There is ordinarily a large inventory you should have in store, even for a small construction project. Most managers get confused and miss a thing or two in their purchases. The best way to remember everything you will need for a construction project is to categorize them. The primary categories will include consumables such as construction materials, personal protective equipment (PPE), and construction equipment. Construction materials might not be as hard to remember since most people already have the ideal materials for their project’s design before starting.
While PPE will depend on the hazards in your site, things such as hard hats for construction, steel toe-capped boots, and high visibility clothing are standard. This is because, in almost all sites, visitors and workers are exposed to heavy materials that might cause grave injuries when they fall. Moreover, everyone on the site should remain visible to other people to minimize the risk of injuries. It is also prudent to classify the equipment according to the stages of your project.
Here are the tools needed for site preparation:
Backhoes and Bulldozers
Bulldozers are designed to move loads that cannot be manually moved from your site. The bulldozers will, in this case, move even the heaviest of materials and leave your site debris-free. These machines can also spread out materials on your site to leave it leveled. The bulldozers will often work synergistically with a backhoe. The backhoe pulls all unwanted materials out of your site.
Level
Your building will be unsafe when built on a sloping foundation. As such, it is imperative to ensure your foundation is leveled. While you might not have much control over the typography of your land, you will still build a foundation that ends up leveled. This will mean that the lower side of a sloping site will have a shallower foundation compared to the higher one. Levels are used to check that your foundation is flat from its front to back and from one side to the other. While in the past levels were manual, nowadays, there are laser levels that are easier to use and generate more accurate readings.
Tamping Tools
The gravel base used for most foundations should be appropriately compacted to guarantee it generates a stable surface for construction. Tamping devices range from heavy metal plates on the end of sticks that will be manually lifted and dropped on the gravel to rollers for large construction projects.
Rebar Pliers and Cutting Tools
After the preparation of the pad for the construction of your foundation, you will use metal reinforcement to strengthen the foundation. The metal reinforcement, in most cases, is in the form of steel rebars. Rebar cutting tools primarily look like special blades that are strong enough to cut through metal. Heavy-duty pliers will also handle the task.
With the tools above, your site preparation can be successful and safe. Even so, your needs might change when handling different construction projects. The best choice might be to hire the tools that require a substantial monetary investment to buy.
