1. Formula SAE: The Steel City Racer
2. Smartsteel a Clever New Building System
3. Steel Oasis Flourishes in the Hills
4. French Elegance Triumphs in South Australia
5. A Steel Success over the Caboolture River
6. BHP Steel Hot Rolled Strip
7. BHP Steel Email Addresses are on the Move
8. Did you know...?

Light weight, strength and agility are the essential attributes of any competitive racing car, and these qualities are also paramount in Formula SAE. The Steel City Racer - designed, engineered and manufactured by the University of Wollongong Racing Team (UOW Racing) - achieves these global prerequisites by combining a number of unique design features with selection of the right material for each specific application.

http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=14steelcityracer

Sydney builder Selwyn Reed has ended his 25-year search for the ultimate home building system. Reed has developed the builder-friendly Smartsteel building frame system, made from ZINCALUME® zinc/aluminium alloy-coated steel, to conquer the difficulties faced by the residential home building industry. Reed's Smartsteel building frame system includes features that achieve his goal of making the steel system more acceptable and appealing to builders and particularly to project home builders. Read more here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=14smartsteelframes

The difficulties of a severely sloping hill site have been overcome by T & R Homes' Simon Joiner by developing an innovative steel base that required minimal site works and offered maximum strength. The family home is built in rough hilly terrain, with one side four metres from the ground and the other only 40 centimetres. To overcome this problem, Mr Joiner erected a concrete combo system which used concrete footings and GALVABOND® steel to create a solid and stable flooring system.
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=14steeloasis

The Burgundy - a grand French-style home designed and constructed by Marshall Thompson Homes - has been named South Australia's Home of the Year for its spacious design and innovative construction techniques. Utilising a steel frame made from ZINCALUME® steel, the construction successfully negated the sloping site using a steel flooring system. "Marshall Thompson Homes has created a split-level display home at the prestigious Blackwood Park Estate which offers nothing less than five-star quality," the judges said. Read more here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=14frenchelegance

Durable structural steel provided the answer for Caboolture Shire Council in the design of a new pedestrian/bikeway bridge over the Caboolture River. Providing a vital link between Bellmere on the south side of the river, and Riverview Street on the north, the bridge demonstrates the essential advantages of structural steel. Read more here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=14caboolturebridge

Hot rolled strip forms a cornerstone of the Australian manufacturing industry and has been used in a wide range of engineering constructions. Manufactured on one of our two Hot Strip Mills, it is available in a range of analysis, structural and formable grades. Follow this link for grade datasheets, technical information on processing and contact details of your nearest fabricator or supplier:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=14hotrolledstrip

The Public Listing of BHP Steel is fast approaching, and with it, comes a change to our email addresses. The new format for most email addresses will be "firstname.surname@bhpsteel.com". If you do have old email addresses in your email address books, now would be a great time to update them. If in doubt, please email your BHP Steel contact at their old address before the end of June to confirm their new email address, or email us at our new address: bhpsteeldirect@bhpsteel.com.

Five completely trivial but fun facts to boggle your mind. The theme for this edition of 'S.O.S' is snow. Did you know:

• It takes about nine minutes for a snowflake to fall to Earth from a height of 328 metres.
• The greatest snowfall in the world belongs to Mount Rainer in Washington, for the 1971-1972 season. During that time it accumulated over 31 metres of snow.
• The largest snowflake ever observed was 38 cm wide. That was recorded in Montana, USA, on 28/1/1887.
• Fresh snow is an excellent insulator - 25 cm of fresh snow provides insulation approximately equal to a 15 cm layer of fiberglass insulation.
• It takes more energy to eat snow than it is worth - you use more energy eating it than you gain by hydrating (adding fluid to) your body

Thanks for reading,

Adam Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager

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