Independent Demolition were selected by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as principle contractor to demolish 12 walk-up, 4-storey buildings, as part of the Public Housing Renewal Program. The work was spread over three stages and included managing service abolishment, asbestos removal and soil remediation. Over 9000 tonne of concrete and 250 tonne of metal were removed and recycled from the site.

The site was in a largely residential area, in close proximity to a school and childcare centre, so our team were involved with community consultations and implementing extensive public protection measures.

This demolition is part of The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Public Housing Renewal Program. The project comprised the demolition of 11 double-storey buildings, two single-storey buildings and a pair of single-storey duplexes – and included all out-buildings and driveways. Independent Demolition looked after the abolishment of power, gas, Telstra, sewer and storm water services for each address. 95% of all materials removed from site were recycled including 3,400 tonnes of bricks and 5,000 tonnes of concrete.

The site was handed over with hydroseeded soil and a permanent chain mesh fence installed ­­– ready for future development.

In 2016 Independent Demolition were engaged by Austral Bricks to demolish and remediate their dilapidated, Craigieburn plant. The 33,000m2 facility had been decommissioned years before and presented a variety of complex and hazardous scenarios. Over 1000 tonnes of diatomaceous earth and 35,000 m2 of asbestos cladding was removed during this project.

Demolition of three large warehouse buildings, a medical centre, boiler room, water-tank, pump room and out-buildings to make way for a new storage facility. The warehouse facility was fully operational, so the Independent Demolition team worked together with the client to ensure exclusion zones were maintained throughout asbestos removal and demolition.

Our client required the demolition of a 500m2 double-story brick office building and 5,500m2 warehouse to make room for a future Harry the Hirer development. Independent Demolition co-ordinated the asbestos removal and supplied site fencing, site sheds and amenities.

Independent Demolition were engaged to demolish an old service station building and worked closely with AGS to remediate the site and hand back to the developers with an EPA sign-off. The scope included removal and pumping of underground storage tanks, removal of contaminated soil and importing and compacting clean fill.

Independent Demolition worked alongside FDC Construction & Fitout over four years to progressively demolish the existing school buildings and make way for a new Gymnasium, Administration building, Music/Drama building and Art/Tech/Science wing.

Our works were completed over three stages and involved working closely with civil and asbestos contractors to remediate heavily contaminated soils.

During the demolition of this meat processing facility, this site presented many challenges including asbestos removal, underground storage tanks and polystyrene contaminated concrete and soils.