Demolition Broadbeach

Broadbeach, in short

Broadbeach starts about four kilometres south of Surfers Paradise and is one of the smallest suburbs on the Gold Coast. It centres on Kurrawa Beach, with Oracle Boulevard's restaurants, Pacific Fair and The Star Gold Coast all close by. Broadbeach Waters and its canals sit to the west and Mermaid Beach to the south. The Gold Coast Highway runs through the middle, with the light rail down its centre, and Hooker Boulevard links it inland to Nerang.

Walk-ups making way for towers

The streets south of Charles Avenue were built up with two-storey walk-up blocks in the 1960s and 70s, locally called the Broadbeach terraces, and a few brick walk-ups followed in the 80s. Parts of the beachfront have no height limit, so many of those older blocks are now being replaced by apartment towers. That makes unit block demolition the main job here. It also means an asbestos survey on almost every building, because most of them were built before 1990.

Sand, and working close

Broadbeach was built on coastal dunes, and some were sand-mined before the town grew. The ground is sand, which digs easily, but holes left by footings, slabs and pools need to be backfilled and compacted before the builder moves in. Lots are small and often hard up against the neighbours, so walls are taken down in a planned order and dust is kept down with water the whole way.

The council, and getting to you

Broadbeach is in the City of Gold Coast. Most demolitions need building approval, and a beachfront lot may carry extra planning requirements, so Gold Coast Demolitions checks what applies before quoting. Trucks come in off the Gold Coast Highway or Hooker Boulevard. Loading is kept inside the site where possible and planned around the tram, restaurant deliveries and weekend crowds.