Commercial building and construction in live, operating facilities
DICE Contracting is a licensed commercial builder (NSW licence 293927C) delivering fitouts, refurbishments, extensions, security upgrades and new building works for Australian government agencies, head contractors and community organisations.
- Capital works programmes
- Commercial building works
- Minor & major works
- Extensions & fitouts
- Security fabric upgrades
- Demolition & strip-out
Good builders care about the craft, the community and the finished job. Every DICE project gets that whatever its size. Our licensed carpenters and builders bring precision skills built up over decades, and our project managers clear the way so the trade teams can get on with it.
A $50,000 compliance rectification and a $4.5 million multi-trade remediation get the same attention.
What we build
- Refurbishments and repairs to existing buildings, including buildings of cultural or heritage value
- Commercial building works: capital expenditure programmes, minor and major works, extensions and additions
- Interior fitout and alterations: walls, ceilings, flooring, joinery, painting, services coordination
- Security fabric upgrades: purpose-built security doors and windows, anti-climb walls, non-contact rooms, screening equipment installation
- Carpentry and joinery: structural carpentry, custom joinery and fine finishing
- Demolition and strip-out, including staged demolition inside occupied buildings
- Modular and demountable buildings: supply, siting and connection
Working in live environments
Most of our work happens in buildings that cannot close, which changes the planning as much as the building. We stage works into zones and programme the noisy, dusty activities around facility routines. Fire and egress compliance holds throughout. Dust and contamination are controlled, every worker is screened and inducted to the client’s site requirements, and each zone is handed back fully commissioned before the next one opens.
On the Youth Justice Centre Riverina security and accommodation upgrade, the entire $1.5 million programme was staged so the centre remained operational throughout.
Heritage and culturally significant buildings
A lot of government buildings are heritage-listed, regional courthouses especially. Our Justice portfolio work built us a network of specialist heritage subcontractors across NSW, and we handle the approvals, methodologies and materials that heritage fabric demands.
Where a site carries cultural significance, we sit down with Traditional Owners and local community before anyone builds to a drawing. The yarning circle at Port Macquarie Courthouse came out of exactly that conversation.
How a DICE building project runs
- Scope and site inspection, including the constraints imposed by live operations
- Bill of quantities, estimate and programme, with materials, costs, timeframes and risk contingencies scoped upfront
- Pre-construction: approvals, WHS documentation, SWMS, ITPs, staging plan, client sign-off
- Delivery by self-performed trades plus vetted specialists, with weekly reporting
- Handover: commissioning, as-builts, warranties, defect liability and, where required, a maintenance plan
Projects that prove it
Adelaide Immigration Transit Accommodation
DICE Contracting delivered $1.2 million of extension and security works at Adelaide Immigration Transit Accommodation for Serco, completed September 2021 as the facility approached capacity.
Youth Justice Centre Riverina
DICE Contracting delivered $1.5 million of security and accommodation upgrades at Youth Justice Centre Riverina for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, staged so the centre remained fully operational throughout.
Building & Construction: questions we get asked
Is DICE Contracting a licensed builder?
Yes. DICE Contracting Pty Ltd holds NSW builder’s licence 293927C, and also holds plumber, drainer, roof plumber and gasfitter licences.
What size building projects does DICE Contracting take on?
From minor works around $50,000 through to projects of $5 million. The typical range is $500,000 to $5 million.
Can DICE Contracting build while our facility stays open?
Yes. It is one of our core specialisations. DICE Contracting stages works, isolates zones and sequences trades so schools, courthouses, child care centres and detention facilities keep operating, and our people hold the security clearances that secure sites require.
Does DICE Contracting work on heritage-listed buildings?
Yes. DICE Contracting has delivered heritage works across NSW courthouses and maintains a network of specialist heritage subcontractors, including roof restoration at Murwillumbah Courthouse.
Does DICE Contracting act as head contractor?
Yes. DICE Contracting takes head contractor responsibility including design and construct, subcontractor management, WHS and quality compliance, and single-point reporting to the client.
Will using DICE Contracting help us meet Indigenous procurement targets?
Yes. DICE Contracting is 100% Indigenous-owned and Supply Nation certified, so the contract value counts towards Commonwealth Indigenous Procurement Policy and state Aboriginal procurement targets.
Our other service lines
Building Remediation & Refurbishment
Rectification of fire, flood, contamination and compliance failures in occupied public buildings. This is our strongest evidenced capability, and the programme is almost always urgent.
03Project Management
Head contractor delivery, design and construct, and multi-site programme management, including heritage works and staging around live operations.
04Facilities Maintenance
Statutory, preventative and reactive maintenance across dispersed government property portfolios, including communities that have no specialist contractor market of their own.
05Civil Works
Site civil packages supporting building programmes, plus standalone community infrastructure. We own the plant, so a remote site never waits on a hire market that barely exists.
06Carpentry & Joinery
Carpentry crews we employ directly. That is how we hold tight programmes on remediation work inside operating facilities.
Building a tender? Start with our capability statement.
Send us the scope, the site and the closing date. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right contractor for it. If we are, you get a compliant response with referees, insurances and Supply Nation certification attached.