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Friable Asbestos Removal in Sydney
Friable asbestos removal in Sydney: Pipe lagging, sprayed limpet, loose fill and gaskets removed
- Class A friable asbestos licence held in house, covering bonded work too
- Own decontamination units, negative air plant and enclosure crews
- Independent air monitoring and clearance on every friable job
- Rolls straight into demolition or strip out as one package
Class A licensed removal of the dangerous material in Sydney: pipe lagging, sprayed limpet, loose fill, gaskets and fire damaged asbestos, under full enclosure with negative air, decontamination units, independent air monitoring and a clearance certificate at the end. Commercial, industrial, government and defence sites only.
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Friable is a different job to bonded sheeting
Most asbestos removalists in Sydney are licensed for bonded material: fibro sheet, vinyl tiles, cement pipe. Friable asbestos is the material that releases fibre when you touch it, and only a Class A licence holder can remove it. That means a sealed enclosure under negative pressure, three stage decontamination units, licensed supervisors on site the whole time, air monitoring by an independent hygienist and a clearance inspection before the enclosure comes down. Few contractors hold the licence and fewer own the plant. We do both.
Our head office and decontamination fleet are in Marrickville, so a licensed supervisor can walk your site within a day or two and an emergency crew can be there the same day. Work in Sydney runs across the CBD and inner city, the eastern suburbs and Garden Island, the inner west and Mascot, Parramatta and western Sydney, Richmond, Holsworthy and the defence estate, the north shore and the Sutherland Shire. For bonded removal, soil and general hazmat see asbestos and hazmat removal in Sydney and NSW, and for how we mobilise interstate see friable asbestos removal Australia wide.
What we remove under the Class A licence
Pipe and boiler lagging
Plant rooms, boiler houses, hospitals, schools and older commercial buildings where the insulation is asbestos. Removed in full enclosure, often while the rest of the building keeps operating.
Sprayed limpet and fireproofing
Structural steel and soffits coated with sprayed asbestos in office towers, car parks and industrial buildings. The slowest, most controlled work we do, and the one most contractors will not touch.
Loose fill, gaskets and millboard
Ceiling insulation, switchboard backing, gaskets and rope seals in plant and equipment, removed before decommissioning or demolition.
Fire and storm damaged asbestos
Bonded sheet that has burned or broken becomes friable. We treat it as Class A, make the site safe and remove it. See emergency demolition and make safe.
Contaminated soil and fill
Friable fragments and fines in soil under and around buildings, remediated and validated as part of contaminated land works.
Removal ahead of demolition
Full hazmat strip before a building comes down, so the demolition can proceed as clean works under one contractor and one programme.
Worth knowing: the hazardous materials register decides the method and the price. If yours is old or incomplete, say so and we will price a survey first rather than finding friable material mid job and stopping your site. Because we hold the licence ourselves, an unexpected find does not stand the job down while another contractor mobilises.
Licences and how the job runs
We hold a SafeWork NSW friable asbestos removal licence, the Class A licence that covers the dangerous material, plus non friable removal, a demolition licence and ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified management systems. Every friable job follows the same sequence: register and survey checked, asbestos removal control plan and SWMS issued, SafeWork NSW notified, enclosure built and smoke tested, negative air and decontamination units running, removal by licensed removalists under a licensed supervisor, waste double bagged and tracked to a licensed facility, independent air monitoring throughout, and a clearance certificate before handback.
Licensed removal work near Sydney
Jobs on the books include friable asbestos removal at RAAF Base Richmond, a friable asbestos slab removal at Garden Island, a large friable decontamination in Horsley Park, demolition and hazmat removal at Holsworthy Barracks, friable removal in Waverton, asbestos contaminated soil remediation at Bonnyrigg and hazardous materials works for Sydney Metro Southwest. Each has its own page with the method and the photos.
Questions we get from Sydney clients
Do you remove asbestos from houses in Sydney?
No. We do not quote houses, sheds, fences or renovations. Our clients are builders, facilities and asset managers, government, defence, utilities and industry. A homeowner will get a faster and cheaper answer from a local residential removalist.
What is the difference between friable and bonded asbestos?
Bonded asbestos is the fibre locked in cement sheet, vinyl or similar, and a Class B licence covers it. Friable asbestos crumbles by hand: pipe lagging, sprayed limpet, loose fill, gaskets, fire damaged sheet and anything that has been broken up. It needs a Class A licence, a full enclosure under negative pressure, decontamination units, independent air monitoring and a clearance inspection before anyone goes back in. We hold both licences, so a job that has both types stays with one contractor.
Who do you notify and what paperwork do we get?
SafeWork NSW is notified at least five days before licensed removal starts, and we handle that. You get the asbestos removal control plan, the SWMS, waste transport dockets to a licensed facility, the air monitoring results and the independent clearance certificate for your file and your certifier.
Can you do the removal and the demolition or strip out together?
Yes, and that is most of our work. The asbestos comes out under our licence, the clearance is issued, then the same crew moves straight into demolition, strip out or contaminated soil works. One contractor, one programme, no gap between the clearance and the machines.
Other places we remove friable asbestos
This page is about Sydney. We also run Class A removal in Wollongong, Newcastle, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, and we mobilise nationally for the jobs that need it.
Got friable asbestos on a Sydney site?
Send the hazmat register or the survey through the form above, or call. Our Sydney estimators come back the same business day.
Call 02 8015 6345
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