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. New Age for Steel Building Frames
7. Metallic Coated Steel Strip
8. Did you know...?

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:

http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15landmarklibrary

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

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

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

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

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

BHP Steel's numerous grades of metallic coated steel form the basis of many manufactured products. From traditional pure-zinc coatings, to the advanced ZINCALUME® alloy coating and the specialty zinc/iron coatings, there is a product to suit any manufacturing situation. Browse the various structural and formable metallic coated steel grades here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=15metalliccoatedstrip

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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