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A day with not much success

While we were busy in our day to day work we received 3 inquiries in our member’s inbox in just a span of 10 to 15 minutes. One of the inquiries was from a Trading company in Bangladesh which was looking for used mobiletower crane. It was more of an irrelevant inquiry for us because the inquiry had nothing do with the product our member’s company manufacture; hence the inquiry was transferred to another company from China which deals in used construction machinery. The second inquiry was from a buyer from Kenya which was looking for a relatively small tower crane.

The specification of tower crane he was requiring was not of a crane that we cannot manufacture or was beyond our manufacturing capacity. It was for a crane that falls under our manufacturing capacity and one of our crane models was quite suitable to the requirement of the buyer. The buyer required a tower crane of height about 35m, jib length 45-50m, tip load 1 ton and a maximum load of about 4-6 ton. The third inquiry we received from a construction company in Oman which was looking for used self erecting tower cranes. We quoted him the best price for his requirement of used self erecting tower cranes because he seemed like a very potential buyer.

Day with Potential Leads

Today I got few inquiries from tradekey.com one of those inquires was for used mobile tower crane, tower crane and tower crane parts. As the used mobile tower crane inquiry was not concerned to us so transferred that inquiry to one of my colleagues, and contacted the rest of the buyers who were looking for tower crane and tower crane parts. The buyer looking for tower crane parts was a very potential buyer from India he emailed us all the technical drawing and specification of tower crane parts that he was looking for after we had established a contact with him.

The buyer looking for tower crane also provided us with his desired specification and a RFQ was sent to the factory for the quotation of the particular tower crane, this buyer was from Iran and asked for the technical drawing of the crane and the Performa invoice as well. Inquiries from other b2b portals were also received but it wasn’t relevant enough to our product because it was for used self erecting tower cranes. As we are only the manufacturers of tower crane, luffing tower crane, topless tower crane and passenger hoists. So this particular inquiry for used self erecting tower crane was not appealing enough to us.

Buyer for tower crane control station

Today received an inquiry about used self erecting tower crane and control station, which is used to control the boom length of the tower crane. This inquiry was from a buyer from Pakistan, this buyer was a dealer of tower cranes. Their main business is to sale tower crane to large construction companies in the country. And renting out tower cranes as well to the companies dealing with small projects or whose tenure of the project is less. Buyer provided us with pictures of the control station he was looking for and said that he needs something of that type.

The issue was that the specific control station which the buyer was looking was not available at our factory and we had to arrange it from somewhere. The company which we contacted for that particular product delayed in providing the quotation and has not yet provided us with the quotation. They backed out in the end by saying that they didn’t have that particular part of tower crane we are looking for. Resulting in spoiling our relation with the buyer and provided a negative image for our company. We didn’t want this to happen because this dealer not only deals in tower cranes but also deals in used mobile tower crane as well.

Tender to look forward for

While I was winding up all my work at day end yesterday just saw a pop up from trade mate. There was a person visiting my members Web DHS. This person was from Pakistan; he provided his contact details and stated the conversation with us. When asked that what type of tower crane he was looking for, he replied that he was looking for a hydraulic crane at first that gave us an impression that he is looking for used self erecting tower cranes but that was cleared to us later on when he sent us the tender regarding his requirement.

We asked him to mail us the details of the cranes he was looking for. He communicated to us that his requirement was for a tender from a large oil and gas distribution company in Pakistan. This company whose representative mailed us the tender was an intending company from Pakistan which was going to bid for us in the tender for that particular company in which that tender has recently arrived. After thoroughly studying the detailed tender we came to knew that what the actual requirement of the company was for usedmobile tower crane. This seemed like a really good potential to us because in this way we can penetrate in to the concentrated Pakistani market as well.

Working on a tender

For the past few days have I have been working on inquiries for used self erecting tower cranes, tower cranes and other construction related machinery. But yesterday morning got an email from a buyer with whom I was in contact with from the past few weeks in order to participate in a Bangladesh Navy tender. Although a large amount of details were provided to this buyer regarding our company and the crane we were offering to him but still he some query that needed our immediate attention.

