When you are relocating all or part of a factory or industrial site, there are several decisions to be made. Depending on what you decide to do with each part or line of your plant, different types of heavy equipment are used. Here is how your decisions about each part of your plant help your contractor determine what type of equipment to use.

When You Decide to Move Large Pieces of Equipment as a Single Unit

There is some equipment that just should not be dismantled before it is moved. It might either prove to be more dangerous to take it apart or more dangerous to transport it in pieces. In that case, you would probably choose to move each of these pieces of equipment as single units. Giving this instruction to a contractor means that he or she has to unbolt the equipment from its position in the plant and use cranes of various types to move it outside and place it on a flatbed. If the equipment is already an outside piece, then it just requires a crane to lift it and place it on the truck.

When You Decide to Move Assembly Lines in Pieces

When you ask your plant relocation services team to move parts of the factory or move the assembly lines in pieces, the contractor will probably use a roll-off dumpster in which to place the pieces for transport. This is one of the easiest methods of transport, especially if you expect several pieces to be moved from the plant's present location to the next location. The contractor might also employ a semi tractor driver and his or her trailer to move slightly bulkier or oddly shaped pieces if they do not fit as nicely into the roll-off for transport. Additionally, if you are concerned with getting all the right pieces put back into their correct positions in the new plant, you can ask the contractor to color code containers as his/her crew dismantles things, or you can have parts from each section shipped separately.

When You Decide to Demolish Parts of the Plant

There are two ways to go about demolishing parts of the plant. You can either ask your contractor to use a wrecking ball and smash the plant to the ground, or you can request controlled explosives for implosion. Many factory owners prefer the wrecking ball because it is less expensive in terms of equipment, setup and city permit costs. However, it does take longer than setting up explosives to implode the plant in just a matter of seconds. Whichever you choose, a front loader will scoop up the remnants and drop them into a dump truck to be hauled away.