BHP Steel - Spotlight on Steel Newsletter
Issue 16: August 2002 Archives Subscribe www.bhpsteel.com.au

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. COLORGRAIN® Designer steel Debuts In Queensland
2. Be A Winner With GALVASPAN® steel
3. Make The Most Of Your Greatest Investment
4. Steel Supports Gold Coast Hilltop Dream Home
5. Energy Efficient Home A Winner
6. Inexpensive Studio Transforms Suburban Backyard
7. Home Grown Steel Body Design Cleans Up
8. Did you know...?

This Month's Feature Article
1. COLORGRAIN® Designer steel Debuts In Queensland


Far North Queensland's most awarded builder has become the first in the state to use COLORGRAIN® Designer steel. Neater Construction Principal, Col Neate, selected COLORGRAIN® Designer steel in Sarawak Red for use in Zoe Bay Apartments in the coastal resort of Port Hinchinbrook to complement the Balinese style he was trying to create. Read more:


COLORGRAIN® Designer steel

http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16queenslanddebut


2. Be A Winner With GALVASPAN® steel

This October 24, 2002 the streets of the Gold Coast will come alive with the high-octane action of the Honda Indy 300. You could be right in the thick of the atmosphere courtesy of GALVASPAN® steel. For your chance to win a fantastic VIP prize package including airfare and accommodation, complete the survey and return it to us before September 20, 2002. To enter, simply follow this link:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16indy300


3. Make The Most Of Your Greatest Investment

Your home can be your greatest investment. BHP Steel Lysaght has many solutions to improve your home. Products made from quality BHP Steel materials include a range of attractive fencing, termite proof flooring systems and LYSAGHT FIRMLOK® and LYSAGHT FLATDEK® for a cost effective way to add entertaining areas to your home. Read more about our exclusive range of products and improvement ideas:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16homeimprovements


4. Steel Supports Gold Coast Hilltop Dream Home

A home designed for a Queensland couple has overcome difficult sloping site conditions by using a steel floor support system that has minimal environmental impact on their hilltop block. The two storey contemporary style home was constructed by Nu-Steel Homes in Toowoomba and is designed to maximise the views towards the Gold Coast from its position high up in the hinterland. For more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16hilltopdream


5. Energy Efficient Home A Winner

A Perth home featuring a thermally efficient, multi-faceted, steel roof has won an important industry award for its energy efficient, environmentally friendly design. The home, 10 kilometres from Perth's CBD, built by Glenway Homes, has won the West Australian Master Builders Association Energy Efficient Home award and the Environmental Home of 2002 award. Its unique roof is the key to the home's energy efficient design. Read more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16energyefficient


6. Inexpensive Studio Transforms Suburban Backyard

An inexpensive steel-roofed addition of a studio and carport has provided an award-winning rejuvenation for a 1920's Adelaide bungalow. The impressive extension was awarded a commendation in the Architecture Renovation division of the 2001 SA Royal Australian Institute of Architects awards. One of the challenges for Phil Harris of Troppo Architects was to design a studio that was practical, aesthetically appropriate yet maintain the home's access to sunlight and the south-western breeze. Find out more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16inexpensivestudio


7. Home Grown Steel Body Design Cleans Up

A unique road-going cleaning vehicle designed and built by a Queanbeyan metalworking company may revolutionise the high tech mobile cleaning services market. Built by CNM Steelworks, the vehicle is now in use by Canberra company City Group, contracted to clean some of Canberra's largest commercial and public buildings. To find out more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=16steelbodydesign


*** Coming soon - New LYSAGHT® Fencing Profile ***

In next month's edition of Spotlight on Steel - BHP Steel Lysaght will be making an announcement about the launch of an exciting new range of fencing products- stay tuned!


8. Did You Know...

Five completely trivial but fun facts to boggle your mind. The theme for this edition of 'S.O.S' is Australia. Did you know:

  • Australia is the smallest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent in the World. It is the only country which is also a whole continent.
  • Arguably the largest state in the world, Western Australia covers one-third of the Australian continent. It spans over 2.5 million square kilometers
  • Uluru (Ayres Rock) is the largest rock in the world. 3.6km long and 2.4km wide, it rises out of the middle of the country to a height of 348 metres.
  • Strangeray Springs cattle station in South Australia is the largest ranch in the world. Its area measures 30,029 km square - only slightly smaller than the European country of Belgium.
  • The largest lake in Australia is Lake Eyre, measuring 8,885 km square. However, it has only been filled with water 3 times in the past 100 years (it is a salt lake the rest of the time).

Thanks for reading,

Adam Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager


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