For most expensive and technical equipment that is only situationally useful, it is often a better idea to rent or subcontract the work to a specialized professional than to buy your own and expect a standard crew to know how it works. If you are a builder who only occasionally needs heavy lifting capabilities, industrial cranes are no exception.
Cranes are complicated, highly technical pieces of construction machinery that require proper maintenance, site preparation, and training to operate safely. There is a serious risk of crushing injury or property damage if loads are improperly secured or the crane is controlled incorrectly.
It is crucial to ensure that whatever crane service company you choose is up to the task and has a proven track record of excellence.
Industries like construction rely on a complex web of supply chains with inputs required from many different industries. This dependence on multiple raw inputs and the complicated large-scale transport of goods means the entire industry is susceptible to an issue with any link in that log chain.
Shortages in one place lead to scarcity in another, whether materials or manpower.
When you are constructing a building, you are creating something that will be special to many people.
You might be building homes in which individuals and families will fill with memories, hospitals in which medical professionals will save lives, schools in which generations will prepare for their futures, or commercial spaces where many will embark on challenging careers and provide vital services to their communities.
In many ways, general contractors are essentially giving life to previously inanimate objects. Consider the construction of a new high-rise in Charlotte, NC.
Builders will begin with extensive planning; then, they will lay a solid foundation, construct the building’s frame, fill in that frame with infrastructure, then add decorative elements and vital amenities.
What was once a construction zone, upon completion, begins teeming with life and becomes part of the city’s skyline.
To say the Carolinas are growing is an understatement. Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston, Columbia, Wilmington, Greenville, the Triad, and essentially every urban region in our area has had some of the highest influxes of new residents and businesses for decades. The Queen City has recently cracked the top ten in overall population.
That kind of rapid growth is exactly why it seems like metropolitan areas in North and South Carolina are perpetually under construction. It’s not just the largest cities that are welcoming new people and companies, especially since the pandemic began. Asheville, Boone, Spartanburg, Greenville (North & South Carolina), Rocky Mount, and other small and medium-sized cities are growing as well.
With the growth showing no signs of slowing down, you can expect to continue to see construction throughout our region. Here are some of the construction trends, for better or worse, we can expect to see in the future.