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Valuable information on the latest in steel technology for medium-density residential construction
Recently, Living Steel and member company BlueScope Steel partnered together to host a seminar in Sydney, Australia, that provided valuable information on the latest in steel technology, construction innovations and efforts to address residential carbon emissions. We’ve brought all the video and presentations together here so that if you couldn’t come to the land of Oz to hear these great speakers first hand, you can see and hear them now on your own desk or laptop. To download the presentations, right click on the file name and choose Save Target As to save to your local drive.
Summary of the Seminar
Presenter: Carl Perry, BlueScope Steel and Master of Ceremonies for the Living Steel seminar.
A good place to start watching, Carl gives a good summation of the presentations that were heard during this day-long seminar in Sydney, Australia.
Review of the Living Steel Programme
Presenter: Scott Chubbs
Scott talks about the premise and objectives of the Living Steel construction marketing programme.
Steel Technologies for the Medium-Rise Building
Presenter: Matthew Teague, CORUS
Matthew shows numerous examples of Corus steel technology in use in the United Kingdom and Europe.
The Lysaght Design and Construction Experience
Presenter: Brent Poll, BlueScope Steel
Brent talks about the unique challenges of introducing steel in a concrete market and the way BlueScopeSteel is addressing the challenge.
Steel Design for Brazil
Presenter: Vinicus De Andrade, Andrade & Morettin
Vinicius presents a design proposed for poor soil conditions in Brazil, which ultimately won Living Steel’s 2nd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing.
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Offsite Construction Solution for the Duplex Housing
Presenter: In Hwa Chang / Bong Ho Cho - POSCO
Mr. Chang presents a prefabricated housing solution in use in Korea.
Steel Houses in France
Presenter: Jean-Yves L’Hostis – ArcelorMittal
Jean-Yves talks about the advancement in modular, prefabricated housing in France, using an example of a house that was built in 30 hours for a telethon.
Please note that the video shown during the presentation is not available.
Supaloc Steel Building Systems
Presenter: Kevin Weeks, Supaloc Steel Building
Kevin illustrates an amazing prefabricated system manufactured by Supaloc that is making low-cost, high-quality steel homes possible in Australian and Asian markets.
Zero Carbon House
Presenter: Nick Brown, BASF
Nick presents a project sponsored by BASF for the University of Knottingham that uses technologies to reach for zero carbon emissions homes.
Please note that the videos shown during the presentation are not available.
Research on Steel Sheer Wall with Slits
Presenter: Kai Shen, Baosteel
Mr. Shen presents a new technology under development in China using steel shear walls with slits to manage building loads during earthquakes.
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