EURO-ZONE NEEDS STORAGE
by Jonathan Perrins
Six hectic and eventful years have passed since my arrival in England from Australia. Business takes me on regular "flying visits", where as soon as I am out of one office, I am in another airport lounge ready for take-off. This past summer, however, I piled my family into the car and headed off along the auto routes, autostrada and autobahns of Europe.
The first and lasting impression I had was of the continent's vastness. This may sound strange coming from someone raised in Australia's great open spaces. But in regard to Europe, I use "vastness" to describe the huge concentration of towns, cities, businesses, culture and activities across borders, rivers, mountains and plains. There is also a vast opportunity for the growth of the self-storage industry on this continent, indeed in the new "Euro-Zone."
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THE GREAT SHAVE
by Michael Lay
Thanks so much for all your support at the Steel Storage Awards Dinner. The final tally for pledges on the night was in the region of $7,000 with a total for the shave "in the bank" of $8,265 donated to the Leukaemia Foundation - a great effort by all involved.
Here are a few pictures of the shave along with some of the revellers "putting it back on" - a bit of a 70's revisited - very scary - I'm sure that they all had their own hair back then, and probably the same length. Click on the numbers to see them all...
Thanks once again - Great Effort !!
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KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
We have sisters and a father son combination working for Steel Storage. Bianca Johnson is our receptionist and her sister Natasha Johnson is our Projects Administrator. Don Raspaskovski is a senior design draftsperson and his son Dean joined us in January as a trainee draftsperson.
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WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBER
Carmelo Di Pietro has joined us as Estimator/Project Co-ordinator. Mel comes to us from his own carpentry business and 10 years of experience in the construction industry. Mel also enjoys ancient Japanese armoury and will be happy to answer any questions on this topic.
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STEEL STORAGE'S NEW HQ
In May, we moved to our new offices at the Northport Business Park on Nudgee Road Hendra. We love our new location which is nice and close to the airport. This is very handy except if you are a taxi driver hoping for a good fare. We are easy to find – we are right next door to the police station! Racecourse Road in Ascot is just up the road – plenty of good coffee shops but no so cheap if you are looking for clothes. Please feel free to drop in and see us – you may get to see our new bright orange couch!
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SELF STORAGE ASSOC OF AUSTRALIA 17TH CONVENTION & TRADE SHOW
Steel Storage is the major sponsor of the Self Storage Association of Australasia's 17th Annual Convention & Trade Show at the Marriott Hotel on the Gold Coast on 4-6 October 2006.
Among the speakers this year is TV's David Koch, Dr. Kerryn Phelps and Olympian Duncan Armstrong.
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RECENTLY COMPLETED, CURRENT & UPCOMING PROJECTS
• Currently carrying out two full build turn key projects for National Storage in South Australia with both project running concurrently delivering a range of outcomes from general self storage and climate controlled storage to fully insulated individual and bulk wine storage areas.
• After lengthy 'negotiations' with Main Roads regardings certain aspects of the site final DA has been approved for a three level stage at a Storage King development in South East Queensland with construction due to commence almost immediately.
• Final DA permission has been granted for the construction of a large remote extension to an existing Storage King in the South East corner of Queensland. Civil and structural design are well underway with construction due to commence later this year.
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