Building remediation and refurbishment for government property
DICE Contracting delivers building remediation and refurbishment for government and commercial property owners across Australia, covering fire rectification, water and flood damage, vermin and contamination remediation, compliance rectification, defect rectification and full interior refurbishment.
- Fire damage rectification
- Water, flood & storm damage
- Contamination & vermin
- Compliance rectification
- Defect & make-good
- Hazardous materials
Nobody plans a remediation project. Ours start with an incident, an inspection or a closure notice, so the binding constraint is almost always time.
We mobilise directly employed crews and our own fleet, so nothing waits on a subcontract market. That is how a contaminated correctional wing came back in three months, and a fire-damaged accommodation block in four weeks.
Remediation services
- Fire damage rectification: make-safe, strip-out, structural repair, HVAC replacement, repaint, FFE replacement, sanitisation, re-occupation
- Water, flood and storm damage: drying, replacement of damaged linings, mould treatment, reinstatement
- Vermin, pest and biological contamination: removal of contaminated linings, deep clean and sanitisation, future-proofing against reinfestation
- Compliance rectification, returning buildings to compliance with the National Construction Code, fire safety, food safety, accessibility and council orders
- Defect rectification and make-good for asset owners, tenants and head contractors
- Building envelope remediation: roofing, roof plumbing, glazing, waterproofing, façade repair
- Structural and services upgrades, including electrical and plumbing infrastructure renewal within existing buildings
Urgent and emergency remediation
The sequence rarely varies. Attend and make safe. Scope and quantify the damage with the asset owner and insurer. Agree a staged reinstatement programme, deliver it, and hand back a commissioned, compliant, re-occupiable space.
Refurbishment of occupied buildings
Refurbishment is our core project type: the $500,000 to $5 million band, delivered in buildings that stay open. Scopes usually take in flooring, painting, ceilings, partitions, joinery, bathroom and amenity upgrades, lighting and services, accessibility upgrades and security fabric.
Hazardous and contaminated materials
DICE has a proven record of safely managing contaminated materials, including lead-based paint and asbestos, with documented control plans, licensed removal and clearance certification.
Projects that prove it
Wellington Correctional Centre
DICE Contracting delivered a $4.5 million remediation and future-proofing programme at Wellington Correctional Centre in central-western NSW for BGIS, completing it in three months after the 2021 mouse plague rendered a wing uninhabitable.
Melbourne Immigration Fire Rectification
After a fire at Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation, DICE Contracting reinstated the affected accommodation wing for Serco in under four weeks so the site could re-occupy the area.
Tyalgum General Store
The general store at Tyalgum in the NSW Northern Rivers had been closed on compliance grounds, leaving a flood-affected community without a shop. DICE Contracting rectified the compliance issues and the store reopened after six weeks.
Building Remediation & Refurbishment: questions we get asked
What is building remediation?
Building remediation is the repair and reinstatement of a building damaged, contaminated or rendered non-compliant by fire, water, pests, hazardous materials or a compliance failure, so that it can be safely and lawfully re-occupied. Refurbishment is a different thing: it upgrades a building that is already sound.
How quickly can DICE Contracting mobilise to an emergency remediation?
DICE Contracting has reinstated a fire-damaged accommodation wing at Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation in under four weeks, and completed a full correctional-wing remediation at Wellington Correctional Centre in three months, mobilising directly employed crews and owned plant.
Can DICE Contracting remediate a building that stays occupied?
Yes. Remediation inside operating facilities is DICE Contracting’s specialisation, using zoned staging, contamination control, maintained fire and egress compliance and progressive commissioned handback.
Does DICE Contracting handle asbestos and lead paint?
Yes, with documented control plans and licensed removal contractors, including air monitoring and clearance certification where required.
What value remediation projects does DICE Contracting take on?
From roughly $50,000 through to $5 million. The largest delivered to date is the $4.5 million Wellington Correctional Centre mouse plague remediation for BGIS.
Where does DICE Contracting deliver remediation work?
Across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory, including regional and remote communities.
Our other service lines
Building & Construction
Capital works, extensions, fitouts and security upgrades for government and community clients. Most of it happens on occupied, operational and secure sites.
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.