When it comes to finding the best base for construction sites, a few things come to mind first, like- safety, efficiency, and quality of the base’s material. A safe and robust base structure ensures that your workers’ team will not face any difficulties during worktime. If you are looking for a base that can support the weight of all the heavy machinery and offer uninterrupted services, then don’t forget to keep the five questions in mind.
1. Which is better wood or composite mats?
While working on a construction site, there are various points that a contractor or civil engineer should think about. Apart from finishing the job on time, having a safe and durable construction base is essential to complete the job within the deadline. Wood bases were quite popular long ago. However, these days, composite mats are widely used. These mats can tolerate extreme weather and heavyweight, hence, composite mats are better than wood bases
2. Is the ground condition stable?
Before opting for any mats, you should consider the ground condition. Composite mats can be used in soil, mud, grassy, sandy land easily. These mats can be used by using pins to cover holes too. Joining the gaps with pins will allow them to work consistently on the ground, reduce equipment damage and other harassment.
To know the soil condition, talking to an expert geoengineer is the best solution for all. The person will guide you in choosing the right type and size of the composite mats.
3. What are the machines to be used on the site? 
Composite mats are used when the ground is not stable to take the load of heavy vehicles and construction machines. These mats have different types of capacities to take loads. While you are planning to install these mats, make sure you know how much load you are going to put on the mat.
4. Is the mat reusable?
The mats can be reused; however, it depends on the quality. High-quality mats can be used more than one time, and you can move them to another construction site too. Composite mats do not rot or break, while wood bases are prone to damage from water and extreme weather.
5. How to carry the mat?
As composite mats are reusable, you can think of moving them to another site. And the good news is these mats are easily movable. These are lightweight, and any truck can carry these composite mats.
MACO Corporationprovides the requisite Newpark DURA-BASE composite Mats on rent as per required specifications. Please visit our rentals section for more detailed analysis.