BlueScope Steel - Spotlight on Steel Newsletter
Issue 52: September 2005 Archives Subscribe www.bluescopesteel.com.au

Welcome to "Spotlight on Steel" - a monthly electronic newsletter, delivering the latest steel initiatives, product news, information and promotions at BlueScope Steel, to members of the BlueScope Steel Website.

NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Affordable Efficiency
2. TAFE Job Was A Learning Experience
3. Span The Globe With GALVASPAN® steel
4.
Big Job, Local Expertise
5. COLORBOND® steel Inspired Living
6. LYSAGHT BONDEK® Takes The Heat
7. Fast Facts

This Month's Feature Article
1. Affordable Efficiency

An Illawarra home builder is bringing affordable Greensmart housing to southern New South Wales, with COLORBOND® steel playing a significant role. Barrington Homes, based in Wollongong, has designed the Earth Series of homes to fully embrace environmental sustainability through good design and appropriate use of materials. Read why COLORBOND® steel is the right choice:

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=52affordable


2. TAFE Job Was A Learning Experience

When Jeff Horgan, Managing Director of regional Victorian company, Interline Roofing Ballarat Pty Ltd, saw the plans for the Swan Hill campus of the Sunraysia TAFE college, he had more than a professional interest in the project. See how LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® and LYSAGHT SPANDEK® are features of the design:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=52TAFE


3. Span The Globe With GALVASPAN® steel

BlueScope Steel, the manufacturer of GALVASPAN® steel, has launched a loyalty reward competition, 'Span The Globe with GALVASPAN® steel', to Australia's architects, designers, engineers and project managers. The competition offers any building or design professionals who have specified or used GALVASPAN® steel in the last 12 months the chance to win an architectural holiday valued at up to A$15,000. Find out how you can win:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=52galvaspan


4. Big Job, Local Expertise

Construction is well underway at the new A$100 million Woolworths Distribution Centre near Wyong on the Central Coast, thanks to Litchfield Roofing, Gonzalez Fabrications, and BlueScope Lysaght. It will cover almost 13 football fields on the 23 hectare site at Warnervale, and will be Woolworths' biggest regional distribution centre in New South Wales, servicing stores from the northern suburbs of Sydney up to Coffs Harbour. Read on:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=52expertise


5. COLORBOND® steel Inspired Living

With twenty designer colours to choose from, as well as the combination of strength and durability, roofing and walling made from COLORBOND® steel presents one of the most versatile building materials available. As such it is now being showcased in many of South Australia's major home builder's designs. Read how COLORBOND® steel can inspire you:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=52inspired


6. LYSAGHT BONDEKŪ Takes The Heat

Unique and advanced fire testing has proven that LYSAGHT BONDEK® has superior composite performance during fire. The testing, conducted by the Centre for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering at the Victoria University, Australia, was the first of its type anywhere in the world. Read more on how LYSAGHT BONDEK® withstood testing:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=52bondek


7. Fast Facts...
  • The Great Barrier Reef is more than 2,300 kilometres in length
  • Over 3,400 separate reefs make up the Great Barrier Reef
  • There are over 2,800 species of fish that inhabit the Great Barrier Reef
  • Over 400 types of coral exist in the Great Barrier Reef
  • The only living thing on earth that can be seen from outer space is the Great Barrier Reef

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager


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