Concrete Cancer Repair prices on the Sunshine Coast
This page gives no price band: no government source states what concrete cancer repair costs, and a figure from a sales page is the seller's number, not yours. It shows where Queensland's rules attach to a job's value, and what to ask before a quote is accepted.
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The Queensland rules that can apply to concrete cancer repair on the Sunshine Coast, each with the page it comes from and the date it was read. Type the job's value to see which QBCC licence, contract and deposit lines apply; the body corporate and engineering lines apply whatever the value.
| Rule | Applies when the job is valued at | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The contractor must hold a QBCC licence for building work valued over A$3,300. Ask to see it before you sign or hand over money.About concrete cancer repair | over A$3,300 | QBCC, Who must hold a QBCC licence · read |
| The contract must be written, dated and signed by both parties before work begins. The regulator says a contract is not required for work valued at less than A$3,300.About concrete cancer repair | A$3,300 or more | QBCC, Contracts and agreement types · read |
| The maximum deposit is 20%.About concrete cancer repair | A$3,300 or less | QBCC, Deposits and progress payments · read |
| The maximum deposit is 10% of the contract price.About concrete cancer repair | more than A$3,300 and less than A$20,000 | Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991, schedule 1B section 33 · read Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 section 45 · read |
| The maximum deposit is 5% of the contract price.About concrete cancer repair | A$20,000 or more | Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991, schedule 1B section 33 · read Queensland Building and Construction Commission Regulation 2018 section 45 · read |
| The contract must include advice about your right to a cooling-off period. You can generally withdraw within five business days; withdrawing usually costs A$100 plus the contractor's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.About concrete cancer repair | over A$3,300 | QBCC, Cooling-off period · read QBCC, Cooling-off period · read |
| The cooling-off period starts only once you also hold a copy of the QBCC Consumer Building Guide.About concrete cancer repair | A$20,000 or more | QBCC, Cooling-off period · read |
| A body corporate has to keep common property in good condition and, if it is structural, structurally sound. Before the scope is settled, find out whether the damaged concrete is common property or part of a lot.These lines are stated for schemes under the Standard and Accommodation Modules; the Commercial, Small Schemes and Specified Two-lot Modules were not read.About concrete cancer in body corporate schemes | a lot in a body corporate scheme | Body Corporate and Community Management Standard Module Regulation 2020, section 180 · read Body Corporate and Community Management Accommodation Module Regulation 2020, section 170 · read Queensland Government, Building format plan and building units plan maintenance · read |
| Where a scheme is a building format plan, the body corporate must also keep foundation structures and the essential supporting framework structurally sound, even where they sit inside a lot. The Queensland Government says that for a balcony inside a lot this covers structural maintenance of the slab, while tiles and other non-structural maintenance usually fall to the owner.These lines are stated for schemes under the Standard and Accommodation Modules; the Commercial, Small Schemes and Specified Two-lot Modules were not read.About balcony concrete cancer | a building format plan scheme | Body Corporate and Community Management Standard Module Regulation 2020, section 180 · read Queensland Government, Building format plan and building units plan maintenance · read |
| Who maintains common property, structural work included, can change under an exclusive use by-law. Check the wording of the by-law before deciding who pays.About concrete cancer in body corporate schemes | common property under an exclusive use by-law | Queensland Government, Building format plan and building units plan maintenance · read |
| When a general meeting is asked to vote on work costing more than the scheme's limit for major spending, every owner has to receive copies of at least two quotations. Without a limit set by the body corporate itself, the figure is the lesser of A$1,100 multiplied by the number of lots and A$10,000.These lines are stated for schemes under the Standard and Accommodation Modules; the Commercial, Small Schemes and Specified Two-lot Modules were not read.About concrete cancer in body corporate schemes | a body corporate vote on major spending | Body Corporate and Community Management Standard Module Regulation 2020, section 173 · read Body Corporate and Community Management Accommodation Module Regulation 2020, section 163 · read |
| In Queensland a professional engineering service has to be carried out by a practising registered professional engineer, or under the direct supervision of one who takes responsibility for it. The Act's definition takes in applying engineering principles to a design or a maintenance activity.About concrete cancer inspection and engineering | an engineering assessment or repair design | Professional Engineers Act 2002 (Qld), section 115 · read |
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This lists each source's own lines as read; it is not legal advice, and it sets no price. The value that counts is the value of the work, including materials, labour and GST.
What changes a quote
First is how far the steel has corroded: UNSW says rust takes up more room than the steel it formed from, so damage under a patch can exceed the patch. Access comes second, because a balcony or landing on a unit building is reached differently from a step at ground level. Whether an engineer is needed comes third: Queensland reserves professional engineering services to practising professional engineers.
Lines a government body sets
The checker below lists each rule with its source and read date. Over A$3,300 the contractor needs a QBCC licence and the owner must have a written contract; the body corporate and engineering lines apply at any value. No council fee is listed, because no fee for this work was read on a government page. The list leaves out QBCC's home warranty insurance row, because this site has not read a page that says whether the scheme applies to concrete repair in a unit building on the Sunshine Coast.
Costs and fees by service
- Concrete Cancer Repair
- Balcony Concrete Cancer
- Spalling and Exposed Reinforcement
- Concrete Cancer in Body Corporate Schemes
- Concrete Cancer Inspection and Engineering
No price is shown for any service on this site, and this site sets none. The dollar figures in the checker are thresholds set by government bodies. None is a quote for your job.
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