The mail was regarding the authorization letter which we emailed him earlier, but this time he asked us to print the authorization letter content mentioning that our company has authorized his company in Bangladesh to participate in this tender on our behalf. He wanted this letter to be printed on our company letter head duly signed and stamped. For fulfillment of this need of his all the details in this regards have been forwarded to the concerned authority and just waiting for a reply from their side so the details can be forwarded to the company in Bangladesh. Other than this query of his he has some serious requirements for used mobile tower crane as well.

Buying Request from Indian Buyer

After the two days off Monday is always a tough day at the office. There were inquiries from trade mate on my members profile for used mobile tower crane and tower cranes. As used mobile tower crane is not offered by my member so tower crane inquiry was the one I was focusing on. This buyer mentioned the maximum weight for tower crane he was looking for but did not mention other technical specifications that are required from buyer’s side. The contact details and the email address that was provided by the buyer he seemed to be a good potential one.

As few of his technical specification were missing so decided to give him a call and ask for the details so that we can quote him the price according to his requirement. What he basically required was a usedself erecting tower cranes but as we do not deal in used tower cranes so convinced him on the benefits of getting a new one. He provided us with his detail specification for self erecting type tower crane and asked for FOB price and CIF price to Calcutta, India. His details have been forwarded to our dealer in India and he would be contacting the buyer for further details.

Government Tenders

Currently there is a lot of potential in Bangladeshi buyers. This is certainly not in terms of individual buyers I am talking about it is in terms of Government tenders that are coming up from time to time. There are a lot of construction related equipment that the Bangladeshi government is looking for, what they are actually looking for are regular suppliers who can provide the needed construction related equipment time to time. These suppliers must have equipment such as; used mobile tower crane, tower cranes, luffing cranes, motor graders, stone crushers and all the other different types of construction related equipment.

But the process to participate in these tenders is quite a hectic process because most of these tenders are for Armed Forces such as Navy, Army and Air Force. So the documentation process in order to participate in these tenders is quite lengthy and time taking. One of my colleagues in the office also got an inquiry similar to the one I got in order to participate in these tenders but his inquiry was more related to usedself erecting tower cranes. So the point to understand is that there is quite potential in Bangladeshi market in terms of tenders and becoming a regular supplier for the government.

An unexpected call

Today at around 5:30am in the morning received a call from a buyer of Malaysia with whom we were previously in contact with regarding used mobile tower crane but as my member does not offer this product so I informed her that we do not have mobile tower cranes. Immediately she mentioned about an inquiry for a tower crane of a German brand she also mentioned the model and other technical specifications of that tower crane and asked for other services related to the installation and maintenance of the crane. I asked her to email me all the details.

When I reached the office I immediately checked my inbox, from last week there was a pending inquiry for used selferecting tower cranes. That was certainly of no interest to me and to my member. When I strolled down I found an email from the Malaysian dealer containing all the details regarding the inquiry of the tower crane she was mentioning about. When I mentioned all the details to my member he said that the closest to this specification we can offer her is QTZ 7030, which does not fulfill all their specification but is close enough to what they require.

Brazil a potential market

For days we were looking for buyers from Brazil for used self erecting tower cranes, tower cranes and other construction equipments. Finally our search was over when we received an inquiry from my member side. He mailed me an inquiry from Brazil which seemed a very potential inquiry. The buyer seemed like a potential buyer because in his inquiry he provided all the details and specification of the tower crane that he was looking for. He mentioned all the details such as; height, Jib Length, Tip load and maximum weight all the details that are required to quote the buyer for a suitable model of tower crane.

When the contact was made to the buyer he seemed very positive regarding our offer and our company’s offering. He had already gone through our product catalogue and was quite impressed with our offerings to them. He not only discussed with us regarding his requirement for tower cranes but also mentioned about his requirements for used mobiletower crane. He also discussed with us the potential for construct equipment manufacturers in Brazil because of the heavy infrastructure development going on in the country. He also mentioned one of his old dealers in China who he buys all the construction related equipment, and if this deal goes on well with him he might consider us for his future requirements for construction machinery and tower cranes.

Irrelevant inquiries increasing problems

Today started of my day by opening my outlook and checking my mails. At the start of the day saw an inquiry from my member regarding usedself erecting cranes which was certainly of no interest to me because it wasn't relevant to the product my member is offering. Still wasn’t clear why my member has forwarded me that particular inquiry of a buyer. It is something that has been happening for the past few days that irrelevant inquiries has been coming to me for the past few days from my member and I was not getting that why is he doing this when he knows that has nothing to do with our product.

