Case Study

Case Study

Building Use Supply Chain Solutions Outfoxing the Competition Location Logistics chooses BlueScope Buildings for its major new Erskine Park truck service facility. Sydney Australasia’s largest privately-owned supply chain solutions company, Linfox Project Logistics, has grown from one man – Lindsay Fox – and his truck. Delivering New Service Centre soft drinks in the summer and fuel in winter, the company has come a long way from its origins, circa 1956, and has ‘outfoxed’ a lot of other companies along the way.

Today, the massive Linfox Logistics business operates more than 1 million sqm of warehousing and almost 5,000 vehicles across 10 countries, while more than 18,500 staff delivers sophisticated supply chain services to a wide range of leading businesses.

The Linfox Property Group (LPG) was established in 1985 and its portfolio has grown to include some interesting properties including large industrial properties, an airport business park JV, a race track and others.

Linfox Property Group also holds reserves of prime industrial land. It recently, on land adjoining Linfox Logistics’ NSW office in Erskine Park (western Sydney), LPG contracted BlueScope Buildings to supply a pre-engineered building solution for a new fleet vehicle service centre for NSW. BSB0057 07/11 Global Perspective the steel structure design as well as the structural steel contractor. BlueScope Buildings is the world’s largest supplier of custom designed, pre-engineered buildings, using the “I’d have to say it seems the earlier you get BlueScope proven BUTLER™ building system developed in the USA Buildings involved the better the results you get from and now tailored for Australian the BUTLER™ building system. conditions. “Now that they’ve finished on-site, Sonia Being a global organisation that BlueScope Pasley, BlueScope’s project engineer, has understands the importance “Buildings provided LPG with a list of suggestions of international experience, for the next workshop because they’ve strength and financial stability, were an learned from this one how they can help it was natural for LPG to contact us improve what we’re already doing.

BlueScope Buildings. integral part “ “The first facility we built, in Melbourne, “Linfox has workshops nationally of our design we built conventionally. But because for its fleet and this new facility we were time limited with this job and for NSW covers about 3,500 sqm, process spent more time in the initial design with about another 25,000 sqm of LPG General Manager process than intended, we crunched external hardstand. It’s replaced Construction, the building time. Even so, BlueScope a facility at Wetherill Park and Stan Sackson Buildings delivered on time and on the pressure was on because we budget,” Stan said. had a deadline to be out of there,” said Stan Sackson, LPG’s General In addition to a suite of offices and staff facilities it Manager Construction. incorporates two automatic, drive-through truck wash bays that recycle their water; two full-length pits so “The fist sod was turned in late November 2010 and the undersides of vehicles can be worked on and six we were keen to use BlueScope Buildings to trial the regular truck service bays. There’s also a sophisticated, BUTLER™ building system. BlueScope Buildings undercover refuelling facility. was included as an integral part of the design process, well before construction commenced. BlueScope The massive hardstand provides parking for major Buildings was engaged as structural engineers for events like fleet changeovers and the start and finish of customer contracts, as well as normal vehicle saves weight and reduces the intrusion of the beams servicing movements. into the finished building.

The BUTLER™ Advantage The structure is built using steel portal frames clad externally in a mix of COLORBOND® steel and pre-cast For the Linfox Property Group the BUTLER™ advantage wall panels. Roofing utilises the BUTLER™ building comes from streamlined design, system’s industry-leading MR-24™ roof simplified management and a fast system: the most innovative standing- build time. BlueScope seam roof system in the world. The BUTLER™ building system “ New to but proven on employs a unique combination of Buildings commercial buildings globally over 40 software, design methodologies, years, more than 186 million square fabrication techniques and supply delivered on“ metres of MR-24™ roofing have been chain management that take a time and on installed world-wide since 1969. commercial building design concept Central to its success are unique and turns it into a finished structure. budget design features like seams that are A key area where the BUTLER™ LPG General Manager mechanically field-rolled 180° to building system saves time and Construction, complete a 360° Pittsburgh double- Stan Sackson money is the use of factory-punched lock seam. Other manufacturers secondary structural members to simply crimp or snap seams into ensure a precision fit on the jobsite. This helps speed place, forming a loose and vulnerable seal. installation, lower construction costs and creates Designed and manufactured to exacting standards, low-maintenance structures for greater life-cycle cost MR-24™ acts like a single steel savings. membrane that protects the Major savings are also achieved by the use of tapered entire structure. Its exclusive beams; cut from plate and fabricated on pull-through features ensure weather- welding machines using a technique only a handful of tightness and all accessories companies in Australia have mastered. This method and integrated panels are reduces the amount of steel required in construction, pre-engineered for exact fit, “ support by good good by backed backed system system design design is a good good a is system system BUTLER building building The The Construction LPG General Manager Stan Sackson ,

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BlueScope BuildingsandtheBUTLER “Anyone looking to buildamajorstructure shouldcertainly consider “I would like to usethissystem again for future projects” concluded Stan. coloured roofing.” to minimisereflections andit looks good,although we don’tnormally use said Stan. “Inthisinstance we choseroofing madefrom COLORBOND “The whole roof locks together really well andI’mquite pleased withit,” eliminating leaks. accommodating roof movements andtemperature swingswhile virtually system that goestogether well and isbacked bygoodsupport.” Butler isatrade markofBlueScope Steel Limited, ABN16000011058 BlueScope BuildingsandColorbond are registered trade marksofBlueScope Steel Limited. © Bluescope Steel Limited 2011 To findouthow BlueScope BuildingsandtheBUTLER or visitourwebsite www.bluescopebuildings.com.au can bringyour next project in–on-timeandon-budgetcall 1800213423

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