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Promat meets Class 9B passive fire rating at Brisbane’s Somerville House library

design to complement the existing structure. The design team saw great opportunities with both the height and volume of the existing building. They also needed to ensure the Building Code of Australia Class 9B passive fire rating classifications were...

Promat Australia

Toward a healthier, greener future: A specifier's guide to sustainable water filtration systems

Moving towards a more sustainable future, architects and designers throughout the industry are progressively seeking solutions that have minimal impact on the environment – specifically solutions that can simultaneously contribute to a healthy home...

Billi Australia

Help your customers with smarter hydronic and electric heating solutions

Architects and building designers have to constantly think of innovative ways to incorporate smart technology into their builds. Architects and building designers have to constantly think of innovative ways to incorporate smart technology into their...

Comfort Heat Australia

Peel by Milieu delivers a fresh face to Collingwood's urban edge

height of neighbouring apartments: “We brought the corners of our building down to align with the neighbouring heights,” says Linardi, varying from seven storeys on one side and five on the other. The result is a magnificent façade with a...

Robertson Facade Systems

A complete roofing systems solution

Kingspan Insulated Panels can now provide architects with a complete roofing solution for outstanding building performance and aesthetics. Kingspan Insulated Panels can now provide architects with a complete roofing solution for outstanding building...

Kingspan Insulated Panels

Commercial lift provides low headroom solution at Dee Why apartments

Direct Lifts Australia supplied and installed a commercial lift for a four-level apartment building in Dee Why, New South Wales. Direct Lifts Australia supplied and installed a commercial lift for a four-level apartment building in Dee Why, New...

Direct Lifts Australia

Gardner Wetherill transforms UNSW academic work environment

The redevelopment of the first floor of the oldest building at UNSW’s Kensington campus includes a stunning and adaptable use of SUPAWOOD’s SUPATILE SLAT slatted ceiling tiles. The redevelopment of the first floor of the oldest building at...

SUPAWOOD Architectural Lining Systems

Bondor building eco-friendly cubby house for a great cause

Australia’s leading supplier of thermal building solutions, Bondor is building a cubby house from scratch to raise money for a great cause. Australia’s leading supplier of insulated panels and thermal building solutions, Bondor is building a cubby...

Bondor

How to create your personal comfort zone with electric floor heating

Energy efficiency is one of the most important objectives when planning or designing a new building. Energy efficiency is one of the most important objectives when planning or designing a new building. When it comes to heating up a space, a...

Comfort Heat Australia

Sports facility featuring BlueScope's COLORBOND Metallic steel turns centrepiece for school

that run around the walls add to the dynamic effect. The sports centre was erected quickly and easily, thanks to the use of prefabricated Ecotek insulated panels from Ritek Building Solutions on the roof. The roof panels incorporate LYSAGHT TRIMDEK...

BlueScope

COLORBOND steel gives QLD school a bold presence in the neighbourhood

triple-storey building at the Kirwan State High School in Townsville. Increasing enrolments at Queensland's second-largest State-owned high school placed immense pressure on their facilities, necessitating the construction of a new building to...

BlueScope

Komfortline by Paarhammer

increased awareness of our environment, the costs of home building or renovating, and the need to reduce these costs where possible are all common factors facing builders and homeowners. Now there is a cost effective way to get the results you want without...

Paarhammer Windows and Doors

Keeping noise down with Pyrotek Soundlag 4525C

AS 1530 Part 3 1999 – Methods for fire tests on building materials, components and structures and achieved a ‘0’ result for ignitability, spread of flame, and heat evolved indices. The pipe wrap also achieved a low ‘1’...

Pyrotek

Fujitsu systems meet budget and sustainability goals at high rise student accommodation

. Background UniLodge City Gardens features 772 apartments across 16 floors with shared kitchen, dining and games spaces on the ground floor. The building makes a design impact with a 1,764-square-metre living green wall, the largest of its kind in Adelaide...

Fujitsu General Australia

Insulation experts delivering solution-based technical support

As the experts in building insulation the DesignSmart team can assist with project-specific support, value engineering challenges, specification documentation, system design detailing, product installation and certification. Bradford has launched...

Bradford

Surfaces, architecture, functions: What trended at the Salone del Mobile 2017

Hettich Australia presents a special trend report on the top news-making products at the Salone del Mobile 2017, which concluded recently in Milan. Hettich Australia presents a special trend report on the top news-making products at the Salone del...

Hettich Australia

Sustainability practices keep Kingspan on track to meet 2020 Net Zero Energy target

assessments. The 2015 Sustainability Report outlines global initiatives that bring new thinking and major innovations to customers in the construction industry; these include research on new building techniques and holistic design principles for the...

Kingspan Insulated Panels

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Australian Building Standards for roof ventilation

Smooth operation: Solutions for comfortable living

Functional appealing ALUCLICK exterior facade for North Sydney office building

Promat meets Class 9B passive fire rating at Brisbane’s Somerville House library

Toward a healthier, greener future: A specifier's guide to sustainable water filtration systems

Help your customers with smarter hydronic and electric heating solutions

Peel by Milieu delivers a fresh face to Collingwood's urban edge

A complete roofing systems solution

Commercial lift provides low headroom solution at Dee Why apartments

Gardner Wetherill transforms UNSW academic work environment

Bondor building eco-friendly cubby house for a great cause

How to create your personal comfort zone with electric floor heating

Sports facility featuring BlueScope's COLORBOND Metallic steel turns centrepiece for school

COLORBOND steel gives QLD school a bold presence in the neighbourhood

Komfortline by Paarhammer

Keeping noise down with Pyrotek Soundlag 4525C

Fujitsu systems meet budget and sustainability goals at high rise student accommodation

Insulation experts delivering solution-based technical support

Surfaces, architecture, functions: What trended at the Salone del Mobile 2017

Sustainability practices keep Kingspan on track to meet 2020 Net Zero Energy target