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SHOOTING CONCRETE

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April 2023

Boom concrete pumps are much in demand what with the rise in infra projects

- MOLLY R

SHOOTING CONCRETE

Concrete boom pumps remain one of the most popular and in-demand pieces of construction equipment in the industry. As the years pass by, the population in urban areas continues to grow, which means that there will always be a need for new housing, schools, medical facilities, and transportation infrastructure, among other things. Many of these projects are large-scale and complicated, so finding the most effective equipment is necessary like concrete boom pumps. Pouring concrete has never been more convenient with the help of these pumps.

The country is seeing the construction of numerous infrastructure projects like metro rails, high-speed rails, expressways etc. This increase in construction activity has led to a high demand for concrete, and thereby for concrete equipment, which include batching plants, transit mixers, concrete pumps, and concrete pavers. These machines undertake different tasks at various stages of construction such as concrete mixing, transporting the concrete, pumping concrete, and placing it at the required sites.

Concrete pumps are tools used for transferring freshly mixed liquid concrete to the location where it is needed on a construction site. Concrete pumps are common fixtures on building sites today because they increase the efficiency of building projects, especially in terms of building high-rises. Before concrete pumps, contractors had to get buckets of concrete lifted by cranes and now it's possible to pump concrete up to the highest floors.

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