Construction Equipment – Complete Overview (Types, Uses & Basic
Systems)
Excavator - ANS ✔✔widely used equipment in construction industry. Their general purpose is to
dig / excavate
Bulldozer / dozer - ANS ✔✔large, motorized machine equipped with a metal blade to the front
for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction work.
Loader - ANS ✔✔heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials
such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery
Compactor - ANS ✔✔used to reduce the size of material such as waste material or bio mass
through compaction.
Backhoe / rear actor / back actor - ANS ✔✔a type of excavating equipment, or digger, consisting
of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. It is typically mounted on the back
of a tractor or front loader, the latter forming a "backhoe loader".
Skid-Steer Loader - ANS ✔✔compact machine with lift arms that can attach to a wide variety of
buckets and other labor-saving tools or attachments.
Dump Truck - ANS ✔✔used for transporting materials for construction as well as coal.
Wheel Tractor-Scraper - ANS ✔✔a type of heavy equipment used for earthmoving. It has a
pan/hopper for loading and carrying material.
Telehandlers - ANS ✔✔hoisting equipment used in construction to lift heavy materials up to
required height or to provide construction platform for workers
Systems)
Excavator - ANS ✔✔widely used equipment in construction industry. Their general purpose is to
dig / excavate
Bulldozer / dozer - ANS ✔✔large, motorized machine equipped with a metal blade to the front
for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction work.
Loader - ANS ✔✔heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials
such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery
Compactor - ANS ✔✔used to reduce the size of material such as waste material or bio mass
through compaction.
Backhoe / rear actor / back actor - ANS ✔✔a type of excavating equipment, or digger, consisting
of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. It is typically mounted on the back
of a tractor or front loader, the latter forming a "backhoe loader".
Skid-Steer Loader - ANS ✔✔compact machine with lift arms that can attach to a wide variety of
buckets and other labor-saving tools or attachments.
Dump Truck - ANS ✔✔used for transporting materials for construction as well as coal.
Wheel Tractor-Scraper - ANS ✔✔a type of heavy equipment used for earthmoving. It has a
pan/hopper for loading and carrying material.
Telehandlers - ANS ✔✔hoisting equipment used in construction to lift heavy materials up to
required height or to provide construction platform for workers
