Internal Demolition
Redfern 2016

Internal demolition in Redfern means removing precisely what the design says and nothing more — walls, slab sections, finishes and services taken out while the retained structure is propped and protected. In workers' terraces, corner shops and light-industrial buildings from the suburb's railway workshop era, structural surprises are common, so we scan and verify before cutting.

For internal demolition in Redfern, the local starting point is workers' terraces, corner shops and light-industrial buildings from the suburb's railway workshop era. That building stock determines what must be inspected, isolated or retained before our crew can deliver selective internal demolition with structure and services protected. Access is planned around narrow terrace streets around the station grid, with rear lane access the only machine path on many blocks, rather than assumed from a standard machine-and-truck allowance.

Our Sydney Metro team scopes internal demolition against the conditions found in Redfern, including this local constraint: Redfern's industrial past leaves surprises under the slab — old machine footings, wells and buried rail-era fill turn up often enough that we allow for them in every quote. The service plan also follows the region's material pathway: load-outs are sequenced into night windows and hauled to recycling stations outside the CBD to keep laneways clear. This is recorded in the quote as a service-specific method, not added later as a generic local surcharge.