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NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS
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1.
Civic Design Creates Landmark Building
2. COLORBOND® Metallic
Steel Creative Design Program
3. Fencing the Illawarra
in Steel
4. BONDEK® Helps
Build a College in Record Time
5. Lightweight Steel
Qantas Hangar Lands in Canberra
6. New Age for
Steel Building Frames
7. Wall Claddings
from BHP Steel
8. Did you know...?
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1. Civic Design Creates Landmark Building |
A new landmark library in Melbourne's City Of Whittlesea
will serve more than 60,000 residents in the growing
suburbs of Melbourne's north. The brief for the design
of the Mill Park Library was for a civic style building
that appealed to a wide cross section of the community,
according to the City of Whittlesea Mayor, Cr Frank
Merlino. Read more here:
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http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15landmarklibrary
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2. COLORBOND® Metallic Steel Creative Design Program |
BHP
Steel invites you to enter the COLORBOND® Metallic
steel Creative Design Program. This is a quest for
creative and distinctive use of COLORBOND® Metallic
steel in any construction or building design in Australia.
First prize is six nights at the most distinctive
and opulent hotel in the world, the Burj Al Arab Hotel
in Dubai, valued at $30,000AUD. Full entry details
can be found here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15creativedesigncomp
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3. Fencing the Illawarra in Steel |
Illawarra
fencing installer Ernest Pascale of Corrimal Fencing
has won a AU$5,000 cash prize in BHP Steel Lysaght’s
‘Yes Fence Me In’ competition to promote the benefits
of LYSAGHT® steel fencing. The competition had a total
prize pool of AU$25,000 and attracted thousands of
entries from fencing contractors throughout NSW. Read
more about the range of fences from BHP Steel Lysaght
here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15illawarrafencing
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4. BONDEK® Helps Build a College in Record Time |
The
use of structural steel formwork has helped build
a new AU$7 million Queensland college campus in record
time. Varsity College is adjacent to the Bond University
in Varsity Lakes - a $1 billion fully integrated urban
community delivering a live, learn, work and play
environment near Coolangatta Airport at Robina. Read
more here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15bondekrecord
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5. Lightweight Steel Qantas Hangar Lands in Canberra |
The
most significant aircraft hangar to be built in Australia
for more than 15 years uses advanced steel building
technology and engineering to provide unobstructed
column-free parking space for a Boeing 767 or two
Boeing 737s. The building was designed using an innovative
lightweight roof system developed by Bigspace Technologies,
assembled on the ground and lifted into place by crane.
For more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15qantashangar
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6. New Age for Steel Building Frames |
The
launch of a new steel building frame manufacturer
in NSW signals a boost for the residential building
sector and more choice for new home buyers and builders.
Webhall Building Systems is now manufacturing steel
house framing for the NSW building market from its
factory at Smithfield in Sydney’s outer western suburbs.
Read more about the use of ZINCALUME® steel in
this new framing system here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15newframesystem
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7. Wall Claddings from BHP Steel |
COLORBOND®
and ZINCALUME® steel can not only be used for roofing
but for wall cladding as well. BHP Steel manufactures
a wide variety of wall claddings for use in both residential
and commercial applications. With the strength, durability
and warranted protection provided by BHP Steel, they
could prove the perfect effect for your project. Read
about the various styles available here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15steelwalling
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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 spiders.
Did you know:
- Most
spiders have eight eyes. These are arranged on top
and near the front of the head, usually in two rows
of four each.
- Tarantula,
or bird-eating spiders, are the largest spiders
in the world. They can grow to be as large as a
plate and despite their name, rarely catch birds.
- The
golden orb-weaver spiders of Papua New Guinea spin
the biggest, strongest webs. With supporting threads
reaching up to 6 meters, their webs can reach 1.5
meters across.
- There
is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green
areas. Essential to the balance of nature, spiders
annually consume a hundred times their number in
insects.
- Scientists
at NASA tested the effects of certain drugs on a
spider's ability to spin webs. Spiders on caffeine
only spun some random threads, while those on sleeping
pills never started to make a web.
Thanks
for reading,
Adam
Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager
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