SGF recently completed provision of special elements of street furniture for Market Street in Brisbane City. Items included Light Poles, Tree Grates, Wheelie Bin Surrounds, and TWIG concrete seats. These were designed are by Alexander Lotersztain as part of BCCs Inhabit Public Art Programme, curated by Holly Arden. The TWIG seats, also a feature at South Bank Institute of Technology, show the possibilities offered by creative use of concrete. Our design team is working with a number of Landscape Architects to develop other ideas that will feature this medium. Also recently completed is feature seating for Pinch Point at Alexandra Headlands on the Sunshine Coast. The Design solution, developed by Surya Graf, includes CNC shaped timber allowing for the creation of a very fluid shape that suits and sits well with this coastal environment. We are also developing new furniture elements built from folded aluminium, as part of a proposal for a large coastal foreshore redevelopment. These items will be colour anodised after fabrication. Some of these aluminium elements will also be used in combination with wharf timbers, which have been recycled from the existing site. This way part of the existing built environment remains, and is able to be re used for the longer term benefit of this place. The SGF studio continues to evolve, with our new Showroom Gallery successfully showcasing our first event ARTERY. The final addition to the studio is another 130 SqM of very handsome office space, for anyone who may wish to join us.

Reclaim Industries Ltd ("Reclaim") is a public company (ASX:RCM) with a national network of branches.  Reclaim is committed to the recycling of waste tyres and the manufacture of quality products derived from waste rubber. We operate recycling facilities in WA and SA with a national network of offices for sales and installations for our soft-fall surfacing solutions. Reclaim is the only vertically integrated company that processes whole tyres and manufacturing and sells products derived from the reclaimed rubber and steel.  Reclaim’s recycling credentials were first recognised in 2001 when Reclaim received the Western Australian “3R” Awards for its efforts in recycling. As the market leader in this industry, Reclaim is able to provide detailed product specifications derived from both testing from independent laboratories, and its own on-site testing.  We have installed PlaySafe™ and Equine surfacing in several countries with great success as a result of our attention to detail.  Reclaim also meets the parameters of AS/NZS 4422:1996 for our soft fall combinations. Reclaim offers a wide range of soft fall surfacing and moulded products.  Vibraflex, a product unique to Reclaim is the result of years of testing and has been used in many installations since 1997.  VIbraflex is a UV-stabilised pre-coloured product that offers two surface textures and gives both a practical and aesthetically appealing finish. Reclaim was the recipient of an Environmental Award for this product in 2003. Reclaim offers a complete surface to end uses, from creative surface designs using our drawing package, through to installations by our experienced and trained teams.  And of course we offer a comprehensive warranty. We encourage you to visit our website www.reclaim.com.au  or call our free number 1800 685 454 for an obligation-free quote for applications ranging from child care to schools, sporting facilities, aged care and equine arenas.

Walking on UrbanStone.

Whenever you walk down a main street in Australia, chances are you’re walking on UrbanStone.

But it’s not just streets where UrbanStone is used, many Parks, Shopping Centres or Malls, Universities, Hospitals, Schools, Office Complexes and Commercial Projects use and recommend our products also.

UrbanStone are Australia’s leading supplier of commercial paving and landscaping products, and have already supply many of Queensland’s and Australia’s iconic urban streetscape projects.

As a specialist in our field with 2040 colours, in 24 sizes, and 5 finish treatments we can design a paving product to suit every project need.   Having such scope in our production allows you to design a project without constraints in size, colour or finish, and your imagination can run wild with all the possibilities.

Our unique production process allows complete flexibility in design, but with complete repeatability, meaning future stages will look like the first stage.   And that’s just in our paving products; we have many other products that tie the project together, in keeping with the design brief, such as:

• Tactiles (Hazard and Directional)
• Single and Dual Colour Bullnosing
• Single and Dual Colour Steptreads
• Kerbing and Custom Pre-Cast Units

Coupled with our Residential Range of paving products, Block Natural Limestone, Natural Stone and Reconstituted Limestone products all of your hardscape and paving needs are available from one supplier.

We are pleased to be associated as a state partner of AILA QLD, and will look forward to meeting each and every one of the members in the coming weeks and months.