Construction of multipurpose wheelbarrow in facilitating civil work

The wheelbarrow can be defined as a hand-propelled vehicle that is designed to facilitate the transportation of heavy loads from one location to another. It is frequently used for construction purposes because the wheelbarrow conveniently lifts the cements, gravels, concrete, sand and other building materials at construction site. The prevailing issue of the conventional wheelbarrow is its limit function for carrying the materials due to steel tray design of wheelbarrow. In construction site, the conventional wheelbarrow is less efficient, as it mainly focuses on carrying the bulk materials and subsequently leads to utilise other tools to lift the elongated materials. To fulfil the demands of construction industry, the multipurpose wheelbarrow is constructed and designed by using AutoCAD based on the innovative ideas. The idea of trolley and wheelbarrow is combined to upgrade the conventional wheelbarrow to multipurpose wheelbarrow. The multipurpose wheelbarrow is innovated to perform competently as a three-wheeled trolley with rear braking system by using the concept of forklift. It also consists of foldable steel plates, tool handle and front puller. Several tests and interviews are conducted at construction site to evaluate the workability of multipurpose wheelbarrow. Both conventional and multipurpose wheelbarrow are compared in terms of load type, maintainability, cost, amount of effort required and safety. Due to the use of low-cost materials, the cost of multipurpose wheelbarrow is reasonable for long-term use. Besides, less training and effort are required to operate it. The wheelbarrow can be loaded with bulk materials and large elongated materials, such as elongated woods and steels, by opening steel plates into 90°. The steel plate can also be opened in 180° to pour the sand instead of using conventional method. The maximum load that the wheelbarrow can withstand at construction site is approximately 80kg. All in all, the multipurpose wheelbarrow undeniably optimizes its functionality, and improves the work efficiency and safety culture of construction site