Commercial · Canberra & ACT
Commercial maintenance
Work in premises that are open for business. Different rules to a house: someone else's staff, someone else's customers, and a purchase order at the end of it.
What gets posted
Office repairs and churn
Desks moved, power and data relocated, doors and locks.
Desks moved, power and data relocated, doors and locks.
Lighting maintenance
Failed fittings, LED changeovers, emergency and exit lighting.
Failed fittings, LED changeovers, emergency and exit lighting.
Childcare and schools
Repairs that have to happen outside hours, with checks in place.
Repairs that have to happen outside hours, with checks in place.
Clubs, pubs and gyms
High-wear sites, work scheduled around trade.
High-wear sites, work scheduled around trade.
Retail and hospitality fit-out repairs
Shopfronts, joinery, cool rooms, extraction.
Shopfronts, joinery, cool rooms, extraction.
Medical and allied health
Infection-control constraints and tight access windows.
Infection-control constraints and tight access windows.
Warehouse and light industrial
Fyshwick, Mitchell, Hume — roller doors, three-phase, hardstand.
Fyshwick, Mitchell, Hume — roller doors, three-phase, hardstand.
Make-good at end of lease
Returning a tenancy to base building condition, to a deadline.
Returning a tenancy to base building condition, to a deadline.
Reactive callouts
Something broke and the business can't trade until it's fixed.
Something broke and the business can't trade until it's fixed.
What commercial clients expect that residential ones don't
- Insurance certificates before the first visit. Public liability, and often a specified minimum. Have the certificate of currency ready as a PDF, not as a promise.
- A documented approach to safety. Depending on the site and the work, that might mean an SWMS, an induction, or signing in and out of a register.
- Working around trading hours. Early mornings, evenings, weekends, or a shutdown period. Price it that way instead of being surprised on the day.
- A purchase order and net payment terms. Commercial clients rarely pay on the day. Quote knowing you might be waiting thirty days.
- Checks for some sites. Childcare, schools and some government premises have their own requirements for who can be on site.
- Reporting. A photo before and after, and a line on what you found, is often worth more to a facilities manager than a discount on the invoice.
If you manage the premises, tell us
- Site type and trading hours, and when a tradie can actually be in there.
- One job or an ongoing arrangement. Say if you're after someone regular — that's a much more valuable thing to post, and you'll get more considered responses.
- Access and keys. Who lets them in, is there a security system, is there a lift booking.
- Insurance and documentation you require, up front, so nobody wastes a site visit.
- Who approves the spend, and whether there's a threshold above which it goes elsewhere.
- How you pay. PO number, invoicing email, terms.