Demolition
Houses, unit blocks, shops, factories and service stations, under a licensed demolisher.
Areas we serve · St George and Sutherland
Demolition across St George and Sutherland
Kogarah, Hurstville and Rockdale. Freestanding housing a street away from walk up unit blocks, and redevelopment pressure that brings basements straight after the knockdown.
- Demolition licence AD214737, SafeWork NSW
- Demolition, asbestos, clearing, excavation and cartage together
- 3 St George and Sutherland suburbs, each with its own page
0456 220 552
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Get a quote in St George and Sutherland
Tell us the suburb and what is on the site. We will arrange a time to look.
What we do in St George and Sutherland
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
3 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.
Kogarah
Mixed density in a small area, with freestanding housing a street away from walk up unit blocks.
Hurstville
Strong apartment redevelopment around the centre, so multi dwelling demolition and basement excavation are the usual work.
Rockdale
Older stock on narrow streets near the station, where traffic management often matters more than the structure.
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 in St George and Sutherland, so this page does not pretend to one. What does shape the work here is observable, and it is the same list every time:
- Mixed density in a small area. Freestanding housing a street away from unit blocks, so a knockdown and a walk up demolition can be neighbours.
- Strong apartment redevelopment pressure around the centres. Which brings multi dwelling demolition and basement excavation rather than single knockdowns.
- Older housing stock. Much of it predates 1990, which puts a hazardous materials survey on the critical path of almost every job.
- Narrow streets near the stations. Where truck standing and traffic management decide the logistics more than the structure does.
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 fill
The first layer, and on older blocks frequently fill rather than natural ground.
- How it comes out
- Stripped, kept separate and classified before it moves.
- What does it
- Standard bucket on a mini or midi excavator depending on access.
Low lying ground in parts
Which affects how a face stands, whether an excavation stays dry and what the material is suitable for if it is reused.
- How it comes out
- Battered or supported rather than left vertical, with dewatering where it is needed.
- What does it
- Excavator with pumps on site where the condition calls for it.
Stiffer natural ground
Below the surface material, dug rather than hammered in most cases.
- How it comes out
- Toothed bucket, with the method reassessed as the dig goes down.
- What does it
- Midi to large excavator with a toothed bucket.
Tight sites near the centres
Where the redevelopment is, and where the access rather than the ground decides the machine.
- How it comes out
- Smaller plant, more passes and spoil out as it is generated.
- What does it
- Mini and midi excavators, zero tail swing, tippers rather than a truck and dog.
St George and Sutherland
What shapes the work around here
The southern side of the corridor, covering Kogarah, Hurstville and Rockdale.
| What it is | Why it matters on the job |
|---|---|
| Mixed density in a small area. | Freestanding housing a street away from unit blocks, so a knockdown and a walk up demolition can be neighbours. |
| Strong apartment redevelopment pressure around the centres. | Which brings multi dwelling demolition and basement excavation rather than single knockdowns. |
| Older housing stock. | Much of it predates 1990, which puts a hazardous materials survey on the critical path of almost every job. |
| Narrow streets near the stations. | Where truck standing and traffic management decide the logistics more than the structure does. |
| Low lying ground in parts. | Which matters for drainage, for how spoil behaves after rain, and occasionally for what an excavation finds. |
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.
St George and Sutherland questions
What people here ask us first
Do you demolish unit blocks as well as houses?
Yes. Walk ups and unit blocks are part of the licensed work and they run as a planned sequence: a full hazardous materials survey, written confirmation of service disconnections, a soft strip, then the structure taken down in stages.
How does a basement dig follow a demolition here?
Better as one contract than two. One contractor means the shoring, the batter and the truck movements are planned once, which matters on the tighter sites near the station precincts.
The house is from the 1960s. Is asbestos a given?
It has to be assumed until a sample says otherwise. Anything built before 1990 sits in the window where bonded material is likely in eaves, sheeting, roofing and wet area linings.
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.
St George and Sutherland
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. The southern side of the corridor, covering Kogarah, Hurstville and Rockdale.
- Demolition, asbestos management, excavation and cartage quoted together
- 3 St George and Sutherland suburbs covered, each with its own page
- Builders, developers and homeowners all welcome
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0456 220 552
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