Hire Prices: Portaloos, Power Poles and Site Cameras in Brisbane

A builders portaloo is $210 excluding GST for its 28 day minimum hire, and an event portaloo is $88 including GST for its 4 day minimum. A one week job sits inside the minimum on either fleet, so that is the figure you plan around rather than a separate weekly rate. Delivery is charged separately, because what it costs us to reach a Capalaba job and what it costs to reach the far side of Ipswich are not the same thing. The two fleets are genuinely different units and we never mix them: builders units are set up for a working site and a crew using them daily, event units are presentation grade and go out clean for weddings, race days and festivals. Number of units, servicing frequency and how close a truck can get are the three things that move a portaloo quote.

A private power pole starts at $1,850 excluding GST for a 1 kN galvanised steel pole on its own, or $3,300 with the meter box and connection included, with delivery at $350. The heavier 3.5 kN pole is $3,570 and $5,000 respectively, and three phase versions are $3,755 and $5,455. Two things sit outside those figures. The concrete footing is poured by your concreter around a reinforcement cage we supply, so the concrete work is billed by them. The licensed electrician who reconnects your consumer mains and lodges the Energex Form 2 Electrical Work Request bills separately as well. Ground conditions, access for a truck and auger, and whether an old pole has to come out first are what move the number most. Send the address and a photo and we will price it properly.

A temporary site power pole is $600 excluding GST for its 12 week minimum hire, and a 3-phase pole is $840. That $600 is 84 days at the daily rate rather than a separate booking fee, which is why there is no cheaper short option. 3-phase simply means three live wires instead of one, which you need when the gear on site draws more than a standard household circuit can supply, so think concrete pumps, large compressors and some cranes. If you are running hand tools, a site shed and a kettle, single phase is fine. Delivery is charged separately based on where the site sits across South East Queensland. The pole has to be installed and connected before power flows, and your electrician lodges the Energex Form 2 Electrical Work Request as part of that.

A camera mounted on a power pole is about $69 a week excluding GST, and a standalone solar camera pole is about $100 a week, both on a 12 week minimum hire with delivery charged separately. Five things drive the quote: how many cameras you need, how much area each one has to cover, whether the unit runs on mains power or a self-contained solar panel and battery, how long the hire runs, and whether you want recording with phone alerts only or someone actively monitoring the feed. Solar units cost more than mains powered ones because you are hiring a panel, a battery and heavier mounting hardware along with the camera. Hire length matters too, since the delivery, install and pull-down cost is spread across the period. Send through the site address and how long the build runs and we will price the setup that suits it.