Townhouse and duplex slab and footing contractors Sydney
Small-lot work rewards a crew that can set out, form, reinforce and pour without waiting on anyone. Footings, ground slabs, retaining walls and in-situ stairs for townhouse rows and duplexes, priced per element or as a lump sum.
How the structure is built and priced
What the scope usually is
Strip and pad footings, a ground slab with set-downs to the architectural set, retaining walls where the block steps, in-situ stairs, and sometimes a suspended first-floor slab. The same crew sets out, forms and pours, so the inspection is called once per element and there is nothing to come back for.
How it is priced
Footings are usually better for the builder as day labour because the tonnage is low and the time is in the set-out. Slabs are priced per square metre, walls per element, and the whole job is often shown as a lump sum beside the itemised measure so the builder can read it either way.
Program and access
Townhouse rows are built in stages, so the crew moves from footings on the last unit to the slab on the first without a gap. Site access is usually through one driveway, so pours are planned around the trucks that fit and the pump that can reach.
Edge protection and scaffold
Two-storey townhouses need edge protection and roof access rather than full perimeter scaffold. It is priced as its own line, erected by licensed scaffolders and certified at handover.
The trades on this structure
Questions builders ask
Do you take on single duplex jobs?
Yes. Duplex and townhouse footings, slabs and walls are priced per element or as a lump sum.
Can you do the stairs?
Yes. In-situ stairs are boxed to the going and riser on the architectural set and checked against the structural detail.
Who orders the concrete?
The builder, unless the package includes supply. We coordinate the pour on the day.
Price the structure.
Send the for-construction set and you have an itemised quotation for formwork, steel and concrete within five working days, rates held for thirty.