1. The New Face Of Functionality
2. Pressure's Off For Injured Horses
3. Hirotec Project Revs Up
4. Steel Framing - A Huge Opportunity
5. Critical Applications Depend On Consistent XLERPLATE® Quality
6. Quick Fix - Steel Flooring Makes It Easy
7. BlueScope Steel Brand Partnership Program
8. Fast Facts

Practical considerations are always central to good building design. Architects and building designers are increasingly celebrating functionality and giving it a style of its own. HMAS Harman-DNOC, an important Department of Defence facility near Canberra, designed by Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn Architects, has become the latest COLORBOND® steel Award winner at the prestigious 2004 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards. Read more on the design:

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=45face

Horses are following the country's top athletes on the road to recovery from injury thanks to the development of the world's first horse hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Designed by Melbourne based company, Fink Engineering, the first equine chamber was installed at Flemington in May 2004. Coffs Harbour-based engineers W.E. Smith Hudson were enlisted to build the chamber using various grades of XLERPLATE® steel from BlueScope Steel:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=45horse

Construction of a A$100 million new automotive manufacturing plant in South Australia is speeding ahead, with the help of local structural steel firm, MWS Engineering, and BlueScope Lysaght. The 15,000 square metre factory is being constructed by South Australian construction company, Built Environs. Read on about the use of LYSAGHT® Zed and Cee purlins in the plant construction:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=45hirotec

The residential steel framing market represents a largely untapped opportunity for Australia's building industry, where sometimes negative and often incorrect perceptions are holding back a potentially lucrative market. Builders who have switched to steel framing find that many of their previous perceptions regarding working with the product don't match the reality. Read more:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=45framing

Look to the skyline of most major cities in the world and there is every chance you will notice an Australian made Favelle Favco crane working on top of a construction site. For over 30 years, Favelle Favco has been at the leading edge of high-rise construction with cranes ranging from 60 metric tonnes up to 1,800 metric tonnes. Read how XLERPLATE® more than meets their requirements:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=45favelle

As a sole trader, Windsor based builder Brad Paxton doesn't have a lot of time on his hands. So when it came time to renovate his own home, he turned to BlueScope Lysaght for fast, reliable and easy to install flooring. Read why Brad Paxton used LYSAGHT QUIKA-FLOOR® and LYSAGHT UNI-PIER® in his home:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=45quick

BlueScope Steel has established an outstanding reputation as Australia's leading manufacturer of the finest quality flat steel products. Through our distributor, rollformer and manufacturing partners, the BlueScope Steel® brand has developed a unique position as a mark of trust and quality unequalled in the steel marketplace.

And now, we're encouraging you to display that brand with a marketing incentive that grants you the opportunity to leverage the BlueScope Steel® brand in advertising and promotions and enjoy the benefits of a partnership with Australia's leading steel company. 'Steel By' is the name we've given to the brand partnership program for customers of BlueScope Steel products. To learn more about the benefits and who can participate:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=45steelby

• The feet have a quarter of the body's bones (There are 52 bones in a pair of feet).
• The average person will walk around 128,000 kilometres in a lifetime - that's more than three times around the earth.
• When sneezing, your whole body stops - even your heart.
• A tastebud has a life span of 10 days.
• It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager

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