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NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS
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1.
Idyllic Scotland Island Roost
2. New
Arts College Campus Inspires with Steel
3. Glossary
of Building Terms
4. Technical
Bulletins now Online
5. Stylish
Home Fits a Lot on a Compact Block
6. LYSAGHT
BONDEK® Users Guide Revamp
7. Bushfire
Victims Rebuild with Steel
8. Did
You Know...?
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1. Idyllic
Scotland Island Roost |
Where better to escape to paradise, than unspoilt
Scotland Island, in Sydney’s Pittwater. This dream
encouraged well known actor, John Jarratt, to
find a dilapidated old fisherman’s cottage on
the island. The fisherman’s cottage soon proved
less than a dream, as its cramped spaces left
no space for entertaining, the roof leaked, and
it was literally falling down around John Jarratt’s
ears. Read more here:
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http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=20scotisle
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2. New
Arts College Campus Inspires with Steel |
Griffith
University has carved out a high profile for its
new Queensland College of Art campus in the heart
of Brisbane after a relocation from the suburbs.
The new AU$33 million campus incorporates spaces
for seven departments and a range of shared facilities
including a library/learning centre, gallery,
auditorium, general teaching spaces, faculty offices,
computer laboratories, studio and workshop spaces.
Find out more about this project here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=20artscampus
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3. Glossary
of Building Terms |
To
the layperson, the language and terms used in
the building industry can seem quite daunting.
Fortunately, help is at hand, with our new Glossary
of Building Terms. With a particular focus on
roofing and guttering terms, it covers some of
the naming peculiarities between the different
states of Australia, as well as insulation, material
types and roof styles. See the Glossary page here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=20glossary
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4. Technical
Bulletins now Online |
BHP
Steel's comprehensive series of Technical Bulletins
can now be found online. With topics ranging from
material selection to reflectivity, it is one
of our most popular resources. The Bulletins themselves
are preceded by a comprehensive index to help
you quickly find the particular area you are looking
for, and are viewed in the convenient Acrobat
format. View the Technical Bulletin series here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=20techbulletins
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5. Stylish Home Fits a Lot on a Compact Block |
A
new upmarket home from one of Melbourne's leading
builders cleverly fits the features of a spacious
family home into even the narrow blocks of the
city's inner eastern suburbs. The Canterbury by
Metricon Homes is intended to fit right into its
namesake suburb and similarly long settled areas,
but can also transpose the style of these highly
sought after suburbs into new estates if desired.
For more information:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=20stylishhome
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6. LYSAGHT BONDEK® Users Guide Revamp |
LYSAGHT
BONDEK® profiled steel decking has widely been
accepted by the building construction industry
to be efficient versatile and robust formwork
and reinforcement system. It has been used to
great effect on many projects. The Users Guide
is the ideal onsite reference to using this product.
It can even be used as a design guide for simple
slabs. Download the revamped Users Guide at the
bottom of this page:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=20bondekguide
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7. Bushfire Victims Rebuild with Steel |
Less
than 12 months after bushfires swept through a
southern Sydney recreation and conference centre
destroying buildings worth AU$5 million, three
new homes built from fire resistant building materials
are nearing completion on the site. The Tops Conference
Centre at Stanwell Tops was the scene on Christmas
Day 2001 of bushfires which also destroyed more
than 60 percent of the adjoining Royal National
Park. For more about the rebuilding process:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=20bushfirerebuild
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8. Did You Know... |
Five
completely trivial but fun facts to boggle your
mind. The theme for this edition of 'S.O.S' is
tennis. Did you know:
- The
very first Wimbledon Championship was in 1877
when it was watched by some 200 spectators.
In 1999 it was broadcast to 174 countries, with
an estimated global audience of 1 billion people.
- Tennis
was first played in France before the 12th century,
using bare hand to hit the ball. Players then
progressed to using gloves, then short bats
and now rackets.
- Before
it became known as tennis, the sport was called
'Sphairistike'
- Slazenger
has provided every tennis ball for the Wimbledon
Championship since 1902.
- The
youngest ever US Open men's champion is Pete
Sampras, who was 19 years and 28 days old when
he won the title for the first time in 1990.
Thanks
for reading,
Adam
Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager
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