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Building big with steel (23-Jul-2008)
Several owner/builders in Western Australia are turning to steel framing to help them build larger and elaborately designed homes in less time. One owner/builder couple, Janet and Phil Groenewold from Baldivis, South of Perth, are in the process of constructing a huge, 1,069m² house.
Bluescope Steel unveils Western Sydney service centre (1-Jul-2008)
BlueScope Steel has unveiled its new Western Sydney Colorbond steel service centre at Erskine Park, New South Wales, that reaches new heights in commercial and industrial building.
Industrial estate starts with steel (5-Jun-2008)
One of the first projects on Paramount Industrial Estate in Victoria has been completed using an unusual combination of Colorbond steel that is sure to set the precedent for buildings to follow.
Building for bushfire protection with Bluescope Steel (22-May-2008)
Colorbond steel products fare very well in conditions typically encountered during bushfires: embers, radiant heat and direct flame.
Steel top for triple bottom (21-May-2008)
Dean Chandler, Market Development Manager at BlueScope Steel, believes that Smart and Sustainable Homes programme will help convert the desire for sustainable homes into action.
Shipping steel (20-May-2008)
Trevor Reitsma, the building designer had experimented with concepts that drew on their minimalist lines.
Harvesting the clouds - Colorbond steel (19-May-2008)
Colorbond steel, available from BlueScope Steel, is recommended as an ideal cladding for roofing.
Hollywood Close in South Australia starts building with steel (16-May-2008)
Termite-resistant steel frames have begun appearing in Salisbury’s Hollywood Close, South Australia, marking the start of Hamra Homes’ new 16 townhouse development.
Colorbond steel helps Kimberley children record their hopes for the future (15-May-2008)
The importance of protecting the ideal environment of the Kimberley region in North West Australia has been highlighted through a children’s photography competition sponsored by Colorbond steel.
Steeling a weekend away - Colorbond steel (13-May-2008)
Marc Dixon chose cladding made of Colorbond steel, available from BlueScope Steel, for the entire external surface area.
Big River launches Armourdeck made from DECKFORM steel (12-May-2008)
Big River Timbers, an Australian manufacturer and supplier of formwork products to the construction industry, has unveiled Armourdeck, made from Deckform steel.
Newcastle’s latest steel frame company (11-May-2008)
Frames made from TrueCore steel are 100% termite proof, easy to work with and highly durable.
Steel helps builders on Queensland’s sloping sites (9-May-2008)
Due to an increasing shortage of flat land, builders and developers in south east Queensland are using steel to encourage construction on sloping sites that were previously overlooked and considered too expensive to build on.
BlueScope Steel’s Truecore steel celebrates 100,000th tonne (29-Aug-2007)
BlueScope Steel’s residential house framing material Truecore steel has notched up 100,000 tonnes worth of steel framing just two years after launching.
Metricon Homes to offer Truecore steel frames (22-Jun-2007)
Metricon Homes Queensland has started offering house frames made from Truecore steel following a growing number of customer requests state-wide.
Truecore steel framed Soudai wins national award (8-Jun-2007)
Soudai is an architect-designed, 359.2 sq metre home with three bedrooms, three separate living areas and a mezzanine study area. Materials include a house frame made from Truecore steel, plasterboard walls and ceilings, custom-made solid timber mouldings and stairs, as well as solid timber and glass doors.
Termite-resistant and non-combustible steel from BlueScope Steel (9-May-2007)
Steel house frames, made from the recently launched Truecore steel, are termite-resistant, non-combustible from BlueScope Steel.
River bridge carries no cars (26-Mar-2007)
More than 875t of steel was used to fabricate key sections of the deck of Brisbane’s new Eleanor Schonell Bridge.
Australand uses BlueScope Steel’s Colorbond Steel (21-Mar-2007)
The final development at Australand’s Greystanes Business Hub has been completed and has turned the traditional look of a warehouse on its head with the clever use of walling made from Colorbond Steel.
Minchinbury reservoir reaches new heights (5-Mar-2007)
The Minchinbury reservoir design incorporates six strakes which vary from 3,000 mm in height at the base to 2,240 mm at the top.
Eastlink gets ultra-long curved girders (5-Mar-2007)
Adua Engineering supplied trough girders for a major bus transitway in Sydney’s west.
The appeal of Truecore steel (27-Feb-2007)
Steel frames made from Truecore steel often arrive on site pre-fabricated so they can be quickly and easily installed.
Steel winner (4-Aug-2006)
A beachside home won the HIA 2006 award for most innovative use of steel.
BlueScope Steel wins nanotech prize (27-Jul-2006)
A team of BlueScope Steel and RMIT scientists has won the 2005/06 prize for outstanding contribution to industrial nanotechnology from Nanotechnology Victoria for the innovative molecular modelling of coating systems for its pre-painted Colorbond steel products.
Steel decking (26-Jul-2006)
The DECKFORM® steel base product has a Z350 zinc-coating mass. It was selected to provide superior corrosion protection in service, directly as a result of increased coating mass. DECKFORM® steel is also available with a Z450 coating mass with a 15 year warranty*. Comprehensive shear stud welding tests across a range of base thickness with both coat
Mobile roll forming meets Mirvac’s quality standards (4-Jul-2006)
With roll forming carried out onsite there was a minimal number or truck and crane movements required.
Colorbond steel lights up beach house (30-May-2006)
Steel was used to open up and expand a formerly small, dark beach home.
House frames made from Truecore steel (12-May-2006)
The popularity of steel building frames made from Truecore steel continues to grow as South Australian designers and builders increasingly use it to give homeowners larger spanned, exciting contemporary homes.
Verandah sets tone (21-Jan-2004)
A home which has a large verandah as its centrepiece took out the 2003 Queensland building design award for the most innovative use of steel.
GreenSmart for Melbourne (11-Dec-2003)
Melbourne’s first HIA GreenSmart Display Village - a pioneering, environmentally-sustainable housing development - has opened at Cook Point within the Innisfail Estate with six of the city’s leading homebuilders utilising the energy efficient advantages of roofing made from Colorbond from BlueScope Steel for their display homes.