Welded beams and columns steel products
Details
- Product Type Life Cycle Assessment & EPD Development, Products
- Regions Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
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- Company Name BlueScope
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About
Welded beams and columns are structural steel sections comprising a web and two flanges that have been joined by a deep penetration fillet weld. They are typically used for the heavier end of the engineering construction, buildings, mining infrastructure and transport market in applications such as office buildings, shopping centres, stadiums, car parks and bridges.
Welded beams and columns enable optimised, high-performance structures. Their dimensional flexibility affords the designer the freedom to create the best design to suit client needs.
BlueScope’s Welded beams and columns are produced to the Australian Standard AS/NZS 3679.2 and is certified by ACRS. The product range provides the flexibility to select from our standard range or customised grades, width, thickness and length to suit your specific design criteria.
Sustainability Outcomes
BlueScope embraces circular economy principles in product development, including designing products for durability and resilience. Steel is strong, durable, and versatile and its inherent properties allow it to be recycled without loss of quality over and over again. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on energy and resource use.
Steel is 100% recyclable, and its magnetic properties mean that it can be easily separated for recycling and is less likely to end up in landfill. BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks site, where the steel for Welded beams and columns is manufactured, is certified to the ResponsibleSteel™ Standard v1.1.
The ResponsibleSteel™ certification can give organisations in the steel value chain confidence in the environmental, social and governance performance of our steelmaking facilities, and may help them to meet their climate objectives and manage supply chain risks.
Applicable Credits
| IS v1.2 | Inn-1 , Mat-1 , Mat-2 , Was-2 , Was-3 |
| IS v2.1 | Inn-1 , Rso-4 , Rso-5 , Rso-6 , Rso-7 |
| Mat-1 | Materials life cycle impact measurement and reduction | The use of BlueScope's steel products with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) can help to demonstrate the environmental impacts of the project vs a reference building or structure - the Welded beams and columns EPD can be used to represent the impact of the product in whole-of-building or structure Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and in the IS Materials Calculator. |
| Mat-2 | Environmentally labelled products and supply chains | BlueScope’s Welded Beams and Columns may meet environmental labelling requirements of the IS Rating through its GreenRate™ ‘Level A’ certification and Product-specific EPD. |
| Was-2 | Diversion from landfill | The magnetic properties of steel mean that it can be easily separated for recycling and the inherent value of steel scrap results in a high recovery rate. In Australia, this is evidenced by a recycling rate for metals of 90% (National Waste Report, 2020). The steel in BlueScope’s Welded Beams and Columns is 100% recyclable without loss of quality. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on energy and resource use. |
| Was-3 | Deconstruction/Disassembly/Adaptability | Steel is a strong, durable, and versatile material. BlueScope's steel products lend themselves well to structures that are designed for long life, resilience, and flexibility to accommodate multiple future reuse options without reinvestment in structural alteration and refurbishment. Steel also supports designs where end of life considerations are key, e.g. designing for disassembly and reuse. |
| Inn-1 (ISv1.2) | Contributes to Innovation Challenge-8: Sustainable Supplier and iSupply | |
| Rso-4 | Resource Recovery and Management | The magnetic properties of steel mean that it can be easily separated for recycling and the inherent value of steel scrap results in a high recovery rate. In Australia, this is evidenced by a recycling rate for metals of 90% (National Waste Report, 2020). The steel in BlueScope’s Welded Beams and Columns is 100% recyclable without loss of quality. In some cases, it can be reused without reprocessing, again saving on energy and resource use. |
| Rso-5 | Adaptability | Steel is a strong, durable and versatile material. BlueScope's steel products lend themselves well to structures designed for long life, resilience, and flexibility to accommodate multiple future reuse options without reinvestment in structural alteration and refurbishment. Steel also supports designs where end of life considerations are key, e.g. designing for disassembly and reuse. |
| Rso-6 | Materials life cycle impact measurement and reduction | The use of BlueScope's steel products with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) can help to demonstrate the environmental impacts of the project vs a reference building or structure - the BlueScope’s Welded Beams and Columns EPD can be used to represent the impact of the product in whole-of-building or structure Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and in the IS Materials Calculator. |
| Rso-7 | Sustainability labelled products and supply chains | BlueScope’s Welded Beams and Columns may meet environmental labelling requirements of the IS Rating through its GreenRate™ ‘Level A’ certification and Product-specific EPD. |
| Inn-1 (ISv2.1) | Contributes to Innovation Challenge-4: Sustainable Supplier and iSupply |
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