St Georges Video

This top level development with an incredible view, showcases approximately 11,150 lineal meters of Truecore steel.

“I have loved every aspect of detailing this job, although it came with it’s challenges. From resolving the fire rating issues to changing the direction of the box gutter, accommodating the valleys and changing the roof design. This job will forever be my Mona Lisa.”
– Chandima, Detailer

Plenty Road, South Morang

Plenty Rd, South Morang. This townhouse development has now been completed.

This project went up in a timely manner and has turned out a treat!

Showcasing approximately 122,000 lineal meters of Truecore Steel accross the entire project.

Plenty road townhouses consist of 44 double story units.

NEW COMPANY VIDEO


We are very excited to release our updated company profile video!

Please enjoy watching as much as we have enjoyed manufacturing the frames to be shown in it!

Take a look as our director Peter Blythe walks you around our factory. Meet some of our team and get an insight of what we do here at Dynamic Steel Frame.

Lighter. Straighter. Better.

Dynamic Steel Frame – New Company Video

Dynamic Steel Frame is a customer focused light gauge steel frame manufacturer based in Melbourne, Australia.

Using Australian Truecore Steel.

Tom Williams Is The New Ambassador at TRUECORE Steel!

Did you see Tom Williams is now an ambassador at Truecore Steel.

What you probably did not know is that he is walking through a Dynamic Steel Frame project in Melbourne. This was a beautiful project that we loved working on, and a great backdrop to show the amazing qualities of steel framing.

We love using Bluescope and TrueCore Steel. All Australian products of the highest quality allows us to create wonderful projects like this.

Steel Frame from the project Tom Williams is exploring

Watch the below video of Tom Williams discussing the benefits and beauty of steel framing. Take note of all the clean lines and edges, showing of the accuracy achieved by steel framing.

Tom explaining the value of using steel frames

Choosing the best building material: Steel vs Wood

Building your own home is a big deal and warrants a lot of careful consideration. It is important to make sure you get it right the first time. One of the very first steps required to build your home is to choose which building material to construct it with. The majority of builders choose to build with wood without truly looking into what other materials are suitable for house and commercial construction. This is a big mistake, as the many advantages of building with steel are often overlooked. Hopefully at the end of this article, you will be better informed and more knowledgeable about the benefits steel has to offer.

Which building material is stronger?

Wood is a fairly strong building material, but not nearly as strong as steel. When it gets windy, you don’t have to worry about any damage being done to your home when using steel – steel frames are tough and strong. They are able to meet the strictest building codes in relation to wind and seismic testing.

Thanks to National Association of Steel-Framed Housing (NASH) and Swinburne University, Dynamic Steel Frame was able to test the strength of their floor joist system. They showed how truly strong they were as the floor joists were elastic in their deformation all the way past 40kN and only showed local buckling at around 30kN. As well as this, wall frames were elastic, past 2kN of force and 10mm of displacement.

Which building material stands up better to a fire?

In the case of a fire, wood is the weaker material. Compared to wood, which is combustible and would act as fuel for the fire to run on, steel is resistant to fire, meaning it won’t combust if your house was to go up in flames. This is especially important if you are living in an area surrounded by bush that might be prone to fire.

Furthermore, steel will not release smoke, carbon dioxide, or VOCs (Volatile Organic Compound), unlike wood in the case of a fire. This has confirmed by the Steel Framing Alliance and has been recognised by The Healthy Home Institute as a strong feature steel holds over timber. It should also be noted that the asphyxiating gases associated with burning wood are responsible for an estimated 75% of fatalities in house fires.

An electrical fault can cause a fire in wooden wall cavities. If a fire reaches the ceiling, igniting the timber trusses, the fire spreads at an incredible rate through the rest of the house. In bushfires, burning embers are often blown in under eaves or tiles, leading the roof cavity of homes. However, this is not a problem when a steel frame is used. A steel frame will not be ignited or catch fire in either of these ways.

Bugs and Resistance to High Levels of Water

When building using steel, you don’t have to worry about your house suffering any structural damage from insects or water. This is not the case when building with wooden frames. Steel frames don’t rot and insects don’t like making steel structures their homes.

Termites can still attack the rest of a home, so do steel frames make much difference?

Even though termites can attack the rest of the home, the primary structure of the house is the most important element – its frame. Destruction of the frame by termites can be invisible to the eye and silent. The costs associated to the damage of the frame are catastrophic, and rectifying the frame can require the complete replacement of other building components, e.g. plumbing, plasterboard, electrical, kitchens, bathrooms, painting, tiling, architraves and skirting. However, Dynamic Steel Frame’s Light Gauge Steel (LGS) frame is 100% termite proof, ensuring that the frame of the house suffers no damage from termites – a huge advantage of steel over wood.

Does steel or wood warp?

Steel doesn’t warp, whereas wood is known to warp (swell or shrink) over time. How much or how little a piece of wood shrinks, depends on the species of the tree the timber originates from, the orientation of growth rings and changes in moisture content. This is not an issue with steel. Steel will forever remain straight and the same size as when it was installed.

Are steel framed homes better for the environment?

Yes, steel frames are better for the environment than wooden frames. Roughly 50 trees need to be cut down to build a single home! Furthermore, termite-treated timber is not recyclable, and therefore goes straight to landfill. Almost all other timber is only down-cycable. Steel on the other hand, is 100% recyclable with basically an infinite life span. Building with steel means you avoid unnecessary damage to the environment.

Thinking about home insurance?

As steel frames are fire-resistant and don’t get damaged by bugs or the wind, you can save money on your home insurance. Homeowner insurance premiums tend to be significantly lower for homes with steel frames.

What looks better when the house is completely built?

