Building & Construction Practice Test: Construction Equipments — Flashcards

Here are some basic construction equipment items:

Bulldozers
Also called dozers, these are a staple piece of construction equipment. They have a tractor with a large metal bucket plate that operators use for digging, excavating, and leveling soil.

Loaders
These versatile pieces of equipment can push and move materials, as well as scoop and lift their bucket to load material into a dump truck.

Scrapers
These can move dirt and aggregates easily and without the need for additional equipment. They are used in large open areas where they can run at higher speeds and facilitate the cut and fill activities.

Excavators
These large and very common pieces of construction equipment are considered a standard must-have in the industry. They consist of a boom, dipper, bucket, and cab, all of which sits on top of a rotating platform known as the "house".

Backhoes
These are the main component of the heavy construction equipment and comprise of a boom, stick, and bucket. They are best suited in digging all sorts of trenches and holes though it can also dig ditches.

Graders
These are likely essential tools for construction workers completing road work. They have a blade between the front and back wheels that levels the ground's surface as you drive across it.

Trenchers
These are an essential type of earthmoving equipment in construction because they create the trenches needed for piping, cabling and drainage.

Pile boring equipment
This is usually employed for pile driving construction. It is specifically designed to make boreholes in the construction sites to install precast piles carefully. 

Other basic construction equipment items include:
Earth moving equipment 

Construction Equipments topics include: Equipment operating cost, excavating and earth compaction equipment’s, hoisting and conveying equipment, drills types and bits, drilling and road making equipment’s.