About us
Family-owned. Queensland-built.
Since 1999, the Tipper family has been under South East Queensland — locating, excavating, inspecting, cleaning and repairing, 24 hours a day.
Since 1999, the Tipper family has been under South East Queensland — locating, excavating, inspecting, cleaning and repairing, 24 hours a day.
TVE started in 1999 as a family business — vacuum excavation and drain cleaning for Queensland's civil and commercial clients. The family trade was formalised on 12 October 2012, when TVE Pty Ltd and the Tipper Family Trust were registered the same day, and since then we have grown into a fully accredited team with a large fleet of mobile service trucks.
We've worked on motorway upgrades, a hospital, an airport, cross-river rail and major stormwater projects — for the contractors Queensland trusts with its biggest jobs. What hasn't changed: family values, hands-on leadership, and a phone that answers at any hour.
More than 25 years of Queensland projects — and a record of the work that built it.
Vacuum excavation and drain cleaning for Queensland civil and commercial clients — a self-published founding claim (corporate entity registered 2012, see FAQ).
12 October 2012 — the company (ACN 160 744 105) and the Tipper Family Trust (the ABN on our website) are registered on the same day, formalising a structure that had been trading for over a decade.
Serving local governments, civil contractors, electrical, telecom and plumbing trades, builders, landscapers and demolition companies across Queensland.
The office and fleet settle at Swanbank Road, Raceview — the gateway to SEQ projects.
Major works on the books: motorway upgrades, hospital, airport, cross-river rail and stormwater projects for Queenslands biggest contractors.
Refreshed website and service lineup — utility locating, NDD, CCTV, jetting, pipeline repair and confined space entry, all under one family roof.
A large fleet of mobile service trucks, a fully accredited team, and a phone that answers any hour, any day.
Roles as listed on tveservices.com.au. Photos to be supplied by the client before go-live.
TVE runs a formal management system: documented procedures for every service, a training register for every operator, a full HSEQ management system with quarterly management review, and root-cause analysis of incidents and near-misses.
We answer the phone 24/7 — and reply to every enquiry within one business day.