Trip-hazard grinding
Where a footpath panel or slab has lifted at a joint, the raised edge is ground back with diamond tooling to a gradual slope. The panel stays where it is, the path stays open, and the hazard is gone in minutes rather than days.
What you see. A smooth, gently sloped strip of ground concrete across the joint. It is lighter than the weathered path around it at first and tones down over a few months.
Where it suits. Council footpaths and shared paths, school and campus grounds, body corporate driveways and walkways, shopping centre and carpark paths, and slabs inside buildings where a joint has lifted.
What to know. Grinding fixes lips. It does not fix a panel that is broken, sinking or rocking: those need replacing, and we mark them on the register so your asset team can plan the work. Each slope is ground to the gradient your inspection standard asks for.
- For
- Council footpath and shared path programs Schools and campuses Body corporates and strata Shopping centres, carparks and commercial sites
- Service area
- Brisbane to Noosa, and out to Gympie and the South Burnett
- Priced
- Per location or per day, from a defect list or a walk-through. Purchase orders and schedules of rates are fine.
- Time on site
- Most single lips take 10 to 30 minutes. When locations are close together, a day covers a lot of path.
- Paperwork
- Safe work method statement and site-specific risk assessment before work starts
- Records
- Photos before and after, locations and quantities, with the invoice
Who it is for
- Council footpath and shared path programs
- Schools and campuses
- Body corporates and strata
- Shopping centres, carparks and commercial sites
Included
- Diamond grinding of each lip to a gradual slope
- Dust extraction connected at the grinder, or wet grinding where suited
- Pedestrian management around each location
- Register of every location: photos before and after, lip height and position
Not included
- Replacing broken, sunken or rocking panels
- Tree root work
- Traffic control on roads - engaged through an accredited provider where needed
How it runs
- 1
Survey
We work from your defect list, or walk the area and measure each lip.
- 2
Price
Per location or per day, from the survey. Programs across a suburb or site are priced as a schedule.
- 3
Grind
Each lip ground to a gradual slope, with the path open around us and dust extracted at the source.
- 4
Report
A register with photos, heights and positions, plus any panels that need replacing instead.
Working with councils and commercial sites
Dust controlled at the source
Grinding with H-class extraction connected, or wet methods where suited, in line with Queensland's code of practice for respirable crystalline silica. Operators are trained and fit-tested for respiratory protection.
Safe work, documented
A safe work method statement for every job, site-specific risk assessment, and pedestrian management on public paths. Traffic control is engaged through an accredited provider where a road or lane is affected.
Reporting you can audit
Photos before and after, locations, quantities and any defects found, delivered with the invoice. On maintenance programs, a running register by street or site.
Local and available
Based on the Sunshine Coast. Reactive work at short notice and planned programs from Brisbane to Tewantin, and inland to Gympie and Kingaroy.
Service area. Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Tewantin, Somerset, Gympie, South Burnett and Kingaroy.
Questions
Is grinding cheaper than replacing the panel?
Usually by a long way. There is no break-out, formwork, pour or cure time, and the path does not close. Replacement is the right call only when the panel itself is broken, sinking or rocking.
How high a lip can be ground?
Most lips up to a few centimetres. Past that, the slope gets long and replacing the panel can be better value. We say which on the survey.
Will the path need to close?
No. A short section is coned off around each location while we work, and pedestrians pass around it.
Do we get a record for our asset register?
Yes. Every location is logged with photos before and after, lip height and position, delivered as a spreadsheet with the invoice.
More for councils and commercial sites
Tell us about the slab.
Still at plans stage, slab poured, or a floor that is already down - send what you have. Plans, photos or a rough area. We come back with what the slab can do and a day count.