DSH Contracting, trading as Christchurch Demolition Services, provides professional demolition services across Christchurch and Canterbury from its base at 689 Ellesmere Rd, Lincoln. The company works with homeowners, developers, builders and businesses to safely remove structures, clear sites and prepare properties for their next stage of development.
The team's core services cover house demolition (houses, garages, sheds, outbuildings and other residential structures), commercial and light industrial demolition (warehouses, workshops, retail buildings and offices), and complete site clearance and waste management, including concrete and foundation removal, debris handling, and material sorting for recycling where practical.
Every project follows a structured process: site assessment and planning, utility disconnection, hazard assessment (including coordinating with specialists on materials such as asbestos where required), the demolition works themselves, and finally site clearance and waste removal, leaving the site clean and ready for its next stage.
Beyond demolition, DSH Contracting also offers excavation, truck and digger hire, foundation work, hill work, retaining walls, and driveway and parking work. The company is a Site Safe member and a Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) member, and serves Christchurch, Rolleston, Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Lincoln, Selwyn, Waimakariri and the wider Canterbury region.
When a property in Christchurch or Canterbury needs to come down safely — whether it's a single garage or a full commercial warehouse — DSH Contracting is the team behind the job. Operating as Christchurch Demolition Services from its base at 689 Ellesmere Rd in Lincoln, the company works with homeowners, developers, builders and businesses to remove structures, clear sites, and prepare properties for whatever comes next.
DSH's residential work covers the full range of house demolition needs: houses themselves, garages, sheds, outbuildings and other residential structures. The team plans each project carefully to keep the process safe and efficient while minimising disruption to neighbouring properties, working closely with homeowners, developers and builders to move smoothly from demolition through to site preparation.
On the commercial side, DSH handles warehouses, workshops, retail buildings, offices and other commercial or light industrial structures. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all method, each project is assessed individually to determine the safest and most effective demolition approach, keeping the work compliant with site requirements and project timelines. That can mean anything from a full commercial building demolition down to a targeted internal strip-out or partial demolition.
Every job follows the same underlying process. It starts with site assessment and planning — looking at the structure itself, site access, neighbouring properties and the client's objectives to build a tailored demolition plan. From there, all relevant utility services (electricity, gas, water, telecommunications) are identified and disconnected through the appropriate providers before any physical work begins.
Where hazardous materials such as asbestos are a possibility, DSH coordinates with specialist contractors and consultants to identify and manage them in line with applicable requirements. Only once that groundwork is done does the actual demolition take place, using modern equipment and established methods, with safety controls maintained throughout for the team, the client, neighbouring properties and the wider public.
Demolition is only part of what DSH does. The company also handles full site clearance — concrete removal, foundation removal, debris removal, waste handling, material sorting and a final site cleanup — with materials separated for recycling and responsible disposal where practical. The goal is a clean, prepared site ready for redevelopment, landscaping or construction, handed over smoothly so the next phase of the project can begin with confidence.
DSH's work extends past demolition and clearance too. The company also offers excavation, truck and digger hire, foundation work, hill work, retaining walls, and driveway and parking work — useful for clients who need a single contractor to carry a site from an existing structure through to build-ready ground.
DSH is a Site Safe member and a Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) member, and past clients describe the team, led by Dan, as efficient, professional and easy to work with — turning up when promised, communicating clearly, and in some cases offering practical suggestions or contacts (like concrete placers) that helped a project along. The company services Christchurch, Rolleston, Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Lincoln, Selwyn, Waimakariri and the wider Canterbury region, giving most of the region access to the same structured, safety-focused approach to demolition and site work.