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NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS
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1.
Civic Design Creates Landmark Building
2. Steel Footbridges
Span Perth Lifestyle
3. BONDEK® Helps
Build a College in Record Time
4. Lightweight Steel
Qantas Hangar Lands in Canberra
5. Keeping Stock
High and Dry
6. Wall Claddings
from BHP Steel
7. 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. Steel Footbridges Span Perth Lifestyle |
The
addition of three footbridges over the Mitchell Freeway
between Loftus and MacDonald Streets in Perth has
changed the landscape of the locality forever. It
has improved the lifestyle of the local community
and provided a new visual experience for the commuters
on the high speed train and the freeway. Read more
here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15perthfootbridges
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3. 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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4. 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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5. Keeping Stock High and Dry |
V&V
Walsh at Bunbury has installed a suspended LYSAGHT
INTERLOK® II steel flooring system in its new facility
to replace the timber flooring in its previous lairage,
the pens holding animals awaiting processing. The
need for hygienic pens that were easy to clean was
the motivation behind using the steel flooring system
built inside a shed made from COLORBOND® prepainted
steel. Find out more here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15livestockflooring
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6. 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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7. 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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