrap as we can before moving on.

Bulldozers

These are mean machines that push debris away. As the demolition process happens, the explosions will produce massive blocks of concrete.

We use the bulldozer to gather these scraps, and then the bulldozer will also transfer the blocks to a dump truck. Bulldozers are strong. They are ideal for breaking down buildings, even if we do not use explosives.

Cranes 

Cranes are machines that have these really long or tall arms. The crane is ideal for putting people up high, or for wrecking balls.

Cranes are highly useful because we can change the accessory. We can use excavators and bulldozers with cranes, and this allows us to extend our reach. We can also use cranes to pick up debris from up high.

For wrecking balls, we attach them to the crane, and then we use the crane as the source of power and momentum for the steel ball.  

Summary: Demolition Contractor in Gladstone

We at Australian Construction have been in business for over 20 years. We have a complete set of all the necessary tools and machinery that we need to do a demolition job.

Only hire a contractor that has a complete set of equipment. If a contractor does not have this, he will be renting equipment and machinery from someone else. While this is a common practice, it always ends up with your project being delayed.

Give us a call if you are thinking about a demolition project. If you want, you can also use our “request quote” form. We will study the details you provide and give you a reasonable price range for the project.

Certainly, we will give your site an ocular visit at your most convenient time. Our engineers will be able to make a better assessment if they see the building that you want to break down. After the visit, we will draw a plan and present you with a better quote. Then, we can start the project from there.