Throughout his 30-plus years in the steel frame and truss industry, Darren Onley has always strived to find ways to live up to his personal philosophy, which is to ‘be better’ and ‘build better.’ As CEO of Aus Steel – Australia’s number one residential steel frame supplier – he has achieved that goal by developing an innovative holistic approach that reduces waste, minimises wasted time on site, and ultimately ensures a better and more durable product at the end of the day. “When I purchased Aus Steel, I did so with the goal of building an incredible team of forwardthinking team members and building partners,” says Darren. From the start, he says the vision has been to be a catalyst for constant improvement, not just internally, but for the industry at large. Early on in his career, Darren came up in the timber and prefab industry before transitioning to steel frames and trusses. Over the past 36 years – 17 of which he spent in steel – he believes he has experienced virtually every facet of steel frames and trusses. He’s worked on factory floors, in offices, on design teams, and before purchasing Aus Steel he worked with an engineering company that supported fabricators. He was then introduced to Aus Steel by a friend and he liked the system they were using. The previous owners were looking to sell and he was excited for the opportunity. At the time of the purchase, Darren estimates that Aus Steel was producing one whole house frame per month. Now Aus Steel has three factories and can produce seven house frames per day in each factory. The factories are located in Queensland, Newcastle in Northern NSW and their newest THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AUSTRALIA
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