Infrastructure is the most important
aspect of any country's economy. It gives sound base for the development
of other sectors of an economy. For building huge infrastructure and
giving it a finishing touch, lot of machineries, both heavy and light
are required. These machineries perform various tasks like excavating,
digging, loading, hauling, unloading, demolition, paving and finally the
construction of huge structures. On the basis of their capacities,
weight, and the nature of the work done, construction machineries can be
classified as :
- Heavy machineries
- Light machineries
- Road construction machineries
- Bridge construction machineries
- Air port construction machineries
- Canal construction machineries
- Dam construction machineries