Concrete coring on a Newcastle site

Concrete Cutting and Coring in Newcastle

Concrete cutting and coring are essential services for businesses in Newcastle needing precise modifications to structures. We specialise in clean and accurate cuts and cores to meet your construction needs.

Concrete cutting and coring on a Newcastle site

Commercial Concrete Cutting & Coring in Newcastle

Blast Prep Grind cuts and cores concrete for commercial and industrial sites across Newcastle, the Hunter Region and the Central Coast. Warehouses, factories, food production facilities, retail and office buildings, carparks and plant rooms.

We come out of a concrete preparation and strip-out background, which means we plan cutting work the way a floor contractor does — around the trades that follow us, the surfaces we can't damage, and the areas that have to stay open. We work around your operating hours, and we control slurry and silica dust so the rest of the site keeps running.

Concrete wall cutting in progress

Our concrete cutting and coring services

Precision holes through slabs, walls and beams for plumbing, electrical, fire services, HVAC and process pipework. Core drilling is wet by default, with vacuum slurry recovery, so we can core inside occupied buildings and finished spaces without damaging what's already there.

Concrete core drilling

Precision holes through slabs, walls and beams for plumbing, electrical, fire services, HVAC and process pipework. Core drilling is wet by default, with vacuum slurry recovery, so we can core inside occupied buildings and finished spaces without damaging what's already there.

Slab saw cutting

Straight, clean cuts through concrete slabs, hardstands and pavements using professional floor saw equipment. Ideal for service trenches, slab removal sections, expansion joints and creating clean edges before breakout.

Wall and wire sawing

Straight, clean cuts through concrete slabs, hardstands and pavements using professional floor saw equipment. Ideal for service trenches, slab removal sections, expansion joints and creating clean edges before breakout.

Reinforced and post-tensioned concrete

We won't cut a post-tensioned slab that hasn't been scanned and marked. A struck tendon is a serious safety incident and an expensive structural repair, and it's entirely avoidable.

Locating services before we cut

We need to know what's in the slab before we cut. That means marked-up drawings, a service location report, or a scan by a specialist — supplied by you, or arranged through a contractor we can recommend. We'll confirm at assessment what your penetrations need.

Compliance
Ride-on road saw cutting a street surface in Newcastle

Silica, slurry and site compliance

Every job we do, gets a written high-risk assessment and a site-specific silica risk control plan, or a SWMS covering the same ground, issued to your team before we mobilise.

On site we cut and core wet as standard, capturing slurry at the cut and vacuum-extracting it, and switch to H-class extraction only where wet methods aren't workable. Where exposures can't be ruled out below the standard, we monitor.

Slurry is contained, taken off site and disposed of through licensed disposal contractor, and we'll hand over the documentation if you need it for your own records. We carry  public liability and workers compensation, and we're set up to work shutdowns, night shifts and weekend possessions.

How a commercial cutting job runs

Concrete cutting and coring works in Newcastle
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Step 1

Scope and drawings

Send us the plans, the penetration schedule or just photos and dimensions. We'll tell you what's viable and what isn't before we commit to doing the project.

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Step 2

Site assessment

We attend site, confirm access, power and water, identify slab type and thickness, and flag anything that changes the method — post-tensioning, asbestos-containing material, live services, structural concerns.

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Step 3

cut

We cut to the marked-out locations, with slurry and dust controlled, exclusion zones set up and adjacent areas protected. If markings don't match what we find, we stop and check with you rather than guess.

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Step 4

Clean handover

Debris removed, slurry taken off site, area left ready for the following trade. If the slab needs preparation or coating afterwards, we do that too.

Where we work

NewCastle

Hunter Valley

Central Coast

Sydney

maitland

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does commercial concrete cutting and coring cost in Newcastle?

Pricing depends on slab thickness, reinforcement, access, core diameter and whether the work is in hours or out of hours. Core drilling is typically quoted per penetration and saw cutting per lineal metre of cut, per depth band. For an indicative range you can send us through a penetration schedule and we'll price the scope properly.

Do you carry out concrete scanning?

No, we don't hold scanning equipment. Service location is arranged separately — through your own scanning contractor, from marked-up drawings, or through a specialist we can put you in touch with. We'll tell you at assessment what your penetrations need.

Can you cut post-tensioned slabs?

Yes, with the slab scanned and tendon positions mapped and marked first. If a required penetration lands on a tendon, we'll tell you and work with your engineer on an alternative location.

How do you manage slurry and silica dust on an occupied site?

Wet cutting with slurry captured at the cut and vacuum-extracted, containment bunding where needed, and H-class extraction on any dry work. Slurry is removed from site and disposed of legally. This is what allows us to work in operating warehouses, retail centres and food production facilities.

Can you work outside business hours or during a shutdown?

Yes. A significant share of our commercial cutting is done at night, on weekends or during planned production shutdowns, because that's when the area can actually be handed over. Tell us the window and we'll build the program around it.

Do you handle asbestos-containing material?

We identify suspected ACM during site assessment and stop work. Removal is carried out by a licensed asbestos removalist before we proceed. See our floor covering removal page for related work.

What documentation do you provide before starting?

Site-specific SWMS, certificates of currency for public liability and workers compensation, licences and operator competencies, and any client-specific forms your principal contractor requires.

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