There’s a moment on every city job when a temporary site shifts from almost ready to fully running, in about the time it takes a coffee to cool. The teams that hit it pack their kit to answer three questions at once: can we cut and fix immediately? Can we power the tools and lights without fuss? And can we keep water from stealing our day? That’s why the pick-up bed usually leads with a portable air compressor, a compact power unit, and a small pump that’s ready to drop.
Big cities don’t give the luxury of slow starts. Nighttime work lives under flats and hotels, and you’ve got traffic and the sweltering sun during the daytime. A 90-minute setup is basically a standard you can measure. It’s whether the essentials arrive on time and behave well, as one unit.
Air that feels steady at the tool.
Compressed air is a given on the worksites. You need it to power so many tools, and the quickest way to get there is by using a compressor that matches the actual duty, with proper intake and draining systems.
Clean air isn’t the only thing you need, either. You also need a reliable supply of that clean air. You don’t want your operators to spend the better part of their days adapting their technique to an uneven supply of air, do you now?
You need a stable supply to be able to use many of the tools that are essential to the work. After all, what’s the point of using pneumatic tools if they come with the same problems that electric tools do?
A tool is only as good as its power source, and for good compressed air, you need a reliable air compressor that doesn’t give in or works slowly. And on temporary sites, that’s usually in the form of portable air compressors that you can move about quickly and easily, as your site demands.
Power that behaves like background
When we’re talking about power, let’s think electric as well. Site power is almost taken for granted, and it should be. No site can work without it. But that also means that it’s the most important part of the whole setup. And you don’t need just any power. You need the right kind.
You might think everything is running smoothly until the middle of a shift, when all of a sudden, the load gets too much to handle and the machinery starts sputtering and stopping.
Now, you have a huge delay that’ll drain your workers and ruin your entire schedule. And not to mention, it causes a large dent in your pockets.
Teams that want to finish on time have to treat power like a contract, where predictable voltage is guaranteed. You ensure that by using well-sited generators that are sized for real demand and match your needs without causing any delays.
You don’t need the biggest generator. You don’t need the shiniest one. You just need one that’s equipped to handle the worksite you’re going to.
Dealing with water doesn’t need to be so difficult
No one hates rainy days at work more than crew members working at a busy, large worksite. And of course, they do; after all, water on site is such a huge pain to contend with. But with a good pump, it doesn’t have to be!
An efficient submersible water pump will work out all the water from your site before you can even start worrying about it. This is especially important for shorter setups where you know you have less time than usual. Here, even a small delay can cause big hiccups.
That’s also why the pump should be portable and ready to go at all times. No one wants to waste time hauling it from point A to point B. A compact pump can do the job while being easy to carry.
But the equipment isn’t the only thing that matters. You need to make sure your team is well-trained to use the pumps, too. When you’re working on temporary sites, your team needs to be able to move the tools as quickly as they move themselves, and they can’t do that without knowing the tools.
And that’s the final piece here. Once you’ve got the submersible water pump nearby, ready to use, with your crew trained to use it, your 90-minute setup is complete! And you can actually get cracking.
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