Name of Construction Equipment for Oil & Gas

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Anup Kumar Dey

Construction Equipment plays an important role in the construction process. Proper

selection of equipment is necessary for the Economy, Quality, Safety, Speed, and Timely
completion of the Project. A wide range of construction equipment is used in the
construction industry to help to perform jobs in a smooth and easy way. Even though
most of the construction equipment is quite common among industries, there could be the
use of specialized construction equipment depending on the requirement. In this article,
We will list down the name of construction equipment those are used frequently in Oil &
Gas Projects. Fig. 1 below shows examples of typical construction equipment.

Types of Construction Equipment

Broadly, Construction Equipment are classified into the following groups:

Earth Moving equipment

Road making equipment
Hauling equipment
Piling equipment
Concrete equipment
Quarry equipment
Pneumatic equipment
Lifting and handling equipment
Slip form equipment
Welding equipment
Shop Fabrication and Testing equipment
Pipe laying equipment
Construction equipment for electrical installation
Floating Equipment for marine works
Tunnelling equipment
Other miscellaneous equipment

Earthmoving Equipment
Earthmoving equipment performs the task of digging and moving the earth. The name of
construction equipment that falls under earthmoving equipment category are:

Excavators/Hydraulic Excavators
Backhoe
Loaders
Bulldozers
Skid Steer Loaders

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 Trenchers
Motor Graders
Motor Scrapers
Crawler Loaders
Wheeled Loading Shovel/Wheel Loader
Vibratory Compactors
Trenchers

Names of Construction Equipment

Road making equipment

As the name suggests, this equipment is used for making roads. Names of such
construction equipment are

Road paver
Roller
Asphalt Concrete Plant

Hauling Equipment/Construction Vehicles

Names of construction equipment known as hauling equipment or construction vehicles
are

Tractors Trailors
Trucks
Tippers
Dumpers
Tankers

Piling equipment

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List of construction equipment those help in piling works are

Piling Rigs
Rotary, Piling Rigs/Crane Mounted Rotary Piling Rigs
Piling Winch with Accessories
Pile Hammer
Boring Tools & Accessories for Piles of Different Diameters
Diaphragm Wall Rigs
Rectangular Grabs for Diaphragm Walls of Different Thickness
Tripod Type Bored Piling Equipment
Truck Mounted Direct Mud Circulation Type Bored Piling Rig
Vibratory Hammer
High Pressure Mud Pump
Bentonite Mixing and Generating Unit

Concrete equipment
This equipment help in concrete work and very useful for constructing civil foundations.
Examples of such equipment are

Batching Plants
Mixers
Concrete Pumps
Transit Mixers
Dumpers
Concrete Placers

Quarry equipment
Normally, large and powerful machines are used in quarrying. Examples include

Crushers
Screening Plants

Pneumatic equipment
Common pneumatic equipment used in construction industry are

Rock Drills
Compressors
Pavement Breakers

Lifting and handling equipment

The following lifting and handling equipment finds wide application in the construction
industry

Cranes

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 Hoists/Winches
Heavy Lifting Tackles

Slip form equipment

Slip form Jacks
Hydraulic Pump
Tapering Slip Form

Welding equipment
Common welding equipment used in the construction industry are

Generators
Transformers
Rectifiers
Submerged Arc Welding Unit
Automatic Welding Set

Shop Fabrication and Testing equipment

Welding Machines
Bending Machines
Presses
Planers/Shapers
Milling Machines
Drilling Machines
Boring Machine
Lathe Machines
Cutting/Shearing/Slotting Machines
Threading/Rivetting Machines
Grinding Machines
Forging & Smithy
Material Holding Equipments
X-ray Unit
Gamma Ray Unit
Ultrasonic Weld Testing Unit
Dye Penetrant and Magnetic Particle Testing Unit
Hardness Tester (Vicker’s, Rockwell, or Brinell)
Brinell Hardness Testing Machine
Microscope for Brinnel Indentation
Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine
Pendulun Impact Tester for Charry & Izod Test
Hydraulic Press for Bend Test
Hydraulic Pressure Testing Machine

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Pipe laying equipment
Backhoc
Side Boom
Road Boring Machine
Internal Lineup Clamp
External Line up Clamp
Dozer
Track-wheel Mounted Cranes
Front end Wheel Loader Lowering Belts
Diesel Welding Sets
Compressor
Truck
Trailor
Dumper
Concrete Mixer
Pipe Bevelling Machine
Test Pump
Filling Pump
Dewatering Pump
Pressure Recorder
Temperature Recorder
Point Tester
Dead Weight Tester
Jack out Jig
Coating Machine
Holiday Detector
X-ray Machine with Crawler
Spud Barge
Tug
Barge
Crane with Clamp Shell
Diesel Power Generator
Winch
Submersible Dredging Pumps
Track Drill
Pipe Bending Machine
Motor Boat
Caravans

Construction equipment for electrical installation

Oil Filters
Relay Testing Kits
Hipot Kit
Transformer Ratio Test Kit

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 Oil Test Kit
Meggers
Earth Testers
Multimeters
Tong Testers

Floating Equipment for marine works

Jack up Platform
Cutter Suction Dredger
Grab Dredger
Submersible Dock Barge
Hydro clam Barge
Multipurpose Hopper Barge
Drilling & Blasting Pontoon
Crane Barge
Tug
Hatch Barge/Deck Barge
Dock Barge with Cement Batching Plant
Lifting Assembling Barge

Tunnelling Equipment
Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)
Road Headers

Other miscellaneous Construction Equipment

Dewatering Pumps
Blasting Gun
Guniting Equipment
Spray Gun
Airless Spray Gun
Elcometer
Distomat
Gunniting M/C
Theodolite
Drilling Rig for Soil Investigation
Personal Computer
Other special testing and calibration equipment/devices

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