Kangaroo Point, QLD
Kangaroo Point: cliff-side blocks with stacked balconies.
Concrete Cancer Brisbane inspects and repairs concrete in Kangaroo Point, where the typical buildings are walk-ups and mid-rise, heavy balcony exposure, and the written scope comes before any repair price.
Where a Kangaroo Point block is tall and heavily balconied, it has a large area of thin, cantilevered, weather-exposed slab per building — one of the most exposed elements of a concrete building. Wind-driven rain gets into a failed membrane. Access is also the budget problem here: on a taller block, swing stages or scaffolding can rival the repair itself in cost, so grouping work into one campaign matters more than in low-rise.
| Typical buildings | walk-ups and mid-rise, heavy balcony exposure |
|---|---|
| Nearest Moreton Bay shore (salt air) | about 13.2 km (straight line) |
| Distance to the Brisbane River | about 0.3 km (straight line) |
| Ground height within 250 m | about 5–29 m above sea level (5 of 8 points; 3 on water, left out) |
| Brisbane CBD | about 1.2 km (straight line) |
| Main streets in the suburb | Shafston Avenue, Vulture Street, River Terrace and Leopard Street |
| Parks in the suburb | Maloney Park and Raymond Park |
Kangaroo Point's centre is 0.3 km from the Brisbane River, and three of the eight ring points 250 m out fall on water. At 13.2 km from the bay, the suburb is in AS 3600's near-coastal band (class B1). So bay salt is a lesser factor here than wind-driven rain on tall, open balconies. A scope should test membranes and cover on the river-facing balcony stack first.
Prices are on the cost page and the measuring method is on the about page. Nearest suburbs with a page here: Woolloongabba (about 1 km), New Farm (about 1 km), Coorparoo (about 3 km), Hamilton (about 5 km).
The suburbs below cover the 1960s–80s walk-up belt and the bayside strip, where salt air can reach the steel faster.
Tell us what the concrete is doing. We will inspect it and give your committee a written scope and a quote it can actually vote on.