Again, steel wins in this domain. The walls, ceilings and roofs of steel frame houses do not have ripples or bumps in them and there are no “nail pops” in the plasterboard linings. Roofs do not sag over time, even under concrete tiles, so the finished job continues to look aesthetically pleasing well into the future. Steel house frames will not change or move over time, so gaps will not open up, letting air in. Insulating products work by creating a barrier between temperatures. Over time, a frame which can settle and move will create openings, which will allow air to travel through, thus rendering insulating products far less effective. Steel will not settle over time, allowing other complementing products to continue performing how they were designed and specified. In fact, thanks to the strength of Dynamic Steel Frame’s steel, you can design your home with larger open spaces whilst the exterior looks like any normal home, only better!

In the end, which material is the best to build with?

Steel frames are much lighter than other home framing options, meaning that they are easier to carry, making them great for hard to reach sites. Dynamic Steel Frame’s steel frames are between 33% to 50% of the weight of a comparable timber frame, with a much higher strength to weight ratio. In fact, our steel frames have one of the highest strength to weight ratios on the planet!
You also don’t need large cranes to install the walls, lowering your building costs. As an added benefit, you can cover longer spans than you could with timber.

Steel’s precision is much higher than wood’s, with accuracy going into the 10ths of a millimetre, not 10s of millimetres. This means fittings for window and door openings are much easier and faster to install.

Lastly, as a steel frame doesn’t ‘settle’, you will face fewer instances of doors and windows sticking with a wooden frame. Steel is constructed to survive the full lifespan of the building.

Watch Aerial Footage of Shrives Road Early Learning Center

The awesome Shrives Road, Narre Warren Early Learning Center!

More than 1000 square meters of Dynamic Steel Frame goodness. Mass reduction of Structural Steel (as normal) and a rocket paced erection.

Enjoy our video, and et us know if there is something more you’d like us to show!

Shrives Road Early Learning Center was a very interesting project with some fun and unique aspects. The client wanted to have some external steel overhang and become a feature.

We love everything steel so we attached these securely and seamlessly to the light weight frame.

Have a look at the below image to see what it looks like!

Lighter. Straighter. Better. More early educated!

The Morwell GovHub Façade Installation

Dynamic Steel Frame collaborated flawlessly with Industry Cladding & Roofing to create this landmark award-winning building. Morwell GovHub.

We created 14 modules each weighing four tonnes. Measuring at 14.5 metres high, 8 metres wide and 2.4 meters deep. Clad in BlueScope COLORBOND® matte black and a timber look panel, with 2.2 kilometres of steel used. This makes them the largest light gauge steel façade modules in the world.

These were produced in our factory, assembled on site, and then craned onto the building. Without the accuracy steel can provide this could not have run so smoothly.

Utilizing TRUECORE® Steel, COLORBOND® Steel and UniCote we perfectly captured Castlerock Property and WMK Architecture’s vision.

In conjunction with Industry Cladding & Roofing, we have been awarded an Australian Steel Institute (ASI) Steel 2020 Victorian Steel Excellence Award.

Thank you to everyone involved. It took dedication, skill and blue collar know how to achieve these results.

It was a pleasure for Dynamic Steel Frame to work on this all-Australian project, where all parties were able to excel and achieve excellence.

WATCH THE BELOW VIDEO OF OUR JOURNEY

Victorian Government Future Industries Manufacturing Program

Today Dynamic Steel Frame & Dynamic Pods received the Future Industries Fund Manufacturing Grant.

Presented by State Member Gabrielle Williams to Peter Blythe (Managing Director, Dynamic Steel Frame & Dynamic Pods)
Awarded by the State of Victoria and represented by the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.

In October 2015 the Minister launched the Manufacturing Grants Program (Program), an initiative under the Victorian Government’s Future Industries Fund, with the objective of supporting Victorian-based companies that are intending to implement new manufacturing technologies that create or preserve long-term sustainable jobs, improve productivity and international competitiveness or target growth opportunities.

The Future Industries Fund Manufacturing Grant will provide our company a critical foundation for growth, generate new local Jobs and help target growth opportunities. We are the largest supplier of light gauge steel frames in Melbourne and leading the way in bathroom pod innovation. With decades of manufacturing experience, we have developed a highly customisable bathroom pod integrating waste plumbing in a unique cast-in lid (Patent Protected).

Our unique designs enable our pods to be used in every application and require less onsite pre-work than traditional pods.

The new factory will have high-tech equipment, tools, vehicles and the latest digital technologies to enable our business to Imagine, Inspire and Innovate contributing to the booming manufacturing industry.
Victorian manufacturing is thriving, with the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing growth of over 6,700 jobs from August 2017 to August 2018.

We are proudly Australian run and owned company producing world class products and we are passionate in bringing economic benefits to Victoria.

Download brochure here.

Plenty Rd, Preston

A fantastic build over looking the Melbourne skyline.

Top level on Plently Road using approximately 15,440 lineal meters of TrueCore Steel.

Lighter! Straighter! Better!

Watch The Fawkner House Display Suite Come To Life!

We are always talking about the precision and straight lines that steel can provide, but how amazing are the curves we can also achieve!

Dynamic Steel Frame love working with clients to create ergonomic shapes. Finding solutions for the unique designs brought to us has become a passion for the design team.

Steel has the surprising ability to de-risk, speed up and keep cost certainty in any project. Making it the perfect solution to all your construction needs.

Video of Fawkner House Display Suite design and finished product below, watch it come to life!

This project is located on Toorak Road, West South Yarra.

We have also managed to remove all structural steel from this project. Reducing costs and weight in the frame. Using Hyperspan technology can almost completely eliminate it.

Finished curved wall on Fawkner House

If you have any questions or requests, please do not hesitate to contact sales@dynamicsteelframe.com.au or call us on 03 9701 7342

Lighter. Straighter. Better. Curvier!