1. Bush Retreat Overcomes Many Challenges
2. New COLORBOND® steel Television Commercials
3. Steel Top For Triple Bottom
4. Fast Facts

Designing a bush retreat for an isolated site on the New South Wales Far South Coast created challenges at every turn for architect Michael Marshman. Here was the familiar restriction of budget limitations, then the twin hazards of bushfires and termites and finally the logistical nightmares of tracks not designed for heavy loads of building materials. [Read More]

COLORBOND® steel has been inspiring Australian building and design, from family homes to grand public buildings, for over 40 years. Beautiful, durable and versatile, it is a material that allows you the design flexibility to build the home you want, where you want. View our latest television advertisements. [View here]

Improving the bottom line is a major goal for any home owner and when you have a triple bottom line, even greater care is required before making a decision to purchase property. Thanks to the Smart & Sustainable Homes program set up by Queensland Government, home buyers across the state are learning more about their properties' 'triple bottom line', through its environmental, social and economic performance. [Read more]

Beware the Ides of March ...

• In the Roman calendar, the term ides (middle day of the month) was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other 8 months.
• The term Ides of March (Latin Idus Martiae) is well known as the date that Julius Caesar was assassinated, in 44 BC.
• The term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom.

Thanks for reading,

Simon Grimes
Manager, Steel Direct

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