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Speech at Sigal Industries
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Identifier: DUN/Speeches/2153
© Copyright Estate Donald Allan Dunstan
SPEECH BY THE PREMIER, MR DUNSTAN, AT SIGAL INDUSTRIES 16.10.73 MR SIGAL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR ASKING ME HERE TODAY AND FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING YOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM IN
OPERATION. ' IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF FIRST CLASS '
BUILDING MATERIALS, AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN A NUMBER OF MASS PRODUCTION BUILDING TECHNIQUES AND A TRADITION OF BEING WILLING TO EXPERIMENT AND INNOVATE IN THIS FIELD.
THE STEEL FRAMED HOUSING SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY SIGAL INDUSTRIES IS IN KEEPING WITH THAT TRADITION AND IS BRINGING A NUMBER OF BENEFITS TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
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FIRSTLY IT IS A FACTOR IN STABILISING HOME BUILDING COSTS.
AND IN THESE DAYS OF VERY RAPID PRICE ESCALATION THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT CAN'T BE OVERSTRESSED. SAVINGS ARE BEING ACHIEVED
THROUGH CONSTRUCTION TIME BEING HALVED AND MR SIGAL TELLS ME HE EXPECTS FURTHER SAVINGS IN FUTURE.
SECONDLY IT'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE MORE EMPLOYMENT.
MANUFACTURE, SUPPLY AND BUILDING OF THE STEEL-FRAMED HOUSING IS BEING COORDINATED THROUGH A HEW COMPANY, SIGAL HOME FRAMES PTY. LTD. A NEW FACTORY IS BEING BUILT AT WINGFIELD AT A COST OF $100,000 TO DO THE JOB RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN
PRODUCTION FROM 25 FRAMES A MONTH TO 60 BY NEXT FEBRUARY.
THE FACTORY WILL PROVIDE JOBS FOR AN EXTRA 65 TRADESMEN WHO ARE BEING RECRUITED BRINGING SIGAL INDUSTRIES SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WORKFORCE TO 400.
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THE; .NEW CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM IS THE RESULT OF A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF. TIME AND MONEY SPENT ON RESEARCH.
THE CREDIT OBVIOUSLY BELONGS TO MR SIGAL FOR THE WAY IN WHICH HE HAS DEVELOPED THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT. BUT THERE HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSE INTEREST BY THE HOUSING TRUST DURING THE FOUR-.
YEAR DEVELOPMENT PERIOD. THE TRUST HAS ACCEPTED THE.STEEL . FRAME BRICK VENEER SYSTEM AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF
CONSTRUCTION FOR PART OF ITS PRESENT HOUSING PROGRAM.
INITIALLY 75 HOMES WILL BE BUILT IN THIS WAY AT SALISBURY.
IN FACT, THE FIRST OF THE SECTIONS HAVE BEEN PUT UP ONLY 14 DAYS AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS ISSUED.
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MR SiGAL'S TECHNIQUE IS OBVIOUSLY LIKELY TO PROVE OF GREAT VALUE TO THE AREA' OF EOTH PUPLIC AND. PRIVATE HOUSING.
SIGAL INDUSTRIES AND JOHN LYf'AGHT (AUSTRALIA) LTD., ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED ON TEE WAY IN WHICH THEY HAVE PIONEERED THIS NEW CONCEPT.
IT HAS NOW REACHED THE STAGIi WHERE ITS MERITS ARE PROVEN AND I'M SURE IT WILL SHORTLY BECOME AN ESTABLISHED BUILDING METHOD AND A PROFITABLE ONE FOR ITS MAKERS.
THANK YOU
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