BlueScope Steel - Spotlight on Steel Newsletter
Issue 44: January 2005 Archives Subscribe www.bluescopesteel.com.au

Welcome to "Spotlight on Steel" - a monthly electronic newsletter, delivering the latest steel initiatives, product news, information and promotions at BlueScope Steel, to members of the BlueScope Steel Website.

NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Steel Building Solutions For Your Home
2. A New Horizon For Steel Roofing
3. International Grade Comparison Tool

4. A Stronger Future With ZINCALUME® Steel
5. COLORBOND® Steel Provides Shelter To Children In Need
6. Win 5 Days for 2 In Japan With ZINCALUME® Steel
7. Fast Facts

This Month's Feature Article
1. Steel Building Solutions For Your Home

Plunkett Homes, Western Australia's oldest building company, and a name that can be trusted, is known for their innovative designs, quality workmanship and commitment to using only the best building materials. Using only roof framing made from ZINCALUME® steel, they are committed to delivering the benefits of steel to homeowners. Read why Plunkett Homes use ZINCALUME® steel:

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=44solutions


2. A New Horizon For Steel Roofing

A new A$30 million development in Melbourne's west has recently reached a successful completion, with help from leading Melbourne builders, L.U. Simon, and BlueScope Lysaght. The project, called the Horizon Apartments, is an exclusive complex consisting of 47 apartments and 49 townhouses, all overlooking the Maribyrnong River, with panoramic views of the city skyline. Read more about the use of BlueScope Lysaght products in this project:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=44horizon


3. International Grade Comparison Tool

BlueScope Steel often receives enquiries from our customers wanting to compare international plate steel grades to XLERPLATE® grades. There is now a user-friendly online tool to help you find the information you need. To use the 'International Grade Comparison Tool', simply type in your project information, select the location of the grade origin, the specification and grade/s to be compared. The 'International Grade Comparison Tool' will then provide you with comparable BlueScope Steel grades. To log in and use this tool:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=44grade


4. A Stronger Future With ZINCALUME® Steel

With an increased warranty and improved weathering characteristics, the future is assured when building with ZINCALUME® steel. As part of BlueScope Steel's commitment to continually improving its products, the company has developed a new and improved ZINCALUME® steel which boasts impressive new features designed to enhance the aesthetic performance of the product. Read more about ZINCALUME®'s new features:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=44stronger


5. COLORBOND® Steel Provides Shelter For Children In Need

The Courier-Mail Children's Fund has raised over A$400,000 through the sale of its luxury design four bedroom home, which was auctioned on Saturday, 22 November 2004. The Housing Industry of Australia (HIA) award winning Orbit 'Brighton' home was built on the Stockland southern development, Jacobs Ridge, Ormeau, using high quality materials such as COLORBOND® steel for Roofing in the colour, Woodland Grey®. Read more:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=44shelter


6. Win 5 Days For 2 In Japan With ZINCALUME® Steel
       Hurry! Entries Close Soon

If you're an architect, designer, builder or roofer who has specified or used ZINCALUME® steel during the past 12 months, this is your chance to win an unforgettable return trip to Japan. Includes 4 nights in Tokyo plus an overnight stay at the Benesse Art Site, designed by world-renowned architect Tadao Ando. Simply tell us: What is the new maximum roofing warranty for ZINCALUME® steel? Entries close 28/02/2005. Click below to enter and for full terms and conditions:

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=44japan

Permit Nos: NSW TPL04/9829; VIC 04/2757; ACT TP04/3846; NT 04/10838; SA T04/3759


7. Fast Facts...
  • Australia is the only nation to occupy an entire continent.
  • Australia is the flattest and (after Antarctica) driest of continents.
  • Australia has an area of 7 682 300 square kilometres.
  • Australia has a coastline of 36 735 kilometres.
  • Uluru covers an area of 3.3 square kilometres.
  • Australia Day, 26 January, marks the date in 1788 when Captain Arthur Phillip, sailed into Port Jackson (Sydney Cove). Phillip formally took possession of the eastern part of the continent for England and established a settlement, now Australia's largest city, Sydney.

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager


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