Highways that stretch foe very long miles. Malls that house different stores. Buildings in which we work in. Houses that we call home. All of these, by a large degree, were made using construction equipment.
Construction today would take a very long time if not for construction equipment. Take for example the cement truck. Now the cement truck's purpose is to mix concrete that is to be used in laying foundations for various buildings, for example. It's indispensable in construction since it makes the mixing of concrete faster. Think about a construction site without one. It would take the workers a very long time in constructing a building if not for the turning and churning that a cement truck does. But what makes a cement truck?
Take a normal 10-wheeler truck and put a barrel shaped sort of container on its back. Hook the barrel up to a generator or engine of samples then turn that engine on. Put some gravel, cement, sand, water etc inside the barrel and pretty much that is what a cement truck does.
Another important piece of construction equipment is the loader. Now, what is a loader? A loader is a piece of construction equipment that can scoop up a reasonable amount of material (dirt, soil, etc.) onto a dump truck (another piece of important construction equipment). A loader has a large bucket that it uses to "pick up" materials from the ground, for loading as well as dumping.
As mentioned earlier, another important piece of construction equipment is the dump truck. Now a dump truck makes sure that whatever material a loader puts on the back side of it gets to be properly disposed of. A dump truck is basically made up of a "compartment" on its back that is used to store the material that needs proper disposal. Alternately, a dump truck can also be used to carry materials that are needed in the construction site.
There is also construction equipment that is not exactly vehicular in nature. A perfect example of which is the rivet gun. A rivet gun is a construction tool that is used to drive rivets and it is usually powered by air (pneumatic). On of its uses is to fashion metal girders together. Its precision makes sure that the rivet is driven into the right place.
There are also pieces of construction equipment that are neither mechanical nor vehicular in nature, an example of which is the shovel. A shovel is a piece of construction equipment since it can help in the manual mixing of concrete. This is not the only use of a shovel though. A shovel can also be used for gardening, for example.
These are only some of the pieces of construction equipment that are being currently used. For major construction purposes, like road construction, for example, something like a cement truck can fit the job well. For something smaller in scale, a shovel does the job justice.
Whatever construction purposes need, make sure the equipment you choose does the job as having one or some entitles being a responsible charge or owner.