Another irrelevant inquiry that I received today was for usedmobile tower crane which is certainly not relevant to my product once again. When I discussed this thing with my member he made me knew that recently he has set an auto inquiry sender against my mail address that whenever an inquiry relevant to our keyword appears on the portal it is automatically transferred to by inbox. Because of which I was getting a lot of irrelevant inquiries. But the advantage for this is that at times we get some very good potential inquiries as well.

The man with an attitude

Today when I started my day by logging in to my member’s inbox looking for any new inquiries found some new inquiries regarding used self erecting tower cranes and some related to tower cranes as well. One interesting inquiry that was encountered by me was from a buyer of Pakistan. I was expecting such an inquiry because from few days a visitor from Pakistan was continuously coming to our website and was checking the different models of tower cranes, luffing cranes, topless tower cranes that we have.

This buyer from Pakistan placed an inquiry for a very big tower crane which is usually not expected from a buyer usually coming from Pakistan. And the height he required for the tower crane exceeded the height we had for luffing crane. So I decided to call him in order to ask that if he was fine if we quote him for a luffing crane of maximum height 180 meters instead of 250 meters. We could have quoted him for used mobile tower cranes, because we were having mobile cranes similar to that specification. Nevertheless when I called him he was very rude and did not replied to any of my answers properly still because he seemed to be a potential buyer belonging from a good company from Pakistan I decided to send him the quotation. I guess this is one of the lessons you have to learn as time passes by dealing with different types of buyers with different moods. But what one more thing that I think could be a possibility is that these people has to deal with illiterate labor class on daily basis, so they eventually looses the ethics to differentiating between a literate person and an illiterate one.

Bangladesh a hidden market

In the past few days searching for buyers for tower crane, used self erecting tower cranes, luffing cranes and other construction related equipments. Found some very potential buyers coming up from Bangladesh. In the past not a very large amount of buyers came from countries like Srilanka or Bangladesh. But in the past few days there are a lot of buyers coming up from this region. Recently have found some very good potential buyers from these regions and some prospect deals are on its way. We are having very high hopes from these deals and expect that one of these deals will eventually close out.

The best thing about these buyers coming up from Bangladesh is that they don’t have any particular requirements for a particular category of construction related machinery. It has requirements for all the different types of construction related machinery. A great example of this is a buyer which I found last month in October with whom negotiations are in progress for two different models of tower crane the same buyer today provided us with an inquiry on used mobile tower crane. So what all these details highlight is that currently Bangladesh is a very potential market for construction related equipment manufacturers.

Different types of cranes

Truck Mounted Crane

There are different types of cranes that are used in the construction of different types of projects. Other than the used mobile tower cranes there are other cranes and load lifting machines that are used in the construction of projects, buildings etc. One of the types of these load lifters are Side Lifters, the unique feature associated with this particular lifter is that it has the ability to place one container over the other. It has the ability to load and unload containers from anywhere for example: Dock, trucks, railway cars etc. In order to complete all these task it is necessary that it should be placed along with a hydraulic crane.

Secondly we can use terrain cranes for all sorts of industrial or off road construction jobs. The best feature about this tower crane is that it is very easy to drive on the roads. Another type of crane that is used very commonly is the used self erecting tower cranes. Another type of machine that is used for lifting heavy loads within a particular defined area with stability is the crawler. The best feature about this product is that it can move within a particular defined area with a lot of mobility.

Excluding self erecting cranes and using conventional tower crane

A speedy construction was completed of a three story health centre project in Ohio for a university project. It was done by excluding the use of used self erecting tower cranes and using the conventional tower crane for the construction of the project. At first the contractor was using two self erecting potain cranes which were causing delay in the construction of the project. When the head engineer of the project realized that using the self erecting cranes will cause much more delay in the project he decide to go for the conventional crane which helped in speeding up the construction of the project.

The conventional tower crane that was used in the construction of the project was having a maximum load of 6.6ton. The project total cost was around USD 16.5 million for the housing and pharmacy programs that were to be conducted at the university. With this much of maximum load the engineer could have also used a used mobile tower cranes. The two self erecting cranes were rented by the contractor which turned out to be not so good a decision because in the end the engineer has to turn up to the traditional tower crane which increased the cost of the project.

