1. New Look For Rural Health Facility
2. Desalination Plant Relies On PERMALITE® Cladding
3. Facades Make A Splash In Victoria
4. Enhance Your Home's Exterior With COLORBOND® steel
5. Steel Inspires Innovation
6. Fast Facts

When roofer Craig Fraser first saw the plans for the roof of the redeveloped Rural Northwest Health facility in regional Victoria, he could feel a headache coming on. The dramatic design called for the use of tapered roof cladding sheets to achieve its impact and that added an extra level of complication for the roof fixer. [Read More]

BlueScope Lysaght's Design and Construction business has played a key role in the construction of the first large scale water desalination plant on Australia's eastern seaboard. The Tugun facility buildings have been clad in more than 35,000 square metres of PERMALITE® wall and roof sheeting in V-RIB® and LT7™ profiles. [Read more]

BlueScope Lysaght's Facades business has successfully completed its first Victorian project with an eye catching installation for the Bellarine Leisure Centre at Ocean Grove, south of Geelong. The system used on the Bellarine Leisure Centre project incorporated AZURE™ facade profiles in a double skin system with ventilation and drainage between the skins. [Read more]

Years of wear and tear on the exterior of a home can have it looking tired and dull. COLORBOND® steel can be used across all exterior applications including roofs, fences, walls and guttering to brighten up a home's appearance. [Read more]

Judges of the HIA-COLORBOND® steel Australian Most Innovative Use of Steel award 2008 said "steel was the only material that could have met the winning project's objectives of being open plan with uninterrupted views from all angles". Tasmanian company Cordwell Lane Pty Ltd with Elvio Brianese Design Inc created a building that emulates the look of 'cupped hands'. Steel made it possible to achieve the necessary span and to create the twisted shapes which reflect the design concept. [Read more]

• Sydney Opera House sits on Bennelong Point. The Point was first developed as a fort, named after Governor Macquarie. It was later used as a tram shed.
• 233 designs were submitted for the Opera House design competition held in 1956. In January 1957, Jørn Utzon was announced the winner.
• The original estimate to build Sydney Opera House was A$7 million. The final cost of Sydney Opera House was A$102 million.
• It was originally estimated that building Sydney Opera House would take four years. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20th October, 1973.
• The topaz coloured glass used in the building was made to order in France in a shade unique to Sydney Opera House.
• There are 1,056,006 roof tiles covering an area of approximately 1.62 hectares that sit over the structure.

Thanks for reading,

Simon Grimes
Manager, Steel Direct

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