Latest edition - December 2024
Get ready to explore the December 2024 edition of Steel Australia magazine.
This issue celebrates industry excellence with highlights from the 2024 Australian Steel Excellence Awards, showcasing innovative projects like the Sydney Modern Project and Rozelle Interchange.
Discover insights from the 2024 ASI Australian Steel Convention, including expert commentary on net zero initiatives, AI in construction, and opportunities tied to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
Dive into the future of steel with BlueScope’s $70 million investment in local manufacturing and the next generation of talent recognised through the ASI Undergraduate Steel Design Awards and a new $10,000 student scholarship.
Contents
- Message from the chair
- Message from the chief executive
- Industry embraces feature-packed 2024 ASI Australian Steel Convention
- Sovereign manufacturing capability for infrastructure supply
- New changes to super that impact businesses
- Forging futures: The ASI’s 2024 student awards and scholarships
- Best and brightest recognised at 2024 steel excellence awards
- National Winner, Buildings – Large Projects: Sydney Modern Project at the Art Gallery of NSW
- National Winner, Buildings – Small Projects: Rozelle Interchange
- National Winner, Engineering Projects: Hay Point Shiploader
- National Winner, Steel-Clad Structures: Melbourne Quarter Tower
- National Winner, Innovative Cold Formed Steel Buildings: Glenelg Primary School
- National Winner, Young Achiever: Mohammed Kassira
A message from the chair
This edition of Steel Australia showcases our collective industry excellence as evidenced by our Steel Excellence Awards. This year’s nominations astounded us all with the breadth of creativity, design freedom and community amenity arising from the innovative use of steel that provides society with community outcomes.
A message from the chief executive
The ASI is driving progress in securing robust local supply chains, advocating for Australian steel in major infrastructure and renewable energy projects. Recent efforts include engaging with government bodies across Australia to promote local steel content and supporting fabricators in key developments.
Industry embraces feature-packed 2024 ASI Australian Steel Convention
More than 200 attendees witnessed sustainable steel solutions up close while hearing from expert speakers from Australia and abroad on the industry’s sustainable future at the 2024 ASI Australian Steel Convention.
Sovereign manufacturing capability for infrastructure supply
BlueScope’s $70 million investment for Orrcon Steel Manufacturing to commission a state-of-the-art pipe and tube mill in Unanderra, New South Wales, demonstrates its confidence in growing Australia’s local manufacturing capability.
New changes to super that impact businesses
The Australian government’s superannuation changes for the financial year 2025 (FY25) bring important updates that employers need to understand to ensure compliance and support their employees’ retirement savings.
Forging futures: the ASI’s 2024 student awards and scholarships
The Australian Steel Institute (ASI) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 undergraduate steel design awards. The awards play a vital role in fostering the next generation of architects and engineers.
Best and brightest recognised at 2024 steel excellence awards
The best and brightest in Australian steel were recognised at the Australian Steel Institute’s National Steel Excellence Awards in Sydney on 21 November. Forty-eight state and territory winners competed in six award categories.
National Winner, Buildings – Large Projects: Sydney Modern Project at the Art Gallery of NSW
The Sydney Modern Project has transformed the 152-year-old Art Gallery of New South Wales into a two-building art museum campus. The expansion has almost doubled the exhibition space, and created new art and cultural experiences.
National Winner, Buildings – Small Projects: Rozelle Interchange
This landmark urban artwork interweaves between the ventilation towers servicing the underground motorway at Rozelle Interchange as part of Sydney’s WestConnex project. The form of the work is derived from mappings of previous, current and future ecologies and envelops three concrete monoliths.
National Winner, Engineering Projects: Hay Point Shiploader
The Hay Point Shiploader—one of the largest shiploaders ever to be built globally—isn’t just a static structure; it is a complex machine with intricate moving parts that reinforce Hay Point’s ability to deliver coal to customers into the future.
National Winner, Steel-Clad Structures: Melbourne Quarter Tower
The Melbourne Quarter precinct is among one of the largest mixed-use urban regeneration developments to occur in the city. The Melbourne Quarter Tower, at 426 feet tall, is the largest of three office and residential towers in the precinct, reaching 35 levels.
National Winner, Innovative Cold Formed Steel Buildings: Glenelg Primary School
As part of the South Australia Government’s Department of Education upgrade program, Glenelg Primary School underwent a $7 milion upgrade. A new facility was built along the eastern boundary of the grounds, including three modular classrooms, additional teacher preparation rooms and breakout facilities.
National Winner, Young Achiever: Mohammed Kassira
Mohammed Kassira’s journey in the engineering world is one marked by ambition, expertise, and a commitment to innovation and sustainability. A structural design engineer at Robert Bird Group, Mohammed’s contributions to key projects position him as a formidable young talent in the construction industry.
