1. At Home Among the Gum Trees
2. Purlins Aid BHP Steel Lysaght Expansion
3. Fencing Warranty Provides Peace of Mind
4. Stately Heritage House Sees the Light
5. Steel Offers Strength, Style and Security
6. Trendy Warehouse Living on the Gold Coast
7. Looking for an Old Steel in Focus Article?
8. Supplier Locator for Those Holiday Jobs
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

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 new LYSAGHT® Complete Fence Warranty is designed to offer home owners unprecedented peace of mind when choosing a stylish new steel boundary fence. The warranty complements all existing warranties which apply to COLORBOND® prepainted steel used in all of its fencing systems to provide the greatest warranty protection ever offered to Australian consumers. Where the new warranty comes into its own is in warranting the entire fence system, not just the fencing sheets, in order to give customers complete peace of mind. Read more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19peaceofmind

Woollahra Municipal Council has used ecologically sustainable design principles to create naturally lit semi underground office space beneath a building of great heritage significance. The new AU$10 million, 2000 square metre facility is below the historic Redleaf House at Double Bay, Sydney. The Council chose the winning architectural plan following an expression of interest that attracted entries from 67 architectural firms, of which seven were selected to enter a competition. For more details:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19heritage

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

Delfin Warehouses at Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast have taken the trend of converting old warehouses into contemporary residences one step further by building completely new warehouse style accommodation from the ground up. Each warehouse combines the character of historic warehouses with the benefits of a new home on a separate block and title. Delfin Lend Lease has sold more than 20 warehouses in less than six months - double the number of sales originally predicted. For more information:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19trendywarehouse

It can be a frustrating experience trying to locate an article when you can't remember which issue of a periodical it appeared in. BHP Steel therefore brings you the Steel in Focus Archive - putting all the articles from all the issues at your fingertips. If you are involved in heavy engineering, manufacturing and infrastructure, the archive is an essential reference. Browse the articles here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19focusarchive

Thinking of some renovations over the holiday period, or perhaps there's a few maintenance takes that are long overdue? BHP Steel can point you in the direction of your nearest supplier of many home building and renovation products. Whether it's fencing, roofing, gutters or a simple garden shed, our locator tool can track down your nearest supplier. Try our supplier locator here here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19holidayjobs

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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