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news, information and promotions at BHP Steel, to members
of the BHP Steel Website.
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NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS
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1.
Steel House Frames in Five Days
2. Demand Surges
for Australian Steel Framing
3. LYSAGHT QUIKA-FLOOR
4. AS/NZS 3678 -
250 Floor Plate
5. Oyster Bay Shack
a Tassie Pearl
6. Promenade Homes
Built to Last in Steel
7. Coming Soon -
New Websites for BHP Steel
8. Did you know...?
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1. Steel
House Frames in Five Days |
Steel house frames can now be designed, fabricated
and erected for an average-sized home in less than
five days. It’s made possible through the Scottsdale
Steel Framing System, a revolutionary mobile roll
forming system that takes the manufacture of ZINCALUME®
steel building frames out of the factory and directly
on site.
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http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=12fivedayframes
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2. Demand Surges for Australian Steel Framing |
Weeks
Peacock Quality Homes is experiencing exceptional
growth in demand for its homes and internationally
patented steel framing system. The company operates
its own steel frame manufacturing business, in Adelaide,
producing house framing made from ZINCALUME® steel
for its own homes and for other Australian builders.
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=12australianframing
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3. LYSAGHT QUIKA-FLOOR™ |
LYSAGHT
QUIKA-FLOOR™ is a lightweight flooring system engineered
to offer an alternative to concrete slabs. It provides
a cost effective and practical answer for flat or
sloping land, as well as extremely rapid installation.
The free quotation/design service offered by BHP Steel
Lysaght makes it even easier to specify. For more
information:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=12quikafloor
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4. AS/NZS 3678 - 250 Floor Plate |
Floor
plate (or chequer plate) is one of the most popular
flooring solutions for industrial and commercial buildings.
Strong and easy to fabricate, the product features
raised patterning on one side and comes in thicknesses
from 6 to 12 mm. View the full specifications and
datasheet of this product here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=12floorplate
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5. Oyster Bay Shack a Tassie Pearl |
The
‘Oyster Bay Shack’ on Tasmania’s East Coast was named
joint winner of the Housing Industry Association’s
most recent national GreenSmart Building of the Year
award for its environmentally sustainable design.
CB&M Designer Homes used COLORBOND® pre-painted steel
for the roof, ceilings and several external walls.
Read more on this spectacular residence here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=12oysterbayshack
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6. Promenade Homes Built to Last in Steel |
One
of South-East Queensland’s most ambitious development
projects on the Gold Coast features housing built
exclusively with a heart of steel. The first display
home on Promenade Avenue at Robina’s Town Centre is
now open, featuring steel framing technology made
from ZINCALUME® zinc/aluminium alloy-coated steel.
Find out more here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=12promenadehomes
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7. Coming Soon - New Websites for BHP Steel |
The
next few months are going to be some of the biggest
in the history of BHP Steel. As you may be aware,
on July 1, 2002, BHP Steel will be publicly listed
on the Australian Stock Exchange and will be separated
from BHP Billiton. Read all about the exciting web-related
developments that are just around the corner….
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=12newwebsite
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8. Did You Know... |
Five
completely trivial but fun facts to boggle your mind.
The theme for this edition of 'S.O.S' is space. Did
you know:
- Pioneer
11's speed going past Jupiter was over 172,200 kph,
the fastest speed ever traveled by a man-made object.
- If
you attempted to count the stars in a galaxy at
a rate of one every second, it would take around
3,000 years to count them all.
- Each
of the Space Shuttle's solid rocket motors burns
5 tons of propellant per second.
- The
accuracy with which Voyager arrived at the planet
Neptune is equivalent to the feat of sinking a 3630
km golf putt (assuming that the golfer can make
a few illegal fine adjustments while the ball is
rolling across this incredibly long green.)
- During
each launch, the Saturn V generated eighty-five
times as much power as the Hoover Dam. The combined
power of the first two stages generated enough energy
to supply all of New York City for 1 hour and 15
minutes.
Thanks
for reading,
Adam
Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager
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LEGAL
NOTICE - COLORBOND®, ZINCALUME® and LYSAGHT® are
registered trade marks of BHP Steel Limited ABN 16 000
011 058. LYSAGHT QUIKA-FLOOR™ is a trade mark of BHP
Steel Limited ABN 16 000 011 058.
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