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BRIDGE & WHARF DEMOLITION

Piers, headstocks, decks, wharves and culverts — heavy infrastructure over live roads, rail and water. We wire-saw bridge demolition into engineered, crane-liftable sections and break the rest remotely, across Brisbane and all of Queensland.

CUT IT OUT IN SECTIONS. PROTECT THE REST.

A bridge or wharf doesn't come down the way a building does. The structure is mass-reinforced, it usually stands over a live road, rail corridor or waterway, and half the job is protecting what stays — the adjacent span, the services on the deck, the traffic underneath. The safest way to demolish heavy infrastructure is to cut it into engineered sections and lift them out.

That's the method we're built for. Our Hilti DSW 1510-CA diamond wire saw cuts mass-reinforced concrete, steel and stone to unlimited depth in any direction — horizontally through a pier, vertically through a headstock, at an angle through a deck, even underwater. Every cut is planned to the crane's capacity, so piers, headstocks and deck segments come away as clean, liftable pieces with minimal vibration transferred into the remaining structure.

Where breaking is the better tool — abutments, approach slabs, culverts and upstands — the remote-controlled Husqvarna DXR 305 demolition robot works beside live traffic and rail with the operator outside the exclusion zone. Together the two methods cover the full scope: cut, break, lift, clear.

Every infrastructure job runs on engineered methodology — cut sequencing, temporary works, lift plans and full SWMS — the same discipline behind our broader complex demolition service. Night works and possession windows are standard. See what drives wire sawing costs, or request a quote with your drawings.

GOT A STRUCTURE OVER WATER, ROAD OR RAIL?

Send us the drawings, the crane capacity and the constraint. We'll come back with a method and a straight-up quote.

Queensland, Australia
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SURVEYED. SEQUENCED. LIFTED OUT.

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SURVEY

Structure, reinforcement, services and road, rail or waterway constraints mapped before methodology is set.

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ENGINEER

Cut sequence, section weights, temporary works and lift plan designed to the crane and the programme.

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CUT & BREAK

Wire saws section piers, headstocks and decks; the DXR 305 breaks abutments and slabs remotely.

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LIFT & CLEAR

Sections craned or barged out, debris processed, and the remaining structure verified intact.

INFRASTRUCTURE WE TAKE DOWN

PIERS & HEADSTOCKS

Mass-reinforced piers and headstocks wire-sawn into crane-liftable sections — standing in water or over land.

BRIDGE DECKS & SPANS

Deck segments cut to weight over live roads and rail, lifted out inside possession windows with minimal disruption.

WHARVES & JETTIES

Marine decks, beams and piles sectioned above and below the waterline for crane or barge removal.

CULVERTS & UNDERPASSES

Box culverts and underpass structures broken out remotely where access is tight and cover is shallow.

ABUTMENTS & APPROACHES

Abutments, wing walls and approach slabs broken by the DXR 305 with the operator clear of live traffic.

UNDERWATER CUTTING

Diamond wire cuts piles and pier sections below the waterline — no blasting, no shock loading on adjacent structures.

BRIDGE DEMOLITION QUESTIONS

By cutting, not collapsing. Diamond wire sawing sections the piers, headstocks and deck into engineered pieces sized to the crane’s capacity, so each section is held, cut free and lifted out under control. Nothing free-falls, and minimal vibration is transferred into spans or services that stay.

Yes. Diamond wire sawing works underwater — the Hilti DSW 1510-CA drives a continuous diamond-beaded wire that cuts reinforced concrete, stone and steel below the waterline with no blasting and no shock loading on adjacent structures. That makes it the standard method for wharf piles, jetty headstocks and in-water pier sections.

Yes. Wire sawing is low-noise and low-vibration, cut sequences are planned around closures and possession windows, and the remote-controlled DXR 305 keeps the operator outside the exclusion zone. Every job runs on full SWMS, engineered temporary works and a lift plan agreed before the first cut.

All of Queensland — Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Toowoomba and regional QLD — with interstate travel for specialist infrastructure projects.

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BRIDGE OR WHARF COMING DOWN?

Piers, decks, wharves and culverts across Brisbane and all of Queensland. Interstate for specialist infrastructure projects.

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