Demolition
Houses, unit blocks, shops, factories and service stations, under a licensed demolisher.
Areas we serve · Central Coast
Demolition on the Central Coast
Gosford through to The Entrance. Holiday era fibro beside permanent housing, narrow beachside streets, and asbestos identification at the front of most jobs.
- Demolition licence AD214737, SafeWork NSW
- Demolition, asbestos, clearing, excavation and cartage together
- 9 Central Coast suburbs, each with its own page
0456 220 552
or send the site details
Get a quote on the Central Coast
Tell us the suburb and what is on the site. We will arrange a time to look.
What we do on the Central Coast
Five service groups, one contract
Most jobs need more than one of these. Quoted together they share a mobilisation, a programme and one set of truck movements instead of three contractors waiting on each other.
Asbestos Services
Identification, removal by licensed asbestos removalists, independent clearance and disposal.
Site Clearing & Land Remediation
Structures, trees, stumps, vegetation and contaminated ground off the block.
Excavation
Site cut, footings, basements, pools and rock, with the spoil carted.
Haulage & Waste
Truck and dog and tipper hire, material delivery, and demolition waste recycling.
Suburbs
9 suburbs, each with its own page
What changes between them is the housing stock, the access and what the ground turns out to be once the first metre is off.
Gosford
Older commercial and residential stock around the centre, much of it pre 1990, with apartment redevelopment pressure.
Terrigal
Steep coastal blocks with narrow street access, where truck standing is usually the binding constraint.
Erina
Commercial and light industrial alongside residential, so the work ranges from shopfronts to ordinary knockdowns.
Avoca Beach
Holiday era fibro housing on steep coastal blocks, which is both an access problem and an asbestos one.
Woy Woy
Low lying waterfront land with older fibro stock, where drainage affects both excavation and spoil handling.
Umina Beach
Sandy beachside blocks with a lot of original fibro housing still in place behind later renovations.
Wyong
Older town stock and semi rural blocks, with newer estate development on the edges of town.
Tuggerah
Commercial and industrial land beside the lake, with better truck access than the beachside suburbs.
The Entrance
Dense holiday and permanent housing on narrow streets, where a truck and dog often is not an option.
The ground and the site
What actually decides the price here
We do not have a published geological record we are willing to assert for every block on the Central Coast, so this page does not pretend to one. What does shape the work here is observable, and it is the same list every time:
- Holiday stock and permanent stock side by side. Older fibro beach housing a street away from recent builds, which is a very different survey on each.
- A lot of pre 1990 fibro. Which puts asbestos identification at the front of most jobs here, and is why the asbestos pages for this region exist.
- Sandy and low lying ground in the coastal strip. Which affects how spoil behaves, how an excavation holds up and what can be reused as fill.
- Narrow beachside streets. Where truck standing is the constraint and a truck and dog often is not an option.
A geotechnical report, where one exists, settles the ground question for a particular property far better than any regional statement can.
Digging here
Four conditions, and each one is dug differently
The geology named here is the published regional record. What any particular block is made of has to be found by looking at it.
Topsoil and sandy fill
Loose material near the surface, frequently sandy and frequently brought in. It drains well and it batters poorly.
- How it comes out
- Stripped and classified. Where a face has to stand, it is battered back or supported rather than left vertical.
- What does it
- Standard bucket, mini to midi excavator depending on access.
Low lying and saturated ground
Common near the water, where the water table is close and an open excavation does not stay dry.
- How it comes out
- Dewatering, staged digging and support where the face will not stand on its own. It is planned rather than discovered.
- What does it
- Excavator with pumps on site, and a batter or shoring designed for the condition.
Stiffer natural ground
Below the loose material, and what it is varies along this coast more than people expect.
- How it comes out
- Dug with a toothed bucket, with the method reassessed as the dig goes down.
- What does it
- Midi to large excavator with a toothed bucket.
Rock where it appears
Not everywhere, but often enough that it is checked rather than assumed away.
- How it comes out
- Hammered and priced by the cubic metre at an agreed rate, so the price follows what is actually there.
- What does it
- Large excavator with a hydraulic hammer where one can get on.
Central Coast
What shapes the work around here
Between Sydney and Newcastle, covering Gosford through to The Entrance.
| What it is | Why it matters on the job |
|---|---|
| Holiday stock and permanent stock side by side. | Older fibro beach housing a street away from recent builds, which is a very different survey on each. |
| A lot of pre 1990 fibro. | Which puts asbestos identification at the front of most jobs here, and is why the asbestos pages for this region exist. |
| Sandy and low lying ground in the coastal strip. | Which affects how spoil behaves, how an excavation holds up and what can be reused as fill. |
| Narrow beachside streets. | Where truck standing is the constraint and a truck and dog often is not an option. |
| Spread out geography. | Gosford to The Entrance to Wyong is a wide area, and the haul to a licensed facility is part of the price. |
We work the whole corridor
Wollongong through Greater Sydney and the Central Coast to Newcastle. Western Sydney and the Northern Beaches are where we are most often.
Central Coast questions
What people here ask us first
Why is asbestos such a feature of Central Coast work?
Because a great deal of the older housing is pre 1990 fibro, much of it holiday era stock that was never replaced. Identification sits at the front of most jobs here for that reason.
The street is narrow and the block is steep. What can get in?
Smaller plant working for longer, with spoil taken out as it is generated. On the beachside streets a truck and dog frequently is not an option, so the same volume goes out in more tipper loads.
Does sandy ground change how an excavation is done?
Yes. Sandy material drains well and batters poorly, so a face that has to stand is battered back or supported rather than left vertical, and near the water the water table is close enough that dewatering is planned rather than discovered.
What has to happen before a demolition can start?
A hazardous materials survey, removal and clearance of anything the survey finds, written confirmation that water, sewer, gas, electricity and telecommunications are disconnected, and the approval in place. The structure is the last part, not the first.
Is the slab and the footings included?
Only if that is what the new build needs. Sometimes a slab stays and is built over and sometimes it all comes out, and it is worth settling with the builder before the quote rather than afterwards.
Is Max licensed for the asbestos removal itself?
Max holds the demolition licence, AD214737. The asbestos removal is carried out by licensed asbestos removalists, and the air monitoring and clearance by an independent licensed assessor. The whole pathway is managed as one job so you are not coordinating three contractors.
Central Coast
Tell us the suburb and what is on the site
Send the address and a photograph or two and we will tell you what the job actually involves. Between Sydney and Newcastle, covering Gosford through to The Entrance.
- Demolition, asbestos management, excavation and cartage quoted together
- 9 Central Coast suburbs covered, each with its own page
- Builders, developers and homeowners all welcome
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0456 220 552
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