1. Big Wheels Turning Soon
2. Shipping Steel
3. Boat Lift Boosts Cairns' Business
4. Fast Facts

Melbourne's latest tourist attraction is beginning to take shape at Waterfront City in the redeveloped docklands area. The Southern Star Observation Wheel is set to be the centerpiece of Waterfront City, which will also house three levels of retail, commercial, office and function spaces. Commissioned by ING Real Estate Developments and designed by Japanese company Sanoyas Hishino Meisho, the Southern Star Observation Wheel is a showcase for Grade 350 XLERPLATE® steel. [Read More]

The simplicity of shipping containers had always appealed to Trevor Reitsma. The building designer had experimented with concepts that drew on their minimalist lines, so when the opportunity arose to design a multi purpose structure at the back of a residential block in Caloundra in Queensland, he decided to bring his ideas to life with the help of COLORBOND® steel. [Read more]

The latest addition to a Far North Queensland ship building company is a 400 tonne, three storey high mobile boat lift which will benefit at least three local businesses. More than 200 tonnes of Grade 250 XLERPLATE® steel will go into the construction of the 27 metre long, 16 metre wide, 12 metre high lift, which resembles a huge version of the straddle cranes used to move shipping containers around docks. [Read more]

• In 1831 the "new" London Bridge was constructed in London, United Kingdom. By 1962, the bridge was not structurally sound enough to support the increased load created by the level of modern traffic crossing it.
• In 1968 it was sold by the City of London to US entrepreneur Robert McCulloch for US$2,460,000 and is currently located in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA.
• It took three years to move and re-build the bridge and it was officially opened on October 10, 1971. The structure was dismantled brick by brick, with each section marked and numbered, in much the same way the bridge was originally built. Numbered stones can still be seen at London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Thanks for reading,

Simon Grimes
Manager, Steel Direct

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