New Farm, QLD
Inspection and repair referrals for 1960s–70s walk-up units, some art deco.
Concrete cancer in New Farm is rarely a surprise once someone has surveyed the building properly. Concrete Cancer Brisbane arranges that survey and the written scope that comes out of it, before any repair is priced.
New Farm has one of Brisbane's densest concentrations of the exact stock this problem targets: 1960s and 70s walk-up blocks, many of them three storeys with open access walkways and slab balconies. The river adds humidity and some chloride without the full bay exposure. Because so many of these buildings are now well into their fifth or sixth decade, carbonation has had time to reach the steel on its own, and we see damage here on sheltered elevations that a coastal explanation would not predict.
New Farm sits at moderate — river frontage, and the stock is largely 1960s–70s walk-up units, some art deco. Those two facts set what to expect: exposure decides how fast chloride reaches the steel, and the era decides how much concrete cover was there to protect it in the first place.
Add the weather to it. Storm season drives water into cracked slabs and failed membranes, and humidity keeps the concrete damp between events, so there is rarely a period long enough for anything to dry out properly.
No cost for the inspection. The cost page carries real ranges, which almost nobody in this trade publishes, and a fixed quote comes after someone has surveyed the building.
Nearby: Kangaroo Point, Woolloongabba, Chermside, Toowong.
Most of the stock affected is the 1960s–80s walk-up belt and the bayside strip, where salt air reaches the steel faster.
Tell us what the concrete is doing. We will arrange an inspection and a written scope your committee can actually price.
