SOLLID from the ground up.
Structural steel fabrication, earthmoving and landscaping across the Gold Coast, Logan and Brisbane. Send us your plans, site photos or project details to discuss your next project.
Sollid Solutions is a family-run structural steel fabrication, earthmoving and landscaping business based in Ormeau Hills, servicing the Gold Coast, Logan and Brisbane 7 days a week. You deal straight with John and Chelsey — no call centres, no middlemen. Chelsey handles most enquiries and quote requests while John is usually on the tools. Just honest quotes and quality workmanship.
See how we handled real pool excavations, acreage benches, horse arena bases and rock-breaker jobs. Each project explains the site, the work involved and the result, with photos from the job.
700m³ cut & fill across three pads for a 7-bedroom home — compacted six times over spec.
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On-site bucket repair on an 80-tonne excavator — mobile welding brought to the machine, back to work fast.
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Around 100 tonnes of aggregate spread, graded and compacted to restore the carpark surface.
Read case studySteel fabrication for new homes, extensions, renovations and custom projects — beams, columns, posts, frames, plates, cleats and complete welded assemblies. Send your drawings for individual components or a broader fabrication package. Laser cutting is also available as a supporting service. We also provide earthmoving and landscaping across the Gold Coast, Logan and Brisbane.
EarthworksPool digs, house pads, site cuts, sloping block benching, rock breaking, tight access, land clearing, acreage works and horse arena prep across the Gold Coast, hinterland and Scenic Rim.
Earthworks services
Structural SteelFabrication of beams, columns, posts, frames, plates, cleats and welded assemblies for residential and custom projects. Laser cutting also available. Send your drawings for a fabrication quote.
Structural steel & quotes
LandscapingBackyard levelling, garden preparation, topsoil spreading and turf supply and laying — from bare earth to a finished outdoor space.
Landscaping & turf
SupportingRecycled concrete aggregate, road base, crusher dust, washed sand, soil, mulch and turf — supplied and tipped to site. Plus tipper wet hire and Positrack hire across SEQ.
Materials & hireStructural Steel Fabrication
New homes • Extensions • Renovations • Custom steel packages
From individual components to broader fabrication packages for new homes, extensions, renovations and custom projects. We fabricate beams, columns, posts, base plates, cleats, frames and welded assemblies across the Gold Coast, Logan and Brisbane. Laser-cut components are also available as part of the work.
Send your structural drawings, member schedule, connection details, finish requirements and project timing. We'll review the scope and provide a written fabrication quote. Engineering, certification, delivery and installation requirements must be clarified separately; don't assume they're included.
Upload Drawings Explore fabrication servicesFrom a single-day mini-ex job in a tight Robina backyard to a three-week acreage benching project in Tallai, we run the full earthmoving spectrum. Honest hourly rates, fixed quotes where you want them, and a crew that turns up when we say we will.
Concrete & fibreglass pool digs. Tight access specialists.
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Hydraulic breaker for basalt & sandstone hinterland blocks.
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House pads, shed pads, sloping block benching to engineer's spec.
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Hinterland slope-cut benching and retaining preparation.
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1.0T & 1.7T machines through 750–900mm side gates.
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Trenches, batter cuts, footing excavation to engineer plans.
Read moreMost contractors quote the easy work. We've built our reputation on the harder stuff — sloping blocks, rocky hinterland, side-gate pool digs, retaining wall prep on benched ground. Here's what we're known for across the Gold Coast.
Hinterland blocks — Tallai, Mudgeeraba, Bonogin, Currumbin Valley, Worongary — almost always need benching, retaining batter cuts and split-level slab prep. We bench to engineer's drawings, set up retaining wall trenches in the same visit, and route surface water away from the new pad. One crew, one machine, one day instead of three.
Sloping block excavationStandard suburban Gold Coast blocks (Robina, Mermaid Waters, Helensvale, Burleigh Waters) almost always restrict access — fences, paving, neighbour's wall. Our 1.7T fits through a 900mm gate. For sub-900mm we sub-hire a 1.0T machine. Sub-750mm we crane in. We've worked jobs where a wheelbarrow couldn't get past the meter box.
Tight access excavationEarthmoving is one of the trades where surprises hurt the most — extra trucks, unexpected rock, contaminated spoil. Our job is to eliminate those surprises before the machine fires up. Here's exactly how a Sollid Solutions job runs.
We come out, walk the block, photograph access, take notes on soil and rock indicators.
Written quote within 24 hours — fixed where possible, transparent hourly where rock is a risk.
Confirm a start date, lodge Dial Before You Dig, organise tip slots and silt control gear.
Crew on the tools 6am–6pm. Daily updates to you and your builder. Clean operation, neighbours respected.
Site swept, spoil removed to recycling, photos for your records, invoice within 48 hours.
We're on jobs daily from Coolangatta up to Logan and southern Brisbane. Each suburb has its own ground conditions — sandy coastal, central clay, hinterland rock — and we've got pages with the local notes, typical job pricing and FAQs for every one of them.
Heavy clay & rock — hinterland specialists
Acreage rock breaking & sloping benches
Sandy coastal — fast pool digs
Tight residential access pool work
New estate slabs, drains & site cuts
Builder-side house pads & retaining
Free, no-signup calculators built from real Gold Coast earthmoving jobs. Get a ballpark in 30 seconds, then book a free site visit when you're ready for a fixed quote.
Estimate your pool dig price by size, soil type and access width.
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Work out cubic metres of fill, road base, RCA, sand or crusher dust.
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Pool excavation cost, soil types, retaining walls — written for Gold Coast conditions.
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The questions we get most often, answered straight. Don't see yours? Call SOLLID on 0487 193 085.
What you'll actually pay, written by John Solli — owner-operator on Gold Coast pool digs.
Talk to SOLLID to arrange your free site inspection. We work with you on your project, from assessing the site to providing a clear written quote. No call-out fee. No obligation. 7 days a week, 6am–6pm.
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