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The search for sustainable steel
How to find it, buy it, and use it What do we mean when we talk about sustainable steel? Steel with low embodied carbon – in other words, lower emissions and global warming and sustainability impacts from the steel supply chain, which is one of the biggest contributors to...
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Understanding product certification for compliance
Many in the building industry choose to use independent, third-party certification for compliance – moving the work and the onus of checking products from individual designers, builders, and building officials to an expert, impartial body with market credibility and qualified ...
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Builder charged in steel roof collapse
In October 2022, a building group and its façade subcontractor were working on the construction of Kew Recreation Centre in Melbourne. During the evening, a significant section of the steel-trussed roof structure collapsed. The collapse could well have had fatal implications, ...
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Digital verification
Dr Andrew Wheeler recently presented to NATA’s (Australia’s leading national accreditation body) Accreditation Matters conference on Digital Verification. The conference discussed the digital certification revolution – how technology was advancing accessible, verifiable produc...
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PPR secures SCS Certification for standardised sustainability data
In 2025, Precision Precast Reinforcement was awarded Sustainable Constructional Steel Certification by ACRS. Here is what Director of Operations Julian Borgert had to say about SCS Certification.The processor/traderPPR is a specialist supplier. We exist purely to manufacture h...
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Recent Updates
- The search for sustainable steel
- Understanding product certification for compliance
- Builder charged in steel roof collapse
- Digital verification
- PPR secures SCS Certification for standardised sustainability data
- Technical note: Non-compliance when upgrading steel by additional testing
- Traceability isn’t optional - why transparent supply chains matter
- NZ regulatory changes, import impact with Hard Hat Talk