- What it does
- This equipment family performs earthmoving, lifting, grading, and paving tasks required to build infrastructure, commercial facilities, and residential developments. It encompasses physical assets like excavators, bulldozers, and cranes that manipulate soil, transport heavy materials, and alter terrain.
- How it flows
- These are physical capital goods delivered directly to active job sites and operated manually by human technicians. They interact directly with raw construction materials and site environments, and often plug into central fleet management software via onboard telematics.
- Summary
- Heavy construction machinery is assembled from heavy components in manufacturing plants, commissioned with VINs and asset tracking tags, transported via heavy-haul flatbeds to specialized regional dealerships, sold or leased to civil contractors, and ultimately dismantled for salvage at the end of its functional life.