Commercial scrap collection in the Adelaide CBD.

A city strip-out has better metal in it than most people think and worse access than anywhere else. Those two facts together decide the whole job, which is why the conversation has to happen before the crew starts rather than when the bin is already full.

What comes out of a city strip-out

• Commercial kitchens. Stainless benches, sinks, shelving, canopies, cool rooms, fridges. Stainless at volume, and it pays.
• Ducting and ventilation. Galvanised and stainless ducting, canopies, fans.
• Shopfitting. Steel framing, racking, display systems, roller shutters.
• Office fit-out. Partition framing, ceiling grid, cable tray, workstation frames.
• Electrical. Cable pulled out of ceilings and risers, switchboards, light fittings.
• Plumbing. Copper runs, brass fittings, hot water units.
• Air conditioning. Condensers, coils, line sets.

Rates

Indicative rates, the same ones on the home page. Metal markets move every week, so ring 0435 805 124 for the exact figure before you load up.

On a hospitality strip-out the stainless is the volume and the copper off the plumbing and the ceiling cable is the value. A kitchen strip-out that keeps the cable separate from the benches does noticeably better than one that fills a single bin.

Access is the entire job in the city

1. Is there a loading dock, and does it need booking through building management?
2. What is the clearance height, and will a truck fit?
3. Is there a goods lift, and what is its weight limit?
4. Are there noise or hours restrictions on the building or the street?
5. Is there a street permit involved, and whose job is it?

How a city job runs

1. Ring with the address, what is being stripped and the deadline.
2. We work out access, dock and vehicle before anything is booked.
3. Metal separated on site as the strip-out goes, in whatever container fits the space.
4. Collected within the dock window, in stages on a bigger job.
5. Weighed by grade, paid to the business, weights for the job file.