Concrete Pumping in Phoenix, AZ

Concrete Pumping

• Sidewalks
• Curb and gutter
• Patio slabs
• House slabs
• Pool decks
• Concrete pumping (3/8" to 1-1/2")
• Hard-to-reach locations

Grout Pumping

• Masonry grouting
• Block wall grouting
• Form grouting
• Multi-story grouting
• Pipeline grouting
• Rip rap grouting

What Exactly Is Concrete Pumping?

A concrete pump is a tool for conveying liquid concrete. Over more than half a century, concrete pumps have slowly taken over other methods of transferring liquid concrete. It was Friedrich Wilhelm Schwing's company, Schwing GmbH, that invented the twin-cylinder hydraulic concrete pump in 1957 — a design principle still used as the worldwide standard today.

The pump works with one piston drawing liquid concrete into a cylinder from a hopper while the other simultaneously pushes concrete out into the discharge pipes. A valve switches which cylinder is drawing and which is discharging each time the pistons reach their end point, keeping a continuous flow of concrete moving.

Concrete pumps were particularly important in revolutionizing the construction of large high-rise buildings — previously, cranes lifted buckets of roughly 2 cubic yards at a time. A modern concrete pump can move over 50m³ per hour to the top of today's tallest buildings.

Advantages of Pumping Over Crane & Bucket

• Much larger volume placed per hour — a crane manages around 12m³/hr; a pump can exceed 50m³/hr.
• Constant flow — pumps move concrete as fast as a truck mixer can discharge into them.
• Fewer wasted man-hours — no waiting on a skip to travel up and back down.
• The crane stays free for delivering steel, scaffolding, and other materials instead.
• Concrete placed exactly where you want it, via a placing hose or dedicated placing boom.
• Lower labor costs — fewer people needed to distribute the concrete once placed.
• Quicker setup — a mobile pump can extend its outriggers and boom and be pumping within the hour.

Types of Concrete Pumps

Mobile Pump: A truck-mounted pump with an integrated placing boom, ranging from under 20 meters to over 60 meters of reach — popular across the widest range of construction projects for its speed and minimal labor requirements.

Stationary Pump: Mounted on a trailer with a separate pipeline run to the pour location — ideal when the pump needs to sit far from the placement point, such as tunneling or high-rise work.

Truck Mounted Static Pump: A static pump on a truck chassis without a boom — perfect for quick jobs where running a pipeline is the only option, such as a backyard extension.

Truck Mixer Concrete Pump: Combines a pump, boom, and concrete storage/transport all in one mobile package.