Steel frames and trusses for Boyne Island, engineered for cyclonic sites

Supplying Boyne Island from Crowley Vale

What to know about building in Boyne Island

From Gladstone Regional Council, state agencies, the Bureau of Meteorology and the ABS. Each item links to its source.

• In the 2021 Census, Boyne Island had 4,835 residents with a median age of 37, and 87.7% of occupied dwellings were separate houses with just 1.6% townhouse-type dwellings.

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• Boyne Island is home to the Boyne Smelters Limited aluminium smelter, operating since 1982, whose capacity Rio Tinto has increased from 210,000 to more than 500,000 tonnes of aluminium a year.

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• Gladstone Regional Council describes Boyne Island and Tannum Sands as 'twin' communities of close to 10,000 people linked by a bridge across the Boyne River, with Boyne Island combining residential, business and industrial land.

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Council-wide planning notes for Gladstone Regional Council: see the Gladstone page

Frame design in Boyne Island

Cyclonic Wind Region C

Queensland Government guidance places coastal areas north of Bundaberg, including Boyne Island, in cyclonic Wind Region C, so frames and trusses here are engineered for a C1 to C4 site classification. Source · How wind classes work

Salt exposure

Boyne Island is a coastal town. Tell us how far the site is from the water: coating and detailing are chosen for it. · Coatings and coastal sites

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