BlueScope Steel - Spotlight on Steel Newsletter
Issue 64: December 2006 Archives Subscribe www.bluescopesteel.com.au

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. COLORBROOME
2. TQM Finds Do It Yourself Works With LYSAGHT BONDEK®

3. Eco Living Coomera Waters Style
4. Fence Out The Elements With COLORBOND® steel
5. A Sound Steel Solution For WA Power Plant
6. Fast Facts

This Month's Feature Article
1. COLORBROOME

Facing some of the most extreme weather Australia can produce, the town of Broome in Western Australia's remote North West demonstrates possibly the most extensive and complete use of COLORBOND® steel in the country.

Roofing made from COLORBOND® steel

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=64Colorbroome


2. TQM Finds Do It Yourself Works With LYSAGHT BONDEK®

A successful Sydney design and construction company is completing a new apartment block at Rockdale using materials and methods it has combined to maximise speed and efficiency. Find out more about the Soho Apartments block which includes six large retail spaces on one level and 103 apartments over seven levels above five levels of underground parking.
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=64TQM


3. Eco Living Coomera Waters Style

Queensland’s property development community has taken another leap forward with Austcorp’s largest eco friendly development, Coomera Waters, which successfully combines environmental sustainability with all the benefits of a unique living environment. Read more at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=64Coomera


4. Fence Out The Elements With COLORBOND® steel

Whether you live in a bushfire prone area, or one that suffers from termites or borers, fences made from COLORBOND® steel provide a durable and long lasting barrier to help protect homes and properties. Read more at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=64Fence


5. A Sound Steel Solution For WA Power Plant

A leading Western Australian engineering firm has provided a reliable and acoustically efficient roofing and walling solution for the first major privately owned power station to be constructed in Western Australia. Read how the new A$250 million Kemerton Power Station is providing additional generating capacity to meet the increasing electricity requirements of the South West region's growing population:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=64WAPower


6. Fast Facts...
  • The word Christmas is Old English, a contraction of Christ's Mass.
  • Electric lights for trees were first used in 1895.
  • The first Christmas cards were vintage and invented in 1843, the Victorian Era.
  • "The Nutcracker" is the most famous Christmas ballet.
  • "Jingle Bells" was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the most popular Christmas songs.
  • If you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", you would receive 364 presents.
  • More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager


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