BlueScope Steel - Spotlight on Steel Newsletter
Issue 49: July 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. Building Better Homes
2. Safety First Gets High Marks For Grandstand Roof
3.
Smart Living
4. Steel Offers Smart Solution For Northern Territory Housing
5. Fulfilling Potential
6. BlueScope Steel's Reputation - Register For Your Free Tape Measure
7. Fast Facts

This Month's Feature Article
1. Building Better Homes

The impressive look and flexible design of roofing made from COLORBOND® steel has contributed to a third national award win for Canberra based building company, Better Building Services. It is the third National Master Builders Association win in four years for the family owned company which was established in 1994. Read about how COLORBOND® steel was incorporated into the award winning design:

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=50better


2. Safety First Gets High Marks For Grandstand Roof

Spectators looking on from the A$28 million grandstand development at Geelong's Skilled Stadium are benefiting from a building technique which has helped speed construction of a growing number of sports facilities around Australia. The new Skilled Stadium grandstand roof design called for an on-ground cladding method and the use of LYSAGHT KLIP-LOK 700 HI-STRENGTH®. Read how BlueScope Lysaght products made the project easier:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=50safety


3. Smart Living

When it comes to sustainable development, steel has become the smart choice. One of the key components of smart living, and now an everyday consideration in the property community, is the focus on genuine and measurable sustainable development, a trend already being welcomed by developers and homebuyers alike. Read how roofing made from COLORBOND® steel can help your home be more sustainable:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=50smart


4. Steel Offers Smart Solution For Northern Territory Housing

An indigenous community project in the Northern Territory is among the first in the Top End to use LYSAGHT SMARTRUSS®, which has been specifically engineered for the region's cyclonic conditions. Located in Bagot, a small community located in Darwin on Aboriginal land, the project involved the construction of three new houses, two new duplexes two extensions and a renovation. Find out why LYSAGHT SMARTRUSS® was the right solution:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=50housing


5. Fulfilling Potential

Australia has some of the most skilled tradespeople in the world, a reputation enhanced in the building industry by the growing focus on Continuing Professional Development and the desire to keep improving. The current national skills shortage has received much media attention and a range of initiatives are already underway to overcome it. BlueScope Steel is sponsoring prevocational steel roof installation courses at a number of locations across Australia, as well as helping to find apprenticeship placements for graduating students. Read more:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=50potential


6. BlueScope Steel's Reputation - Register For Your Free Tape Measure

Register now for BlueScope Steel's reputation study, and we will send you a BlueScope Steel branded tape measure when you complete our survey. The survey will be interesting for you to do, and will ask questions about the products and services, financial performance, community responsibility and other various aspects of BlueScope Steel.

To register, simply click on the link below, or copy and paste the link directly into your browser.
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=50survey


7. Fast Facts...
  • Butterflies use their feet to taste
  • The only mammal that does not have the ability to jump is the elephant
  • The brain of an ostrich is smaller than its eye
  • The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body
  • If a crocodile loses teeth, it will grow new teeth to replace them

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager


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