Remedial scaffolding
Occupied buildings have their own rules. Residents, deliveries, pedestrians, and a program that has to keep moving whilst managing constant curveballs. Our team are fluent in these processes and understand the non-negotiable need to be polite and considerate on these delicate projects.
We specialise in servicing roofers, cladders, painters, window fitters, renderers, carpenters and everyone in between.
Some items we supply & install:
- Ground up scaffolding
- Stretcher stair access
- Crane-able stairs
- Hung stairs for basement excavations
- Falsework scaffolding
- Edge protection
- A-class hoardings
- B-class hoardings
- 10kPa overhead protection
- Temporary roofs
- Bin chutes
- Loading bays
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Remedial work is scaffolding on a building that's already doing its job.
That sounds like a small difference. It isn't. On a new build, the site belongs to the builder and the program is the only constraint. On a remedial job the building belongs to the people in it. There's a resident who needs their car at six, a body corporate with rules about weekend noise, a loading dock that's already booked, and a committee that approved a number once and doesn't want to hear about a second one.
None of that changes the scaffold. All of it changes the plan.
So we ask the occupied-building questions before we price. Where do the trucks go. Who tells the residents. What hours are we allowed. What's under the work zone. Which floors need handing back first. Then we stage it so the trades keep moving and the building keeps working.
Talk to us. Tell us what the building is and what the trades need, and we'll tell you what it takes.
Who this is for
Remedial project managers
You're running a defect or upgrade program on a building that never shuts. The access has to work around the people in it.
Strata committees and building managers
You've got owners asking questions, a budget that was approved once, and no appetite for a variation halfway through.
Hotels and facilities teams
Rooms still selling, guests still arriving, and work that can only happen in agreed windows.
Facade, waterproofing and painting contractors
You need access that suits your sequence, not the sequence of whoever had the building last.
Scope of works
- Re-roofs and roof edge protection on existing buildings
- Window and facade replacement access
- Repaints, render and external upgrade works
- Balcony, soffit and awning access
- Staged access handed over floor by floor
- Hotels, strata and self-managed building projects
Working on a building people still live in
This is the part that separates remedial from everything else, and it's where most quotes come up short.
Access routes stay open. Residents need to get to their front door, their car park and their bins, every day, including the day the scaffold goes up. We plan the sequence so entries stay usable and we tell you which days they won't be, well before those days arrive.
Hours and noise get agreed first. Most strata schemes and every hotel have rules about start times and weekend work. Those rules shape the program, so we'd rather build the program around them than find out in week two.
Residents' property gets protected. Cars under a work zone, plants, balcony furniture and air conditioning units. It sounds small. It's the thing that generates the complaint that stops the job.
And it gets handed over in stages. Floor by floor, or elevation by elevation, so the trades keep moving and the building gets its space back as we go, instead of all at the end.
What we scope that others miss
Where the deliveries actually go
On an occupied building the loading dock is already spoken for, and the visitor bays belong to somebody. We work out where 20 tonnes of gear lands and who has to be told, before the truck is booked. It's the most common reason a remedial start date slips.
Balcony and awning loading limits
Standing a scaffold off a balcony or tying into an awning assumes it takes the load, and on older buildings that assumption is often wrong. We check what the structure will carry and get it confirmed rather than hoping.
The gap between what strata approved and what the trades need
A committee approves a scope and a number, sometimes a year earlier. Then the painters need access the roofers didn't. We read the approved scope against what the trades actually require and flag the gap while it's still a conversation, not a special levy.
Losing edge protection when a neighbouring wall gets taped off
It happens constantly on boundary work. Someone tapes off the neighbouring wall, your edge protection is inside an exclusion zone, and the crew can't work. We put an allowance in for it up front, priced as an option, so the call's yours.
Who talks to the residents, and when
Somebody has to give notice, and if nobody owns it the scaffolders become the face of it at seven in the morning. We agree who communicates what before we mobilise, and we'll draft the access notice if that helps you.
Related services
Also worth a look
Roof edge protection
Our engineered guardrail system offers a compliant edge protection solution that is quick to install, remove and un-intrusive on site.
Residential scaffolding
Three storeys and under. Whether it's a first home, a townhouse block or a one-off architectural build, we tailor the scaffold to the job rather than dropping the same kit on every site.
What clients say
Ben and his team have been our go-to scaffolders for some time. Super easy to deal with, no fuss, no hands out. Just in and out.
Steve, SCR Roofing, Director We had Horizon come on board after having a nightmare with another scaffolding mob. Night and day difference in their whole approach. The scaffold is always immaculate, great comms, quick turnarounds. We won't use anyone else.
Gary, Aspect Building, Project Manager Great price and easy to deal with.
Steve, Mooloolaba Ben and the rest of the team installed the scaffolding to our house for our new windows and painting. Very professional and have recommended these guys to friends.
Susie Briggs, Mooloola Valley Horizon were recommended to us and I wish we'd used them sooner. Very competitive price with great service. Our go-to scaffolders now on the coast.
David, Coastal Builds Very happy with the job and will be using Horizon again. Thanks Benny.
Michael, CRS Thanks to Ben and the lads for helping us push our townhouse project over the line. We needed a few adjustments last minute and nothing was an issue.
Jamie, Buderim Horizon were super easy to deal with and very reasonably priced. We will definitely be using them again.
Holly, SmartRoof
Questions
Common questions
Can you work while the building stays occupied?
Yes. Nearly all remedial work is occupied, and it's the part we plan hardest. Agreed working hours, entries and walkways kept open, residents' cars and property protected, and a drop zone the public can't walk into. Tell us it's occupied at quote stage, because it changes the sequence and we'd rather price it than discover it.
Who talks to the residents?
Usually the building manager or the project manager, and we think that's right, because the message should come from the building. What we do is give you the dates and the detail early enough to send it out, and we'll draft the access notice if you want. What doesn't work is nobody owning it, because then our crew explains it on the footpath at 7am.
How do you handle a staged program?
We hand over in stages, floor by floor or elevation by elevation, with an inspection and written confirmation at each one. That way the trades keep moving and the building gets its space back progressively. Inspections continue at least every 30 days on everything still standing, under WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld) s225(3).
What paperwork does the committee get?
Written confirmation from a competent person that construction is complete before use, under s225(2), plus the ongoing inspection records under s225(3). Strata committees usually want the SWMS and the certificate of currency too, and we send those without being asked.
Do you do the edge protection as well as the scaffold?
Yes, and on re-roof work it's often edge protection on its own, which is faster and cheaper than a full scaffold. Which one you need depends on whether the work is on the roof or on the walls. See edge protection vs scaffold.