Found something you suspect is asbestos? BBN Consulting provides licensed asbestos testing and inspections across the Sunshine Coast, for homeowners, builders, developers and facility managers. We attend site, take samples under controlled conditions, and send them to an independent NATA accredited laboratory. You get a written result within 48 hours, with plain advice on what it means and what you need to do next.
Licensed Asbestos Assessors. Fast mobilisation from the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Reports that hold up.
The coast's older housing stock is full of asbestos era construction: fibro beach cottages through Caloundra and Maroochydore, Queenslanders extended through the 1960s to 80s, and low-rise unit blocks with ACM in eaves, bathrooms and under floor coverings. If you're renovating, repairing storm damage or buying a home built before 1990, we test suspect materials before the work disturbs them, with the same 48-hour turnaround as our commercial clients.
Offices, warehouses, retail tenancies, schools, aged care facilities and strata schemes across the Sunshine Coast all carry duties under the WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld). We inspect, sample and document asbestos so work proceeds safely and compliantly, including required asbestos registers. From the Maroochydore CBD to Kunda Park, Coolum and Noosa, we cover the full coast and the wider South East Queensland region.
Queensland's Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 requires asbestos to be identified and, so far as is reasonably practicable, removed before demolition or refurbishment of a building likely to contain it.For workplaces, an asbestos register is mandatory where the building was constructed before 31 December 1989, or wherever asbestos has been identified. Management obligations sit under the How to Manage and Control Asbestos in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021 (Qld). BBN delivers:
Queensland law requires asbestos likely to be disturbed to be identified before demolition or refurbishment begins. Our surveys are intrusive to the extent the works demand, covering roof spaces, wall cavities, subfloors and services, with the removal recommendations your contractor and certifier need.
For in use buildings, we identify and assess ACM so it can be safely managed in place. The report doubles as your compliant asbestos register, mandatory for pre-1990 workplace buildings, ready to sit behind a management plan.
Offices, warehouses, retail, schools, aged care and the coast's many strata schemes, reported in the language your stakeholders need, from practical actions for facilities managers to documentation committees can act on.
Buying a pre 2004 Sunshine Coast building without knowing its asbestos status means pricing the risk blind. We identify ACM and the management or removal burden before settlement, often alongside broader environmental due diligence.
Representative samples collected under controlled conditions and analysed by an independent NATA-accredited laboratory to AS 4964. Results within 48 hours, and inspections start from $550, with a fixed fee confirmed before we attend site.
Where removal is underway, our licensed asbestos assessors provide independent air monitoring and clearance inspections under WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld), independent of the removal contractor being checked.
The process is straightforward. If asbestos is confirmed, we can then prepare an asbestos register, a management plan, or clearance documentation once removal is complete.
A single asbestos finding can stop a build, hold up a settlement or delay a refurbishment. What you need is a fast, defensible answer and someone who will pick up the phone.
BBN pairs the technical depth of a major consultancy with the responsiveness of an independent.We are led by directors Nick Braid (Licensed Asbestos Assessor, BSc (Environment), Suitably Qualified Person for Contaminated Land) and Bradley Andriske (Licensed Asbestos Assessor, BSc (Geology), Suitably Qualified Person for Contaminated Land), with professional memberships at EIANZ and ALGA.
Our service is fast and consistent, with 48-hour asbestos results as standard, inspections from $550, and three disciplines under one roof: asbestos and hazardous materials, contaminated land and occupational hygiene. We cover the full Sunshine Coast, including Maroochydore, Mooloolaba and Kawana, Caloundra, Buderim, Nambour, Coolum and Noosa, plus Gympie, the Moreton Bay region and Brisbane.
Send us your site address, building age and the works planned, and we'll respond with a scoped, fixed-fee quote and a timeframe that fits your program, whether that's a demolition schedule, a settlement date or a compliance deadline.
We only use NATA-accredited laboratories for analysis and deliver reports within 48 hours. We also offer a range of other specialist services, including occupational hygiene and safety, plus contaminated land assessment under Queensland's Environmental Protection Act 1994, so one consultancy covers your whole site.
If you would like to speak to one of our consultants or book an inspection, give Nick Braid a call on 0421 748 867 or fill out an enquiry form online.
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