Qatar the next big thing

Qatar is the next potential market for a number of used self erecting tower cranes, because the current construction projects that are being lined up for Qatar worth about US$ 250 billion. Out of this heavy investment, infrastructure share 34% of the total investment. Because of the FIFA world cup that is going to be held in Qatar in 2022, a lot of resources and funds are planned to be invested on development projects. Since after the time when Qatar won the bid for FIFA World Cup 2022 there has been a 92% increase in the supply of high rise commercial office towers.

Qatar construction industry is growing at a rapid rate because of the number of construction projects lined up. Providing used mobile tower cranes and other construction related equipment manufacturers to boost up their businesses. Because of the infrastructure development in the country demand for green and environmental technologies along with sustainable practices are increasing at a rapid rate. This is not only it, country is expected to get more new contracts worth of USD 22 billion by the end of 2012. This current situation is attracting a large number of companies which are waiting to benefit from this current development situation of Qatar.

Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries lead the way

Saudi Arabia is currently leading the way along with other Middle East countries with respect to construction projects. This might result in creating a great potential market for used self erecting tower cranes and other construction related equipment manufacturers. There are currently about with different projects in the pipe line worth $750 Million. Iraq which has been affected by war lately becomes another third largest country in terms of construction projects accumulating around $315 billion of new projects. These construction projects have created more opportunities for contractors because these countries are looking to spend across different segments.

Construction Currently in Progress

Kuwait another country with around 10% growth in the construction projects this year. But the domestic market of Qatar is expected to be hampered because of the political tensions in the country. But the only draw is that as the number of construction projects are increasing in Middle East the number of these projects being canceled or being delayed is also increasing slowly and gradually. Because of this construction equipment manufacturers market is dropping and the demand for used machinery suppliers and used mobile tower cranes is increasing. It is actually the cost benefit that most of the countries are looking for.

Increasing demand and shortening of Supply – Saudi Arabia housing projects

Tower Crane

Saudi government has a very uphill a head of them; it is regarding the housing issue currently faced by a lot of people in the country. The government has a set amount of target for building more houses that it has to achieve by 2014. This mass housing project provides a great opportunity for construction companies, construction equipment companies and used self erecting tower cranes etc. Saudi real estate market is also forecasted to increase by 2013, leading because of the massive growth in the real estate sector and different housing projects taken up by the Saudi Government.

Because of all the current housing and development projects in Saudi Arabia it has attracted the attention of companies that provide used machinery related to construction. For companies providing used construction equipments and for used mobile tower cranes it has been the centre of attraction. The Saudi Mortgage law is also expected to be approved till July. The increasing number of population of the country would require more and more houses till 2020. The Saudi mortgage law would have a great effect on the Saudi real estate market over the short and medium term, which would be allowing approximately 80% or even more Saudi nationals to become first time homeowners.

MENA: the biggest market for construction cranes manufacturers

Tower Crane

Around $ 4.2 trillion construction projects are currently going on in the MENA region. With the biggest chunk of this investment is with UAE that is of about $698 billion. With these large number of construction projects going on in these regions, creating a huge potential market for construction crane manufacturers and used self erecting tower cranes. The construction industry tends to remain at the fore front because of the investment opportunity presented in the region. An example of the huge potential market for construction cranes manufacturers and other construction equipment manufacturers is the BIG 5 that recently took place in the world trade centre at Dubai.

The director of the event has been quoted of saying about the importance of specific product sector. The director’s verdict highlights the importance of one more important product manufacturer that is the passenger hoist suppliers and manufacturers. An increasing market for passenger hoist suppliers could also be seen because of the trillion dollar project going on in the MENA region. These construction projects are basically going to boost the demand for facilities management in the long run for MENA region, hence also providing an opportunity for used equipment suppliers for example used tower crane suppliers.

Most of these projects are being led by the government. Most of the budget of the government would be focused on infrastructure development within the region. This would lead to the development of facilities management companies and their focus will also increase on particular maintenance and infrastructure facilities. UAE alone represents a huge market for used mobile tower cranes because of the 28.8 billion construction contracts awarded in the year 2011 alone, hence increasing the demand for facilities management. Facilities management is hence linked with companies providing used construction equipment such as; used tower crane suppliers and other essential construction related equipment.

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