Construction Magazine March 2017 | Page 145

As it passes its 30th birthday Studco Australia is expanding its market reach from the growing presence in the Pacific region to a global market ready for its innovative solutions : as developers and builders continue to push the boundaries of high rise towers , they are required to come to grips with wind noise and will welcome the revolutionary Vortex system .
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As it passes its 30th birthday Studco Australia is expanding its market reach from the growing presence in the Pacific region to a global market ready for its innovative solutions : as developers and builders continue to push the boundaries of high rise towers , they are required to come to grips with wind noise and will welcome the revolutionary Vortex system .

Among the last people to walk out of any new building before it is handed over are those involved in the ‘ final fixing ’, typically carpenters and plasterers . The people who work or live in that building will not see much of the steel , concrete or timber structure that holds it up – what we actually look at and interact with are the finished walls , floors and ceilings . Consequently , it ’ s very important to get these supporting structure systems right .

Studco knows all about getting them right : founded in Melbourne in 1986 by entrepreneur Gordon Stevens , it celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2016 . Over this period it has established itself as a premier manufacturer of state-of-the-art ceiling and wall systems – the framing systems that attach these parts of the building to the base structure , and subdivide the interior spaces into offices , apartments , corridors and the like . Studco has brought to the industry a number of innovations including its Ezy-Jamb product launched in 2000 , the world ’ s first door jamb that is flush finished and does not require architraves or trims . In an era when plasterboard interior linings are universal , perhaps not many people consider the out-of-sight roll-formed steel structures that hold them in place , but these are highly
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