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Demolition Figtree

Demolition and site cut in Figtree, on hillside blocks under the escarpment where benching comes into most excavation scopes.

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Hoarded Sydney site with excavators working beside a cut face and a skip bin of broken material
Service
Demolition and site works
Council
Wollongong City Council
Postcode
2525
Licence
Demolition licence AD214737

What comes up in Figtree

3 conditions, and each one is handled differently

Every site is scoped on the day. The table is what the work usually involves here rather than a statement about any particular property.

Benched cut with retaining to follow

The characteristic Figtree excavation, where the platform is taken out of a hillside.

How it is handled
Benched from the high side with each level stable before the next, shaped to the retaining design rather than ahead of it.
What does it
Tracked excavator able to work on a grade, tippers staged at the street.

Knockdown on an established hillside block

Older housing with plantings, on ground that falls away behind the house.

How it is handled
Hazardous materials cleared first, then the structure taken down from the high side where it is safe and the material walked out rather than dropped.
What does it
Midi excavator working on the grade, hand work where plant cannot stand.

Freestanding houses

Single and double storey brick, brick veneer, fibro and timber. The era matters more than the material, because anything built before 1990 carries a hazardous materials assumption until it is tested.

How it is handled
Hazardous materials removed and cleared first, services disconnected in writing, then the structure taken down and the material separated as it falls.
What does it
Excavator with a demolition grapple, sized to the side access rather than to the house. Zero tail swing where the work runs hard against a boundary.

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What shapes the work on these blocks

  • Hillside blocks under the escarpment Where the fall sets the volume and the method before anything else does.
  • Benching and retaining Part of most excavation scopes here rather than an occasional extra.
  • Colluvium on the slopes Material that has moved down the hill over time, which behaves differently from undisturbed ground.
  • Established housing on generous lots With mature plantings and the usual pre 1990 assumptions.

Figtree blocks are reasonably generous but they fall, so the machine has to be able to work safely on a grade and material generally moves up rather than out. Tippers are staged at the street rather than at the work face.

Levelled and cleared Sydney building block with the boundary fencing in place and no debris remaining

What we do in Figtree

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.

Local context

Approvals, and the areas around Figtree

Council area
Wollongong City Council
Postcode
2525
Region
Illawarra

The consent authority for the property sets the conditions, the hours and the notification requirements, and the service disconnections sit with the authorities rather than with us.

Nearby areas we service include Corrimal, Dapto, Kiama, Shellharbour, Thirroul. This location forms part of our wider Illawarra coverage.

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Figtree questions

What people ask before we start

What is different about digging under the escarpment?
The ground has moved downhill over time, so what is near the surface is not always what formed there. Slope stability is considered before a face is opened, and the cut is benched rather than taken in one go.
How much spoil comes off a sloping block?
More than the footprint suggests, because the volume is set by the fall and the platform level. Send the engineer levels and it can be worked out properly rather than estimated.
Do the steep blocks under the escarpment change the method?
Yes. A cut is taken in benches from the high side with each level stable before the next, machines have to be able to work on a grade, and tippers are usually staged at the street rather than at the work face.
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.

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Send the address and what you need done

A photograph of the frontage and the access tells us most of what decides the price. We will arrange a time to look before quoting anything substantial.

  • Demolition, asbestos, excavation and cartage on one contract
  • Machine sized to what can physically get onto the block
  • Demolition licence AD214737, issued by SafeWork NSW
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