Mobile Concrete Pumping FAQ’s
What mobile concrete pump do I need for my job?
The type of concrete pumping equipment required to service your project will be dependent on a range of factors including:
- Space available on site to setup concrete pumping equipment and for concrete delivery trucks
- Site conditions including change in elevations where the equipment is setup, ground type where the equipment is setup, proximity of excavations, presence of overhead obstructions such as overhead power lines or structures, interaction with other plant on site, interaction with the public roads and the public
- Furthest distance the concrete is required to be pumped
- Concrete mix design
- Concrete pumping output required
A qualified supervisor will attend site prior to dispatching a concrete pump to your site to review your concrete pour requirements and assess the site conditions to determine the most appropriate concrete pump for your pour.
What are the mobile concrete pumping hire rates?
Hire rates are determined by the circumstances of your project. Some items we will consider may include:
- The number of pumping visits required throughout the project
- The quantity of concrete to be pumped throughout the project
- The duration of the project
- The type and size of pump required for the pour or project
- How much travel time is required to travel to and from site
- Whether any additional labour is required for the pour
- Whether the pump can be washed out on site
- Whether weekend work or night work will be required
After assessing your project’s requirements, our experienced team will provide a quotation for you to consider.
Full Service Projects FAQ’s
What are the full-service concrete pumping rates?
Rates for full service projects will be determined with reference to the particular circumstances of the project. Some information you may need to provide include:
- How many mobile pumping visits are required
- Access provisions for mobile concrete pumping
- How many placing boom visits are required
- Static pipeline route and location
- Size and capacity of equipment required
- How many pumps and placing booms are required
- Concrete quantities for the project
- Custom equipment that may be required
- Duration of concrete pumping works on site
- Crane capacity limitations on site
- Allowance for placing boom mast slab penetrations
After assessing your project’s requirements, our experienced team will provide a quotation for you to consider.
What is included with the full-service package?
Our full-service packages vary in scope depending on the customer’s requirements. Once we have an initial consultation with the customer, we will provide a comprehensive quotation that details the inclusions and exclusions of our scope of works.
Do you provide engineered drawings for the installation of placing boom systems?
SCP can provide and manage the engineering process to produce a full set of engineered shop drawings which are specific to your project. Our typical design scope includes placing boom design loads, base design (excluding piling design and rock anchor design if it is required), staging drawings and radius drawings. We can also provide drawings for any custom design work that may be required for the project, plant interaction drawings, reach diagrams and any other drafting requirements that may be required for your project.
Dry Hire FAQ’s
What information is required for a dry hire placing boom quotation?
- Hire commencement date
- Duration of hire
- Quantity of concrete to be pumped through the placing boom
- Quantity of placing booms required
- Quantity of High pressure line pumps required
- Crane radius drawing and any crane capacity limitations
- Who is responsible for concrete material delivery pipeline is included in SCP’s scope
- Who is responsible for providing project specific engineering
- If the placing boom is required to be installed initially free-standing or if it will be installed once a few suspended slabs are poured
- Any slab penetration limitations
- General project specific information
- Is SCP required to maintain the equipment as per statutory regulations and the equipment manufacturer’s recommendations
- SCP’s labour scope for installation, climbing and dismantling
Placing boom FAQ’s
What is a separate placing boom?
A separate placing boom is a boom that is temporarily installed and fixed to a structure to allow concrete to be placed in areas where a mobile concrete boom pump cannot access or reach. Separate placing booms are typically installed on projects with large floor areas, in highly congested traffic areas or on buildings that exceed heights that mobile concrete boom pumps cannot reach.
What type of mounting options are available for a separate placing boom?
SCP has a wide range of mounting options for separate placing booms. The mounting option that is suited best for your project will depend on a range of factors including:
- Building height
- Building floor area
- Pour break locations
- Structural limitations
- Allowance for custom slab penetrations to install a placing boom mast
- Site crane capacity
Some mounting options SCP can offer are as follows:
- Conventional Mast Systems free-standing on a static base or installed through and supported by custom floor slab penetrations
- Lattice tower systems installed through slab penetrations or through a lift shaft
- Lattice tower systems installed externally from the building structure
- Hydraulic jump form system mounting
- Special project applications such as crane crawler carrier, tank structures, bridges and floating barge installations
What type of concrete pump is required?
High pressure line pumps are required when pumping concrete through separate placing booms, on high rises, pumping long distances or when pumping under extreme pumping conditions.
SCP will calculate what type of concrete pump is required based on the concrete specifications and taking into consideration the horizontal distance, vertical distance, number of pipeline connections, number of pipeline bends and output required. SCP will also consider the space available on site including height, length and width available to permanently fix the concrete pump on site for the duration of the project.
SCP will determine, in collaboration with the client, if a high-pressure diesel or electric concrete pump is best suited for the project when considering if the pump is located indoors or outdoors.
