1. Products for Your Protection
2. Design Using the COLORBOND® Steel Colour Selector
3. BHP Steel Technical Library
4. Plate Datasheets
5. Impact Of North West Shelf Felt Throughout Australia
6. Steel Flooring Comes Of Age
7. Spotlight on Steel Archives
8. Bridging the Environment with Steel
3. Did You Know...?

Products manufactured by BHP Steel are specifically designed to provide protection against the harsh Australian environment whilst also promoting sustainable development. There are a number of documented cases, particularly from Canberra residents, where COLORBOND® steel has acted as a barrier preventing fire from entering a premises. To help with planning for bushfire prevention, we have gathered together stories, testimonials and links that we hope will assist you:

http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=21protection

The COLORBOND® steel Colour Selector has been created to help you choose and design the perfect colour scheme whatever your application. With access to the complete range of standard colours from the COLORBOND® steel range and more than 1100 other paint colours, you can import your own photo (or use the images on the CD) to design your own schemes. Great for exteriors or interiors, even furniture! Download all new demos from our site here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=21selector

BHP Steel has a comprehensive collection of technical literature to support a broad range of products and applications. Whether you require chemical compositions, load bearing capacities or corrosion recommendations, the following technical resources – for xlerplate®, strip, coil, and LYSAGHT® building products - can provide the answers:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=21library

BHP Steel's plate products, long held as the benchmark by Australia's fabrication and manufacturing industries, are transforming to a suite of branded steel products. The xlerplate® brand combines the 'tried and true' of the past with the promise of the future. See the new xlerplate® datasheets here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=21datasheets

As well as being one of the country’s major sources of export income, the North West Shelf Project is also a key employment generator throughout Australia. Located on the Burrup Peninsula, about 1200km north of Perth, Western Australia, the AU$1.6 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) expansion project will support about 9,000 jobs directly and indirectly across Australia during the construction period. Read about the various grades of xlerplate® steel from BHP Steel that are used in some key components of this project:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=21impact

When it came to deciding how best to build his own home, the benefits of steel flooring and the ease with which it can now be put together convinced Peter Keetch, Construction Manager with Sydney based Jandson Homes, to forsake more than 30 years traditional carpentry skills, and take up a power screwdriver. By opting for a suspended steel flooring system, the LYSAGHT QUIKA-FLOOR® product allowed Peter Keetch to reduce costs due to less footings required, when compared to conventional timber bearers and joists, and also allowed less site preparation on his sloping site. Read more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=21flooring

Spotlight on Steel is now entering its third year of circulation! Over these years, we have made every effort to bring you the very latest news, product information, promotions and stories from BHP Steel, relevant to your industry or interests. To refresh your memory on the developments of the past two years, why not browse the Spotlight on Steel archives and see all the editions of our newsletter for all of our key occupations and customer groups:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=21archives

Modern steel bridges provide superior investment for the infrastructure of the future. Developments in steel bridging systems and construction methods result in cost competitive structures. Steel bridge design combines strength, spanning capability, ease of construction and pleasing aesthetics with low environmental impact. See the wealth of information we have online – including some great downloads and software – in the Bridges section of our website:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=21bridging

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

• Chocolate contains the same chemical, phenylethylamine, that your brain produces when you fall in love. But don't have too much - an excess of phenylethylamine makes people very nervous.
• Chocolate, as a drink, was a favorite of Montezuma, emperor of the Aztecs. In the early 1500s, Montezuma drank as much as 50 glasses of chocolate every day.
• Henri Nestlé was originally a baby food manufacturer. His work and research with condensed milk aided Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter in inventing a method to successfully combine chocolate and milk in a solid form - the first milk chocolate - in 1875.
• The drink Ovaltine was made of milk, malt, egg, and cocoa, and was developed in 1904 in Berne, Switzerland. It was originally named Ovomaltine. A clerical error changed it when the manufacturer registered the name.
• Peter Ostrum, the 13-year-old child actor who so charmingly played Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) left the film industry after this movie, which was his first and only film appearance. Ostrum later went on to become a veterinarian in New York.

Thanks for reading,

Adam Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager

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