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Demolition Wollongong

Demolition, asbestos removal and site works in Wollongong, where industrial history makes unknown fill a real possibility rather than a remote one.

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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
2500
Licence
Demolition licence AD214737

What comes up in Wollongong

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.

Dense older housing on a narrow street

Much of the Wollongong stock sits on streets where a tipper is the most that will stand, and the escarpment side of town is steeper again.

How it is handled
Access and cartage settled at the site visit, with material going out in loads sequenced against the machine where there is nowhere to stockpile.
What does it
Mini to midi excavator, tippers at the kerb.

Former industrial or commercial land

Wollongong has enough industrial history that what is under an old slab is a real question rather than a formality.

How it is handled
Structure removed, then the ground tested and classified before it moves. Remediation can sit on the same contract rather than becoming a second project.
What does it
Excavator to a control plan, lined trucks where the classification requires them.

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.

Wollongong

What shapes the work on these blocks

  • Industrial history Which makes fill of unknown origin and contaminated ground live considerations on former industrial and commercial land.
  • Dense older housing Pre 1990 stock through the older suburbs, with weathered coastal fibro.
  • A narrow coastal strip Escarpment on one side and sea on the other, which constrains access and sets gradients.
  • Distance from Sydney disposal facilities So haul distance is a larger part of the price than in the metropolitan area.

Wollongong ranges from flat industrial land with good truck access to steep residential streets under the escarpment where a tipper is the most that will fit. The cartage is worth planning early here, because the destination is set by the classification and the distances are longer than in Sydney.

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

What we do in Wollongong

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 Wollongong

Council area
Wollongong City Council
Postcode
2500
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, Figtree, Shellharbour, Thirroul. This location forms part of our wider Illawarra coverage.

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Wollongong questions

What people ask before we start

What happens if contaminated soil is found?
It is tested and classified, then taken to a facility licensed to receive that classification. Remediation can be quoted as part of the same contract, which avoids a handover in the middle of a job.
Is the haul distance really part of the price?
Yes, and more so here than in Sydney. The destination is determined by what the material is classified as rather than by what is closest, so the classification is done properly before anything moves.
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.

Wollongong

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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