The Pumper Dump Solution

If you have arrived here after reading, and hopefully enjoying the previous posts, I would like to say thank you.

The story began many, many years ago, while walking in concrete slurry and mud, I thought there had to be a safer, cleaner way to deal with the concrete washout waste after washing a concrete pump.

So, I took to paper and came up with my concept.

Just like the concreters have moved on from pushing wheelbarrows, PumperDump has grown to offer more than just a bin service.

When using PumperDump we assist you to:

  • Avoid using plastic for washout trays
  • Avoid the use of your onsite plant equipment
  • Save your manual labour time and cost to clean up messes
  • Eliminate extra tip fees
  • Better manage any water runoff and possible pollution infringements
  • Give recyclers an uncontaminated product to recycle
  • Reduce unnecessary carbon emissions
  • Introduce sustainable practices while dealing with concrete waste
  • Improve onsite safety
  • One price no hidden costs

Just like the sustainability Venn diagram shows, sustainability covers many areas and we have grown and innovated through constant dialog with builders, assisting them to solve their problems, and in doing that, we have also been able to assist them with their sustainability goals.


It looks simple and is simple, but what this bin can offer is a lot more.

This following chart compares the process and time builders take to deal with the washout tray onsite compared to using PumperDump. It shows the extra plant machinery handling and truck movements taken when done the traditional way.


PumperDump’s Concrete Waste Separation Unit, (CWSU) as we call it, has a 1m3 volume, with an inner tray to capture the concrete and an outer tray to store the wash water to be processed and recycled. PumperDump trays have a larger volume than the standard tray and yes, they can also be overfilled, but the outer tray gives room for the water and a better indication of when the limit will be reached.

We give builders back their skip bin volume for real rubbish, keeping any overweight charges to a minimum and help them mitigate the risk of fines with no more water running out of transported skips.

We don’t tie up onsite plant leaving them to be better utilised for onsite operations.

PumperDump’s no plastic policy delivers the recycler an uncontaminated concrete waste. Instead of plastic, we use our specially formulated water-based concrete release agent on all our bins.

We offer certificates on the concrete and water collected and recycled and the volume of plastic diverted from landfill.

Even when construction has commenced, some builders and concreters are reluctant to use PumperDump, believing it’s an extra cost without seeing the many hidden costs already associated with the cleaning and disposal of concrete waste.

My story goes, from walking through concrete slurry and mud after washing a concrete pump, to starting and growing PumperDump, to now offering a range of services that will help you to a safer more sustainable concrete pumping 21th century.

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A Sustainable Solution

Builders have been telling me that they need a sustainable solution to address the problem.

Sustainability

Sustainability is defined as the ability of a system to exist constantly at a cost, in a universe that evolves towards thermodynamic equilibrium, the state with maximum entropy. In the 21st century, it refers generally to the capacity for the biosphere and human civilisation to coexist. For many in the field, sustainability is defined through the following interconnected domains or pillars: environment, economic and social. 

Sustainability is not environmentalism and people in the construction industry are slowly recognising the difference.

The Venn diagram shows how sustainability intertwines different areas to achieve a better outcome. Sustainability is slowly becoming the way to do business as large funding organisations are requiring better accountability before finance is approved.


Adams, W.M. (2006). The Future of Sustainability: Re-thinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-first Century. Report of the IUCN Renowned Thinkers Meeting, 29–31 January 2006 (PDF). Retrieved 16 February2009.

The increasing focus and relevance of sustainability in the construction industry is more than just ‘being green’, sustainability encompasses, social, environment and economic, and I believe that “concrete pumping” as an industry, needs to be viewed in a new light as it has a major role in construction and the hidden costs and opportunities for a sustainable process should not be overlooked.

My next post, a solution proposed.

#ConcreteWaste #Construction #ClimateChange #Sustainability #PumperDump

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CONSTRUCTION ALL OVER THE WORLD

Concrete is a major part of construction all over the world, and as time has gone on, innovation in the construction industry has dramatically changed the way we build, while the basis of concrete has not changed dramatically, the way we pour concrete has.

Over the years with this innovation, regulation changes have had to keep up as new construction methodologies adapt. New cost structures to include new safety rules, the use of larger machinery, environmental concerns, and sustainability becoming more prevalent and relevant.

The cost of pouring concrete has also changed as men pushing wheelbarrows were replaced with machines.

Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge

One of the major problems to be addressed in today’s concrete pouring is, where and how to wash that magic machine “the concrete Pump”. Those workers back in the 1930’s only had to wash their hands and a large wheelbarrow, however, todays many costs associated with pouring concrete are varied, with many hidden and un-costed, like fines from water runoff into drains or the hazard of slipping on concrete slurry, overweight skip bins with concrete wrapped in plastic, crane time and labour costs, which all add up. 

Different construction sites and builders use different methods for dealing with these problems, but many builders overlook the hidden costs, which means, they haven’t been addressed or calculated properly as the concrete pouring is still sometimes seen as a procedure still done like it was in the 1930’s and still with the “she’ll be right mate” attitude. 

Over the next short period we will show different methods of cleaning the concrete pump used in today’s construction industry, outlining the problems from feedback given to us by different builders. 

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