1. At Home Among the Gum Trees
2. LYSAGHT ROOFTRAK® Provides Safe Roof Access
3. Updated LYSAGHT FLATDEK™ Brochure to Download
4. Purlins Aid BHP Steel Lysaght Expansion
5. Apprentice Prize Up for Grabs
6. Steel Offers Strength, Style and Security
7. Sydney Builder Scores Impressive Indy Win
8. Steel Truss Creates More Attic Space
9. Did You Know...?

A large prestige home under construction in Melbourne has opened a window for its occupants on the natural beauty of adjacent Heritage listed bushland populated by koalas and kangaroos. The open plan design was optimised by using purlins made from GALVASPAN® steel for structural framing under the floor and in the roof. The purlins increase the structural strength of the home and reduce the number of walls required, to maximise the living area. Read more here:

http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19gumtrees

LYSAGHT ROOFTRAK® is a safe, stable, slip resistant walkway system for incidental access to roof-mounted equipment and services. Laid on top of the existing roof cladding, the system offers flexibility in layout. The brackets used to fix the walkway feature numerous mounting holes, while there are a number of accessories to assist in finishing the job. Find out more about this product here:

http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19rooftrak

LYSAGHT FLATDEK™ is one of a number of products designed for the home improvement market. The claddings features long spanning ability, and an attractive appearance, both from inside and out. We have just released an updated brochure on this product so there is no better time than now to start planning that home improvement project. Download the new brochure here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19flatdek

Building products rollformer BHP Steel Lysaght is using a move into new Victorian production facilities to showcase the performance of purlins made from GALVASPAN® steel. Cold formed, galvanised purlins made from GALVASPAN® steel have minimum yield strengths 60 percent greater than hot rolled steel purlins. This allows lighter sections to be used and fixing times to be minimised by using self drilling, self tapping screws. Find out more here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19purlinsaid

The COLORBOND® steel Building Apprentice of the Year award is open to all building apprentices who have worked with or studied light steel framing, steel cladding, roofing or guttering anywhere in Australia during the 2002/2003 financial year. Contestants will be judged on personality and potential in their chosen field, taking into account achievement in studies and on the job accomplishments. For details on how to enter the COLORBOND® steel Building Apprentice of the Year promotion:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19apprentice

Regal Homes principal Boris Stoka has completed his latest display home with a roof made from COLORBOND® steel in the colour Slate Grey to highlight the practical benefits of steel in preference to other types of roofing. The Manor display home on the corner of Sutton Road and the Federal Highway in NSW is a substantial family home designed specifically for large blocks of land. It is a flagship for the company's Country Series homes. For more information:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19steelstrength

A Sydney builder has won a AU$12,000 trip for three to the 2002 Honda Indy 300 on the Gold Coast in the "Make your Mark with GALVASPAN® steel " promotion. BHP Steel, which makes the GALVASPAN® steel used for construction of quality purlins and girts, implemented the survey as part of its ongoing quality improvement program. Building company owners, fabricators and engineers throughout Australia provided valuable feedback which will help lift standards in the construction industry. To read more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19indywin

A novel steel roof truss system developed to create usable space inside a roof cavity has allowed a Sydney architectural company to create a large rumpus room at minimal cost. Rob Hale of the YBC Group is using steel building frame technology to convert a conventional fibro home into a spacious two storey dwelling in the style of mid-western American architecture. Speed of erection, design flexibility and the structural integrity of the framing system made from ZINCALUME® steel, were major factors in YBC's decision. Find out more here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19moreatticspace

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

• A single chocolate chip provides sufficient food energy for an adult to walk about 50 metres, hence, it would take about 875,000 chocolate chips fo fuel an around-the-world hike.
• Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Psycho" which actually took 7 days to shoot.
• Chocolate has over 500 flavor components, more than twice the amount found in strawberry and vanilla.
• Chocolate can be lethal to dogs because it contains Theobromine, an ingredient that stimulates the cardiac muscle and the central nervous system.
• The Swiss consume more chocolate per capita than any other country in the world - more than 10kg per person per year on average.

Thanks for reading,

Adam Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager

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