Many remote areas find building time consuming and expensive as building materials are not readily available, this results in higher costs and longer build times as the builder is often forced to travel upto 150km for every missing component. areas in Queensland, which are booming suffer from this include Rainbow Beach, Hervey Bay, Town of […]

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Steel is a Superior Construction Material:
 

Highest strength - to - weight ratio of any building material
Steel possesses the highest strength to weight ration of any building material being utilized today.
It remains one of the strongest, most durable and economically manufactured […]

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Bespoke homes, meaning designed to your plans for you, and kit homes used in the same sentence seems like an oxymoron!
Most people consider kit homes as mass produced low cost products produced off of a production line, meaning any customer changes are either expensive or not possible.
As the pioneer of steel framed kit homes in […]

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Termites are often called “white ants” in Australia

Subterranean termites or “white-ants” are a highly destructive timber pest, causing major structural timber damage to domestic and commercial buildings in Queensland.
A major economic pest: Recent industry surveys suggest about one third of all unprotected properties in Queensland are subject to attack by subterranean termites. Most of the […]

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It is often the small things that make a difference. Things you do not think. I was at an insurance seminar today and the major point that came across is that Australia is under insured and that most people only realise the need for insurance when its too late.
So think of your Nu-Steel home as […]

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The recyclable and reusable properties of steel are greatly contributing to its increasing popularity as a construction material. Environmentally concerned owner-builders, builders, and developers are progressively more turning to steel due to the fact that 60 percent of steel used in
Australia produced from recycled scrap such as old cars, construction materials and household appliances. 
Steel […]

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The world is getting smaller and more mobile. However Australia is stil a bloody big place and there are many remote areas where building accommodation is restrictive  due to materials supply or availability of skilled workforce.
Often the accommodation needs to be created faster than it can be build. So how do you beat this problem? […]

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Choosing Nu-Steel
There are 10 reasons why clients choose Nu-Steel:
1.     Reliability- we have been building steel framed homes for 25 years and plan to be here for at least another 25 years. When entering into the biggest project spend you will ever make, being sure your partner will be there on completion is a big reassurance.
2.     […]

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The non-combustible materialistic nature of steel makes it an ideally safe product to safeguard against fires when designing and constructing a new dwelling. Although there is relatively minimal documentation on a direct comparison between wooden and steel framed homes in a fire, there is one such example that illustrates the effectiveness of a steel framed […]

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Why build in Steel was our discussion topic yesterday, well, there are six main factors:
1) Cyclones,
2) Termites
3) Fire
4) Ease of erection
5) Durability
6) Straighter walls
Lets consider point 2- Termites
There are about fifteen species of subterranean termite which commonly damage timber-in-service throughout Australia and ten of these occur in Queensland. Our most serious pest species are Coptotermes acinaciformis […]

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