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Send drawings or photos with the cut depths, the total metres and the access. Apex Cut comes back with a method and a fixed quote, usually the same business day.

Pricing Guide · 2026

CONCRETE CUTTING — WHAT IT COSTS

Straight talk on concrete cutting prices in Brisbane and across Queensland — how per-metre rates really work, what moves the number up or down, and how to get a fixed quote with no surprises.

The Short Answer

PER METRE — UNTIL IT ISN’T

Concrete cutting is the one trade in demolition with published rate cards: Australian price lists typically start around $10–15 per lineal metre for shallow floor-saw cuts and climb steeply with depth — a 300 mm cut can run several times the 100 mm rate, and the deepest blade work can pass $100 a metre. Depth is the single biggest lever on price, because every extra millimetre is more diamond in the slot, more passes and more time.

But a per-metre rate only tells half the story. Rate cards assume clean access, an open face and somewhere for the slurry to go. Real jobs come with basements, live buildings, reinforcement, traffic control and minimum call-outs — which is why we quote per job, on scope, across the whole concrete cutting fleet: floor saws, wall saws, road saws, ring saws and core drills. Core drilling is priced per hole, by diameter and depth, rather than by the metre.

The honest answer to “what will it cost?” is: send us the dimensions and we’ll give you a fixed price. Below is what we look at when we put that number together.

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Cost Drivers

WHAT MOVES THE PRICE

DEPTH OF CUT

The biggest driver by far. Rates climb non-linearly with depth — doubling the depth far more than doubles the per-metre price on any published list.

TOTAL METRES & SET-UPS

More metres in one visit means a better effective rate. Every separate face is a fresh set-up — grouping cuts is where a well-planned scope saves real money.

REINFORCEMENT & MATERIAL

Heavy reo, embedded steel and hard aggregate slow the blade and consume diamond faster. Pebblecrete and post-tensioned slabs are priced with respect.

ACCESS & HANDLING

Ground-floor slab with truck access is the base case. Basements, stairs, hand-carried gear and confined spaces add rig time — and rig time is money.

SLURRY & WATER CONTROL

Diamond sawing runs wet. Water supply, slurry capture and disposal are priced in — especially inside live buildings where slurry can’t reach drains or finishes.

TRAFFIC & SITE CONTROLS

Road sawing may need traffic management; live facilities may need night works, permits and exclusion zones. Site conditions shape the final number.

Past The Blade

WHEN PER-METRE STOPS MAKING SENSE

Blades have limits — around 600 mm on the flat and 900 mm on a wall with staged cuts. Past that, the job moves to diamond wire sawing, which cuts to unlimited depth and is priced per job on the cut-face area — our wire sawing cost guide covers that side of the pricing picture. And when the concrete needs breaking out rather than cutting, the DXR 305 demolition robot takes over — see the robot hire cost guide for what drives those rates.

The point of one contractor holding the full toolkit is simple: we quote the cheapest method that does the job properly, not the tool that happens to be on the truck. If a wall saw beats the wire on your section, that’s what we’ll price — and on complex demolition scopes we’ll sequence saws, wire and robot into a single method and a single number.

FAQ

CONCRETE CUTTING COST QUESTIONS

Published Australian price lists typically start around $10–15 per lineal metre for shallow saw cuts and climb steeply with depth — deep blade work can pass $100 a metre. Depth is the single biggest driver. We quote per job rather than off a rate card, so the price reflects the whole scope: depth, total metres, access, reinforcement and slurry control.

Yes — minimum call-outs are standard across the Australian concrete-cutting industry, covering mobilisation, set-up and clean-down. Grouping cuts into a single visit is the easiest way to make the minimum work in your favour.

Floor sawing on an open slab is the most economical cut. Wall sawing costs more per metre because the track has to be rigged to the face for every cut. Road sawing prices like floor sawing, plus traffic control where it’s needed. Past roughly 600 mm on the flat or 900 mm on a wall, the job moves to diamond wire sawing, which is priced per job.

Send drawings or photos with the cut depths, the total metres and the access. We’ll come back with a method and a fixed quote — usually the same business day.