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Construction Logistics  
Flatbed, Heavy-Haul, Project Cargo. Los Angeles

Building materials, heavy equipment, and oversize loads delivered to
jobsites nationwide. Planned around your crews, cranes, and phases.

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BUILT FOR THE JOBSITE

Freight that shows up when the crew does

Construction freight fails differently. A trailer of rebar that arrives at 6:10 for a 6:00 crane pick doesn't just miss a window, it idles the crane, the crew, and every trade stacked behind them. Late steel pushes framing, framing pushes mechanicals, and the whole schedule eats the delay. Freight brokers who think in delivery days instead of delivery windows keep learning this on your job.

AEEM plans construction moves backward from the site. Flatbed and step-deck for steel and framing packages, permitted heavy-haul for machinery, dry van for finish materials, and drayage for imported stone and tile off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, with customs clearance coordinated before arrival. Based in Los Angeles County, running daily to jobsites across Southern California, the Inland Empire, and all 48 states.

1. Port Scheduling & Dispatch

We monitor vessel arrivals at every San Pedro Bay terminal, booking appointments and dispatching drivers within hours of discharge.

2. Terminal Pickup & Management

We handle interchange, chassis allocation, and terminal gate-out with complete compliance to IEP and port authority regulations.

Structural Steel
Lumber & Framing
Heavy Equipment
Imported Stone & Tile
Concrete & Precast
Windows & Curtain Wall
CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS

The right equipment for every load

Construction freight doesn't fit one trailer type. Steel wants a flatbed, an excavator wants a RGN, imported tile wants a container off the port, and finish materials ride dry van. Pick a service below to see how we run it for jobsites.

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Sequenced to Site Dates

Project Cargo

Imported machinery, modules, and the shipments around them, planned backward from your erection schedule and delivered in trade order.

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Steel, Lumber, Machinery

Flatbed & Step-Deck

Structural steel, framing packages, and equipment on the right deck, tarped, secured, and delivered into your crane window, not just to the curb.

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Permits Handled

Heavy-Haul

Excavators, cranes, and oversize machinery moved on multi-axle equipment with state permits, route surveys, and escorts arranged before dispatch.

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San Pedro Bay · Same-Day

Container Drayage

Imported stone, tile, and fixtures pulled from the Ports of LA and Long Beach and delivered to your jobsite or laydown yard with live tracking.

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Coast to Coast

Full Truckload

Dry van capacity for finish materials, fixtures, and palletized freight across all 48 states, scheduled against your project phases.

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Transpacific

Ocean Freight

FCL and LCL for imported building materials, booked at origin and delivered port-to-door with customs clearance coordinated before arrival.

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WHY AEEM

The Construction Playbook

A Los Angeles based drayage network built for speed, compliance, and visibility, from reefer cargo to overweight loads.

The Risk: an idle crane

The 6:00 pick, the 6:10 trailer

Loads are scheduled into the crane window, not the delivery day. Site contact confirmed, gate hours verified, driver dispatched against the pick time with tracking your super can watch.

The risk: a shuffled schedule

Rain moves the pour, we move the week

One call reschedules the sequence. Because we run your deliveries as a program, Wednesday's trailers slide with the pour and material holds in staging instead of burying the laydown yard.

The risk: delay damages

Late freight, your penalty clause

Transport delays rarely count as force majeure, so liquidated damages land on you, not the carrier. We confirm windows in writing, build buffer into risk-prone lanes, and give your PM live tracking so freight never becomes the penalty story.

Frequently asked questions

Construction shipping, answered

Straight answers on jobsite delivery, permits, staging, and importing materials through the LA ports.

Can you deliver directly to an active jobsite?

Yes. Jobsite delivery is the default, not an add-on. We confirm site access, gate hours, and unloading equipment upfront, then schedule the truck into the crane or crew window your project depends on.

When does a construction load need oversize permits?

In California, loads over 8 feet 6 inches wide, 14 feet high, or 80,000 pounds gross generally require permits, and thresholds vary by state along the route. We check every dimension against every state the load crosses and arrange permits, route surveys, and escorts before dispatch.

Who signs for material at an active site?

Who signs for material at an active site?Your designated site contact. We confirm the receiver, gate, and unloading plan before dispatch, coordinate the driver's arrival with your super or foreman, and document delivery with electronic proof of delivery for your records.

Can you stage deliveries across project phases?

Yes. We sequence loads to your construction schedule, holding material and releasing it by phase or trade, so the site gets what it needs when it needs it instead of storing months of material in the laydown yard.

Can you import building materials through the LA ports?

Yes. Stone, tile, fixtures, and specialty materials arriving through the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports move from vessel to drayage to your jobsite or laydown yard under one coordinator, with customs clearance coordinated before arrival.

How do you handle heavy equipment moves?

Machinery moves run on step-deck, RGN, or multi-axle heavy-haul trailers depending on height and weight, with permits, route surveys, and pilot cars arranged per state. One all-in quote covers the equipment, permits, and escorts.

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